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Dr. Jay Lemery of the University of Colorado talks about how a new generation of physicians needs to be trained to address the unique public health...
- Added: Jan 16, 2023
- Length: 28:17
The botanical name of our 3 needle per fascicle (bundle) Chihuahuan pine is Pinus leiophylla var. chihuahuana. Further south into Mexico where the ...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 04:35
The endlessly cyclical nature of life is depicted as four different stories in a sleepy Italian village.
- Added: Dec 06, 2022
- Length: 03:28
In neighborhoods across the country, citizens are building community resilience – one shovelful and one backyard at a time. Visionary citizen resto...
- Added: Nov 28, 2022
- Length: 28:31
I thought you’d like to see the fraction of the Galiuro Mountains (Galuros!)
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 05:00
It’s fun to have favorite plants to look for on excursions into the hills. Looking back at photos and my notes, we have been checking on this parti...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:23
What a fun discovery in the desert east of Douglas, Arizona. There is just something about these large spinescent shrubs in the buckthorn family, R...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:22
The genus Heuchera is found in the saxifrage family, Saxifracaceae, with 80 other genera that includes the genus Saxifraga and its 400 species. Yikes!
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:16
My morning ditties are not nearly as amazing as the song of a curved bill thrasher, but they help me begin the day.
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:23
There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name. And I wonder...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:28
It's true that every year I jump and shout about the fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and I proclaim that there should be a fe...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:19
Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of blooming plants and plants with leaves changing color as they prepare to go dormant. ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 05:03
When Rachel Graham experienced a real-life sharknado on a dive trip, she knew her future was connected to these amazing and threatened creatures.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Nov 15, 2022
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 3
With the right-leaning US Supreme Court poised to eliminate affirmative action in higher education around the country — this seemed like an opportu...
- Added: Nov 09, 2022
- Length: 29:00
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done,...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and WETS
- Added: Aug 31, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
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
This is the time of year when you see desert millipedes out and about on muggy overcast days. Sometimes even crossing the two lane blacktop roads n...
- Added: Aug 12, 2022
- Length: 04:03
I’m pretty sure I first encountered the plant called mala mujer in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson around 30 years ago. I had 10 years of ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2022
- Length: 04:30
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. This week we outline the myria...
- Added: Aug 10, 2022
- Length: 05:16
Did you know that our food and agricultural practices can have either a beneficial or detrimental impact on the global climate crisis? Join Food Sl...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jul 28, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean episodes that highlight optimism in ocean news, science and advocacy. In this episod...
- Added: Jun 20, 2022
- Length: 05:03
Summertime is the perfect time to get outdoors and have an adventure with kids. The Kids Crew talk with adventure guide author Christina M. Selby a...
Bought by WVTF, RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 11
Summertime is the perfect time to get outdoors and have an adventure with kids. The Kids Crew talk with adventure guide author Christina M. Selby a...
- Added: Jun 02, 2022
- Length: 58:00
This week on the show: European countries have been scrambling to find new energy sources to reduce their dependence on Russia, but some countrie...
Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: May 07, 2022
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
The genus is now Hesperocyparis, but back in the olden days, I learned the rough bark Arizona cypress of southeastern Arizona as Cupressus arizonic...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 05:00
