How many episodes does Planetary Radio have?

Planetary Radio has 589 episodes.

What topics does Planetary Radio cover?

Planetary Radio covers topics including: science, astronomy.

Planetary Radio

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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!

Notable Guests

BBruce Betts43×

Emily Lakdawalla34×

Bill Nye22×CCasey Dreier11×JJason Davis11×

Episodes (589)

The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe

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Starstruck with Sarafina El-Badry Nance

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Space Policy Edition: The policy implications of active SETI

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Notable Guests

Episodes (589)

The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe

Starstruck with Sarafina El-Badry Nance

Space Policy Edition: The policy implications of active SETI

The Science You’ve Enabled

Exoplanet enigma: Unpacking the discovery of a "forbidden" planet

Inspiring the next generation through space education

The case for saving VERITAS

Space Policy Edition: SpaceX's Starship vs. the environment, with Eric Roesch

Adventures at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference

Juice mission liftoff: A new era of icy moon exploration begins

Under Alien Skies with Phil Plait

Yuri’s Night: For all SpaceKind

Space Policy Edition: The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on ho...

Two Years of Hope: Celebrating the Emirates Mars Mission

Volcanic Venus? New insights from vintage data

Getting psyched for Psyche

Universal Harmonies: Sonifying images for science and accessibility

Looking back on Voyager’s 45th Anniversary

Space Policy Edition: The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement

The Canadian Lunar Rover with Peter Visscher

Martian rock collecting: From meteorites to Mars Sample Return

Are we alone? The search for alien technosignatures

More on Mars’ Watery History

Space Policy Edition: The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar...

JWST confirms its first exoplanet

Juno Journeys to Jupiter’s Moons

Martian Mic Drop

Celebrating NASA’s Artemis I mission to the Moon

Space Policy Edition: JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance to wor...

Planetary Radio stories with Mat Kaplan

Planetary Society All-Stars Review the Year in Space

Artemis 1 Orion capsule comes home, and the best of Planetary Radio

One Last Blast: Author of ‘The Martian’ Andy Weir with JPL Chief Engineer Rob Ma...

Scientist and Hubble Repairman John Grunsfeld

Space Policy Edition: NASA's Economic Impact with Alex MacDonald and Joshua Dru...

A Happy 20th Anniversary for Planetary Radio

Giving the University of Arizona Mirror Lab a spin

Voyager Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker

Space Policy Edition: What the Congressional Midterms Means for Space Science

Ann Druyan wishes you a happy Sagan Day

Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye

DART smacked an asteroid! So what’s next in planetary defense?

Meet the new Planetary Radio host! (and enjoy a beer with a cosmologist)

Eyes on the Sky: Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey

Innovate! NASA’s leading-edge fellows share their amazing projects

Space Policy Edition: The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection

Grounded: The director of the SOFIA flying observatory looks back

Bull’s-eye! DART impacts Dimorphos, and we meet space image artist and processor...

Countdown to DART: Will We Move an Asteroid?

It’s Not Just NASA: Space Agency Leaders at the Artemis 1 Launch Attempt