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Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are wonderful and lots of folks agree. The little town of Bisbee in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona ...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:29
This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 04:02
I forgot to say that false solomon’s seal was formerly in the family Liliaceae, but is now in Asparagaceae. There are 2 subspecies of Maianthemum r...
- Added: May 24, 2022
- Length: 04:09
Desaun Watson is back in the news again with the FBI looking into his sexual misconduct case. We also talk about the Yankees being the hottest team...
- Added: Aug 24, 2021
- Length: 59:56
Jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and the botanical name of clammy weed is Polanisia dodecandra. They are both in the Cleome family Cleomaceae....
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 04:36
An engineer will feel at home
when surrounded by many an ohm.
This is Episode 90 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...
- Added: Sep 01, 2020
- Length: 06:16
This show is all over the place. Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of fall blooming plants and leaves changing color on ot...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Why Would Somebody Insist We Yank Goats? That's not what WYSIWYG stands for. This is Episode 53 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...
Bought by WETD
- Added: Jan 28, 2018
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
Arizona poppy, Mexican poppy and summer poppy are some of the common names for the beautiful annual wildflower Kallstroemia grandiflora.
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 04:56
In southeastern Arizona Datura wrightii is the preferred source of nectar for the moth Manduca sexta and you may also notice that the caterpillar, ...
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 05:22
Bush Muhly is the species Muhlenbergia porteri. There are over 40 species of muhlys found in Arizona and across the southwest.
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 05:08
Ready for airplay- #232 Summer Doldrums June 2, 2016 AIRED LIVE ON KVMR FM THIS WEEK - with generic edit.
Great show with comments on election s...
- Added: Jun 04, 2016
- Length: 55:01
Columbus tricks the Arawaks. History of the US Navy, the Barbary Wars and more...
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 02:44:56
We all know about taxes – income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, entertainment taxes – it seems like the list is endless. But there’...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2015
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 03:24
In 1989, when Allan Gurganus published his debut novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, he did something amazing: Through a work of fict...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jan 18, 2014
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...
- Added: Jan 27, 2013
- Length: 21:19
What do the poisoned Emperor Claudius, the Aztec storm deity Quetzacotl and a 5,500 year old Ice Man have in common? They were all crazy about mush...
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 01:02:07
- Purchases: 3
The piece investigates the influence of inflation on spirit money in a Chinese temple.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:31
Our world's not so small porcelain problem
Bought by YouthCast and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 22, 2009
- Length: 05:41
- Purchases: 2
Another professional baseball season is here, another season in which women are not allowed to play.
- Added: Mar 29, 2009
- Length: 03:49
- Added: Jun 02, 2008
- Length: 01:02
A commentary noting that two National Football League coaches have made a small but possibly significant move that could undermine human billboardi...
- Added: Aug 20, 2007
- Length: 04:38
Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2007
- Length: 03:44