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Bill McKibben & Akaya Windwood: Boomers, Big Banks & Solving the Climate Crisis (Release Date: 10/12/2022)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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(Release Date: 10/12/2022) Hey Boomers: When it comes to the climate crisis, are you the problem, the solution or both? In this episode Laura sits...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, WNYE and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Grounded: The director of the SOFIA flying observatory on its termination
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: With its giant infrared telescope open to the sky, SOFIA flies toward another night of observation, Credit: NASA/DLR
Director of SOFIA Science Mission Operations Margaret Meixner joins us to lament the end of the giant flying observatory and to celebrate its treme...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, WJCU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Sharing Living Space Peacefully - Part 2 of 2
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Dr. Rosemarie Soucy
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, Part 2 of our investigation into conflict in the most intimate of places we spend much of our time - at home ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bull’s-eye! DART impacts Dimorphos
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Asteroid Dimorphos imaged by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft seconds before the probe impacted., Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
Listen as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft closes in on asteroid Dimorphos, followed by a triumphant conversation with DART Coordina...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Countdown to DART: Will We Move an Asteroid?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The DART spacecraft races toward its impact on asteroid Dimorphos in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART spacecraft’s impact on asteroid moonlet Dimorphos is set for Sept. 26. We’ll get a preview of this historic smackdown from the mission’s c...

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Banned Books
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Just in time for Banned Books Week (September 19 to 24, 2022), we learn about the history, practice, and effectiveness of book bans with The Childr...

Bought by KECG, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KCHU, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
A Space Coast Conversation with European Space Agency Leader Josef Aschbacher
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An Artemis astronaut collects a promising rock on the Moon., Credit: NASA
Host Mat Kaplan spends a few minutes talking with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, at the first attempt to launch A...

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


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Countdown to Artemis, The Return to the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Sun rises on the morning of August 29, 2022 at the Kennedy Space Center as the countdown continues toward launch of Artemis 1., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Join Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society colleagues in Florida for the first attempt to launch the Space Launch System rocket on a mission to the Moon.

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
20220919: Banned Books, 9/19/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Just in time for Banned Books Week (September 19 to 24, 2022), we learn about the history, practice, and effectiveness of book bans with The Childr...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
South Africa Since Apartheid: Has Democracy Worked?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, a co-production with Foreign Policy, we take a look at South Africa’s path to political and economic equality.

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
DEER Camp with DeAnna Bublitz
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week Justin is joined by DeAnna Bublitz, founder of DEER Camp. DEER Camp is trying to build a more diverse community of hunters by attracting ...

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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 2
Pieces of Mars: How We’ll Get Them to Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover., Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-CalTech
Getting precious Mars rocks into Earthbound labs is an unprecedented challenge. We’ll hear how a lander, a rocket, a big solar-powered transfer veh...

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


  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
A Venus Phosphine Scoop! The Return of Jane Greaves
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This false color radar image allows us to see through Venus' thick clouds to the broiling surface below., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
Delightful astronomer Jane Greaves is back with the latest evidence for phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus.

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
A New Democratic and Equitable Business Model: Open Collective
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many of the world’s most successful businesses began as someone’s good idea. But the path from startup to conventional financial success typically ...

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Comets Stink! The Chemical Zoo Found at Comet Chury
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosetta and the Philae lander approach comet Chury., Credit: ESA
Scientists have found a menagerie of complex organic compounds on the comet visited by the Rosetta spacecraft that connect it with the birth of our...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
Constant Wonder - Where Is Hope? Towns Rebuild Their "Lifescapes" After Disaster Strikes
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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After the Camp Fire consumed the town of Paradise, CA, the high school football team played a special role in bringing the town back to life.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
URL - 50 Years After Roe, Is Reporting on Abortion Still Too White?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Forty percent of those who get abortion services in the U.S. are African Americans. Would you know it from the media coverage of the Supreme Court’...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Citizen Science: Join the search for Martian clouds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Curiosity rover captured the images used to create this mosaic of Martian clouds over Mont Mercou on 19 March 2021., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Scientists need your help identifying clouds high above the surface of the red planet. The goal is figuring out where Mars’ water went.

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


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
New Jet Propulsion Lab Director Laurie Leshin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Laurie Leshin formally assumes her roles as director of NASA JPL and vice president of Caltech in May., Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Laurie Leshin has just become the tenth director of JPL and the first woman to run the fabled center for space science and robotic exploration.

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


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Reforming Prosecutor Power - Especially After Roe
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Prosecutors are immensely powerful, especially now, after the overthrow of Roe. They decide which cases to bring, what charges to make and what sen...

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


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The EXTENDED Untold Story of the St. Cloud Optimists Club Recognized as the Optimists International Club of the Year
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with members from the St. Cloud Mornin...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 42:16
The Untold Story of the St. Cloud Optimists Club Recognized as the Optimists International Club of the Year
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with members from the St. Cloud Morning Optimis...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:50
Former NASA chief scientist Jim Green looks back
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Former NASA chief scientist Jim Green, Credit: NASA
The former director of NASA’s Planetary Science division, Jim Green, retired as the agency’s chief scientist in January. This episode opens with a ...

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


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Captains for Clean Water on The Front Lines of the War to Save Planet Earth.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Captains for Clean Water on The Front Lines of the War to Save Planet Earth. We have a conversation with Captain Chris Wittman, Co-Founder, that tr...

Bought by KVSC and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 26:57
  • Purchases: 2
The JWST: An Awesome New Window on the Universe Opens Wide
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) captured this stunning view of the Carina Nebula, located about 7,500 light-years from Earth. Nicknamed the "cosmic cliffs," it is essentially a nursery for young stars., Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
NASA and its partners have revealed the first stunning images from the new space telescope. We’ll talk about them with Bill Nye and members of the ...

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


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14

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