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All the Noise Surrounding Electric Cars
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons
In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
772-M31 Our Neighbor's Surprise
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Andromeda, Unexpected, Credit: Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty
Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner, and Yann Sainty’s image of our neighboring galaxy, M31, in Andromeda won the 10,000 British pound Astronomer P...

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
771-Nice PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Psyche, Credit: NASA
NASA classifies 2023 SZ1 as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid since it is larger than 140m in diameter and on its current path can come to about 6 t...

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


  • Added: Nov 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Oceans of Energy
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Tapping Earth’s largest source of clean energy -- its oceans. Ocean waves, tides and heat. A massive resource. Then, there’s salt gradient energy. ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 53:57
770- Hycean Worlds
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data., Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University)
Hycean Worlds, with masses between Earth and Neptune which have thin hydrogen rich atmospheres above a liquid water ocean may be very common in ou...

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


  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
768- Capricornus Observatory, Csokako, Hungary
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M
In 2023 T. Maroti of the Capricornus Observatory, Csokako, Hungary discovered two Earth approaching asteroids which were passing through the night...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
767- A Really Tough Customer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Nucleus, Credit: NASA
The more we learn about 322P/SOHO the stranger it becomes.

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
763-Hogan’s Big Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Nucleus Comet Wild-2, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation Sextans with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona whe...

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


  • Added: Sep 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
REVELRY meets REVERENCE at Burning Man
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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Beyond the effigy that gives Burning Man its name, there’s another wooden structure: The Temple. Arguably, it’s the spiritual center of the event.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 39:07
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...

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


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
755-Geyser of Life-Maybe
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Enceladus spews water from cracks in its south polar crust., Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
In 2023 the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a geyser of water vapor extending more than 80% of the Earth’s diameter erupting from Saturn’s moon ...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
753-Impactor Lights Up The Night Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Time Lapse Image 2022 WJ1, Credit: Image Credit: Dereck Bowen, Brantford Ontario Canada, November 19, 2022 3:26am
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Cetus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona w...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
751 Ball Pit
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Kid In Ball Pit, Credit: WebMD.com
To the amazement of NASA scientists, when the NASA OSIRIS-Rex touched down on the surface of Bennu to obtain a sample, the sample collecting arm...

Bought by KRWG, KICI Iowa City, KGLP, RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
746-Followups(534)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
Without followup data, many if not most of the Earth approaching objects would be lost as they move away from us leaving us with no idea when they ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KGLP, Raven Radio, WTIP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
745-100 Moons(533)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Schmidt Telescope Mt. Bigelow, Arizona, Credit: CSS/U. Arizona
A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood

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


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
741-Africano(529)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: NASA Stardust
My Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Brian Africano discovered his 4th comet while asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Major with our Schmidt ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, WYAP, RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
739-Comet Groller(527)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet ISON, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller was asteroid hunting with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when he discovered his first...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KGLP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
737-Collision(525)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Breakup, Credit: NASA
The object which the 2.3 mile diameter Gault hit is likely to have been a third of a mile diameter space rock. This celestial crash left Gault with...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WYAP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode 2: Into the Field
From: David Levin
Series: Deep Soundings: Stories from the Ocean Floor
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In this episode, go into the field with a team of scientists working to map the coastal seafloor in detail—and learn how their technologies could r...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:11
Episode 1: Mapping the Coastal Oceans
From: David Levin
Series: Deep Soundings: Stories from the Ocean Floor
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When it comes to mapping the seafloor, the hardest spots to see are the ones just off the coast. In this episode, find out why that's the case—and ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 14:52
736-Home Wrecker(524)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: IDA, Credit: NASA
The extremely remote chance that a dangerous mountain sized space rock has our number on it is what keeps my team going to our four telescopes in t...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WYAP, KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
733-Lunar Space Rock(521)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Lunar Space Rock, Credit: NASA
Recently, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller discovered an Earth approaching asteroid which has a speed consistent with it being ejecte...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WYAP, KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
731-Greg's Comet(519)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Halley's Comet, Credit: NASA
The discovery of a Jupiter family comet whose fate is to become a garden variety main belt asteroid.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WYAP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
729-Close Again(517)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception: Small Space Rocks, Credit: Texas A&M
As asteroid hunters equipment and skills continue to improve we will be able to find and track some of these tiny impactors and perhaps be able to ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WYAP, KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9

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