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The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to st...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:59
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
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: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:32
I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described by a G...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:43
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go. The current and correct name for ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:13
Well, now you know about my personal gardening history. It’s not done. I mean there is history in the making in the garden just outside the front d...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:53
Provincetown has long been known as a bastion of tolerance, but hate crimes in the late eighties and early nineties threatened the town's reputatio...
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 11:48
Bobby and Martini podcast from Union, NJ, at the studio of New York City-based artist, Ocean Clark, whose original paintings and prints of pop cult...
- Added: Apr 05, 2014
- Length: 30:25
Bobby speaks, on location, from Columbus Circle (the literal epicenter of New York City) with Nicole Raymondi, creator of Quotiful, an iPhone app, ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2013
- Length: 36:58
For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2010
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 4
A trip to Baffoni's Poultry Farm in Johnston, Rhode Island reveals rich ambient sound and insight into the process of raising turkeys for Thanksgiv...
Bought by WKSU
- Added: Nov 15, 2009
- Length: 02:07
- Purchases: 1
Everyone loves being the only ones in the Masai Mara, one of the worlds most spectacular wildlife experiences. But the absence of tourists is not g...
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: 05:29
On May 19, 100 handbell ringers will descend on Old South Church in Boston. Independent producer Jackson Braider offers the skinny on what listener...
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 2
Folks at this Chicago honky-tonk, Carol's Pub, give their opinion on the Illinois smoking ban in effect 1-1-08.
- Added: Jan 02, 2008
- Length: 03:27
- Added: Feb 19, 2007
- Length: 08:36
- Purchases: 1
While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Sep 25, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 2
