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In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a “den of body snatchers.” And then, in November 1849, the school’s most promin...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 36:45
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In 1986 the BBC released a comprehensive survey of Britain. Burned onto two LaserDiscs, the early computer encyclopedia was a technological marvel.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 33:04
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
From “the most expensive pigeon roost in the world” to one of the world’s most unique libraries, Brooklyn’s Central Library has many stories to tel...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 23:01
  • Purchases: 1
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:12
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Liz loves the Darkroom. She'd never disrespect it...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ira Wallace, Credit: Photo used courtesy of Ira Wallace
This week on Cultivating Place, the second installment in the Seeds of September four part series – when we’re joined by plantswoman, seed advocate...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Microbia: A Journey Into The Unseen World Around You, Credit: Image used courtesy of Eugenia Bone
They are in your garden by the billions, they are in your food, in your house, and all over your skin. They partner us in all we do and they make a...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: National Children and Youth Garden Symposium
The second best time to become a gardener and nature lover is right now. The first best time, is as a child. This week on Cultivating Place, we’re...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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A philosophical examination about the nature of religious belief, using the example of creationist and a woman who left fundamentalism.

  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 41:20
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This week on Cultivating Place, we celebrate California Native Plant Week with native plant home gardener Vincent Bellino, as well as through the v...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with two members of the horticultural staff at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic home and gard...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Cultivating Place, we speak with Emily Murphy, author of the new book "Grow What You love." It’s advice we’re given early in our garde...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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This show is about past life memories and whether science and philosophy can ever accommodate them.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 43:48
Caption: The Wildcrafting Brewer by Pascal Baudar, Credit: Photo courtesy of Pascal Baudar
This week on Cultivating Place we speak with wildcrafter Pascal Baudar. He's the author of The New Wildcrafted Cuisine and The Wildcrafting Brewer ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with Blanca Diaz also known as Mama Maiz. Blanca is a practicing doula and herbalist whose work take...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As a child, Lawrence Lessig was a gifted singer. His church choir director encouraged him to attend a choir camp at a prestigious boarding school i...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 39:03
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This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with Maria Failla, the host of Bloom & Grow Radio – a unique podcast from New York City designed spe...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Cultivating Place, Designing with Palms – in the heart of Spring Break season where those of us in colder climes might be longing for ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we look at how a religious cult of number worshipers on the Italian coast gave rise to modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and musi...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:09
  • Purchases: 1
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The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one except researchers and law enforcement is able to see, because it’s one of very ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 31:13
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Have you ever dreamed of wandering through the Great Library of Alexandria? Well, in today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesot...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:56
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What exactly is in pipelines? (Dilbit plus)

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:04
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Ontario's reliance on nuclear energy means renewable energy is happening on a community level. Suing environmentalists Suing environmentalists to s...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:42
Caption: Ken Golden drilling through the sea ice, Credit: Amanda Kowalski
Ken Golden isn't your typical mathematician. He's the Indiana Jones of Mathematics. He gets up from behind his desk, armed with mathematical theory...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 10
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Tales of being stuck between two worlds.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1