Planetary Radio
Planetary Radio is the weekly adventure on the final frontier produced by the Planetary Society and it's CEO, Bill Nye the Science Guy. Listen to host Mat Kaplan's conversations with the scientists, engineers, dreamers and leaders at the forefront of space exploration. You'll also hear our regular segments with Bill, "Planetary Evangelist" Emily Lakdawalla, and Director of Science and Technology Bruce Betts. Enter the weekly space trivia contest for your chance to win out-of-this-world prizes!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 589
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2023
The Crew Dragon Countdown Begins, With Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver
American astronauts are about to fly from Florida to the International Space Station for the first time in nine years, thanks to the commercial space development initiative advocated for years by Lor…
00:58:03 |
Wed 06 May 2020
Space Policy Edition: Our Moral Obligation to Explore Space
Philosopher James Schwartz shares his thoughts about the ethics of space exploration and settlement.
01:11:17 |
Fri 01 May 2020
Life on Mars: Joining the Quest with Penny Boston and Jim Green
The search for life on Mars is at a critical stage. What will come next if we find it?
00:55:35 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
The Royal Astronomical Society at 200
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society and the life of the late astronomer Margaret Burbidge.
01:13:17 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
NASA Administrator James Bridenstine Returns
The U.S. space agency’s leader describes how NASA is responding to the pandemic crisis as it works to keep projects and missions on track.
00:49:35 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
The Slime Mold and the Universe
One of Earth’s lowliest creatures has inspired and guided a team of scientists toward an improved model for the distribution of galaxies and dark matter across the cosmos.
00:50:59 |
Wed 08 Apr 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.
01:07:38 |
Fri 03 Apr 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.
01:19:25 |
Wed 01 Apr 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.
01:09:05 |
Wed 25 Mar 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.
00:57:33 |
Wed 18 Mar 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.
00:47:03 |
Wed 11 Mar 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?
01:06:41 |
Fri 06 Mar 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.
00:58:48 |
Wed 04 Mar 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.
00:45:17 |
Wed 26 Feb 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.
01:10:28 |
Wed 19 Feb 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.
00:52:44 |
Wed 12 Feb 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.
01:13:28 |
Fri 07 Feb 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.
01:24:59 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
Mighty Jupiter Revealed
Juno mission principal investigator Scott Bolton provides an enticing taste of the Jupiter orbiter’s mind-bending discoveries.
00:31:54 |
Wed 29 Jan 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.
01:02:35 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
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