The 2 Best Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science Podcast Episodes
1) Space Policy Edition: Canada's Uncertain Future in Space (with Kate Howells)
Canada was the third country in history to launch a satellite into space, but now lags in its space ambitions, capability, and spending. What happened? Kate Howells, who serves on the Canadian Space A...Show More
2) Crickets and gastrodiplomacy: The future of space food
We hear from Team Insecta, a group of Canadian students exploring crickets as a viable source of space food.
3) Book Club Edition: Space Craze by Margaret Weitekamp
Space Craze author Margaret Weitekamp of the National Air and Space Museum documents our fascination with all things space, as evidenced by the pop culture artifacts she lovingly oversees in the colle...Show More
4) 2025 NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 1 — Lunar glass and starshades
Planetary Radio explores visionary ideas from NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium. In this first of two episodes, discover how researchers are turning science fiction into reality, from glas...Show More
5) A Day of Action to save NASA science
Hundreds of advocates joined The Planetary Society and partner organizations in Washington, D.C., to urge Congress to protect NASA’s science budget. Hear from Ari Koeppel, Britney Schmidt, Bill Nye, R...Show More
6) Space Policy Edition: China’s growing space science ambitions
If the United States is indeed in a space race with China, why are we abandoning space science programs across the Solar System? This question, posed by guest Maxwell Zhu in a recent op-ed co-authored...Show More
7) Perseverance finds potential biosignatures in Jezero Crater
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found potential biosignatures in Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation. Host Sarah Al-Ahmed speaks with Joel Hurowitz, associate professor of geosciences at Stony Brook ...Show More
8) Bill Nye: A star in Hollywood, a voice for NASA
Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, celebrates his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and joins us to reflect on its meaning. We also receive the latest space policy updates as NASA faces sign...Show More
9) Book Club Edition: Cosmos Award–winning author Dava Sobel
Author and historian of science Dava Sobel talks about her many wonderful books with The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan. Dava recently received the Society’s Cosmos Award.
10) A cosmic travel guide: 111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss
Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Mark McCaughrean, adjunct scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, for a tour of “111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss”, a cosmic travel guide to the Uni...Show More