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Mars' Axial Tilt: A Key to Gully Formation
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Caltech and Brown University’s Jay Dickson joins Planetary Radio to discuss the mysterious formation of gullies on Mars.

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 19
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Crawford Lake, Credit: David Kattenburg
After years of study, a scientific panel proposes a formal definition of the Anthropocene, naming the spot where humanity’s fingerprints are best o...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:05
Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line's First Year
From: Tradeoffs
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It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
Ethnocide -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Barrett Holmes Pitner discussed ethnocide.

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Comparing the rivers of Earth, Mars, and Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Sam Birch, an assistant professor at Brown University, explores what we know about the alluvial rivers of Earth, Mars, and Saturn's moon Titan.

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
This Week in Water for July 9, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Painkillers Are Derived from Crude Oil—But That Could Change. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 8
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 18
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Nothing woolly-headed or Utopian about it: A universal, guaranteed basic income. A hundred years later, memories of war that do not fade. And, one ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:14
Astrophysics Stories -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Aowama Shields discussed her book, Life on Other Planets.

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Humans to Mars by the 2030s? NASA Associate Administrators weigh in
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Curiosity rover captured this view from atop Mont Mercou, a rock formation at the base of Mt. Sharp on Mars, during its 3086th sol, Martian day, of exploration., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Planetary Radio, Mat Kaplan, senior communications adviser at The Planetary Society, takes us to the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C....

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 17
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Humanity’s impact on Planet Earth has a name: the Anthropocene. The start of Earth’s human age can be pinpointed in ice and biological cores, and t...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
2023-07-02 Democracy By Numbers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2327: Democracy By Numbers, 7/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Demonic Foes -- Groks Science Show 2023-06-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Richard Gallagher discussed his book, Demonic Foes.

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
2Fast 2Curious: Finding the source of the fast solar wind
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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James Drake from the University of Maryland joins Planetary Radio to talk about the latest results from NASA's Parker Solar Probe as it soars close...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Ice -- Groks Science Show 2023-06-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Amy Brady discussed the history of ice.

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The disappearing act of Saturn's young rings
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Richard Durisen and Paul Estrada join Planetary Radio to discuss their research on the surprisingly recent formation of Saturn's rings and why they...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
The Meteoric Rise of Private Medicare Advantage Insurance
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Medicare is in the midst of a pretty dramatic transformation. Before long, two out of every three enrollees will likely have a private Medicare Adv...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 24:09
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Water for June 18, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Spot On—Getting the Ground Truth About Severe Weather. How spotters help the National Weather Service warn the public about hazardous storms.

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 6
Starstruck -- Groks Science Show 2023-06-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sarafina El-Badry Nance discussed her book, Starstruck.

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
America's Drug Price Nightmare: Public Production Can Save Lives
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What progress is being made to tackle America’s killer drug price problem?

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomers using JWST detected the oldest and most distant complex organic molecules yet in the galaxy SPT0418-47. The galaxy is over twelve billion light-years away but from our perspective on Earth, it is directly behind a foreground galaxy that is onl, Credit: J. Spilker / S. Doyle, NASA, ESA, CSA
Justin Spilker joins Planetary Radio to talk about his team’s detection of the oldest organic molecules in the known Universe.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Emotional Intelligence -- Groks Science Show 2023-06-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Patrick Kilcarr discussed his new book, Leading an Emotionally Intelligent Life.

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 23:21
Perceptual Style -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Gary Jordan discussed his book, Unlock the Power of Your Perception.

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  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Science You've Enabled
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA’s Biomass Production Chamber at the Kennedy Space Center replicates the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left, and Tom Dreschel examine the growth of crops., Credit: NASA
The second round awardees in a Planetary Society grant program will explore extreme life in super-salty lakes, and study how future Martians will g...

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  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13

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