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Burning Cedar Indigenous Foods is where Nico Albert Williams of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, advocates for the revitalization of Indigenous an...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are wonderful and lots of folks agree. The little town of Bisbee in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 04:29
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I forgot to say that false solomon’s seal was formerly in the family Liliaceae, but is now in Asparagaceae. There are 2 subspecies of Maianthemum r...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
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There are 30 species of Dalea found in Arizona, many of which are in the nursery trade because they are so doggone pretty. How cool is that? Very. ...

  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:20
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Jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and the botanical name of clammy weed is Polanisia dodecandra. They are both in the Cleome family Cleomaceae....

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:36
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You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants, but I’l...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
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Hummingbird trumpet has had quite a few botanical names and I’m still not sure that I got the current botanical right in this episode. I called it ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
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At my age I should probably being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I tell our daughters that some day they can hav...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:17
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Phemeranthus aurantiacus, the former Talinum aurantiacum, is now in Talinaceae, the flameflower family, “a family of two genera and 28 species.” Th...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2020
  • Length: 04:45
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I could have jabbered on forever (you probably noticed) and still not have mentioned all the wonderful things happening now in the uplands as sprin...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:51
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
In which we engage in the sort of late-night desert-talk-radio conversation we need right now: Intuition, LSD, Carl Jung, the "Conscious Life" expo...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host was compelled to entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in 29 Palms.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Welcome to the Shutdown. Chaos in the national parks. No toilets in Joshua Tree. Trouble abounds. Guest: Food writer/editor Katherine Spiers of Sma...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
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It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Arizona poppy, Mexican poppy and summer poppy are some of the common names for the beautiful annual wildflower Kallstroemia grandiflora.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
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In southeastern Arizona Datura wrightii is the preferred source of nectar for the moth Manduca sexta and you may also notice that the caterpillar, ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:22
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Bush Muhly is the species Muhlenbergia porteri. There are over 40 species of muhlys found in Arizona and across the southwest.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:08
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After 13 years of being backed by The Nocturnals, Grace Potter has taken 2015 to strike out on her own. Her debut solo disc, Midnight, is full of ...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
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A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 21:19
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Is it serenity or torture? Superior or inferior to having Mexican food delivered to your door? Can the Bear Danger Quotient be accurately predict...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 16:38
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What do the poisoned Emperor Claudius, the Aztec storm deity Quetzacotl and a 5,500 year old Ice Man have in common? They were all crazy about mush...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KHSU


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:02:07
  • Purchases: 3
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. July 8th, 2010.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 12:53