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Matt Taylor Rocks Rosetta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosetta Mission Manager Patrick Martin and Project Scientist Matt Taylor simulate the spacecraft touchdown at Planetary Society HQ., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Last year it was New Horizons at Pluto. In 2016, the thrilling end of the Rosetta comet mission generated the greatest public interest and enthusia...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KMUD, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
New web tool aims to prevent invasive species sales online
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Invasive hydrilla, also called water thyme , Credit: N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation
The Great Lakes Commission created a web tool designed to prevent sales of aquatic invasive species over the Internet. Now, the commission is worki...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 8
Alan Stern and a Triumph at Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New Horizons enhanced color image of Pluto, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Alan Stern of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond was in Pasadena for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division f...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Charley Kohlhase and the Greatest Voyage
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: James Blinn (l.) and a young Charley Kohlhase (r.) working at JPL on pioneering computer animations of the Voyager flybys., Credit: Charley Kohlhase
How did the Voyager spacecraft manage to weave their magnificent way through the outer planets of our solar system? Mission Design Manager Charley...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Farewell Rosetta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Comet 67P/Churyumov/Gerasimenko, Rosetta’s final resting place., Credit: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA
The European Space Agency’s magnificent Rosetta mission ended last week as the spacecraft gently touched down on the comet it has revealed. You’ll ...

Bought by KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Cassini at Saturn: The Final Year
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Saturn and Cassini, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The great Cassini spacecraft has a year to go before it plunges into the ringed planet. Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with more amazing m...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Rural Pinetops Disconnected from Internet Thanks to Telecom Monopolies
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
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Last week, Wilson’s City Council voted to halt Greenlight Internet service to the community of Pinetops, North Carolina. City leaders, faced with t...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
OSIRIS REx: The Voyage to Bennu Begins, With Dante Lauretta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: OSIRIS REx departs for asteroid Bennu atop an Atlas V, Credit: Jason Davis/The Planetary Society
In two years a Near Earth Asteroid now known as Bennu will have a visitor from Earth. OSIRIS REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta reports on h...

Bought by KRZA, KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Spinoffs! Sharing NASA Technology
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Spinoff 2016 Book, Credit: NASA
In its nearly five decades, NASA has created or improved thousands of technologies, processes and innovations. Dan Lockney is in charge of making ...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Pale Red Dot: A Planet Called Proxima b
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of planet Proxima b., Credit: European Southern Observatory
The announcement was made just days ago. Co-discoverer Michael Endl tells us about the discovery of a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting in the hab...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUD, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Sailing the Canyons of Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini radar image of flooded canyons on Titan, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell
Steep canyons on Saturn's moon Titan are filled with liquid methane. That's the discovery just announced by an international team of Cassini scient...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
#744- Changes are happening in solar stocks and the markets they are in
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Change is coming to solar stocks and their markets as the solar industry grows and big utilities begin to invest heavily in this alternative energy...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
Gridlocked
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Something very different is going on up in Boothbay, Maine. It was an experiment which – if it works – could represent a fundamental shift in the w...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
Subcontractors: Making Space Happen
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bob Hoffman and Bill Galary of Nye Lubricants, Credit: Mat Kaplan
You may never hear their names, but there are thousands of small to medium-sized companies without which space exploration and development wouldn’t...

Bought by KFCF FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Like a Car Settin' on Blocks - Broadband in Appalachia
From: WMMT
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The Federal Communications Commission’s Eighth Broadband Progress Report finds approximately 19 million Americans, mostly rural, lack access to hig...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
Connection Lost – youth perspectives on broadband in Appalachia
From: WMMT
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This past August, Appalshop’s youth media project, the Appalachian Media Institute (AMI), hosted a month-long digital citizenship lab that explored...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 13:51
Interstellar Dreams Turn Real
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Breakthrough Starshot, Credit: BreakthroughInitiatives.org
Philip Lubin and his former student Travis Brashears have had quite a year. Their bold plan to send tiny probes to nearby stars is now supported b...

Bought by KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Anatomy of a Rover--Getting Down to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: DJ Byrne, Don Heyer, Raul Perez with a TDS electronics "slice", Credit: Mat Kaplan
It takes a lot of terrific components to create a successful spacecraft like Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory. We’ll visit JPL to learn about...

Bought by KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Linked-In Learning: Facing a New Trend of Online Classrooms
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Bloomington High School South has begun to incorporate online courses into its curriculum.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:50
China and the Future of Indiana Steel
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Correspondent Jerrod Dill looks into Indiana steel's efforts to block Chinese imports.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
The Eagle Has Landed: Remembering Neil Armstrong
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Neil Armstrong's official NASA portrait, Credit: NASA
We celebrate the 47th anniversary of the first moon landing with the reprise of a conversation with author and NBC space reporter Jay Barbree about...

Bought by KVSC, KUAF Public Radio, KSPB Pebble Beach, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
"My Funny I.T. Guy" To the Tune of "My Funny Valentine'' (The song and dance genre)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
A musical tribute to "My Funny I.T. Guy" . Blackberry phones - like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had- used to be considered difficult...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:08
Congrads!
From: WFHB
Series: Ins and Outs of Money
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Earning your degree is a milestone in life, but it's just the beginning of a whole new set of concerns, especially when it comes to money.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
OSIRIS REx: Ready for a Voyage to Bennu
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: OSIRIS REx spacecraft at Bennu in artist's conception., Credit: NASA/University of Arizona
OSIRIS-REx will launch toward Near Earth Asteroid Bennu soon. In an early celebration of Asteroid Day, mission leader Dante Lauretta tells us how l...

Bought by KRZA, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8

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