Which Chickadee - Black-capped or Carolina?
From BirdNote | 01:45
Of all the birds that turn up at birdfeeders, chickadees are favorites. And they’re instantly recognizable. Yet sometimes we have to ask ourselves: “Which chickadee is it?” In the eastern and central states, there are two species: Black-capped Chickadees pervade the northern half of the region, and Carolina Chickadees, like this one, the southern half. But in some places, they overlap. And while the two look nearly identical, their voices give them away!
- Playing
- Which Chickadee - Black-capped or Carolina?
- From
- BirdNote
Of all the birds that turn up at birdfeeders, chickadees are favorites. And they’re instantly recognizable. Yet sometimes we have to ask ourselves: “Which chickadee is it?” In the eastern and central states, there are two species: Black-capped Chickadees pervade the northern half of the region, and Carolina Chickadees, like this one, the southern half. But in some places, they overlap. And while the two look nearly identical, their voices give them away!
The River Is Wide (Series)
Produced by Susan J. Cook
Most recent piece in this series:
Shaming and Humiliating By Choice: Roe v. Wade and Denying Consequence
From Susan J. Cook | Part of the The River Is Wide series | 06:13
Reproductive choice supporters know each of these circumstances has precipitated many female suicides.
A Moment of Science (Series)
Produced by WFIU
Most recent piece in this series:
AMOS 22.125: How Humphrey Davey Discovered Nitrous Oxide, 6/24/2022
From WFIU | Part of the A Moment of Science series | 02:01
- Playing
- AMOS 22.125: How Humphrey Davey Discovered ...
- From
- WFIU
How Humphrey Davey Discovered Nitrous Oxide
Groks Science Radio Show (Series)
Produced by Charles Lee
Most recent piece in this series:
Climate Restoration -- Groks Science Show 2022-05-25
From Charles Lee | Part of the Groks Science Radio Show series | 28:30
Although changes to the global environment and climate seem to be increasing, is it possible to restore the climate for a sustainable future? On this episode, Peter Fiekowsky discussed his new book, Climate Restoration.
Reel Discovery (Series)
Produced by Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Most recent piece in this series:
Reel Discovery: There Are No Saints
From Kristin Dreyer Kramer | Part of the Reel Discovery series | 03:00
- Playing
- Reel Discovery: There Are No Saints
- From
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Each week on Reel Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kramer takes a quick look at the latest in movies -- from the hottest new blockbusters to little-known indies and even Blu-ray releases. Whether you prefer explosive action movies or quiet dramas, you're sure to discover something worth watching. On the latest show, Kristin follows an ex-con on a dangerous quest to save his kidnapped son in There Are No Saints.
To read more, visit NightsAndWeekends.com.
Climate Connections (Series)
Produced by ChavoBart Digital Media
Most recent piece in this series:
Climate Connections May 16 - June 10, 2022
From ChavoBart Digital Media | Part of the Climate Connections series | 30:00
This month on Climate Connections:
Air Date Title
Mon., 5/16-Disaster cleanup creates risks for workers: Non-profit pushes for better protections for people who are hired to clean up after hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Tue., 5/17-New federal funding helps more low-income households afford energy-efficiency upgrades: The improvements help people save money and protect the climate.
Wed., 5/18-Plants species can migrate to adapt to climate change: But populations of animals that disperse plant seeds are declining.
Thu., 5/19-Climate change is increasing migration to U.S. and making it more dangerous: People crossing into the U.S. from Mexico face extreme heat and dehydration.
Mon., 5/23-Composting with worms, a climate-friendly alternative to sending food scraps to the landfill: Red wiggler worms can turn food scraps into compost.
Tue., 5/24-Iconic Hawaiian bird faces possible extinction: The ‘i’iwi, or scarlet honeycreeper, is threatened by avian malaria.
Wed., 5/25-Individual actions can add up to help the climate: Twenty-five to 30% of the pollution cuts needed to prevent dangerous climate change can happen at the individual and household level.
Thu., 5/26-Army Corps project aims to protect low-lying marsh: Some marshes are at risk of ending up underwater as sea levels rise.
Fri., 5/27-Over 1.7 billion city dwellers face multiple days of dangerous heat each year: High heat and humidity can make people sick.
Mon., 5/30-Rihanna’s nonprofit is giving $15 million to environmental justice groups: One of the Clara Lionel Foundation’s goals is to improve climate resilience in Rihanna’s home region, the Caribbean.
Tue., 5/31-The U.S. needs more clean energy workers: A labor shortage could disrupt plans to transition to more wind and solar power.
Wed., 6/1-Weatherization and efficiency upgrades can help manufactured home residents save money: But many people who live in mobile or manufactured homes are unaware of programs that can help them afford upgrades.
Thu., 6/2-Australia lists koala as an endangered species across most of its range: Bushfires, deforestation, and development have caused koala populations to dwindle.
Fri., 6/3-In silvopasture, cows and sheep coexist with trees: Adding trees to pasture helps keep livestock cool in summer.
Mon., 6/6-Bond program helps nonprofits afford solar: The upfront costs of solar panels are sometimes too high for small organizations.
Tue., 6/7-Massachusetts group works for diversity in the offshore wind industry: ‘We’ve got to make sure that we’re training people up and tooling them up to be ready.’
Wed., 6/8-Projects restore natural water flow to parts of Great Dismal Swamp: European settlers drained portions of the forested wetland in Virginia and North Carolina.
Thu., 6/9-Saving water also saves energy: Utilities and municipalities can cut carbon pollution by fixing leaks and encouraging water conservation.
Fri., 6/10-How a pilot program in Michigan helped people afford energy-efficiency upgrades: It helped customers who made too much to qualify for federal weatherization programs, but not enough to qualify for traditional loans.
Pulse of the Planet (Series)
Produced by Jim Metzner
Most recent piece in this series:
Pulse of the Planet Programs June 2002
From Jim Metzner | Part of the Pulse of the Planet series | 23:34
- Playing
- Pulse of the Planet Programs June 2002
- From
- Jim Metzner
June 2022 Program Highlights
• Headphones on as we launch our new expanded format with a favorite recording, dawn at Grampians National Park in Australia, a beautiful soundscape, plus and interview with the Cultural Heritage Officer at Grampians (Brambuk) National Park in Australia. We welcome your questions and insights at pulse@igc.org or via the contact link at pulseplanet.com.
• Meet sound artist and field recordist Doug Quin, as we embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic.
June 2022 Pulse of the Planet CUE SHEET
01 Australian Dawn Hi, I'm 06-Jun-22 (7:33)
02 Singing Ice I first 27-Jun-22 (16:01)
Travelers In The Night (Series)
Produced by Al Grauer
Most recent piece in this series:
695-A Large Visitor(480)
From Al Grauer | Part of the Travelers In The Night series | 02:00
- Playing
- 695-A Large Visitor(480)
- From
- Al Grauer
Please see the transcript.
Science Update (Series)
Produced by Science Update
Most recent piece in this series:
Giraffe Spot Inheritance
From Science Update | Part of the Science Update series | 01:00
- Playing
- Giraffe Spot Inheritance
- From
- Science Update
Scientists discover that giraffes inherit their spots.
Shelf Discovery (Series)
Produced by Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Most recent piece in this series:
Shelf Discovery: Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
From Kristin Dreyer Kramer | Part of the Shelf Discovery series | 03:00
Each week on Shelf Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kamer offers listeners a brief look inside the pages of a new book. From mysteries to memoirs, classics to chick lit, busy readers are sure to find plenty of picks to add to their shelves. On this week's show, Kristin joins a desperate woman’s quest to save her kidnapped husband in the audio edition of Chris Pavone’s Two Nights in Lisbon.
To read the full review, visit NightsAndWeekends.com.
Booktalk (Series)
Produced by Diana Korte
Most recent piece in this series:
Crime writer Sara Paretsky’s “Overboard” (V.I. Warshawski’s #21)
From Diana Korte | Part of the Booktalk series | 10:14
As this book begins V.I. is on her way home from an all-night surveillance job in Chicago and is led by her dogs on a mad chase that ends when they discover a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan.
Credited with transforming the mystery category of books through the creation of her female private eye 40 years ago, Paretsky's books featuring V.I. Warshawski are international best sellers in 30 countries. She’s also the founder of Sisters in Crime and recipient of numerous awards around the world.
She’s advocated for women and the underserved for decades and works closely with literacy and reproductive rights groups.
Beer Notes (Series)
Produced by Delmarva Public Media
Most recent piece in this series:
Summer Beers
From Delmarva Public Media | Part of the Beer Notes series | 02:00
- Playing
- Summer Beers
- From
- Delmarva Public Media
The days are longer, the beaches are open again, and summer approaches. This week on Beer Notes, we are highlighting the summer beers produced here on the Shore.
Craft beers full of flavor and lighter in color are popular as warm weather approaches. Sours and fruited beers including the milkshake IPAs come into their own. Porters and stouts are taking a back seat to pilsners, wit biers, and IPAs of all varieties.
Here on the Shore where local politicians say the sun kisses Ocean City first each morning, the ocean dominates our environment and our psyche, and so does summer.
EVO craft brewing in Salisbury Maryland has the Delmarva Pure Pils, A supremely sessionable Eastern Shore take on a Czech-style pilsner.
Fin City, started in a crab house in West Ocean City, still serves crabs in working boats permanently docked at their pier all summer. They take their location and fishing seriously. With names like Angler Ale, White Marlin Pale Ale, Blackfin Black IPA, Catch of the Day IPA, and Backfin Blue Crab Stout to Marga Wheat A and Marina Colada. They even made a beer to support the creation and maintenance of artificial reefs off the coast of Ocean City for fishing habitat, OC Reef Red.
3rd Wave-, a woman owned brewery in Delmar, a small village that sits astride the state border between Delaware and Maryland produces the SandStorm Belgian Tripel, BeachBreak Apricot Wheat, and ShoreBreak Pale Ale.
Crooked Hammock, nestled in among the beach resort towns of Coastal Delaware- produces BEACH ESCAPE and Hammock Easy. Their neighbor in Lewes, Big Oyster Brewing has the Hammerhead IPA, a traditional west coast style that competes with the best IPAs on the market.
As summer crests the horizon, make sure that your vision includes locally made craft beer with names and flavors that bring to mind all the places and activities you love about the season.
StoryCorps (Series)
Produced by StoryCorps
Most recent piece in this series:
StoryCorps Griot: Betty Thompson
From StoryCorps | Part of the StoryCorps series | 02:47
- Playing
- StoryCorps Griot: Betty Thompson
- From
- StoryCorps
Ms. Betty Thompson talks about her work at the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, and what led her there.
World Ocean Radio: The Sea Connects All Things (Series)
Produced by World Ocean Observatory
Most recent piece in this series:
The Money Cycle
From World Ocean Observatory | Part of the World Ocean Radio: The Sea Connects All Things series | 05:11
- Playing
- The Money Cycle
- From
- World Ocean Observatory
This week on World Ocean Radio we're talking about the latest OUR OCEAN Conference in Palau and the contradiction of mangrove protection and invested monies for environmental protection interests. What happens with all the promises made at OUR OCEAN? Where does the money go? What have past commitments achieved and how are outcomes measured?
About World Ocean Radio
Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide.
World Ocean Radio is produced in association with WERU-FM in Blue Hill, Maine and is distributed worldwide by the Public Radio Exchange and the Pacifica Network.
Available for podcast download wherever you listen to your favorites.
EcoReport (Series)
Produced by WFHB
Most recent piece in this series:
Eco Report – April 21, 2022
From WFHB | Part of the EcoReport series | 29:00
- Playing
- Eco Report – April 21, 2022
- From
- WFHB
HEADLINES
In April, not only do we get to celebrate Earth Day, but we also get to celebrate Arbor Day on April 25th. This will mark the 150th Anniversary of Arbor Day. It all began back in 1855 with a man named J. Sterling Morton, who was an early settler in the Nebraska Territory
—Julianna Dailey
A solar farm at Shakamak High School is going to save the school over $1 million in the next 12 years. That is guaranteed money after it connects to the Duke Energy power grid.
—Norm Holy
Over a thousand scientists from around the world who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis and about governments’ and corporations’ inaction on it committed acts of civil disobedience on April 6th in protest.
—Linda Greene
The elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker had apparently last been seen in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas in 2004, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported, but it was still determined to be extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year.
—Norm Holy
Cancer Alley is an area that ranges from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is so called because it contains over a hundred chemical plants and oil refineries, and the residents are diagnosed with cancer at rates almost fifty times the national average, according to the EPA.
—Linda Greene
This month, the world’s largest wildlife overpass — the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing — will begin construction across a multi-lane highway at Liberty Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains.
—Norm Holy
Scientists recently detected microplastics in human blood for the first time. More recently, scientists found that the roots of crops can harbor microplastics, which can move up in the parts of the plants we eat.
—Linda Greene
Responding to both the climate crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany unveiled a major package recently to speed its transition to renewable energy. The goal of the new plan is for Germany to get at least 80 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and achieve almost 100 percent renewable energy by 2035.
—Norm Holy
Carrying a banner that proclaimed “Manchin: Stop Burning Our Future for Profit,” on April 9th hundreds of protestors in Grant Town, West Virginia, blockaded a coal plant that burns coal waste from a company that right-wing Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s family owns.
—Linda Greene
CALENDAR
The 37th Annual Spring Wildflower Foray is scheduled at Monroe Lake, Brown County State Park and other locations beginning on Friday, April 22nd, at 9 am and running through Sunday, April 24th, at 5 pm. Almost all of the programs require advance registration. For a full event schedule, go to the Indiana DNR website. |
Celebrate Earth Day at Spring Mill State Park on Saturday, April 23rd, from 10 am to 4 pm. Meet Wyatt Williams at the Spring Mill Inn for a one-mile hike through the Donaldson Cave Preserve. All kinds of activities, such as making bird feeders, fishing, learning about recycling and much more, will take place all day. |
During Earth Week there will be a debris clean-up along the Jackson Creek Trail and in Sherwood Oaks Park on Sunday, April 24th, from 2 to 4 pm. Trash bags and gloves will be provided. Sign up at bloomington.in.gov/parks. |
The Sassafras Audubon Society is hosting a bird feeder cleaning fundraiser on Saturday, April 30th, at Bloomington Hardware in Bloomington from 9 am to 2 pm. Keeping your bird feeders clean is one way of preventing the spread of disease. |
The Daisy Days Native Plant Sale will be held at the Hinkle-Garton Farmstead on Saturday, April 30th, from 11 am to 4 pm and on Sunday, May 1st, from 1 to 4 pm. The sale specializes in native perennials. |
Brain Junk (Series)
Produced by Trace Kerr
Most recent piece in this series:
216: Parachuting Beavers
From Trace Kerr | Part of the Brain Junk series | 05:06
- Playing
- 216: Parachuting Beavers
- From
- Trace Kerr
In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to save dwindling beaver populations, promote healthy forests, and keep beavers out of post WWII housing developments.
This Week in Water (Series)
Produced by H2O Radio
Most recent piece in this series:
This Week in Water for May 22, 2022
From H2O Radio | Part of the This Week in Water series | 06:07
- Playing
- This Week in Water for May 22, 2022
- From
- H2O Radio
A group of Utah lawmakers voted to study a plan to pump seawater about 700 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Salt Lake.
Ship of fuels—two companies are developing vessels that can make hydrogen from ocean plastic.
The Internet of Things is growing exponentially and some researchers want to power it with...algae.
Dolphins queue up to go to this Red Sea spa.
The Indie on Demand Movie Review (Series)
Produced by Daniel Persons
Most recent piece in this series:
Indie on Demand Reviews FIGHTVILLE
From Daniel Persons | Part of the The Indie on Demand Movie Review series | 01:59
- Playing
- Indie on Demand Reviews FIGHTVILLE
- From
- Daniel Persons
Film critic Dan Persons reviews FIGHTVILLE, an intense and intimate documentary focusing on the brutal sport of mixed martial arts.
THE INDIE ON DEMAND MOVIE REVIEW is a short, weekly, module-style review show dedicated to highlighting independent films available via on-demand platforms. Produced and hosted by film journalist and critic Dan Persons (The Huffington Post, IFC, Air America), each 2-minute episode will feature a review of an independent film that has recently debuted on-demand, incorporating cleared audio clips and Dan's detailed analysis to provide listeners with an entertaining and insightful glimpse into the exciting and innovative world of independent film, with all titles available immediately for viewing at home.
The Point Puzzle (Series)
Produced by KPOV
Most recent piece in this series:
Point Puzzle 472
From KPOV | Part of the The Point Puzzle series | 02:00
- Playing
- Point Puzzle 472
- From
- KPOV
The Point Puzzle is a 2:00 minute weekly puzzle. Every week a winner from the last week will be selected from emailed answers and announced on air and a new puzzle will be posed.
The puzzles include word puzzles and logic puzzles.
Puzzles are generally accessible to a wide audience.
Postcards from The Wind (Series)
Produced by Fil Corbitt
Most recent piece in this series:
Aeolian Harp
From Fil Corbitt | Part of the Postcards from The Wind series | 02:00
- Playing
- Aeolian Harp
- From
- Fil Corbitt
A postcard about the Aeolian Harp featuring a clip from composer John Luther Adams.
The Writer's Almanac (Series)
Produced by Prairie Home Productions
Most recent piece in this series:
The Writer's Almanac for the week of Monday, May 23, 2022
From Prairie Home Productions | Part of the The Writer's Almanac series | 35:00
These are daily 5-minute segments. Pricing is for a package of all seven days of the week, and you may choose to air however many episodes you wish. Episodes are named per the date they should be aired (e.g. 210125 = January 25, 2022).