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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212 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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295 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

Caption: 1906 Damage to a home in San Francisco, Credit: Grove Karl Gilbert USGS
Dave teams up with scientists from the United States Geological Survey for part one of a two part in depth look at the massive earthquake that stru...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Courtesy of Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum, all rights reserved.
In honor of Juneteenth celebrations coming up, we check in on the Anne Spencer House & Garden in Lynchburg, VA. The home and garden of Harlem Renai...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Angelo Coast Range Reserve , Credit: Ian Shive
Located between Highway 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway in Mendocino County is one of the most pristine pieces of northern coastal range ecosyste...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Cultivating our places with attention, intention, thought and care is certainly an ethos I hold dear and advocate for with some measure of ferocity...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with NYU Environmental Studies Professor Michael Mehta Webster to discuss his book, The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on Earth....

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  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and recognition - alo...

  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with UC Davis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences geophysics professor Magali Billen to talk about one of Earth's most dynamic a...

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  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with Kristen Bradley, Co-founder and Creative Director of the world renowned Australian-based ...

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Just in time for your continued planning, plotting, and planting in order to grow the earliest and the latest and the biggest and the longest produ...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Liberty on the Redding, CA nest with Sol and Luna, Credit: Terri Lhuillier
Bald and golden eagles are some of the most magnificent birds in North America. Dave is joined by Michelle Hawkins, Director of The California Rapt...

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  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1