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297-White Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Millions of children will never see the Milky Way or a meteor streaking across the night sky.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
275-No Place Like Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are finding thousands of planets orbiting distant stars. Your home the Earth is still the only one where you could live without a space...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Facing Climate Change: Building Resilience at the Local Level
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
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An exploration of the work being done in Washington State's Skagit Valley to better understand and prepare for the effects of a changing climate.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:17
(Episode #15) Social Spheres: Academia and Pop Culture
From: Odegaard Writing and Research Center
Series: Character Development
Caption: Odegaard Writing and Research Center, Credit: OWRC
Riding on the heels of the recent release of Captain America: Civil War, the Character Development team gathers three OWRC tutors—our creative dire...

  • Added: May 15, 2016
  • Length: 19:45
Right Relationship with Mother Earth - Dr. Jim Collins and Peggy Rebol on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jim Collins
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
210-Life's Core
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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All life has a common core which can guide our search for life outside of our planet.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
198-Asteroid Water Wagons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroids have been hauling water to our Moon and depositing it in places which are very handy for future human colonists.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
196-Dark, Bright, and Beautiful
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Time spent under the natural night sky is one of the great joys of being human.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
191-Two Odd Fellows
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Two quite different Earth approaching asteroids were discovered in a clear hole in the sky between storms.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Cornucopian Myth: William Catton #107
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“The age of growth and the age in which growth is going to be considered a good thing is coming to an end.” The late sociologist William R. Catton ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Cruel Hoax: Stephanie Mills #106
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Stephanie Mills made headlines in the Spring of 1969 when she vowed, in her commencement address (titled The Future is a Cruel Hoax), to conceive n...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
185-So Many Possibilities
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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New research has revealed a truly mind boggling number of potentially habitable locations in the Universe.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Infectious Diseases: What factors are at play during disease outbreaks?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this pilot episode of the World Affairs podcast we are looking at diseases: how they are spread, how they are contained, how they are cured. We ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 12:42
179-Planets, Billiards, & Alchemy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Sir Isaac Newton's ideas continue to be relevant to everyday life in situations ranging from the flight of an airplane to the colors of the rainbow.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
176-Weird Life
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Strange life forms at the bottom of Earth's oceans may provide clues about creatures which may exit on other worlds.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
173-An Earth Like Planet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA Kepler spacecraft has found an Earth like planet which has spent 6 billion years in the habitable zone of its star. It is mind blowing to...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
"Why don't people believe science?"
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
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Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Dan Kahan, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law & Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School. His prim...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
172-Number 1602
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The asteroid hunting community has discovered 1602 potentially hazardous asteroids.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
171-Planet's Airglow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By studying our sister planet Venus we better understand Mother Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
170-Encounter With Pluto
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After 9 years, 3 billion miles, and 18 sleeping periods the NASA New Horizons spacecraft is discovering wonders in the far reaches of our solar sys...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
169- Neighborhood's Edge
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Our knowledge of the solar system now includes many objects out near and past Pluto.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
153-Alien Invaders
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The most likely alien invaders are microorganisms which humans may export from or import to Earth's biosphere.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KENW and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
151-A Climate Changer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large asteroids which impact the Earth can cause global change.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, KALH and more


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
144-One Of A Million
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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There are millions of small space rocks which come near the Earth. Here is the story of one of them.

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
143-Busy Little One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid has paid numerous visits to the vicinity of the Earth, Mars, and our Moon.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7