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
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Might Walk on the Moon
18 astronauts on the Artemis Team have a shot at walking on the Moon, and Stephanie Wilson is one of them.
00:49:34 |
Wed 23 Dec 2020
What Do You Need to Make Martian Oxygen? MOXIE!
Making oxygen from the Martian atmosphere will be essential if humans are ever to visit and work on the Red Planet, and the MOXIE experiment will soon show us how.
00:57:19 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Welcoming a New Leader, and China on the Final Frontier
Bill Nye helps us welcome the Planetary Society’s new president who also leads a new Moon mission, while China’s lunar sample return spacecraft is headed home.
01:00:15 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Space Policy Edition: Operation Moonglow and the Global Impact of Apollo
Space historian Teasel Muir-Harmony argues in her fascinating new book that the Apollo lunar program was promoted as a triumph of, not for, all mankind.
01:09:56 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Observatory Director Francisco Córdova on the Devastating Loss of Arecibo
Host Mat Kaplan talked with the Arecibo Observatory director just hours before the giant radio telescope came crashing down.
00:46:07 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
More Moon Water and an Update from Venus on Our 18th Anniversary!
Astronomer Jane Greaves returns with an update on the phosphine gas floating above Venus, before Casey Honnibal takes us through her team’s discovery of water right out under the Sun on Earth’s Moon.
00:54:48 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Revealing Mars From Above, and Crew Dragon is Go!
Two pioneering Mars orbiters are still doing great work above the Red Planet, while the first operational Crew Dragon spaceship has delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station.
01:02:58 |
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Space Policy Edition: NASA's Post-Election Landscape
With the United States election over, Casey Dreier and Mat Kaplan welcome back Planetary Society Chief of D.C. Operations Brendan Curry for a review of what may be in store for the U.S. space program…
00:58:31 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
A Rogue World Wanders as PlanetVac Heads for the Moon and Mars
A distant, lonely planet has been discovered as it wanders the galaxy, while Bill Nye helps us celebrate selection of a radically-simple sample collection system for trips to the Moon and Mars’ moon …
00:56:22 |
Wed 11 Nov 2020
A Return to Asteroid Mining, and Digging Into Space Ethics with Joel Sercel
Joel Sercel believes we are entering an era in which asteroid mining and other commercial development of space are imminent, but he’s concerned about how we will avoid the mistakes of past eras of hu…
01:07:28 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
A Deep Dive into Asteroid Bennu With Dante Lauretta
The leader of the OSIRIS REx asteroid sample return mission shares more details of last week’s encounter in an exclusive interview, while we also learn about the proposed mission to look for life on …
00:46:20 |
Wed 28 Oct 2020
We Have Sampled an Asteroid! And the Search for Life Above Venus
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft appears to have collected its first sample from asteroid Bennu, while a team led by Jane Greaves has discovered what could be evidence of life in the clouds of Venus.
00:51:22 |
Wed 21 Oct 2020
Beyond Earth’s Edge: A Celebrity Space Poetry Jam!
Creators of an outstanding new collection of poems about spaceflight and exploration join Mat Kaplan to talk about the book as Bill Nye and other notables read selections.
01:07:57 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Protectors of Earth! (and Other Worlds)
NASA’s planetary protection officer joined Mat Kaplan’s Humans to Mars summit panel for a great conversation about protecting worlds throughout the solar system from what could be devastating contami…
01:10:54 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
Space Policy Edition: Divining Biden's Space Policy with Jeff Foust
Where would a Biden Administration take US space policy and NASA? Casey Dreier and space journalist Jeff Foust synthesize a best guess based on the available evidence.
00:54:26 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Exploring the Cosmos With Heidi Hammel and AURA
Astronomer and planetary scientist Heidi Hammel’s AURA shines bright across our solar system and beyond.
00:59:55 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
A Fond Farewell: Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla
Planetary Society Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla makes a big announcement, and share stories from her long history with the organization.
01:11:14 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Have We Found Evidence of Life on Venus?
It could be a profound and historic discovery made on Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor.
00:49:19 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Space Policy Edition: The Moon-to-Mars Strategy, with Dr. Scott Pace
The National Space Council’s Scott Pace talks with Casey Dreier about the current administration’s sweeping new strategy that integrates all elements of space development and exploration.
00:52:04 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
A Planetary Mystery is Solved, and it’s Bill Nye’s Anniversary!
Former Dawn mission director Marc Rayman of JPL reveals the secrets of the bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres, and we celebrate his 10 years as Planetary Society CEO with Bill Nye.
00:56:54 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
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