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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202 Pieces

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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Dave talks to retired University of Iowa Physicist Donald Gurnett about his amazing career as a pioneer of the field of space plasma physics. Don w...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Hannah Gardner is a gardener, writer, and mother. She is a garden designer and plantswoman with a passion for traveling the world to learn about an...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave convenes a panel of experts on something that is the most important topic of the 21st century: climate change. Ellery McQuilkin, a recent gue...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David and son in home garden, Credit: images by Caitlin Atkinson, All Rights Reserved.
David Godshall is a landscape architect, gardener, and meta-garden philosopher making his way with his young family and his Terremoto Landscape Arc...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This show deals with some kinda scary places and potentially dangerous future events. Dave talks to astrobiologist David Grinspoon about two newly ...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Bonnie J Clarke is a professor of anthropology at the University of Denver. Her new book Finding Solace in the Soil, Archaeology of Gardens and Gar...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: All images courtesy of Ali Meders-Knight, Chico TEK
Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda tribal member whose traditional and present homelands are based in interior Northern California, A mother of five,...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Images courtesy of Kelly D. Norris, all rights reserved.
At a time in the gardening world when we're hearing the phrase "ecologically functional gardens" and "ecological landscape design" with great regul...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave delves into some familiar territory for him, the early space program, but with some fresh takes on the space race with author Jeff Shesol. Hi...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photos courtesy of Jessica Walliser, All Rights Reserved.
Jessica Walliser is an avid gardener and professional horticulturist – working in the business of plants and gardening since the tender age of 15. ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00