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Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you inside the DC beltway where the future of the US space program hangs in the balance. Visit planetary.org/radio for an episode guide and much more.

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Space artist Don Davis and a new view of Voyager 1

2026-11-11 · 1 hr 0 min

Space artist Don Davis, protégé of Chesley Bonestell, shares his remarkable story as The Planetary Society unveils new artwork he created to mark Voyager 1 reaching one light-day from Earth.
Space Policy Edition: Whose JPL is it? A historian on the lab’s 90-year search for itself

2026-11-06 · 1 hr 1 min

Historian Peter Westwick joins Casey Dreier to explore JPL’s 90-year history, from Army rockets to planetary exploration, as NASA opens the lab’s management contract to competition for the first time.
The night the Universe got bigger: An event to honor Hubble’s discovery

2026-11-04 · 1 hr 6 min

California Rep. Judy Chu, Carnegie Science President John Mulchaey, and Jess Soto of Carnegie Science share the story behind the push to recognize Oct. 5 as National Beyond the Milky Way Day, honoring Edwin Hubble’s…
How Perseverance drove itself into the record books

2026-10-28 · 1 hr 0 min

Perseverance just set the record for the most distance driven on another world. We revisit Mat Kaplan’s 2021 conversation with Vandi Verma, JPL principal engineer and chief engineer of robotic operations for…
Meet the Winners of The Planetary Society’s 2026 STEP Grants

2026-10-21 · 1 hr 6 min

The Planetary Society’s 2026 STEP Grant winners are building tools to characterize asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects: a replicable polarimeter, a public photometry database, and an occultation prediction platform…
Book Club Edition: Dinner With an Astronaut by Leroy Chiao

2026-10-16 · 1 hr 14 min

Former astronaut Leroy Chiao is our guest for a conversation about his book, “Dinner With an Astronaut,” and a lifetime of accomplishments on and off the planet.
From the Mojave to Phobos: PlanetVac rides with MMX

2026-10-14 · 1 hr 4 min

Japan’s MMX mission is about to launch for the moons of Mars, carrying a sampler with deep Planetary Society roots. Asa Stahl, public outreach astronomer at The Planetary Society, and Kris Zacny, vice president and…
Space Policy Edition: What does “science as a service” really mean?

2026-10-09 · 1 hr 17 min

Jack Kiraly, chief of advocacy for The Planetary Society, and planetary scientist Britney Schmidt join Casey Dreier to examine NASA’s push toward “science as a service,” and why science is so much more than buying data.
2026 NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 2 — Solar sails and breathing beyond Earth

2026-10-07 · 1 hr 0 min

More conversations from the 2026 NIAC Symposium, this time about the propulsion and life support breakthroughs that could carry us to the outer Solar System and keep us alive when we get there.
2026 NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 1 — Nuclear sensors and cave explorers

2026-09-30 · 1 hr 1 min

Researchers at the 2026 NIAC Symposium share their bold concepts for exploring the most inaccessible places in our Solar System, from the Moon's permanently shadowed craters to caves on Titan and inside lunar lava tubes.

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Oldest episode in feed: 11/2002 · over 23 years
Typical length: 44 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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