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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
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
The Rhetoric of Race War (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A torchlit Confederate protest in Charlottesville, Virginia had some residents recalling the days of the KKK. But one Virginia scholar says today’s...

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  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Great American Eclipse Crossroads: SIU Carbondale
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren’s poster for SIU Carbondale’s Eclipse Celebration, Credit: Tyler Nordgren/SIU Carbondale
Our ongoing coverage of preparation for the Great American Eclipse takes us to Southern Illinois University Carbondale where a huge celebration is ...

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  • Added: May 03, 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
Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Steve Isakowitz
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of Brane Craft about to wrap itself around space debris. The paper-think spacecraft will then slow and deorbit the potentially dangerous object., Credit: The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation has been innovating since 1960. Now it’s headed by a former leader of “New Space” company Virgin Galactic. President and...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Mars’ Atmosphere…Lost in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of MAVEN orbiting Mars with Earth in the background (not to scale!), Credit: NASA/GSFC
Mars was once a warm and wet world. Then its dense, protective atmosphere mostly vanished. Learning why was one of the greatest mysteries in planet...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Nancy Atkinson’s Incredible Stories from Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Nancy Atkinson's Incredible Stories From Space, Credit: Page Street Publishing
The longtime editor of outstanding online space news source Universe Today has just written about nine robotic missions of exploration in Incredibl...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Hope for Pluto—Should We Re-Redefine Planets?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Enhanced-color image of planet (?) Pluto, Credit: JHUAPL/SWRI/NASA
Planetary geologist Kirby Runyon is lead author of an abstract that proposes a new, geophysical definition of what a planet is. It would grant our...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Unconscious Addiction (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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America is facing a opioids crisis of epic proportions. In the southeastern United States, there are more opioid prescriptions than there are peopl...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
The Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of TRAPPIST-1f, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The discovery of seven, Earth-sized planets in a nearby solar system was announced last week. Astrophysicist and planetary scientist Sara Seager wa...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Earth Microbes! Welcome to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bacteria samples in the Pegasus Mars chamber., Credit: University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas grad student Rebecca Mickol and her team have demonstrated that some Earth bacteria can survive in the extremely thin atmosp...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
The Final Countdown at Saturn
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini was able to capture its closest-ever view of Daphnis toward the end of its mission, during its F-ring orbit phase, when it passed between the F and G rings once per orbit. Daphnis is only about 8 kilometers across., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Ian Regan
Planetary Radio’s most frequent guest, Project Scientist Linda Spilker, returns with another update on the Cassini mission that is approaching its ...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Ben Miller Says The Aliens are Coming!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ben Miller's The Aliens are Coming, Credit: The Experiment Publishing Company
British physicist turned comedian and actor Ben Miller has written The Aliens are Coming-- The Extraordinary Science Behind our Search for Life in ...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Marvelous Martian MAVEN
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of MAVEN orbiting Mars, Credit: Lockheed Martin
MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbiter, has gone a long way toward solving the mystery of the Red Planet’s missing water and air...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Running Before the Sun: Astronomer Jay Pasachoff
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff, Credit: Jay Pasachoff
No one is more excited about eclipses than famed solar astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff. He looks forward to the total solar eclipse in August ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Leading the Search: Bill Diamond of the SETI Institute
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array, Credit: SETI Institute
The SETI Institute is about much more than the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. President and CEO Bill Diamond of the Institute explains. ...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Brightening the Shadows of Dementia
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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As we approach the shortest days of the year, we take a longing look at the therapeutic aspects of daylight. One researcher found that light therap...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Pluto and Titan and Iran, Oh My!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The liquid methane lakes of Titan, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Back to the annual meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences this week, where Mat Kaplan visited with experts on worlds of ice including T...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Museum seeks WWII Navy pilots
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plane recovered from Lake Michigan, Credit: John Davies
To accompany a documentary screening, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is searching for Navy pilots who trained on Lake Michigan during World...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 4
Matt Taylor Rocks Rosetta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosetta Mission Manager Patrick Martin and Project Scientist Matt Taylor simulate the spacecraft touchdown at Planetary Society HQ., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Last year it was New Horizons at Pluto. In 2016, the thrilling end of the Rosetta comet mission generated the greatest public interest and enthusia...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Alan Stern and a Triumph at Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New Horizons enhanced color image of Pluto, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Alan Stern of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond was in Pasadena for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division f...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
#754- The Fed holds steady on interest rates again- Why?
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
The Federal Reserve holds steady on rates again. Hear how, the why and when of the decision and commentary.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
Charley Kohlhase and the Greatest Voyage
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: James Blinn (l.) and a young Charley Kohlhase (r.) working at JPL on pioneering computer animations of the Voyager flybys., Credit: Charley Kohlhase
How did the Voyager spacecraft manage to weave their magnificent way through the outer planets of our solar system? Mission Design Manager Charley...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3