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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
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
Salvia officinalis is known as cooking sage or garden sage. It is a sage and I say that because folks seem to apply the name sage to many other gen...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:11
The photos are mine and of the plant Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum. It sure is nice to have some white flowers mixed in with the oceans of yellow ...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:13
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
From folk clubs in the 60s to the present day, veteran UK standup comedian Jasper Carrott has rarely not been around music and muscians.
- Added: Nov 10, 2019
- Length: 31:37
I’m telling you, late summer and fall are great times to get out into the hills, especially if you want to find interesting plants. While you’re ou...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 05:02
Like a scaly cheetah, galloping crocs were a terror both on land and in the water. Good thing they lived 100 million years ago.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSFR
- Added: Aug 06, 2019
- Length: 04:15
- Purchases: 2
I wrote this song about Lycium fremontii when I was managing the native plant nursery of Desert Survivors on West Starr Pass in Tucson. The nursery...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 05:12
Big word for a genetic mutation where an animal is split with one side being entirely female and the other male. This can happen in some species of...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jul 04, 2019
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
Medical science on the fly. Turns out you only need to pull a few G's to loosen that stubborn kidney stone.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jun 26, 2019
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 1
I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is a fun one to poke around in. And it is true that the town of Willcox is an excellent base c...
- Added: Jun 19, 2019
- Length: 05:06
I know that being in the moment or being here now is important, but I confess to spending a lot of time wanting to be there now and I’ll be happy t...
- Added: Jun 19, 2019
- Length: 05:03
In 1804 Dr. Troxler discovered he could make pastel dots on paper disappear if he stared at them for long enough. Blink, and they would reappear. T...
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 03:24
Need to string some wire through your house or clean a particle accelerator? You might need a science ferret.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 28, 2019
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 1
Oh my goodness, there are beetles, bees and moths that visit the open flowers of Calylophus harwegii from late afternoon and through the night. Som...
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 05:45
It's our one year podcast-aversary! We thank you for listening with an episode on accidental swallowings and some...not so accidental. Trace also ...
- Added: May 21, 2019
- Length: 05:50
Taking Rate the Remake to another level with a show entirely of originals and sometimes the more popular versions plus their remake.
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 01:56:43
I guess I don’t have a whole lot more to add about this show. Well, I have been known to sing a little better than this.
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 04:37
I sure talk about a lot different flora and fauna. From three species of quail, to canyon wrens, to Yarrows spiny lizards, to bristlehead (Carphoch...
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
Listener and friend of the show, Rick, programs, and co-hosts this edition of #abftp!
- Added: May 12, 2019
- Length: 01:56:43
Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 03:50
Listener and friend of the show, Todd, programs, and co-hosts this edition of #abftp!
- Added: May 05, 2019
- Length: 02:00:25
- Added: Apr 29, 2019
- Length: 01:53:12
