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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-...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 21
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Rwandan genocide museum, Credit: David Kattenburg
Bacteria in your gut tweak your brain. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. The hundred-day genocide in Rwanda -- recalling the mayhem on its 29th an...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:49
Blockchain Reaction -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Elizabeth Varghese discussed her book, [Block]Chain Reaction.

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Expired Mindsets -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Charryse Johnson discussed her book, Expired Mindsets.

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Is the FDA Too Cautious?
From: Open to Debate
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While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to approve safe and effective drugs as quickly as possible to patients who need them, it must al...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2332: What Has Replaced Freud?, 8/8/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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
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: 15
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
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.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • 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
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.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, WYAP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3

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