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477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Dwarf Planet Ceres Thrills as a Dying Visitor Closes In
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This simulated perspective view shows Occator Crater, measuring 57 miles (92 kilometers) across and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, which contains the brightest area on Ceres. This region has been the subject of intense interest since Dawn's approach to th, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Ceres is the queen of the asteroid belt. Her first Earthly visitor is nearing its last days in spectacular style. Dawn Mission Director and Chief...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Honor Flight: Recognizing our War Heroes
From: Stephen Grant
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Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won
From: Lee Romney
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 05/11/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: A journey to Africa - Rwanda’s mountain gorillas were once headed for extinction. Their numbers are now slowly recove...

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  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
Humane Policing
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Conversation with both Darron Spencer, a former Colorado Sheriff's deputy and author of the book "Humane Policing" and Albuquerque Police officer S...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Apple Health Records
From: Kasiana McLenaghan
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How Apple's electronic health records feature works, and why it's concerning to privacy experts.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:15
Lisa Song: Mississippi Levee Wars
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lisa Song
Sometimes we lose sight of what Audrey Hepburn called "that old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second." This week on Sea Change...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
“Catch Colt Draws A Coffin Cart”: Remembering John Perry Barlow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and environmentalist, died in his sleep this past week ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Maya van Rossum and the Green Amendment Movement
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Maya van Rossum
When the crafters of the Declaration of Independence affirmed “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as inalienable rights, they could not h...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Bring It On! - May 22, 2017
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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“If it affects one, it affects us all.” State Senator Eddie Melton helps us understand the recently completed Indiana Legislative Session, includin...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
Where There’s Smoke: California Wildfires
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ed Struzik
Most of us associate Napa and Sonoma counties with delicious wine and rolling hills. But this year those hills were ablaze. Dozens lost their lives...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 10
An Eye on the Sun (In the Middle of a Lake)
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Goode Solar Telescope at the NJIT Big Bear Solar Observatory, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The world’s most powerful solar telescope sits in Big Bear Lake, high above southern California. It has just been renamed for the man responsible f...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Emily Lakdawalla on the Last Orbits of Cassini
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini took this photo on June 4, 2017, close to periapsis on its seventh "Grand Finale" orbit, when it passed between the planet and the rings., Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Emily Lakdawalla
The Cassini Mission has less than two months to go before it ends with a spectacular plunge into the beautiful ringed world. Planetary Society Sen...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Toxic in Texas
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week takes us to Texas, where we hear from Candice Bernd, speaking at the 2nd Fight Toxic Prisons Conference, which took place earlier this mo...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
Happy Asteroid Day!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of massive asteroid impact, Credit: NASA
Asteroid Day, June 30th, marks the anniversary of the great Tunguska impact that leveled a Siberian forest. It reminds us that a Near Earth Object ...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Julie Webster and the Art of Spacecraft Endurance
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: February 21, 1997--Julie Webster, Cassini’s manager of spacecraft operations (kneeling, right), and the rest of the mission's assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) team pose with the spacecraft outside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Space Simulator, Credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech / Bob Brown
How do you keep a dazzlingly complex spacecraft in good health after 20 years in space? That’s the challenge for Julie Webster and her team of eng...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Spectacular Jupiter!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter’s south pole imaged by the Juno spacecraft from 52,000 km above the planet., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles
Have you seen its stunning image of Jupiter’s south pole? The Juno orbiter is surpassing expectations and delivering surprising science. Scott Bo...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Buzz Aldrin and Other Martians
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Apollo astronaut and engineer Buzz Aldrin, Credit: Gage Skidmore
He walked with Neil Armstrong on the moon, but that may not be his greatest legacy. Buzz Aldrin was joined by other space stars at the recent Human...

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  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Alex Gilbert: Environmental Roots of a Scandal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Gilbert
It has been a bit difficult to keep up with the news since January. Every few hours it seems like there is a new revelation in the global political...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Human Spaceflight: Coming Back to America
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and the SpaceX Crew Dragon approaching the International Space Station., Credit: NASA
Astronauts may soon ride on US rockets and in US spaceships for the first time since the last Space Shuttle flight. Jon Cowart of NASA is working w...

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  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 9: Your Chocolate is Probably African
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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There is no chocolate industry without Africa. African cocoa is bountiful and painful, cyclical and dynamic. In this episode, we get two snapshots ...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 42:08
Visiting Worlds Fantastic with Bonnie Buratti
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary scientist Bonnie Buratti's new book, Credit: Cambridge University Press
Veteran Jet Propulsion Lab planetary scientist Bonnie Buratti talks with Mat about the wonder of our solar neighborhood that she explores in Worlds...

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  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
McDonald Observatory and the Quest for Dark Energy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: McDonald Observatory Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The University of Texas at Austin’s observatory is high in the hills of west Texas. In this special episode, Mat Kaplan joins the tens of thousands...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6