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Spectrum (Science unscripted) 02/01/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: We received so many messages this past week about the lopsided male COVID-19 mortality rate. Maybe you wrote one of them?

  • Added: Feb 05, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
679-Hammer(453)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist's illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) which will crash into the asteroid Didymos., Credit: NASA/John Hopkins University/Cov
When Asteroid Hunters find a relatively large asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth, the challenge is to change its path to make it miss...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
678-Greg's Comet(425)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Lovejoy, Credit: NASA
Greg's comet comes into our neighborhood once per human lifetime and spends most of it's time in the lonely space high above or far below the rest ...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Where in the World Are All the Vaccines?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, talks with Ray Suarez about overcoming the challenges of vaccine distr...

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
677-30 Years of Fireballs(457)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: 30 years of fireballs, Credit: NASA
Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. If you are lucky to see a fireball send...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 01/11/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Take a look around — because this is the wildest part of the pandemic anyone's ever seen. And we've started to normalize a ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #27: Immersion
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Immersive artwork breaks down the border between the viewer and the artist, submerging the spectator in the exhibit. Nancy Pettinicchio discusses t...

Bought by KVSC, KMXT, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 27:02
  • Purchases: 3
675-Nuking An Asteroid(447)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception, Credit: Dan Durda
Tonight, even though the chances are extremely slim, an asteroid hunter could find a sizable asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth. If w...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 12/28/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The omicron numbers are already awful. Yet there's a case for cautious optimism based on what we've seen so far.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
674-Asteroid Homestead(446)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Mining, Credit: NASA
In the future one can envision a space mining family boarding a descendent of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle for a trip into low Earth orb...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
673-Christmas Comet(437)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Halley's Comet, Credit: NASA
On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching asteroids in the constellation of Virgo, the Universe gave my Catalina Sky Survey team...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 12/14/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How do I keep the holidays focused on mistletoe instead of misinformation? And how will the pandemic play out in 2022?

  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
672-Meteor Whispers(427)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball Exploding, Credit: NASA
Recent scientific studies have begun to shed light on the interesting mystery of how the small number of what we now call electrophonic meteors pro...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 12/07/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Be honest: Do you find it harder to care about omicron than the variants before it? Also, how much info can be learned from...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
WorldCanvass: 2021 International Impact and Global Student Awards
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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2021 recipients of the University of Iowa's International Impact Award and Global Student Award are honored in this WorldCanvass program which kick...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:15:56
670-Laser Surfing(364)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Laser Sail, Credit: Project Breakthrough
Laser propelled ultra light space probes could be sent to explore nearby worlds.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
669-Seeds(356)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Voyager Leaving Solar System, Credit: NASA
What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them?

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 11/16/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: There really are two different pills you'll be able to take soon if you catch the coronavirus. Also, why don't people trust...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
668-Dry Sands(420)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Intriguing features which change with the Martian seasons mimic flows of liquid water on the Earth's surface.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Saving Endangered Species (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The red colobus monkey is one of the most endangered primates in the world. Found in West, East, and Central Africa, the once thriving species has ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KEDT, WMUU-LP, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Saving Endangered Species (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The red colobus monkey is one of the most endangered primates in the world. Found in West, East, and Central Africa, the once thriving species has ...

Bought by KMUN, WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Saving Endangered Species (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The red colobus monkey is one of the most endangered primates in the world. Found in west, east, and central Africa, the once thriving species has ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 11/02/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: COVID-19 vaccines are getting refined and retested as we speak — and in the meantime, why not start your day ⁠with an extr...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
666-Red Dwarf Planets(417)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Gliese 887C, Credit: Mark Garlick/ University of Göttingen
Earth like planets are being discovered circling the most common type of star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy.

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 10/26/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Why are vaccinated people dying less often from non-COVID factors, too? Also, there was never any good reason to exclude wo...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 30:00

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