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This is a rambling episode about the summer monsoon in the borderlands of southeastern Arizona. I know that I’ve rambled on like this for many year...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:45
I’m so lucky to live in the land of the ornate box turtle (Terrepene ornata luteola). For me it has been a wonderful journey with turtles, from my ...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:52
There is no getting around it, every summer monsoon when the borderlands come to life it is so exciting!
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:23
This episode is a reminiscence sparked by some old photos. I’m pretty sure my father took the photos, because I can’t remember him ever being witho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:42
I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:21
Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:04
I like the phrase in Arizona Flora about the Loasa family Loasaceae ; it is “remarkable for the diversity and peculiar structure of the hairs.” And...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:05
A conversation and kitchen session with Melati Citrawireja of Three Salted Fish.
- Added: Sep 02, 2021
- Length: 54:00
Food insecurity plagues much of the developing world. Tasmanian agriculture scientist Bruce French is intending to change this tragedy by catalogin...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 02:34
Did you know that most cropland in the U.S. is characterized by large monocultures, whose productivity is maintained with costly inputs, such as ch...
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- Added: Aug 26, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
They made fuel from the pesticide-coated seeds farmers plant. Soon, something was rotten.
- Added: Aug 26, 2021
- Length: 54:01
A Tampa Bay Times food critic talks with Earth Eats about her groundbreaking work exposing fraudulent claims in the world of farm-to-table dining.
- Added: Jul 29, 2021
- Length: 54:02
- Added: Jul 29, 2021
- Length: 02:00
Lawns can be beautiful and soft. But they’re pretty crappy when you evaluate them on really any other measure. Lawns waste water, they leak fertili...
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- Added: Jul 26, 2021
- Length: 04:00
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A youth work program in Northwest Indianapolis helps to build personal and community resilience through garden and conservation work.
- Added: Jul 22, 2021
- Length: 54:01
A conversation with two livestock farmers focused on the “good life” aspect of this ethical animal farming mantra.
- Added: Jul 16, 2021
- Length: 54:01
What does it take to keep your lawn looking green and healthy? A lot of people say you need to use fertilizer. But do you really? And what’s the co...
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- Added: Jul 09, 2021
- Length: 03:54
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As our podcast series concludes and our cicada friends begin their new 17-year cycle, Dr. Gene Kritsky from Mount St. Joseph University talks about...
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- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 24:34
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What are our visitors doing when you don't hear their distinctive mating buzz? If you've noticed they get quiet at night or when it rains, do you k...
- Added: Jun 22, 2021
- Length: 17:59
What is the world's hottest pepper and what does it feel like in your mouth? Two public radio hosts are about to find out.
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 54:00
In this episode, Dr. Gene Kiritsky and Cory Sharber discuss how did our unseasonable April and May weather impact the Brood X emergence.
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- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- Length: 19:51
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For the past few weeks or so, my eyes have been scratchy and I’ve had a runny nose. And I’m not alone. A lot of people are feeling the effects of s...
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- Added: Jun 14, 2021
- Length: 04:00
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Hands-on learning in an East Indianapolis community garden builds skills for life.
- Added: Jun 10, 2021
- Length: 54:01
Brood X, as you might be hearing, has emerged and they are looking to do the one thing they’ve been waiting 17 years to do – mate! The loud buzzing...
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- Added: Jun 04, 2021
- Length: 19:04
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The scientific name of the ringtail is Bassariscus astutus. It’s in the Procyonidae, the same family as our local borderlands’ critters the raccoon...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:56
