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
A Tiny Explorer Called Twinkle
A small but talented UK team is building Twinkle, a small spacecraft with a big mission—exploring the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars.
00:28:51 |
Tue 01 Dec 2015
A Tiny Explorer Called Twinkle
A small but talented UK team is building Twinkle, a small spacecraft with a big mission—exploring the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. Emily Lakdawalla has posted her annual review of chi…
00:28:51 |
Tue 01 Dec 2015
Movers and Shakers at SpaceCom Expo
We join 1,600 space entrepreneurs and visionaries in Houston, and talk with Boeing, XCOR, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and more. Emily Lakdawalla was there when the preliminary design fo…
00:31:16 |
Tue 24 Nov 2015
Movers and Shakers at SpaceCom Expo
We join 1,600 space entrepreneurs and visionaries in Houston, and talk with Boeing, XCOR, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and more.
00:31:16 |
Tue 24 Nov 2015
Solar System Revelations, and the World’s Biggest Telescope Threatened?
Emily Lakdawalla returns from the annual Division for Planetary Sciences meeting with big news from around the solar system. Then we talk with science journalist Traci Watson about the departure of t…
00:28:51 |
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Solar System Revelations, and the World’s Biggest Telescope Threatened?
Emily Lakdawalla returns from the annual Division for Planetary Sciences meeting with big news from around the solar system. Then we talk with science journalist Traci Watson about the departure of t…
00:28:51 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
From Mars to the Stars With Lou Friedman
The founding Executive Director of the Planetary Society has just written “Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars,” an optimistic view of humanity’s future in the solar system and beyond. Bill Nye…
00:28:51 |
Tue 10 Nov 2015
From Mars to the Stars With Lou Friedman
The founding Executive Director of the Planetary Society has just written “Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars,” an optimistic view of humanity’s future in the solar system and beyond. Bill Nye…
00:47:33 |
Tue 10 Nov 2015
From Mars to the Stars With Lou Friedman
The founding Executive Director of the Planetary Society has just written “Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars,” an optimistic view of humanity’s future in the solar system and beyond.
00:28:51 |
Tue 10 Nov 2015
A 35th Anniversary Party With Neil Tyson!
It was a grand night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. CEO Bill Nye led the Planetary Society’s 35th anniversary party with guests including Neil deGrasse Tyson and Deputy NASA Administrator Dava New…
00:31:47 |
Tue 03 Nov 2015
A Conversation With Andy Weir of "The Martian"
It was the #1 New York Times bestseller, and as this week’s Planetary Radio premiered it was once again the most popular movie in the USA. “The Martian” has won universal acclaim from scientists, as…
01:07:52 |
Tue 27 Oct 2015
A Conversation with Andy Weir of “The Martian”
“The Martian” has won universal acclaim from scientists, astronauts, NASA, science fiction fans, and people who thought they weren’t science fiction fans. Mat Kaplan talks with the author about his h…
01:07:52 |
Tue 27 Oct 2015
Pluto Amazes!
Hal Weaver is a very happy Project Scientist. His New Horizons spacecraft has shocked his fellow researchers with magnificent images and data. He shares the excitement this week.
00:38:41 |
Tue 20 Oct 2015
Pluto Amazes!
Hal Weaver is a very happy Project Scientist. His New Horizons spacecraft has shocked his fellow researchers with magnificent images and data. He shares the excitement this week. Emily Lakdawalla has…
00:38:41 |
Tue 20 Oct 2015
Big Rockets and Little LightSails
Digital editor Jason Davis is a lucky guy. He follows and reports on human spaceflight progress, as well as the progress of the LightSail solar sail, which is about a year from its next flight.
00:28:51 |
Tue 13 Oct 2015
Big Rockets and Little LightSails
Digital editor Jason Davis is a lucky guy. He follows and reports on human spaceflight progress, as well as the progress of the LightSail solar sail, which is about a year from its next flight. Emil…
00:28:51 |
Tue 13 Oct 2015
10/5/15 Planetary Radio: Imaging a Hot, Young Jupiter
Franck Marchis is on the team that has delivered an actual image of a young, hot world about 100 light years from Earth. We talk with him on the 20th anniversary of the first exoplanet discovery. Emi…
00:28:51 |
Tue 06 Oct 2015
Imaging Hot Young Jupiters
Franck Marchis is on the team that has delivered an actual image of a young, hot world about 100 light years from Earth. We talk with him on the 20 anniversary of the first exoplanet discovery.
00:28:51 |
Tue 06 Oct 2015
Humans Orbiting Mars!
Scott Hubbard and John Logsdon led the Humans Orbiting Mars Workshop last spring. They return with Casey Dreier as the report on that workshop is released to the world.
00:37:57 |
Tue 29 Sep 2015
Humans Orbiting Mars!
Scott Hubbard and John Logsdon led the Humans Orbiting Mars Workshop last spring. They return with Casey Dreier as the report on that workshop is released to the world. Emily Lakdawalla sizes up NA…
00:37:57 |
Tue 29 Sep 2015
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