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

Caption: Griffith Observatory overlooking Los Angeles
Dave takes a virtual field trip to one of his childhood haunts -- the Griffith Observatory perched above the Los Angeles Basin in Griffith Park. Ou...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Cultivating Place we speak with British gardener & psychiatrist/psychotherapist Sue Stuart-Smith, whose book, "The Well-Gardened Mind:...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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As we continue our exploration into creativity born of the garden –I share with you today a story and model for creativity coupled with kindness. O...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Frances is a gardener, a knitter, a cook, a bee-keeper, and a business woman. Her one of a kind hand made pottery is a joy to the eye, the hands, a...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Photo by Camilla Jorvad, Sigridsminde - all rights reserved.
Camilla Jorvad is a photographer, a gardener, a mental health and rewilding habitat gardening advocate based on the Danish Island of Aero. Her home...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to one of his favorite people on the planet, Ann Druyan. As the wife of the late Carl Sagan, Ann has worked tirelessly since his passing...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Photos courtesy of Wambui Ippolito.
Most gardens, gardeners, and gardening seasons are deeply informed first and foremost by a deep love of PLANTS. Of space, and design, and color, an...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Tyler Nordgren
Dave talks to longtime friend and fellow astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren. In 2017 Tyler invited Dave to join his viewing of the Great American...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dustin Gimbel is a landscape designer and large scale outdoor ceramic artist inspired by the botanical world and based in Southern California. In a...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to two NASA climate scientists on the topic of global sea level rise. First, longtime friend of Blue Dot Josh Willis joins us to talk ab...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1