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How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:32
I grew up in the land of the black walnut, Juglans nigra. And if you grew up in the eastern US, then you did too. It has a very large range in east...
- Added: Aug 12, 2022
- Length: 03:59
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
Classic country radio show playing unheard gems dug from all over the country.
- Added: Nov 24, 2020
- Length: 58:00
The Utah Board of Water Resources proposes to construct, operate and maintain the 141-mile long Lake Powell Pipeline, a project that would convey w...
- Added: Sep 10, 2020
- Length: 18:53
Grow, make, and eat your own dogfood -- I mean products. Episode 47 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...
Bought by WETD
- Added: Nov 28, 2017
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
Well, the getting out of the growing business thing is not going well at all and I’ve had to come to grips with the fact that that I still need to ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 05:15
- Purchases: 1
Two stories of ecological disruption: the great sea star wasting, and a graveyard of trembling aspens.
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 29:03
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Frog Tongues Have Reversible Saliva
- Added: Jun 09, 2017
- Length: 02:00
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Colorful Giant Penguins
- Added: Apr 17, 2017
- Length: 02:00
We hear from two experts in science communications, and talking about climate change. Edward Maibach is a widely recognized expert in public health...
Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
Featuring interviews with Stanford Professor, Mark Z. Jacobson about efforts to go 100% renewable by 2050, and CEO of NEXTracker, Daniel Shugar abo...
Bought by KZYX, KFOI Radio, Radio Catskill, and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 4
Two UCSC professors discuss their research into how water resources and whole ecosystems are changing and adapting to climate change.
Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 54:02
- Purchases: 2
In this episode, Dr. Michael Loik, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSC discusses how plants adapt to changing climates, based on s...
Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 54:02
- Purchases: 2
Becoming Multicellular
- Added: Feb 10, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...
Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 2
Come Springtime, Thank Phytochromes
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
In this show we interview Dr. Alan Miller of "Cool it, Earth!", a company working to use ocean thermal energy technology (OTEC) to produce clean en...
Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Feb 04, 2017
- Length: 54:02
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Feb 03, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Dan Burgard is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Puget Sound, and not long after Washington state voted to legalize cannabis...
- Added: Aug 01, 2015
- Length: 10:08
