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Forever chemicals in fertilizer are getting into the food we eat. Tracey Frisch explains how.
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Lead paint and leaded gasoline haven’t been used in American homes or cars for nearly 30 years. But, researchers say that these sources of lead are...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Jan 03, 2024
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
The profit-hungry agribusiness empire of the 20th century institutionalized farming practices that continue to degrade soils across the U.S. and gl...
- Added: Jul 18, 2023
- Length: 28:30
HOUR ONE: "Wonders Of The Human Body" - What's so wondrous about the human body? An hour on transplants, chronic illnesses and the familiar in ours...
- Added: Jun 23, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
World-renowned soil biologist Dr. Elaine Ingham and her Soil Food Web Approach [https://www.soilfoodweb.com/] has successfully been implemented to...
- Added: Dec 05, 2022
- Length: 58:00
I have two huge trees in my yard and they dump a lot of leaves. Sometimes I wonder, what would happen if I just let those piles of leaves stay on ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2022
- Length: 03:17
- Purchases: 2
I started my nursery/horticulture career in the spring of 1980 at Desert Trees Nursery northwest of Tucson. It was and still is a wholesale nursery...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:16
The riparian woodland Ms. Mesquitey and I were hiking in is at around 6,000 ft. in elevation. I think that may be the upper limits of the elf owls'...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:33
Tecoma stans angustata is in the Bignonia family Bignoniaceae and there are a bunch of species of Tecoma starting here in the borderlands with our ...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:51
Our one flowering wildflower on this wonderful day was the very pretty perennial called penny cress or candy tufts. It is the former Thlaspi fendl...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:36
In the gray gloom of winter, I like to brighten up my house with a colorful bouquet of flowers. And I got to wondering, where do these pristine flo...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 21, 2022
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 2
Cactus wrens were one of the first Sonoran Desert birds I learned when I arrived in Tucson to go to the University of Arizona. They are such rascal...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:44
This is Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey. Cloudy Cold days these days. Petey talks about lifesaving snow in the desert, the beauty of Sandhill C...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
I was reading a Christmas card from some very dear friends and in the hand written portion of the card it mentioned this season as being the “holie...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:53
The vast landscapes of the southwest are to die for and every once in a while I capture one with my camera. More and more I remind myself to just t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:56
There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
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: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:03
In July of 2002 I produced an episode about the summer monsoon and spadefoots. It was so much fun to write and record. In July of 2013 I re-recorde...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:35
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
As our podcast series concludes and our cicada friends begin their new 17-year cycle, Dr. Gene Kritsky from Mount St. Joseph University talks about...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 24:34
- Purchases: 1
What are our visitors doing when you don't hear their distinctive mating buzz? If you've noticed they get quiet at night or when it rains, do you k...
- Added: Jun 22, 2021
- Length: 17:59
In this episode, Dr. Gene Kiritsky and Cory Sharber discuss how did our unseasonable April and May weather impact the Brood X emergence.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- Length: 19:51
- Purchases: 1
For the past few weeks or so, my eyes have been scratchy and I’ve had a runny nose. And I’m not alone. A lot of people are feeling the effects of s...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 14, 2021
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
Brood X, as you might be hearing, has emerged and they are looking to do the one thing they’ve been waiting 17 years to do – mate! The loud buzzing...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 04, 2021
- Length: 19:04
- Purchases: 1
Human beings have been fascinated with cicadas for generations. These visitors have spurred stories, symbols and artifacts because of their rare ap...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 19:55
- Purchases: 1
