Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Hosted by Casey Dreier · The Planetary Society
4.8from 1,658 ratings
- 1,365
- Episodes
- 179
- Transcribed
- 1,658
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2002
- First episode
- 19M
- YouTube views
About Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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.
- Publisher
- The Planetary Society
- Category
- science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Nov 2002
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
179 of 1,365 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Space Policy Edition: Whose JPL is it? A historian on the lab’s 90-year search for itself
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The night the Universe got bigger: An event to honor Hubble’s discovery
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Perseverance drove itself into the record books
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Space Policy Edition: Whose JPL is it? A historian on the lab’s 90-year search for itself
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, when it was first building rockets, it was completely directed towards Cold War with the Soviets. And then when it shifts into planetary spacecraft, the context is the space race and beating the Soviets into outer space and demonstrating U.S. superiority in technological innovation. […]
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- 19,043,683
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,309 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 349 ratings
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- 95
- Social presence
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- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Casey Dreier host the show. Published by The Planetary Society.
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