Finding Planet B: Exoplanet Hunter Jonathan Fortney-PW068

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ExoplanethunterJonathanFortney.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:43 — 33.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreJonathan Fortney is a planet hunter. His job as head of UC Santa Cruz’s Astronomy Department is to look for exoplanets, planets orbiting other solar systems. He talks about what it would mean to find • Read More »


Green Skyscrapers? Tiny Changes Can Save Big Energy-PW067

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/BarryGilesGreenBuildings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:04 — 48.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhat’s so green about skyscrapers? What are the top three best ways to “green them up”? How long until owners recoup their investment in green retrofits? Find out with green building guru, Barry Giles, CEO • Read More »


Future Fossils: What the Past Tells the Present with Scott Wing-PW066

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ScottWingSmithsonianPETM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:44 — 49.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreAn interview with Scott Wing, Curator of Fossils at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History and a Yale educated expert in what happened when earth had its last period of global warming. We’ll • Read More »


Saving the Holy Trinity of Chocolate, Coffee and Vanilla-PW065

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PatriciaRaineFutureofCoffeeChocolateVanilla.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:52 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA visit with Patricia Rain, the Vanilla Queen and a look at the future fate of our favorite flavors. Patricia Rain is an author, educator, culinary historian, and owner of The Vanilla Company, a socially conscious, product-driven • Read More »


Green Buildings-Cool Planet: Strategies for Efficiency-PW064

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/EnergyEfficiencyLenBeyeaPeterDruckmeir.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:50 — 49.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | More Guests Len Beyea, an energy efficiency engineer/expert on green buildings and efficiency and Peter Drekmeier, former Mayor of Palo Alto and an eco warrior for the Tuolumne River, among other causes, share their insights • Read More »