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This Week in Water for January 9, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Swimming in the Seine, Again. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 4
Return to the Moon: Preparing for splashdown in the Pacific
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Host Mat Kaplan talks with USS John P. Murtha captain Gervy Alota next to the Orion capsule test article aboard the ship., Credit: Mat Kaplan
A shipboard update on how the Artemis 1 Orion capsule will be recovered from the Pacific Ocean.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, KVSC, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
A good year for space: Planetary Society all-stars review 2021
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Solar system montage with eight planets, Credit: NASA/JPL
Seven Planetary Society experts and enthusiasts celebrate 2021’s many space science and exploration milestones.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Follow your recycling from bin to bale
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Ride along with a sanitation worker who collects everything in San Francisco’s blue bins, and learn some dos and don’ts of recycling at a Recology ...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Discovering Mars with Jim Bell and William Sheehan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A mosaic of 102 Viking orbiter images of Mars, showing a hemisphere of the planet centered on the immense Valles Marineris canyon system. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
“Discovering Mars” is the new chronicle of humanity’s long relationship with the Red Planet, assembled by space historian William Sheehan and Mars ...

Bought by KUT, KIYU-FM, WFHB, WMUU-LP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Best of Making Contact, 2021
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In this special year-end episode, Making Contact producers and staff turn the spotlight on some the best shows they aired in 2021.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
SF is strengthening its buildings for the next big quake
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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While hundreds of soft-story buildings in San Francisco have been upgraded by their owners to survive a major quake, city officials said 700 such b...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:33
JWST is ready for launch and amazing science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope seen being prepared for transport to French Guiana for launch later this year., Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Three astronomers share what they hope the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal about our universe after its launch this month.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, KRZA, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
This Week in Water for December 12, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Zapping the Ocean with Electricity to Fight Climate Change? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 4
Bring It On! – November 15, 2021: Meet the Candidates – Valerie McCray for U.S. Senate and Jennifer Crossley for Monroe County Council
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national polit...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
December 3, 2021: Brutal Jail Conditions in Maricopa County
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We begin our episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances contributed by Perilous Chronicle. We close out the episode with a call from ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
December 10, 2021: Twice-stolen Wealth
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we cover carceral non-profits in an interview with Drs. Zhandarka Kurti, a professor of criminology and Criminal Justice at Loyola Unive...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Signs of speculation, cause San Francisco leaders to spend millions to buy apartment buildings
From: KSFP
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Worries that real estate investors are buying multi-unit housing properties in San Francisco, then evicting tenants to turn a quick buck. has promp...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
A conversation with the director of “Don’t Look Up”
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio are astronomers trying to save the world from a comet in Don't Look Up., Credit: Netflix
Director Adam McKay and planetary defense expert Amy Mainzer join us for a conversation about the film and the science behind it.

Bought by KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KIYU-FM, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
This Week in Water for December 5, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Is a Snowless Future a Possibility in the West? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 4
Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of exoplanet Trappist-1f, a world that may be capable of supporting life., Credit: NASA
NASA’s Jim Green and Mary Voytek want the science community to develop tools that will help us evaluate potential evidence of life beyond Earth.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for November 28, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Will We Lose Our History to Climate Change? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, KKFI, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 5
Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's depiction of TESSERAE self-assembling structures in orbit around Mars., Credit: Artist Rendering of TESSERAE (TU Dortmund)
“Into the Anthropocosmos” is MIT Space Exploration Initiative director Ariel Ekblaw’s collection of innovations that will improve life in space and...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KCNP, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Performer’s conservatorship is over, but activists say she’s not the only one
From: KSFP
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The end of Britney Spears' conservatorship raises questions about who gets "conserved" and why. "Civic" talks to mental health activists who are w...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:28
The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Illustration of DART, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine, Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART mission begins its journey that will end when it smashes into an asteroid, demonstrating how we might save Earth from a devastating impact.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, WYAP, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for November 14, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Eating Hamburgers Harms Coral Reefs. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 6
It’s Veterans Day, and OneVet OneVoice says: Think about happiness
From: KSFP
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Veterans can get help in a San Francisco building most thing of as an opera venue. OneVet OneVoice, on the second floor of San Francisco’s War Memo...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is one of three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. Each of the facilities is located approximately 120 degrees of longitude apart so that at least one station is able to downlink and uplink signals , Credit: NASA
Spacecraft need a navigation and communication infrastructure to carry out their missions. Learn how NASA does it and what’s in store for the future.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WFHB, KCNP, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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What happens in San Francisco if you call the authorities about a tent encampment in your neighborhood? We're told they will be offered shelter and...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Solving America's Traffic Cop Problem
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brett Simpson
Two summers ago, calls to defund the police swept across the nation, spurred by high-profile incidents of police brutality against people of color....

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1