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762-Kacper’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid IDA, Credit: NASA
An object like 2023 MN5 impacts Earth once every 90,000 years or so creating a crater 5 miles in diameter an 1800 feet deep in sedimentary rock. 5...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KKRN, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Joseph McFadden: A Cattle Biologist Explains Feed Additives
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Joseph McFadden
Did you know that India accounts for about one-third of the world’s one billion head of cattle? Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to the head...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
David Messina: Rumin8 Strives To Reduce Cow Methane Emissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Messina
When we think about greenhouse gas emissions, automobiles, airplanes, and power plants usually figure more prominently than livestock. The methane ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
This Week in Water for August 27, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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As Climate Disasters Increase, So Do Government Subsidies for Fossil Fuels. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 7
761-Alessandra’s Duo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Lunar Impact, Credit: NASA
In less than two hours my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Allesandra Serrano discovered two small fast moving space rocks. Both of them passed through...

Bought by WTIP, KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
This Week in Water for August 20, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Planting Rocks to Crush Climate Change. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KMXT, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 7
760- Discover an Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Dimorphos, Credit: NASA
Carson Fuls, one of my Catalina Sky Survey teammates, is leading the effort that will allow you to join our NASA funded adventure in asteroid hunt...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
This Week in Water for August 13, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Actually, Contrails Can Be Bad. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 8
759-Number 7
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball, Credit: NASA
Hungarian astronomer and geography teacher Krisztián Sárneczky was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Lynx with 0.6m (24 inch) telescope at...

Bought by Raven Radio, KGLP, WTIP, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
This Week in Water for August 6, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Your Next Winter Coat Could Help Store Carbon. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2023
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 9
Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for July 30, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How “Project 2025” Could Eviscerate Climate Action. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KMXT, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 8
757-Alien Signals
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: A hypothetical alien craft transmits radio signals into space. Scientists are on the hunt for signals like these., Credit: Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar
Project Breakthrough Listen is spending $100 million over 10 years so that radio telescopes can search for signals which may indicate extraterrestr...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
An essential ingredient for life in the oceans of Enceladus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for July 23, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Different Kind of Climate Change Is Happening Under Your Feet. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA, KMXT, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 6
756-Nice PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception asteroid Impact 65 million years ago, Credit: NASA (Don Davis)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Cancer with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizon...

Bought by KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
What White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha Learned on the Job
From: Tradeoffs
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Ashish Jha shifted from the role of academic theorizing about health policy into a calm, reassuring voice leading the White House’s COVID response....

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
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.

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


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for July 16, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Where’s Crawford Lake—and Why Should You Care? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 6
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
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.

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


  • 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.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 8
754-Very Fast Moving Objects In The Night Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception of Earth and a Small Asteroid, Credit: NASA
Very small fast moving asteroids pass through our solar system.About once a month an object like 2023 KU4 enters our atmosphere, releases the ener...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
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...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13

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