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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200 Pieces

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

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11 Pieces

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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278 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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I know the adage goes that April showers bring May flowers, but based on images from across the Northern Hemisphere – from snow drops in Vermont, C...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Alice Vincent is a multi-platform storyteller, based in London, and examining with gusto and curiosity the intricacies of words and language, of wh...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with an array of guests that are involved in major watershed restoration projects being conducted by the conservation organization, Cal...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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For this penultimate episode of Women’s History month, Cultivating Place heads to Tacoma, Washington to chat with Tyra Shenaurlt, horticulture reso...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Cal Tech reproduction of Leonardo's gravity experiment  Courtesy of CalTech
Dave visits with California Institute of Technology Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering, Mory Gharib and Chris Roh from Cornell Univer...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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This week we revisit a best-of Cultivating Place conversation focusing on seeding our imaginations—metaphorically and literally, with Diane Wilson ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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In a continuation of Women’s History Month, and our ongoing expiration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, and what they are growing in this...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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In this first week of March, we kick off Women’s History Month in conversation with one of the great critical thinkers and writers of our time, Reb...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with environmental journalist Erica Gies about her new book, Water Always WIns: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge. The San Franc...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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This last week of February, we return to our love of apples – and the warm comfort of eating and cooking with home grown ones, a particular joy in ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00