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Caption: Reporter Matthew Schneeman poses in front of the runestone at the Kensington Runestone Museum, Credit: Mattew Scheeman
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 25:48
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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
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This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
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Host Carry Kim will be interviewing Payoomkawish Elder Richard Bugbee, Instructor of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology at Cuyamaca College through Kumey...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:09
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One of the most magical moments of my childhood was when I first dug up potatoes in a garden and we later had some for dinner. I was awe struck! Th...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
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Heuchera is found in the saxifrage family, Saxifracaceae, with 80 other genera that includes the genus Saxifraga and its 400 species. Yikes!

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 05:06
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I concentrated on a few fall bloomers in the Aster family that have yellow flowers and I bet you thought of other species that should have been inc...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:31
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Since producing this episode of Growing Native we have encountered Jatropha macrorhiza a couple more times. A recent sighting was over near the New...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:17
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I think that the common name of orange sneezeweed may be a bit misleading. The flowers we saw and photographed were more on the yellow side, but th...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 05:18
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What is it about sycamore trees? When I mention a sycamore or show a photo of one to someone, invariably they declare their love of the tree. Well,...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 04:55
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Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:16
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The common name of chocolate flower refers to the surprising morning fragrance of the flower.

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:47
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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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Documentary of the water protectors standing with the Standing Rock Sioux in protest of the North Dakota Access Pipeline in Cannon Ball, ND mid-Sep...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Myles Standish reenactor
There’s a recent trend to question historical icons with complicated histories—Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, and of course the confederate flag. ...

Bought by WCPN, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 3
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The wild peacocks of Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California have inhabited the area for over 100 years and now number more than 1,000. For a...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
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Everything you didn't want to know about mountain lions!

  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:00:01
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Host Erik Redix, an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at UMD, talks with Larry Amik Smallwood, a language instructor at the University...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6