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 JWST: An Awesome New Window on the Universe Opens Wide
NASA and its partners have revealed the first stunning images from the new space telescope. We’ll talk about them with Bill Nye and members of the JWST team.
01:16:55 |
Wed 13 Jul 2022
A Hero of the New Space Age: Lori Garver and Escaping Gravity
Lori Garver went up against powerful forces inside and outside NASA to create the hugely successful commercial cargo and crew programs.
01:19:08 |
Wed 06 Jul 2022
Space Policy Edition: Pathfinder and the Birth of the Discovery Program
Space exploration historian Michael Neufeld traces the fascinating history of one of NASA’s most successful programs of planetary exploration.
01:15:36 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
Asteroid Day! Earth Plays Defense
A co-founder of the annual, worldwide event, and the leader of the European Space Agency’s planetary defense program mark the 114th anniversary of the Tunguska near-Earth asteroid disaster and the pr…
00:55:35 |
Wed 29 Jun 2022
Sail on! Bill Nye and others celebrate LightSail 2’s three years in space
Celebrate the third anniversary of LightSail 2’s launch with Bill Nye and other leaders of The Planetary Society.
00:57:02 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Portrait of a Scientist: A Conversation with Psyche mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton
Psyche asteroid mission principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton returns with her excellent new memoir, “A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman.”
01:09:39 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Planetary Radio at the Humans to Mars Summit
Mat Kaplan helped host the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington D.C., where much of the community that is working to get us to Mars gathered.
01:20:53 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
Space Policy Edition: Inside the Planetary Science Decadal Survey Process with Bethany Ehlmann
Professor Bethany Ehlmann served on the steering committee for the new planetary science and astrobiology decadal survey that will steer future exploration of the solar system.
00:54:12 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Planetary Radio Live in London: The Moons Symphony
Join us for Planetary Radio Live at Imperial College London!
01:39:20 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
Cassini’s Dramatic End: A Planetary Radio Reprise
We were there when the spacecraft ended 13 years of exploration and revelation at Saturn.
01:01:08 |
Wed 25 May 2022
Life, the Universe and Britney Schmidt
Britney Schmidt is preparing us for the day when a submarine will slip into the seas of an ocean world like Europa to search for life.
01:19:27 |
Wed 18 May 2022
Perseverance Perseveres: A Mars rover update from Ken Farley
The Mars 2020 rover has rolled into an ancient river delta on the Red Planet. Will we find evidence of past life there?
00:37:45 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Space Policy Edition: How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, with Mariel Borowitz
International space policy and sustainability expert Mariel Borowitz explores with Casey Dreier how the war in Ukraine reaches beyond Earth in ways that are chilling and surprising.
00:27:09 |
Fri 06 May 2022
Heavy Metal: An encounter with the Psyche spacecraft
Suit up for a clean room encounter with the Psyche spacecraft that will soon launch toward the asteroid belt.
00:46:27 |
Wed 04 May 2022
The End of Astronauts?
Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees and science writer Don Goldsmith question the value of putting astronauts in harm’s way at great expense in their new book.
00:45:19 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Yuri’s Night: Join the party!
Thousands celebrated the 51st anniversary of the first human voyage into space. We’ll take you to the Los Angeles party under the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
00:57:59 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise
Fred Haise takes us on board the mission that almost didn’t make it home from the Moon and shares many other stories.
01:10:25 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Space Policy Edition: NASA's 2023 Budget Request
A healthy $26 billion has been proposed for NASA next year, but there are at least a couple of troubling factors we’ll discuss as Congress begins its review.
01:05:53 |
Fri 08 Apr 2022
Neptune Odyssey: why we need to visit an ice giant
Leaders of the Neptune Odyssey study for the next planetary science and astrobiology decadal survey share their team’s exciting approach for an ice giant-orbiting spacecraft.
00:45:20 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
X-raying the universe with Martin Weisskopf
X-ray astronomy is vital to solving some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. Martin Weisskopf’s brand new space telescope has joined the effort.
00:55:38 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
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