North State Public Radio

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KCHO FM 91.7 and KFPR 88.9 are non-commercial non-profit organizations which are a service of California State University, Chico. We provide listeners with a vast assortment of programs reaching a diverse listening audience. We are affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This allows us to bring our listeners informative, educational and entertaining programs.

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Conversations exploring where science and pop culture collide. Hosted by Dave Schlom with audio production by Matt Fidler.

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A 5-part series deeply exploring of the California wildfire problem. Public Radio Veteran, Matt Fidler, combines on-location interviews with experts who understand wildfire the best, and NPR-style story telling to give listeners a non-political perspective on how to best approach a problem that is becoming increasingly destructive and deadly.

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282 Pieces

Essential connections exist between nature, our gardens, and our places in both. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program and podcast that explores what we mean when we garden.


Latest Pieces

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As a former classroom science teacher, Dave knows all too well that climate change education is a tough nut to crack in the U.S. K-12 school system...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo Courtesy of Kellee Matsushita-Tseng, Brave New Seed, all rights reserved.
As a farewell to the calendar year that has been, and a welcome/seeding for the new year that will be, I am joined by seedperson and agent of growi...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Gary Paul Nabhan is a gardener, an agricultural ecologist, an ethnobotanist, and an ecumenical Franciscan Brother based in Patagonia, Arizona. He i...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave gets to visit with three people from one of his favorite businesses on the planet: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Retired UC Davis Professor C...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Image of Devorah Brous, courtesy of FromSoil2Soul. All rights reserved.
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is a time of dormancy for the plant and animal kingdoms alike. While it may look relatively still and quiet, it i...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits his alma mater, CSU Chico to check out the new science building and the big take away isn't just the magnificent edifice, but what is g...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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As another offering to all of you in your gardens tending toward the Solstice in just a few weeks on December 21st, this week we are in conversatio...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave checks in on the Mars rovers, first with Perseverance systems engineer and planetary scientist Vivian Sun as they discuss the rover's operatio...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Mike Sullivan is the author of the trees in San Francisco, Jason De Wees is a horticulturist and author of Designing with Palms and Richard Turner ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This week I’m thankful for my own garden, of course, but also for the good fresh food grown for all of us by so many hard working souls wherever yo...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00