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Nico Cathcart: A Contemporary Renaissance. Part 2 (Conclusion)

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Nico Cathcart working on a mural on Lakeside Avenue, Credit: Charles McGuigan

It’s interesting how every great work of music, literature, visual art is immune to the predilections of time and space. Whether they were crafted ...

Nico Cathcart: A Contemporary Renaissance. Part 1

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Nico at the unveiling of her three-story mural, A New Dawn in Hopewell, Virginia., Credit: Charles McGuigan

Nico Cathcart has been an artist practically since birth. From the time her fingers could grip the ferrule of a paintbrush and guide it along a fla...

Top of Mind - Why We Take Water for Granted – But Really Shouldn’t

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

It’s easy to take clean water for granted in America. But drought and decaying pipes mean it’s time to think differently about H2O.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Dissonant Landscapes: Music of Iceland

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the book "Dissonant Landscapes," which explores how Icelandic musicians are often discussed in relationship to the...

The House, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: The House, Credit: Catherine Rose McGuigan

Kimberly had talked about her house as if it was a person, her best friend as she put it. Stephanie saw her house as a metaphor for her life, falli...

Birders flock to Hawk Ridge to observe the fall migration

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Birders gather at Hawk Ridge to watch the fall migration, Credit: Matthew Schneeman

Every fall, a geographic phenomenon funnels thousands of raptors (birds of prey) just past Duluth. This creates both an opportunity to monitor spec...

Constant Wonder - A Humble Farmer Walks the Globe and Meets the World's Elite

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

By age 25, a young Croatian had come down with a bad case of wanderlust. So much wanderlust that he lived out his days as a perpetual pedestrian, w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Top of Mind - Green Lights for Migraines, Black in Science, Lithium Mining

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1 - Green Lights for Migraines; Topic 2 - Black in Science; Topic 3 - Lithium Mining

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Top of Mind - Salvation Army, Lost Dog Recovery, Deepwater Oil Spill Effects

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1 - How the Salvation Army’s Red Kettles Became a Christmas Icon; Topic 2: Pet Recovery Specialist on How to Find Lost Dogs; Topic 3 - Deepwa...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, WYAP, WXDU, and KOWS

Top of Mind - Skijoring, Penguins Declining, Virtual Music Collaboration

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1 - Skijoring: Horse-drawn Adrenaline; Topic 2 - Iconic Penguins in Antarctica Declining More Than Previously Thought; Topic 3 - Musicians Mi...

Bought by KOWS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK and more

Top of Mind - Upcycled Food, Blind Cooking, Nitrous Oxide

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: Renewal Mill is trying to reduce food waste and greenhouse gases by transforming spoiled byproducts into something edible. Topic 2: Mitche...

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, WYAP and more

FIRE OF LOVE -- Sara Dosa Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Sara Dosa talks sentient lava, the language of the unknown, and volcanoes as rebels.

Reel Discovery: Polar Bear

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery

On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins a young polar bear mom’s quest to survive in a changing environment in Disneynature’s Polar Bear.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX

Constant Wonder - To Rescue an Animal, You've Got to Think Like One

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Creative animal rescues that benefit human lives as well.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - The Inside Story of How an Orphaned Baby Orca Got Home

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

When a baby orca lost her mother, rescuers rallied together to get her to her grandmother and extended family.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WYAP, and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Sea Connections Everywhere, with Craig Foster, Sy Montgomery, Helen Scales, and Luke Harris

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Meet surprisingly intelligent sea creatures and some creative people working to protect them.

Bought by WYAP and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Scorpions, Milking Snakes

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Topic 1: 400 million years ago, scorpions were once as large as crocodiles and reigned under the sea as prehistoric predators. Topic 2: Talk about ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Octopus Personalities

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness

Top of Mind - Fence Effects, Telehealth, Yellowstone Hotspot

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: How Fences Rewrote Nature; Topic 2: A Pill for the Health Industry; Topic 3: The Volcano Chills Out

Bought by KOWS, WYAP, and GCR (Global Community Radio)

Episode 95: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind III

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature

It's late spring and animals are on the move. Sometimes their paths cross with people. For our last episode of the season, here are two stories…thi...