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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203 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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283 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 is joined by planetary geologist Clive Neal from the University of Notre Dame for a spirited conversation on the past, present and future expl...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Close up imaging of seeds in the CalBG collection, courtesy of Cal BG and Research Associate, John Macdonald, who has been working to photograph seeds from every taxon stored in the seed bank.
This week on Cultivating Place, the third in our 4 part Seed Change series with Cheryl Birker, Seed Conservation Program Manager at California Bota...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with fellow science communicator Amy Quinton. Amy and co-host Kat Kerlin are the creators of Unfold a science podcast featuring researc...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Cultivating Place, we continue our Seed Change series with Naomi Fraga, research assistant professor of Botany at Claremont Graduate U...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave is joined by climate and weather expert Daniel Swain from UCLA's School of the Environment and Sustainability. His weather blog, Weather West ...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Cultivating Place we continue our Seed Change series - a nod to faith and a vote for the next growing season. We’re joined this week b...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to the founder and CEO of Generation Genius, Jeff Vinokur. "Dr. Jeff" aka "The Dancing Scientist" has been wowing audiences for the past...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this season of colliding urgencies and not infrequent dismay - the garden offers so many lessons. Among the largest of these, brought to you in ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Fires at Stebbins Cold Canyon Entry, Near Quail Ridge
The west's epic wildfire season shows now signs of letting up as one Red Flag Warning follows another and millions of acres burn. Dave talks to thr...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Cultivating Place we’re joined by award winning landscape designer Judith Phillips of Albuquerque NM. Her Design Oasis, characterized ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00