Planetary Radio

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 Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bruce Betts, and Emily Lakdawalla as they dive deep into the latest space news. 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 the space trivia contest, an episode guide, and much more.
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Episodes
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Water, water everywhere with Bethany Ehlmann
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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Space Policy Edition: Why are outer planets missions so expensive?
Friday, March 4, 2022
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5,000 worlds and counting: the success of TESS
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
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Astrobiologist David Grinspoon on life, the universe and everything
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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Saving the world one telescope at a time: The Shoemaker NEO grant winne
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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The weather on brown dwarfs, and worlds on the eve of destruction
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
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Space Policy Edition: JWST and the politics of mega-science (with Robert Smith)
Friday, February 4, 2022
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Nobel laureate John Mather: The promise of the James Webb Space Telescope
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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Worlds of snow and ice
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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Curiosity rolls on: Mars Science Laboratory project scientist Ashwin Vasavada
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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We have touched the Sun: The Parker Solar Probe’s triumph
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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Space Policy Edition: What We're Watching in 2022
Friday, January 7, 2022
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Return to the Moon: Spacesuits and preparing for splashdown in the Pacific
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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A good year for space: Planetary Society all-stars review 2021
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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Discovering Mars with Jim Bell and William Sheehan
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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JWST is ready for launch and amazing science
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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A conversation with the director of “Don’t Look Up”
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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Space Policy Edition: Astronomy Goes Big, with Heidi Hammel
Friday, December 3, 2021
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Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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Space Policy Edition: We're entering a new era of planetary defense (with Lindley Johnson)
Friday, November 5, 2021
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Sarah Al Amiri and the new UAE mission to the asteroid belt
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
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Sally Ride: Revisiting our 2005 conversation
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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Amazing Technology at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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Leaders of the Lucy asteroid mission
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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Space Policy Edition: NASA's Congressional Logjam
Friday, October 1, 2021
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Mars Beckons: The 2021 Humans to Mars Summit
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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