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
Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
NASA’s Jim Green and Mary Voytek want the science community to develop tools that will help us evaluate potential evidence of life beyond Earth.
01:10:22 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
Into the Anthropocosmos is MIT Space Exploration Initiative director Ariel Ekblaw’s collection of innovations that will improve life in space and on Earth.
00:58:43 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
The DART mission begins its journey that will end when it smashes into an asteroid, demonstrating how we might save Earth from a devastating impact.
00:52:44 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
Spacecraft need a navigation and communication infrastructure to carry out their missions. Learn how NASA does it and what’s in store for the future.
00:59:33 |
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Space Policy Edition: We're entering a new era of planetary defense (with Lindley Johnson)
The head of NASA’s planetary defense program discusses how the DART mission represents a new era for defending our planet from dangerous asteroids.
01:11:37 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Sarah Al Amiri and the new UAE mission to the asteroid belt
The head of the United Arab Emirates space agency announces a new mission to explore seven asteroids.
00:48:59 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
Sally Ride: Revisiting our 2005 conversation
A first-ever encore of our wonderful conversation with the first American woman in space.
00:30:49 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Amazing Technology at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium
Here’s our sampling of the leading edge research presented by NIAC Fellows at NASA’s 2021 virtual gathering.
01:18:03 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Leaders of the Lucy asteroid mission
Principal investigator Hal Levison and colleagues prepare us for the launch of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an exclusive interview.
01:02:36 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
The ion engine-powered Dawn spacecraft will orbit Ceres for many years. Could it have touched down on the surface of the dwarf planet?
00:38:38 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
Space Policy Edition: NASA's Congressional Logjam
Brandon Curry, The Planetary Society’s chief of Washington operations, helps us untangle the fast-changing and complex machinations underway in the US capitol. What does it mean for NASA?
00:57:43 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
Mars Beckons: The 2021 Humans to Mars Summit
Highlights of the annual gathering of leaders and experts who are building toward humans walking on the Red Planet.
01:07:10 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
The Wonderful: a new documentary about the International Space Station
Director Clare Lewins and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman discuss the new documentary “The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station.”
00:58:15 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
The Case for a Return to Enceladus
Flying a spacecraft through geysers spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus might reveal the building blocks of life or even life itself.
01:00:41 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
An ESCAPADE to Mars, on the cheap
Can NASA send robotic explorers to Mars for a tiny fraction of what most missions cost?
01:04:14 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
Space Policy Edition: The cultural rituals of space advocacy, with Linda Billings
Space outreach expert and social scientist Linda Billings talks with host Casey Dreier about the language space advocates use to share their message.
01:26:14 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Liquid Water Under the Martian Polar Ice? Maybe Not
New research indicates that what appeared to be liquid water hiding under Mars’ polar ice may actually be a form of clay.
00:42:38 |
Wed 01 Sep 2021
Europa Clipper Sails Toward Launch
Mission system manager Al Cangahuala says the robotic explorer of Jupiter’s ocean moon is making steady progress toward a 2024 launch.
00:28:51 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Cassini, Voyager and beyond with Linda Spilker
Cassini mission project scientist returns with new science from ocean moon Enceladus and anniversaries to celebrate with the Voyager mission.
00:46:45 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
How Perseverance drives itself around Mars
The Perseverance rover’s chief robotics engineer takes us for a spin across Mars.
00:54:53 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
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