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Browse Past ShowsProgram ArchivesBrowse by Subject: Space Art and Literature
AUTHOR DAVA SOBEL'S NEW BOOK ABOUT COPERNICUS: "A MORE PERFECT HEAVEN"
December 5, 2011 Guests: Dava Sobel Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Author and historian Dava Sobel returns to talk about her new fascinating book, "A More Perfect Heaven—How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos." Bill Nye laments the probable loss of Russia's... more »
THE BEAUTY OF SPACE WITH SPACE ARTISTS DON DIXON AND JON RAMER
October 3, 2011 Guests: Don Dixon, Jon Ramer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Space artists have enthralled and inspired us for many years. Works by more than 100 of the best of them are now in "The Beauty of Space" We talk about the book with its editor, space artist Jon... more »
FOLKSINGER PETER MAYER SINGS OF THE COSMOS
March 14, 2011 Guests: Peter Mayer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Science isn't the only thing Peter Mayer sings about, but when he does he captures the passion, beauty and joy of the cosmos. We talk with him and hear some of his music on a special edition of the... more »
RAY BRADBURY TURNS 90 AND THE BEST MARS MAP EVER
August 30, 2010 Guests: Ray Bradbury, Phil Christensen Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 »
JAMES CAMERON ON THE SCIENCE OF AVATAR
May 24, 2010 Guests: James Cameron Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The creator of Avatar was guest of honor at a CalTech panel discussion of the science behind the most successful movie ever. Cameron is also on the Mars Science Laboratory rover team. Emily... more »
CELEBRATING OUR ANNIVERSARY WITH ARTHUR C. CLARKE
November 30, 2009 Guests: Arthur C. Clarke Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planetary Radio is seven years old. We'll celebrate by looking back to our beginnings, with science fiction writer and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke more »
RAY BRADBURY LOOKS BACK AT APOLLO 11
July 20, 2009 Guests: Ray Bradbury Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 »
WALL*E AND THE FUTURE OF ROBOTS IN SPACE
July 7, 2008 Guests: Andrew Stanton, Wolfgang Fink Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Can lovable little WALL*E of the new Disney Pixar film help excite young people about space exploration and point the way to the future of robotics? We talk with WALL*E creator Andrew Stanton and... more »
SIR ARTHUR CLARKE: A TRIBUTE
March 24, 2008 Guests: Arthur C. Clarke, James D. Burke Select Format: MP3 Windows Media You'll hear Arthur's greeting to the future Martians recorded for Visions of Mars, now racing to the Red Planet on the Phoenix... more »
HONORING RAY BRADBURY, MARS PHOTOGRAPHER
July 23, 2007 Guests: Ray Bradbury, Phil Christensen, Louis Friedman Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 » |
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