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Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
The ion engine-powered Dawn spacecraft will orbit Ceres for many years. Could it have touched down on the surface of the dwarf planet?

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Finding Your Cure for COVID-19 through Artificial Intelligence and Precision Medicine with Dr. Niven Narain BERG Biotech CEO.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Finding Your Cure for COVID-19 through Artificial Intelligence and Precision Medicine with Dr. Niven Narain BERG Biotech CEO. BERG is a clinical-st...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 55:38
  • Purchases: 1
Take Back the App!
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This week, Laura talks with coders, activists and tech entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of the platform cooperative movement. If we take the ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The double helix of DNA is the main carrier of the information of life, but far from the only one, according to Paul Davies and other scientists., Credit: Public Domain
Physicist and author Paul Davies returns to talk about his new book that explores the defining role information plays in life on Earth and perhaps ...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Data Scraping
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Data collection, data scraping, people analytics, UFADA and access to a decedent’s digital assets is the topic of this timely podcast.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 13:49
It’s Asteroid Week with NASA’s Planetary Defense Officer
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of asteroid passing Earth, Credit: ESA / P.Carril
The dinosaurs regret their lack of a space program. 200 million years later, humans are gearing up to defend themselves from a species-ending rock...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
A Space Station Crashes to Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the Tiangong-1 space station, Credit: CMSA
By the time you hear this week’s episode, China’s Tiangong-1 may have spectacularly re-entered our planet’s atmosphere, raining metal on an unpredi...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
It’s a Hard Rain on Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal many lakes on Titan's surface, some filled with liquid, and some appearing as empty depressions. The data were obtained by Cassini's radar instrument from 2004 to 2013., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASI / USGS
A computer model based on our best data about Saturn’s cloud-shrouded moon says that torrential liquid methane pounds the surface far more frequent...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Mysterious Tabby’s Star, With Tabby Herself
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of uneven dust ring surrounding “Tabby’s Star” KIC 8462852, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
It may not host an alien “megastructure” but Tabby’s Star still guards many mysteries of science. Astronomer and astrophysicist Tabetha “Tabby” Boy...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
President Trump Sets Course for the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Representatives of Congress and the National Space Council, along with several astronauts, joined President Donald J. Trump, for the president’s signing of Space Policy Directive 1., Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
On December 11th President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that firmly points the US space effort toward the Moon, but without providing many deta...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Arthur Firstenberg - The Invisible Rainbow
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Arthur Firstenberg, author of The Invisible Rainbow - A History of Electricity and Life. Mr. Firstenberg is the found...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Art and Mind of Mah
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: The WEnona Project, Credit: Jacob Striker
On this episode, we visit with a Winona based designer who has more to offer than meets the eye. Nah is an interdisciplinary visual artist. His wor...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 23:59
NASA Leaders on Getting Humans to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan leads a discussion at the 2017 Humans To Mars Summit with NASA Associate Administrators (l to r) Thomas Zurbuchen, William Gerstenmaier and Stephen Jurczyk, Credit: Christina Korp @Buzzs_xtina
The human journey to the Red Planet is long and hard, but Mat’s conversation with three NASA Associate Administrators at the Humans to Mars Summit ...

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  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
What does the future hold for driverless cars? Transportation expert weighs in
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Following the recent crash of a driverless car, there's been a lot of talk about these vehicles. Frank Douma is a transportation policy expert and ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 16:08
Dana Marlowe and Accessibility Partners: Providing Access for the Disabled
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate CSR interview with Dana Marlowe, president and cofounder of Accessibility Partners, to learn how the company works with gove...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 38:07
The Sentimental Sense -- Groks Science Show 2015-11-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Virginia Barry discusses the neuroscience behind memory and scent.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 32:36
  • Purchases: 2
Autism's Mysteries -- Groks Science Show 2015-09-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steve Silberman addresses some of the mysteries of autism.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 3
Driverless -- Groks Science Show 2015-08-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Corey Clothier discusses the state of autonomous vehicles.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 32:59
  • Purchases: 2
Leaving Behind a Life on Mars—Former Curiosity Project Scientist John Grotzinger
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Former Curiosity Rover Project Scientist John Grotzinger, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The Mars Science Laboratory rover has accomplished its primary goals on the Red Planet, and John Grotzinger has left his central role to become Cha...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
The Quantum Moment -- Groks Science Show 2015-01-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Robert Crease discusses how terms from quantum mechanics have found their way into everyday discourse.

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 32:16
  • Purchases: 2
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Where Did The Air Go? Bruce Jakosky on the MAVEN Mars Mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The MAVEN spacecraft circling Mars., Credit: NASA/GSFC
Not just the air. Where is the water that was plentiful on the red planet billions of years ago? MAVEN may help answer these questions. Principa...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
All Tangled Up -- Groks Science Show 2014-12-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason Gallicchio discusses the physics of particle entanglement.

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 32:08
  • Purchases: 5
Behind The Thread 19
From: Russell Jowell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Episode 19 of Behind The Thread, we go inside the 7-year energy crisis that has beleaguered Pakistan's vital textile industry and see what is be...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 46:30
The SpaceShipTwo and Antares Disasters: Special Coverage With John Logsdon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: First powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, Credit: Virgin Galactic
It was a terrible, tragic week for commercial space development. Historian and space policy analyst John Logsdon helps up understand the greater m...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3