North State Public Radio

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KCHO FM 91.7 and KFPR 88.9 are non-commercial non-profit organizations which are a service of California State University, Chico. We provide listeners with a vast assortment of programs reaching a diverse listening audience. We are affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This allows us to bring our listeners informative, educational and entertaining programs.

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Blue Dot 
217 Pieces

Conversations exploring where science and pop culture collide. Hosted by Dave Schlom with audio production by Matt Fidler.

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California Burning 
11 Pieces

A 5-part series deeply exploring of the California wildfire problem. Public Radio Veteran, Matt Fidler, combines on-location interviews with experts who understand wildfire the best, and NPR-style story telling to give listeners a non-political perspective on how to best approach a problem that is becoming increasingly destructive and deadly.

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Cultivating Place  
302 Pieces

Essential connections exist between nature, our gardens, and our places in both. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program and podcast that explores what we mean when we garden.

Latest Pieces

BD - The Klamath River flowing freely again and the science driving it
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Blue Dot takes an in depth look at the science behind the Klamath dam removal project, one of the largest of its kind ever attempted. After the rem...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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CP - Something in The Woods Loves You, with Jarod K. Anderson
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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One day in his mid-adulthood, at a particularly low point after many years of battling debilitating depression, Jarod K. Anderson witnessed the pre...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
CP - Gardens in Spaces of Incarceration, with Cultural Geographer Dr. Elizabeth Lara
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week, in honor of Labor Day just passed, we venture into the world of garden preservation, history through the lens of spaces of incarceration...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
BD - The most fascinating creature on the planet? Hummingbirds with Dr. Christopher Clark
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Chris Clark gently holding an Anna's Hummingbird, Credit: Spencer Lowell
Dave is joined by UC Riverside biologist and hummingbird expert Christopher Clark for a fascinating and in depth look at the lives of the smallest ...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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CP - BEST OF conversation with Gwendolyn Wallace author "Joy Takes Root"
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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At this back-to-school, change-of-seasons moment – I thought we would all enjoy a good bedtime-story kind of vibe – enjoy this Best of CP conversat...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
BD - Fire and ice: a look at the Cascade volcanoes
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Mr. Rainier, Credit: USGS
Dave is joined by scientists from the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington for an overview of th...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
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CP - Thoughtful alchemy & sustainable floristry, Shane Connolly (A BEST OF conversation)
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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As we tend toward summer’s end, with end of summer and fall events and celebrations perhaps in mind, maybe even winter events in the planning, we t...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
CP - Back to School (with Plants) - Sean Doherty, VP of Education, Missouri Botanical Garden
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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It’s back to school time – you can tell by the ads on television and radio (yes, I was watching the Olympics!) and by the displays at the stores wi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
BD - Lessons to learn about fire on the landscape: a conversation with pyrogeographer Zeke Lunder
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Zeke Lunder, Credit: Zeke Lunder
In a conversation recorded while the Park Fire was raging in the foothills and mountains of Northern California, Dave visits with Zeke Lunder. Zeke...

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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CP - Welcome to the Shrub Club: Shrouded in Light with Kevin Philips Williams & Michael Guidi
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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Late July, August, and September (the dog days of summer with the constellation Sirius high in the night sky) are perhaps the stretch of the year i...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00

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Staff of North State Public Radio

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Matthew Fidler (Admin)
Producer/ Audio Engineer
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Evan Matsler (Admin)
Director of Operations
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Sarah Bohannon (Admin)
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Stephen Starbuck (Admin)
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Sarah Downs (Admin)
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David Born (Admin)