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Caption: Painting with John, Credit: Strange & Beautiful Music
Music from John Lurie, Jackie Gleason, Ray Davies, Ry Cooder, Ringo Starr & The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Victor Orchestra, One eskimO, Alan...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:22

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:52
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I could be over thinking the feeling I got when I saw that lone coati from the now named coati mundi bluff, but it was wonderful. The other flora a...

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:17
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The botanical name of our 3 needle per fascicle (bundle) Chihuahuan pine is Pinus leiophylla var. chihuahuana. Further south into Mexico where the ...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 04:35
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I grew and sold California buckthorn for several years. Early on I sold it wholesale to other nurseries, but I also sold it at Farmers Markets in C...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:18
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It was the American botanist Soreno Watson, that named the onion collected in Tanner’s Canyon of the Huachuca Mountains to honor Sara Plummer Lemmo...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 04:16

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
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It’s fun to have favorite plants to look for on excursions into the hills. Looking back at photos and my notes, we have been checking on this parti...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:23
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What a fun discovery in the desert east of Douglas, Arizona. There is just something about these large spinescent shrubs in the buckthorn family, R...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:22
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The bigtooth maple is no longer in its own family of Aceraceae, but is in Sapindaceae. Molecular taxonomy keeps us plant geeks on our toes.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:29
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There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name. And I wonder...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:28
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It's true that every year I jump and shout about the fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and I proclaim that there should be a fe...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:19
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Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of blooming plants and plants with leaves changing color as they prepare to go dormant. ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
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The botanical name for jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and for clammy weed it’s Polanisia dodecandra. I translate those very cool names in th...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:00

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
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We take a FRESH LOOK at our very 1st episode from Lehigh Valley Public Media in Bethlehem,PA, which was also our 20th anniversary! Happy Holidays ...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 54:58
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On this week's YBYG, Mike McGrath interviews Sonja Michaluk, New Jersey high school science fair winner, who discusses her project on measuring th...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 54:58
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On this episode of YBYG, host Mike McGrath tells us why you should leave the straw for the scarecrows this season, instead of using it to reduce y...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
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Do you know the challenges government regulators face when attempting to warn the public about health risks related to chemicals and ingredients in...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious discusses the history and evolution of wine with Glenn McGourty, the Winegrowing and Plant Science Advisor at the University of Calif...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Wisteria Pavilion Uppper House on Hakone Estate grounds., Credit: Couretsy of Hakone Estate and Gardens
Join us as we celebrate the centennial of Hakone Estate and Gardens, pair chocolate with sustainable California wines and explore Michigan's dynami...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
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This Women's Words features Terri Falsani of Duluth reading her two poems "Understanding Eve" and "Higher Latitude".

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
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We celebrate the return of spring with music from films that feature gardeners and gardens.

Bought by WCRI, KPVL, WEKU, KPVL, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Shiro plums picked by the Portland Fruit Tree Project (after this photo was taken), Credit: Portland Fruit Tree Project
The Portland Fruit Tree Project harvests fruit that would otherwise go to waste and gives it to area food banks, where fresh produce is scarce.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1