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RAY BRADBURY TURNS 90 AND THE BEST MARS MAP EVER
August 30, 2010
Guests: Ray Bradbury, Phil Christensen
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Ray Bradbury's hometown of Los Angeles celebrates his birthday at city hall, while Phil Christensen's THEMIS team has created Earth's most accurate map of Mars. Emily Lakdawalla is at her space...  more »

RAY BRADBURY LOOKS BACK AT APOLLO 11
July 20, 2009
Guests: Ray Bradbury
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The beloved author, poet, dramatist, and visionary Ray Bradbury revisits Planetary Radio to share his memories of the first Moon landing forty years ago this week. Ray also talks about Mars and...  more »

HONORING RAY BRADBURY, MARS PHOTOGRAPHER
July 23, 2007
Guests: Ray Bradbury, Phil Christensen, Louis Friedman
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The Planetary Society recently sponsored a special benefit performance of Ray Bradbury's hit play, Green Town. Ray was presented with a beautiful image of a spot on Mars he had selected for imaging....  more »

A SPECIAL REPRISE: THE PLANETARY SOCIETY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
January 9, 2006
Guests: Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury, Ann Druyan, Louis Friedman, Dan Goldin, Bruce Murray, Nichelle Nichols, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson
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This week we bring back one of our most exciting programs from the past year, a sampling of the Planetary Society's more »

SPECIAL EDITION: PLANETARY SOCIETY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
November 14, 2005
Guests: Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Louis Friedman, Dan Goldin, Bruce Murray, Nichelle Nichols, Bill Nye
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The Planetary Society celebrates 25 years with 300 close friends, including Ray Bradbury and Bill Nye. Also, a new What's Up space trivia contest.  more »

RAY BRADBURY RETURNS!
October 24, 2005
Guests: Ray Bradbury
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The beloved author, poet and visionary is back to talk about his inspirations, the romance of space exploration, and much more. Q&A on the biggest object in the Kuiper Belt, and a new space trivia contest on What's Up.  more »

ENCORE PRESENTATION: RAY BRADBURY'S 83RD BIRTHDAY PARTY!
August 16, 2004
Guests: Ray Bradbury
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It's our summer week off, so here's one of our most popular past programs. The Planetary Society and many of Ray's other friends decided to throw a birthday bash for him, even as the Earth passed...  more »

RAY BRADBURY RETURNS!
April 26, 2004
Guests: Ray Bradbury
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The beloved writer was guest of honor at the April 12, 2004 Los Angeles celebration of Yuri's Night. Hear him exclusively on Planetary Radio. Also the heads of two space advocacy groups, Emily...  more »

A MARTIAN BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR RAY BRADBURY
August 25, 2003
Guests: Ray Bradbury
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This special edition of Planetary Radio chronicles The Planetary Society's celebration of Ray Bradbury's 83rd birthday. You'll hear from Ray and many of his admirers. The party included a trip to...  more »