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761: You're Not OK. That's OK. / 762: Writing The Climate Change Story, 1/21/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
World in Progess 01/12/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on World in Progress: Affordable housing is hard to come by. The situation is particularly dire in some cities in Turkey where inflation ...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Celebrating NASA’s Artemis I mission to the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artemis 1 begins its successful lunar mission.
Jeremy Graeber, the assistant launch director at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, joins Planetary Radio to recount his experience on the night of A...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Planetary Radio stories with Mat Kaplan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sarah Al-Ahmed, the new host of Planetary Radio, shaking hands with Mat, creator and former host of the show after their last in-person recording on Dec. 22, 2022., Credit: Bruce Betts/The Planetary Society
New host Sarah Al-Ahmed bids a fond farewell to Mat Kaplan, Planetary Radio’s former host, in a special interview as Mat shares stories from his tw...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Planetary Society All-Stars Review the Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula that were previously obscured., Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
For his last episode as host, Mat Kaplan welcomes many of his Planetary Society colleagues for a review of a spectacular year of space exploration.

Bought by KIYU-FM, KWMR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KCNP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2022)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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It's a compendium of highlights from just one season in the long-running award-winning PEACE TALKS RADIO series. You'll hear clips from our series ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
I&I – Nice Job, Society!
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week is the December edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend, Bryce Ward, about...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 2
Artemis 1 Orion capsule comes home
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft on board the USS Portland after its historic journey around the Moon., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan greets the Orion capsule that has just returned from the Moon.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
221223: This Year in Climate, 12/23/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through global energy markets, destabilized international food security, and continues to kee...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Good Night Oppy! Hello Mars!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A Mars Exploration Rover crosses the Red Planet in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Bill Nye and Planetary Society members join Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity scientists at a screening of the excellent new documentary about the...

Bought by KIYU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WJCU, WORT, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, Brown and BIPOC media got right, and they're still missin...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating Planetary Radio’s 20th Anniversary with Bill Nye
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Host Mat Kaplan reports from the Red Planet on Planetary Radio's 20th anniversary.
Join the Planetary Society’s CEO and others as we mark Planetary Radio’s entry into its third decade.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WJCU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KRZA, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Giving the University of Arizona Mirror Lab a spin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio host and his Mirror Lab tour guide Buell Jannuzi with one of the seven huge mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope. , Credit: Mat Kaplan
Join us for a tour of the University of Arizona’s Mirror Lab where they use a giant, spinning oven filled with molten glass to create the primary m...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
743: Going For Broke: Can Work Be Love? / 744: Everything Is Exhausting, 11/19/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Can Work Be Love?" - In this final part of our series, we’re talking about work — about the right to meaningful work, t...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
Voyager Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Linda Spilker and Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan check out the geysers emanating from a model of Saturn's moon Enceladus at JPL., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker has now taken on the same job for the Voyager Interstellar Mission.

Bought by KIYU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was e...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ann Druyan wishes you a happy Sagan Day
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Carl Sagan was a co-founder of The Planetary Society., Credit: The Planetary Society
Celebrate Carl Sagan’s birthday with his longtime collaborator and life partner Ann Druyan.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
739: Going For Broke: Change Of Address / 740: Traditional Knowledge, 11/5/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
DART smacked an asteroid! So what’s next in planetary defense?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's concept shows the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. In 2013, the mission was brought out of hibernation to hunt for more asteroids and comets in a project called NEOWISE., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test was a brilliant success. The leaders of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office tell us what’s next in th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Going For Broke, Part One: Change Of Address
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Georgia Way: Strategies that Work for Winning Elections
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What happened in Georgia in 2020? The election of two Democrats to the Senate from that state handed the presidency to Joe Biden and control of Con...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Meet the new Planetary Radio host!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New host Sarah Al-Ahmed is introduced by current host and Planetary Radio creator Mat Kaplan in this week's episode.
After 20 years at the helm, Mat Kaplan introduces the person who will take over Planetary Radio when the new year begins.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KCNP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Soledad O’Brien on Rosa Parks: The Untold Story
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Rosa Parks is best known to Americans as a national treasure — the little old lady who sat down on a bus and “ended racism.” What we lose in that d...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Eyes on the Sky: Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: One of the Catalina Sky Survey/Steward Observatory telescopes on Mt. Lemmon prepares for another night of asteroid hunting., Credit: CSS/Steward Observatory
Meet leaders of two of the most successful Earth-based searches for asteroids, including many thousands that could threaten Earth.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Innovate! NASA’s leading-edge fellows share their amazing projects
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of an advanced, spaceship., Credit: NASA/MSFC
Join us at the 2022 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium for a taste of projects that just might change the world.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, KCNP, WMUU-LP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12

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