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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science episodes:

04.03.2020 Space Policy Edition: Our Equinox Space Policy Briefing Join The Planetary Society’s policy team, including Bill Nye, for highlights of a members-only live briefing that shared our analysis of how the coronavirus pandemic may affect space exploration.
04.01.2020 The Next 10 Years: Continuing our Solar System Tour Our look ahead at the near-future of solar system exploration continues with Mars, the giant outer worlds, and the smaller bodies that can be found throughout the neighborhood.
03.25.2020 The Next 10 Years…An Introduction to the Decadal Survey Six scientists give us a preview of where planetary science may be taken in the next 10 years by a new NASA decadal survey.
03.18.2020 Building Our Future on Mars Civil engineer Peter Carrato believes we know how to use what’s available on Mars to build the human structures that will be needed by the first explorers.
03.11.2020 The Return of Cosmos and Ann Druyan Cosmos has returned under the steady hand of Ann Druyan. We’ll talk with her about the third season of the television series and her companion book.
03.06.2020 Space Policy Edition: NASA's 2021 Budget Request Brings Billions NASA’s fiscal year 2021 budget request contains lots of good news along with a few disappointments. How will Congress weigh in?
03.04.2020 African Eyes Look to the Cosmos The founder of Astronomers Without Borders brings the organization’s leader in Nigeria to the Planetary Radio microphones.
02.26.2020 The Search for 100 Earths The search for worlds like our own is underway, but the challenges are enormous according to astronomers Debra Fischer and Joe Llama.
02.19.2020 Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine 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 elsewhere.
02.12.2020 Another Goldilocks World and the Space Telescope That Discovered It Another near Earth-sized planet has been found in the habitable zone around a distant star, discovered by a powerful space telescope named TESS.
02.07.2020 Space Policy Edition: Is the Moon a Stepping-Stone or a Cornerstone for Mars? (with Laura Seward Forczyk) Casey and his guest discuss a bill working its way through the US House of Representatives that challenges the Artemis plan adopted by NASA for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
02.05.2020 A Great Space Observatory Goes Dark: The Legacy of Spitzer Leaders of the just-ended Spitzer Space Telescope mission help us celebrate sixteen years of discoveries about our solar system, exoplanets and galaxies nearly as old as the universe itself.
01.29.2020 Mighty Jupiter Revealed Juno mission principal investigator Scott Bolton provides an enticing taste of the Jupiter orbiter’s mind-bending discoveries.
01.22.2020 The Coming Descent to Asteroid Bennu OSIRIS-REx mission leader Dante Lauretta takes us to mysterious asteroid Bennu where a first sample collection site has been selected.
01.15.2020 The MILO Institute: Opening the Solar System for Exploration by All Planetary scientist Jim Bell and space entrepreneur Lon Levin are founders of a new non-profit that aims to make robotic space exploration much more achievable by institutions around the world.
01.10.2020 Space Policy Edition: Houston, We Have a Space Force (with Brian Weeden) Legislation signed by President Trump in December formally established the 6th branch of the U.S. armed services, the first such expansion in 72 years. What exactly will the new Space Force do?
01.08.2020 In the Clean Room With the Mars 2020 Rover Host Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society solar system specialist Emily Lakdawalla go inside NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory clean room to see the Mars 2020 rover.
01.01.2020 Planetary Society All-Stars Look Back at 2019 and Ahead to 2020 Planetary Society experts Jason Davis, Casey Dreier and Emily Lakdawalla join host Mat Kaplan to recap the big space moments of 2019 and explore what's ahead in 2020.
12.25.2019 What’s Next for Mars Exploration? Planetary Society board member and Caltech/JPL research scientist Bethany Ehlmann discusses how the Mars 2020 mission will search for life on the Red Planet.
12.18.2019 Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters We talk with two of our 2019 Shoemaker NEO Grant winners, who received funding to help find, track, and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids.
12.11.2019 The Creators of The Expanse Get ready for season 4 of The Expanse with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who write the books and co-produce the shows under the name James S. A. Corey.
12.06.2019 Space Policy Edition: The Biggest Policy Moments of the Decade (with Marcia Smith) The most impactful space policy decisions and outcomes across the last ten years.
12.04.2019 A Toast to Alcohol in Space Chris Carberry traces the history and future of alcohol in space through his new book.
11.27.2019 Seeking the Killer Space App with Space Tango Organizations are using the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to develop unique new products,
11.20.2019 Space Books and Gifts for Space Kids of all Ages Looking for the perfect space book or gift for your favorite space fans? We’ve got the lists.
11.13.2019 A Passionate Conversation with Carolyn Porco A feisty, fun conversation with the leader of the Cassini imaging team, and an audio tour of the transit of Mercury with astronomer Jay Pasachoff.
11.06.2019 Our Mysterious Sister: Venus Astrophysicist Javier Peralta takes us deep into the thick, fast-moving clouds of the world that is still called Earth sister by some.
11.01.2019 Space Policy Edition: How a Report Can Move Mountains How can a simple report—just words on a page—lead to creation of a spacecraft?
10.30.2019 Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter Mat Kaplan talks with Sasha Sagan about For Small Creatures Such as We
10.23.2019 How Long Was Mars Wet? Planetary scientist Briony Horgan and her team want to know how long liquid water flowed on the surface of the Red Planet before that world froze.
10.16.2019 NASA’s Home for the Bleeding Edge: The 2019 NIAC Symposium Mat Kaplan visits with NIAC Program Executive Jason Derleth, seven leaders of funded studies, and astronaut Mae Jemison.
10.11.2019 Space Policy Edition: Happy Fiscal New Year! Brendan Curry, The Planetary Society's Chief of D.C. Operations, joins the show to discuss the latest political developments in Washington, good news for planetary defense, and how the funding delay could spell trouble for the space agency's 2024 lunar goal.
10.09.2019 Nobel Prize Winner Michel Mayor…and More Astronomer and astrophysicist Michel Mayor has just been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for physics.
10.02.2019 How to Defend Your Planet Planetary scientist Vishnu Reddy shares the status of our effort to avoid the fate of the dinosaurs.
09.25.2019 Ad Astra: The Movie! Brad Pitt sets out across the solar system to save Earth in the new space epic.
09.18.2019 How to Build a Starship: The 2019 Starship Congress The biannual Starship Congress attracts starry-eyed believers in humankind’s destiny among the stars.
09.11.2019 The Unexpected Space Center: Los Alamos National Laboratory The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico gave the Voyager spacecraft their power sources, is building nuclear generators for future Martians, and accidentally invented the field of High Energy Astrophysics.
09.06.2019 Space Policy Edition: Why Apollo Ended (with John Logsdon) As NASA struggles to return humans to the Moon by 2024, it's worth asking: why did it stop in the first place?
09.04.2019 A Comet’s Legacy, and a Helicopter is Ready for Mars Update on the Mars Helicopter, and a top-level review of the amazing science sent home from comet 67P by Rosetta.
08.28.2019 What Will You Send to the Moon? Astrobotic is one of several companies that are building small, robotic landers to take commercial payloads to the surface of the Moon.
08.21.2019 NASA’s Red Planet Rick and Putting Humans on Mars Rick Davis is the perfect person to co-lead NASA’s Mars Human Landing Sites Study
08.14.2019 Reflections of Humanity in a Spacesuit for Moonwalkers Host Mat Kaplan in a long and fascinating conversation with Nicholas de Monchaux, author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
08.07.2019 Planetary Radio Live at Science Museum Oklahoma Join Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye and host Mat Kaplan as they visit Oklahoma City’s outstanding public science museum.
08.07.2019 Planetary Radio Live with Bill Nye at Science Museum Oklahoma Join Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye and host Mat Kaplan as they visit Oklahoma City’s outstanding public science museum. You’ll meet University of Oklahoma researchers who are exploring Mars and learning how solar systems form across the universe. And we’ll ...
08.02.2019 Space Policy Edition: The Home Front During Apollo (with Emily Margolis) Did the public support Project Apollo? Dr. Emily Margolis joins the show to explore the domestic politics and cultural impact of the space age throughout the 1960s. Despite the success of the lunar landings, there was more opposition to Apollo ...
07.31.2019 A Helicopter for Mars and a Major LightSail Announcement It will be the first flying machine on another world. Mars Helicopter Project Manager MiMi Aung shares her plans. There’s big news about The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2! You’ll hear it from embedded reporter Jason Davis and from LightSail Program ...
07.24.2019 Ready to Sail! LightSail 2 Deploys its Silvery Wings Join us as the little cubesat successfully unfurls its solar sail. You’ll hear from members of the LightSail 2 mission team on the morning of July 23, 2019, when the critical command was sent to the spacecraft. Then we’ll congratulate ...
07.17.2019 Apollo 11 and the Woman Who Helped Get It Home Poppy Northcutt was a pioneer—the first woman to work as an engineer in Apollo Mission Control. The program she helped to create got the astronauts back to Earth. Fifty years later, she sits down with Mat Kaplan for a look ...
07.10.2019 We’re Sending a Flying Machine to Titan NASA has given the go-ahead for Dragonfly, a flying rotorcraft that will explore Saturn’s mysterious moon Titan. Mission Principal Investigator Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle helps us celebrate. Troy Hudson tells us about the ongoing effort to rescue the Mole on Mars ...
07.05.2019 Space Policy Edition: Why Apollo Happened (with Roger Launius) Half a century has passed since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin imprinted humanity's first footsteps upon another world. Apollo 11 was the culmination of a decade's worth of fervent activity in which the United States marshaled resources and manpower at ...

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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science episodes:

Space Policy Edition: Our Equinox Space Policy Briefing

The Next 10 Years: Continuing our Solar System Tour

The Next 10 Years…An Introduction to the Decadal Survey

Building Our Future on Mars

The Return of Cosmos and Ann Druyan

Space Policy Edition: NASA's 2021 Budget Request Brings Billions

African Eyes Look to the Cosmos

The Search for 100 Earths

Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine

Another Goldilocks World and the Space Telescope That Discovered It

Space Policy Edition: Is the Moon a Stepping-Stone or a Cornerstone for Mars? (with Laura Seward Forczyk)

A Great Space Observatory Goes Dark: The Legacy of Spitzer

Mighty Jupiter Revealed

The Coming Descent to Asteroid Bennu

The MILO Institute: Opening the Solar System for Exploration by All

Space Policy Edition: Houston, We Have a Space Force (with Brian Weeden)

In the Clean Room With the Mars 2020 Rover

Planetary Society All-Stars Look Back at 2019 and Ahead to 2020

What’s Next for Mars Exploration?

Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters

The Creators of The Expanse

Space Policy Edition: The Biggest Policy Moments of the Decade (with Marcia Smith)

A Toast to Alcohol in Space

Seeking the Killer Space App with Space Tango

Space Books and Gifts for Space Kids of all Ages

A Passionate Conversation with Carolyn Porco

Our Mysterious Sister: Venus

Space Policy Edition: How a Report Can Move Mountains

Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter

How Long Was Mars Wet?

NASA’s Home for the Bleeding Edge: The 2019 NIAC Symposium

Space Policy Edition: Happy Fiscal New Year!

Nobel Prize Winner Michel Mayor…and More

How to Defend Your Planet

Ad Astra: The Movie!

How to Build a Starship: The 2019 Starship Congress

The Unexpected Space Center: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Space Policy Edition: Why Apollo Ended (with John Logsdon)

A Comet’s Legacy, and a Helicopter is Ready for Mars

What Will You Send to the Moon?

NASA’s Red Planet Rick and Putting Humans on Mars

Reflections of Humanity in a Spacesuit for Moonwalkers

Planetary Radio Live at Science Museum Oklahoma

Planetary Radio Live with Bill Nye at Science Museum Oklahoma

Space Policy Edition: The Home Front During Apollo (with Emily Margolis)

A Helicopter for Mars and a Major LightSail Announcement

Ready to Sail! LightSail 2 Deploys its Silvery Wings

Apollo 11 and the Woman Who Helped Get It Home

We’re Sending a Flying Machine to Titan

Space Policy Edition: Why Apollo Happened (with Roger Launius)

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