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 | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | 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 • 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 | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | 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 • 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 | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | 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 • 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 | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | 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 • 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 | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | 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 • Read More »