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Each week, Planetary Radio visits with a scientist, engineer, project manager, astronaut, advocate or writer who provides a unique and exciting perspective on the exploration of our solar system and beyond. We also showcase regular features that raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Host Mat Kaplan is joined by Planetary Society colleagues Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bruce Betts, and Emily Lakdawalla. We hit the road now and then to produce a Planetary Radio Live show in front of an audience. Drop us a line or enter the weekly space trivia contest at planetaryradio@planetary.org.

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NASA's Charlie Bolden Visits Earth Missions at JPL

08/19/2013 | 28:50

Guests

Charles Bolden, Administrator, NASA
Charles Elachi, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Two missions are coming together in a high bay clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SMAP and ISS RapidScat went on display for a visit by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Mat Kaplan and Emily Lakdawalla provide special coverage.

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Amazing Science at the 2012 DPS Meeting

10/22/2012 | 28:50

Guests

Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Bill Borucki, Kepler Principal Investigator
Heidi Hammel, Vice President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
William Hartmann, Planetary scientist, author, and artist
Jim Bell, President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Rosaly Lopes, Planetary Scientist and Leading Volcanologist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The 44th Annual Meeting of the AAS Division of Planetary Sciences hosted hundreds of researchers and revealed volumes of scientific results. Join us at the conference.

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Io, with Pillan erupting, as seen by Galileo in 1997, processed by Jason Perry

Fire and Ice With Volcanologist Rosaly Lopes

07/16/2012 | 45:56

Guests

Rosaly Lopes, Planetary Scientist and Leading Volcanologist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JPL volcanologist Rosaly Lopes has discovered more volcanos than anyone else, including 71 on Jupiter’s moon Io. She is fascinated by these fiery (and sometimes frigid) features of our dynamic solar system, and shared her love at the recent SETIcon.

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