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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
08-14: Cosmomimicry: We’re The Universe Mattering, 1/5/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: David McConville
“If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do, then how would I be and what would I do?” asked visio...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
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
663-Alien Rock?(409)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Illustration, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A rock from another solar system is likely to have streaked by Earth before heading back into interstellar space.

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


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Ecology: The Infrastructure of the Future?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the midst of yet another year of climate catastrophe, the U.S. Senate is negotiating a $3.5 trillion infrastructure package.  President Biden, a...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
659-Martian Debris(382)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Martian Trojan asteroids have stable orbits around the Sun, leading and trailing the red planet by 60 degrees, where the Sun's and Mars's gravity a...

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Post-Pandemic College Experience
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Coronavirus concerns forced many universities to close their campuses this fall. The mix of fewer students on campus, canceled athletics, and onlin...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
633-Dress Rehearsal
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Bright Fireball Meteor, Credit: NASA
The situation that asteroid hunters both train for and dread is the discovery of a large space rock on a collision course with planet Earth. Recent...

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


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Untold Story of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's $100 Million COVID Housing Assistance Program with Commissioner Jennifer Ho
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Commission...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
A Blind Date with Dividends: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith on Polarizing Algorithms
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
597-Aging Satellites
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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If we don't place some new space weather observing satellites into orbit it is possible that you will wake up one day to no electricity, no cell p...

Bought by KCHW, KENW, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 13
Rare Paiute cutthroat trout reintroduced to native habitat, a 30 year saga for Bill Somer
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Bill Somer is a senior environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In 1988 he joined the effort to reestablish the ...

Bought by KRZA and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 2
Alvaro Bedoya: Privacy and Civil Rights in the Age of Facebook, ICE, and the NSA
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Right: U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez (NM); Right: Professor Alvaro Bedoya
What is the history of surveillance in the US? What are its implications for today's activists, immigrants, and people of color? Professor Alvaro B...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:53
The Mad Military Money Machine
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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There’s something sick about US Military spending. It’s certainly not keeping anyone safe. This week, why we the public spend billions on bad techn...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Horton vs. Jones Case on Electronic Wills
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Can a person create a valid will that is not formally executed as required by state law? Find out more about electronic wills through discussion of...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 08:32
ThinkBusiness — a conversation with Christopher Caskey
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness
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Christopher Caskey is a scientist and entrepreneur with an innovative business idea to tackle two environmental problems in rural Colorado at once:...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Security of Clients’ Information and What Attorneys Need to Know
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Do practicing lawyers have ethical and legal duties with the use of technology in the practice of law? Learn how to protect client data and what is...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 12:24
The Only Limit Was Your Imagination
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
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Christian, Davis, and Isaiah discuss their love of Minecraft.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2018
  • Length: 07:37
Reimagining Innovation
From: Sam Margolis
Caption: VR Takeover at SXSW, Credit: Sam Margolis
I spoke with nearly 200 people in Austin, TX during South By Southwest (SXSW) in pursuit of gaining new perspective on the word "innovation". This ...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
S2 Ep. 3 The Astronomers
From: Honolulu Civil Beat
Series: Offshore
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Why do astronomers feel a giant new telescope on top of Mauna Kea is so important? What will Hawaii — and the scientific community — stand to lose ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 38:39
Alvin Toffler and Margaret Mead: Future Shock, Innocence and Innovation
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Alvin Toffler and Margaret Mead: an author and an anthropologist who endeavored to understand the impact of scientific invention. In this episode o...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSFR, KVSC, and KSFR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 4
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Jeff Harman
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interview with astrological consultant Jeff Harman. Also featured music from Music X-ray artists.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
Exploring Alzheimer's
From: Hold That Thought
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David Holtzman, professor and chairman of the neurology department at the Washington University School of Medicine, explores Alzheimer's disease an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Discovering Dark Matter
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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Astronomer Ramanath Cowsik describes the history of dark matter and how his discovery influenced the way scientists think about dark matter in the ...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:00
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1