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Facing the Unthinkable
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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The film 'Oppenheimer' reminds us that the nuclear age remains a fundamental fact of our lives -- even if its apocalyptic potential can seem too fr...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WGCU, WRKF, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 20
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Artificial Intelligence -- existential threat to humanity, or just to basic civil rights? Personal DNA testing – you never know what you’ll find. ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:54
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.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KDX Worldround Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
From: Open to Debate
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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • 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: 14
BGR418 | Scams & Frauds (Part 1)
From: KRDP
Series: Boom Goddess Radio
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In 2021, Americans reported losses of $5.8 billion USD to fraud. This represented a 70% increase in fraud activity from 2020. According to the FTC,...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
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.

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


  • 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
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.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • 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
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.

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


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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
2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14
Reviving Repair: Recovering the lost skills and rights to fix our stuff
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Stories about Chicago's Community Glue repair cafe and the Minnesota coalition of techies and farmers who won the nation's strongest Right to Repai...

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
2324: The Rhetoric of Big Tech, 6/13/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 23:21
Perceptual Style -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Gary Jordan discussed his book, Unlock the Power of Your Perception.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Science You've Enabled
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA’s Biomass Production Chamber at the Kennedy Space Center replicates the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left, and Tom Dreschel examine the growth of crops., Credit: NASA
The second round awardees in a Planetary Society grant program will explore extreme life in super-salty lakes, and study how future Martians will g...

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  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Science Communication -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Christopher Reddy discussed his new book, Science Communication in a Crisis.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Exoplanet enigma: Unpacking the discovery of a "forbidden" planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist’s conception shows the gas giant TOI-5205b transiting, or passing in front of its host star. This world has been called the “forbidden planet” because of its size and proximity to its small red dwarf star, which goes against our current unders, Credit: Katherine Cain/Carnegie Institution for Science
Shubham Kanodia, the lead on a paper about a so-called “ forbidden planet,” TOI 5202 b, joins us to talk about this strange world and why it's upen...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Long Illness -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Juliet Morgan discussed her book, Long Illness.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1

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