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Emily Lakdawalla at the LPSC While Alan Stern Stirs Up the Solar System
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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A busy show, as Emily shares highlights from last week’s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and Alan Stern provides updates on the Rosetta com...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Getting Humans to Mars Without Breaking the Bank
From: Mat Kaplan
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NASA scientist Harley Thronson tells us about a new initiative that is figuring out how we will get men and women to the red planet at a reasonable...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Personality Tests
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Planetary Radio Live Celebrates the Mars Rovers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Family portrait of the Mars Rovers, Credit: JPL/NASA
Opportunity has been rolling across Mars for 10 years! We celebrate the Mars Exploration Rovers and their sisters on the red planet at Planetary R...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, KSKQ, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Things to Come: Previewing 2014 Solar System Exploration With Emily Lakdawalla
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla
24 spacecraft are either busy exploring the solar system or speeding toward an exciting destination. The Planetary Society's Senior Editor takes u...

Bought by WMNF, KSKQ, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating Bruce Murray, The "Admiral of the Solar System"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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The life of explorer and teacher Dr. Bruce Murray was celebrated last November 10th at Caltech. This week we present a few excerpts from the tribu...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Two Guys On Your Head: Automaticity
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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We may think we are making conscious decisions to do what we do on a daily basis, yet a large portion of things we do during the day we do without ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
235: Blue Marble
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
224: Reciprocity Part II
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Man throwing cast net , Credit: Mangrove Action Project | MarinePhotobank.org
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
“I’m seeing women gain power in the scientific community.”
From: Distillations
Caption: Nancy Jackson
In her role with the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, Nancy Jackson travels throughout Asia and the Middle Eas...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Taking a Breath: Healing the Inner Environment
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Dr. James Gordon
World-renowned psychiatrist Dr. James S. Gordon of the Center for Mind Body Medicine has trained thousands of teachers globally to advance ancient ...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, WEZU, KFCF FM, and WEZU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
Swimming Our Talk: Blue Mind, Ocean Heart
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Philippe Cousteau, Credit: Michael Howard (c)
Marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols, ocean advocates Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau, and the Truckee High School Envirolution Club are among the r...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and WEZU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Millions of Elders: Biomimicry and How Nature Would Do It
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Dr. Dayna Baumeister, Credit: Jennifer Esperanza (c)
Biomimicry is decoding astonishing treasures from nature's recipe book that we can mimic for our technological and industrial practices.

Bought by Ohm Radio , WHCP-LP Cambridge, Panhandle Community Radio, WZEN.org, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 9
A World That Works For All: Fireflies, Dumpsters, Soft Power and the Design Science Revolution
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Sheila Kennedy
The visionary designer and architect R. Buckminster Fuller’s remarkable legacy inspires new generations to create the Design Science Revolution he ...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and WDSE


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 4
Your Inner Macaque -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dario Maestripieri joins us to discuss his new book, 'Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 24:47
  • Purchases: 3
158: The Sea Around Us
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Rachel Carson and Jacques Cousteau's legacies have driven decades of new investigation, research institutes, conservation action and programs in th...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create The World We Want
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Future Generations Are Screaming At Us: The Clean Energy Climate Challenge
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: James Hansen, Credit: Frank Rogozienski
The climate crisis is a crisis of governance and leadership. Will we move rapidly enough to realign our policies, politics and economy to stabilize...

Bought by KKRN, KZYX, and KWIT


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Tears in the Eyes: Rainbow in the Heart
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Dr. Jane Goodall of the Jane Goodall Institute, Credit: (c) Jennifer Esperanza
The visionary primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall revolutionized primatology and helped us realize how close our kinship is with the...

Bought by KQUA and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Fifth Season
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Cenizo puts on a show during the desert's rainy season., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Close Encounters of the Biological Kind: Learning from the Locals
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 5
Caption: Janine Benyus, Credit: Tim Porter
Nature bats last, but more importantly, it's her playing field. Wouldn't it be wise to learn the ground rules and how to play by them?

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Global Warming: A Climate of Peril and Promise
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 7
Caption: Bill McKibben
While human activity continues to devastate the atmosphere, a countervailing movement is afoot, evident in the deployment of alternative energy tec...

Bought by KNBA and Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nature's Recipe Book: Life Shops at Home
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 7
Caption: Janine Benyus
How would nature do it? Biomimicry is a revolutionary emerging science that models nature's genius to design leading edge technologies that work in...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cancer Nutrition -- Groks Science Show 2010-09-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jodi Buckman Weinstein discussed proper nutrition during cancer therapy.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 24:19
  • Purchases: 2