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Caption: Early plan for the lenses in a Mastcam-Z camera planned for the 2020 Mars rover., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Our reporting from the 2nd Mars 2020 Rover Landing Site Selection Workshop continues as we talk with Jim Bell and Justin Maki, leaders of the devel...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
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Getting individualized care feels rare in the health industry, but in extreme cases, like cancer, it’s key. Researchers in Virginia are taking indi...

Bought by KENW and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: This artist's sketch is based on the Curiosity rover in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, with proposed modifications based on the science definition team's recommendations. , Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The 2020 Mars Rover may be years away, but determining where it will land is already a hot topic among scientists and engineers. Many of the former...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMUD, KBBI Alaska, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Some of the attendees at the 2015 Planetary Defense Conference in Frascati, Italy., Credit: ESA CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
We’ve already brought you Planetary Radio Live from the 2015 PDC near Rome, Italy. Now you’ll hear a small sampling of the scientists, engineers, p...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
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New Orleans is a weather town. As hurricane season begins, hear the most emotional federal weather bulletin ever written. Plus, more on how the Nat...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 17:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Amateur sleuths armed with their own laptops, public information and a lot of spare time are working alone and in groups to crack criminal cases. S...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KVNF, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 32:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Image of Ceres and its mysterious “bright spots” taken by the Dawn spacecraft from 13,600 km (8,400 miles) above the surface., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
It’s the biggest dwarf planet between here and Pluto, and it has a new permanent resident. The Dawn spacecraft is orbiting Ceres in the asteroid be...

Bought by KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015., Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI
Humankind’s arrival at Pluto is barely two months away. The science and images have already started to flow from New Horizons, according to the mis...

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  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
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Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is known for graduating some of the best sports broadcasters in the industry. M...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
Caption: Syracuse University Passover in the Carrier Dome Breaks Their Record with 530 People in Attendance
Hillel at Syracuse University shows us how easy it just may be to set a Guinness World Record and be remembered by the world.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: :32
Caption: Fossilized coral lies under foot in the pine rockland ecosystem., Credit: Anna Hamilton
In Florida's Miami-Dade County, tensions are mounting over a fragment of endangered pine rockland.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
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100,000 times louder than a jet engine. Every 10 seconds. 7 days a week. For weeks and months. This is seismic air gun testing.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 11:54
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In Episode 19 of Behind The Thread, we go inside the 7-year energy crisis that has beleaguered Pakistan's vital textile industry and see what is be...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 46:30
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Life of the Law and Destination DIY team up to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy. How are cities grappling with these inc...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 20:51
  • Purchases: 2
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Bringing wolves back to the West has tested the legal system’s tolerance for restoring wild places ­­ Especially when humans live nearby. This year...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The NGO "Road Safety Russia" has been using photos like this to promote child car seat use., Credit: Road Safety Russia
A lot of people die on Russian roads. But things are getting better thanks to better enforcement and a clever public service ad campaign.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
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Noted Journalist and Florida native Bill DeYoung discusses his book SKYWAY: THE TRUE STORY OF TAMPA'S SIGNATURE BRIDGE AND THE MAN WHO BROUGHT IT DOWN

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chang'e 3 Lander on the Moon, Credit: CTV
The annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union revealed lots of science, some of it astounding. Emily Lakdawalla was there with Advocac...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Provides meals, day shelter and support services in Anchorage, Alaska

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:21

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
Caption: Dr. Zuhdi Jasser
45 minute interview with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser. We discussed Syria, Egypt, the Arab Awakening, Islamists, the Muslim Brotherhood and so much more.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:01:33
Caption: Now Senator Cory Booker
Short interview with former Newark Mayor now Senator from New Jersey and his first days in Office in Washington

  • Added: Nov 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
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So how do we define our Locus of Control? Essentially, it is our positioning of ourselves within our perception of the world and the way that we p...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: The view driving across the $6.4 billion bridge, Credit: Isabel Angell
A brief history of San Francisco's $6.4 billion bridge

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 11:12