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When the Wolfberries Bloom on “A” Mountain
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I wrote this song about Lycium fremontii when I was managing the native plant nursery of Desert Survivors on West Starr Pass in Tucson. The nursery...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:01
Butterfly, Grasshopper, Beetle
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:09
Occupied, Not Vacant
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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There are 2 species of walnuts here in the borderlands of southern Arizona; the Arizona walnut (Juglans major) that I talked about and a species ca...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:34
Leslie Canyon
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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One of the positive sides of isolating and staying very close to home during the pandemic is that we discovered new places and rediscovered old hau...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:07
Bearing Witness
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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This is Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey. Cloudy Cold days these days. Petey talks about lifesaving snow in the desert, the beauty of Sandhill C...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:52
Podcast Playlist Presents: Cozy Stories for the Holidays
From: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio
Series: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio Specials
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From the origin of the most popular Christmas song to why men are so hard to shop for. Get comfy, because we're sharing comforting stories for the ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Spadefoots and Puddles
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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In July of 2002 I produced an episode about the summer monsoon and spadefoots. It was so much fun to write and record. In July of 2013 I re-recorde...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 04:35
Magical Monsoon Moisture
From: KXCI
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a rambling episode about the summer monsoon in the borderlands of southeastern Arizona. I know that I’ve rambled on like this for many year...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 04:45
King of Tarragonia
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The genus Artemisia is found in the sunflower family Asteraceae and there are over 200 species found around the world in the northern hemisphere. W...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 05:04
The Awkwardness of Youth
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On today’s episode of The Apple Seed we' re bringing you stories featuring young people who would gladly trade places with an adult, if only to esc...

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Coccyx: Please Don't Sit on the Cuckoo
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
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Coccyx is a small triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and other apes. Representing a vestigial tail and most commonly c...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
Dear Cherry 013 - Giving Compliments
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about how to give...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 008 - Somebody's Sick
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about visiting a ...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 019 - Be On Time - Part 1
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This is the first week about b...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 028 - The Perfect Martini
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about making the ...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 007 - Valentine's Day
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
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Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about Valentines!

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 006 - Vinyl Love
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about old fashion...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 005 - Retro Recovery
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about how to supp...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 004 - Social Butterfly
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about how to beco...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 003 - Swing Baby, Swing
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
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Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about how to cure...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 002 - Home Town Tours
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri PRX Radio Show, Credit: Photo by Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about making up a...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering the Notorius Debika Ghosh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Debika and Ronu
The end of year issues all over magazine stands in India all carry photo spreads of the icons we lost. Famous people from the world of politics and...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Rad Dads!!!
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Fathers…and mothers…on fatherhood and how it’s changing. Traditional ideas about what a dad is supposed to be are slowly disappearing, but what wil...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tales from the South 115: Tin Roof Project with Mark Landon Smith
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
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We kick off our Season 8 with writer, actor, and director Mark Landon Smith on our monthly Tin Roof Project reading a story about a family secret. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Culturology: "Tea Pots" an essay from Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KHSU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 3