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A look at stats and stories to help us better understand the value of art in everyday life--from the National Endowment for the Arts
- Added: Jun 14, 2022
- Length: 06:08
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
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
Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble
Our earth is in big trouble. The environment and our economy are in crisis. E...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The Amazon is one of the most productive and important ecosystems on the planet. What will continue to be lost if we fail to protect the last great...
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 05:18
Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...
Bought by WGCU, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more
- Added: Apr 07, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...
- Added: Apr 07, 2022
- Length: 59:00
This week we're referencing a recent post entitled The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science: Exploring the Space Between Knowing an...
- Added: Mar 31, 2022
- Length: 05:39
Millions of people worldwide do not have access to adequate water supply for drinking, cooking and basic sanitation. According to a February report...
- Added: Mar 24, 2022
- Length: 05:04
Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness
Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteri...
- Added: Mar 17, 2022
- Length: 29:00
This week we introduce listeners to World Ocean Explorer, a new, revolutionary and immersive 3D virtual aquarium project the W2O team has been deve...
- Added: Mar 16, 2022
- Length: 05:17
When I was a boy vultures were called buzzards. It’s an interesting common name that came across the ocean with early British colonists who had no ...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:03
The COVID-19 pandemic shook the world, challenging public health systems and communities. In this final episode of this special series, Dr. Rajiv J...
- Added: Mar 10, 2022
- Length: 25:45
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the importance of ocean literacy and ocean education to transform our understanding of the ocean's ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2022
- Length: 05:15
For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...
Bought by KRVS, WVTF, Maine Public Radio, KUHF, KOWS and more
- Added: Feb 17, 2022
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 13
For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...
- Added: Feb 17, 2022
- Length: 58:56
In this episode, we discuss vaccines – the science that has brought us such an incredible solution to public health crises; the human response to v...
- Added: Feb 16, 2022
- Length: 29:30
Originally Broadcast: July 22, 2003
From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel
Biodiesel, ...
- Added: Jan 26, 2022
- Length: 29:00
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 have a bunch of photos from Christmas tree hunts and most of them are 35 mm slides. These few here were taken over the last several years. I alwa...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:07
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