Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Mat
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Universal Harmonies: Sonifying images for science and accessibility
Kim Arcand from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory joi...
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Mar 15 2023 55m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Sonifying Space Images for AccessibilityChapter 2 4 mins
Exploring Science Through SoundChapter 3 12 mins
Sonification for AccessibilityChapter 4 7 mins
Exploring the Universe Through SoundChapter 5 4 mins
Exploring Astronomy 3D PrintingChapter 6 10 mins
Exploring the UniverseChapter 7 45 sec
Exploring Planetary Radio
Looking back on Voyager’s 45th Anniversary
Planetary Radio’s creator Mat Kaplan guest hosts for...
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Mar 8 2023 1h 15m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Celebrating the Voyager 45th AnniversaryChapter 2 6 mins
Voyager Mission and ExplorationChapter 3 16 mins
The Voyager MissionChapter 4 13 mins
The Power of Exceeding ExpectationsChapter 5 19 mins
Cherishing the Pale Blue DotChapter 6 6 mins
Viewing the Night SkyChapter 7 1 min
Exploring Worlds and Searching for Life
Space Policy Edition: The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement
Humanity is on the cusp of attempting permanent sett...
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Mar 3 2023 1h 11m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Exploring Space Policy and EthicsChapter 2 8 mins
Exploring the Motivations for Space SettlementChapter 3 9 mins
Ethics in Space ExplorationChapter 4 10 mins
Space Settlement EntitiesChapter 5 7 mins
Property Rights and Freedom in SpaceChapter 6 6 mins
Enforcing Law in SpaceChapter 7 14 mins
Ethical Considerations for Settling Space
The Canadian Lunar Rover with Peter Visscher
In this week’s episode, Director of Canadensys West ...
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Mar 1 2023 36m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Exploring the MoonChapter 2 12 mins
Exploring the Moon's South PoleChapter 3 6 mins
Navigating the Canadian Lunar Rover ProjectChapter 4 10 mins
Exploring the MoonChapter 5 43 sec
Advocating for Moon Missions
Martian rock collecting: From meteorites to Mars Sample Return
Exciting updates to the plans to return samples from...
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Feb 22 2023 46m
Are we alone? The search for alien technosignatures
A new volunteer science project to search for alien ...
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Feb 15 2023 58m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Chelyabinsk Meteor EventChapter 2 8 mins
Extraterrestrial Life ProjectsChapter 3 12 mins
Searching for TechnosignaturesChapter 4 8 mins
Collaboration for DiscoveryChapter 5 6 mins
Exploring the Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceChapter 6 11 mins
Exploring Space With Zooniverse
More on Mars’ Watery History
Mars expert Tanya Harrison shares the details on som...
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Feb 8 2023 54m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Exploring Mars' Wet HistoryChapter 2 13 mins
Tsunamis & Life on MarsChapter 3 11 mins
Exploring the Mysteries of Planetary ScienceChapter 4 5 mins
Exploring the Vibrant Past of MarsChapter 5 9 mins
Exploring Space HistoryChapter 6 46 sec
Supporting Martian Missions With Planetary Radio
Space Policy Edition: The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar Strategy
For the first time in history, the White House laid ...
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Feb 3 2023 1h 17m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Exploring the New Cis-Lunar Space StrategyChapter 2 9 mins
Making Connections for Space AdvocacyChapter 3 8 mins
Creating a National CIS Lunar StrategyChapter 4 5 mins
Extrapolating to the FutureChapter 5 4 mins
Leading in Cis-Lunar SpaceChapter 6 6 mins
Leadership in SpaceChapter 7 5 mins
The Political Significance of Human SpaceflightChapter 8 9 mins
Exploring Lunar Space DomainChapter 9 10 mins
International Cooperation and the MoonChapter 10 10 mins
Space Situational Awareness
JWST confirms its first exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the dis...
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Feb 1 2023 59m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Exploring the Moon Io With JunoChapter 2 12 mins
Exploring Exoplanets With JWSTChapter 3 5 mins
Detecting Exoplanets With TelescopesChapter 4 13 mins
Exploring an Earth-Sized Exoplanet's AtmosphereChapter 5 8 mins
Exploring Exoplanets With JWSTChapter 6 12 mins
Habitability of Space WorldsChapter 7 44 sec
Exploring Worlds and Searching for Life
Juno Journeys to Jupiter’s Moons
Dive into the latest discoveries about Jupiter’s moo...
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Jan 25 2023 55m
Chapter 1
The Juno Mission to JupiterChapter 2 5 mins
The Internal Workings of GanymedeChapter 3 13 mins
Surfaces of Ganymede and EuropaChapter 4 13 mins
The Juno Spacecraft and Its DiscoveriesChapter 5 9 mins
Juno's Mission to JupiterChapter 6 1 min
Planetary Radio Contest
Celebrating NASA’s Artemis I mission to the Moon
Jeremy Graeber, the assistant launch director at Ken...
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Jan 11 2023 50m
Space Policy Edition: JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance to work in space exploration
After the delay of the Psyche mission, an independen...
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Jan 6 2023 1h 3m
Planetary Radio stories with Mat Kaplan
New host Sarah Al-Ahmed bids a fond farewell to Mat ...
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Jan 4 2023 1h 4m
Planetary Society All-Stars Review the Year in Space
It’s Mat Kaplan’s last episode as host of Planetary ...
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Dec 28 2022 1h 8m
Artemis 1 Orion capsule comes home, and the best of Planetary Radio
Host Mat Kaplan returned to Naval Base San Diego to ...
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Dec 21 2022 1h 16m
One Last Blast: Author of ‘The Martian’ Andy Weir with JPL Chief Engineer Rob Manning
A rollicking conversation with two of the most enter...
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Dec 14 2022 1h 23m
Scientist and Hubble Repairman John Grunsfeld
John Grunsfeld didn’t just ride the Space Shuttle in...
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Dec 7 2022 1h 15m
Space Policy Edition: NASA's Economic Impact with Alex MacDonald and Joshua Drucker
NASA supports nearly 340,000 jobs spread throughout ...
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Dec 2 2022 1h 13m
A Happy 20th Anniversary for Planetary Radio
Join our celebration with Planetary Society chief ex...
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Nov 30 2022 1h 18m
Giving the University of Arizona Mirror Lab a spin
It has been on host Mat Kaplan’s bucket list for yea...
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Nov 23 2022 1h 9m
Voyager Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker
She has been heard on Planetary Radio more than any ...
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Nov 16 2022 58m
Space Policy Edition: What the Congressional Midterms Means for Space Science
Next year a new class of elected officials will ente...
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Nov 11 2022 58m
Ann Druyan wishes you a happy Sagan Day
November 9 would have been our co-founder Carl Sagan...
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Nov 9 2022 1h 4m
Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye
While we wait for the result of the upcoming U.S. mi...
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Nov 4 2022 1h 38m