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In a city of 8 million people, you’d think finding someone to date would be easy. There are dating apps, dating events, you can even hire a profess...
- Added: May 18, 2023
- Length: 05:13
During a record-breaking heatwave, couples and friends go to Parliament Hill in London to enjoy the view of the city and St Pauls Cathedral (a view...
- Added: Aug 03, 2022
- Length: 17:30
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 do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is fun. And by the way, it was my friend and Willcox resident Steve Marlatt who reminded me of ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:55
The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: 02:30
An interview with Amy Bruni, star of "Kindred Spirits" and author of "Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts"
- Added: Dec 10, 2020
- Length: 23:56
An interview with Art Bell, author of "Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor"
- Added: Dec 10, 2020
- Length: 21:41
We visit a place where it’s good to be ugly.
- Added: Jun 25, 2020
- Length: 27:18
More than 40 years ago, a man moved to an abandoned mining town to be alone. He says that there are days in the winter “when it’s so quiet that the...
- Added: Jun 25, 2020
- Length: 25:25
- Added: Jun 25, 2020
- Length: 19:41
- Purchases: 1
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
In a broadcast recorded live at the Museum of the American Military Family in Tijeras, New Mexico, The Children's Hour Kids Crew interview military...
Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: Nov 09, 2019
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 7
Derek Smalls formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap discusses new CD Smalls Change (meditations on ageing) Lukewarm Water tour in 2019 o...
- Added: Sep 16, 2019
- Length: 32:26
I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as they are the gateway...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 05:10
Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 24:46
- Purchases: 3
Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is very common around out little homestead. There are thickets of it all along the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. It ...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 11:28
When you think about Las Vegas, you might picture casinos, opulent hotels and neon signs. Like the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign, Circus Cir...
- Added: May 09, 2018
- Length: 12:37
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:42
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
In the 1950s poodles were all the rage – one tabloid even reported that when a girl “makes the big time she traditionally acquires 3 things — minks...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 25:15
- Purchases: 1
