Step outside and stay awhile
Bob talks with Dan Flores the author of Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History. The book is a fascinating history of the coyote and why we need to learn to live with this iconic animal.
Our source for this episode is the book Coyote America by Dan Flores. Learn more about Dan at the website Project Coyote.
Bob talks with Hillary Rosner the author of Roam: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World. The book explores the urgent need to rebuild a kinder, more connected world for both wildlife and ourselves.
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Tina and Bob learn all about Snowy Owls. If you are a Harry Potter fan you should listen to this episode!
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Greg and Bob delve into the origins of pumpkins. Find out what pumpkins are and how they developed into one of the most popular fruits.
Related episode: Cranberry Thanks
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Bob chats with Leigh Ann Henion about her new book Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and other Marvels of the dark.
Related Episode: Gardening for Moths with Jim McCormac
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Gia and Bob are once again excited about the arrival of the 17 year periodic cicadas. In 2025 it is Brood XIV that we welcome back. We hope to inspire you to either love cicadas or maybe just hate them a little less. Bob and Gia share 17 cool things about cicadas. There is nothing to fear when the cicadas are here!
Related episodes: Cicadas are Kinda Cute, The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy
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Bob talks with John Seed who started working on saving rain forests in Australia in 1979. John explains how he learned about biodiversity and Deep Ecology.
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Tina from Red Oaks Forest School joins Bob to explain Zugunruhe and the yellow warbler. Find out what the heck a warbler is and how you can see some during spring migration.
Related episodes: What’s Your Zugunruhe?, Merlin Magic
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Greg Torres, our plant guru, talks all about trees. Tune in to find out why trees have a special place in Greg’s heart.
Related episodes: Sit Spot, Mistletoe
Prayer of the Woods (Portuguese folk tradition)
“I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights.
The friendly shade screening you from the summer sun,
and my fruits are refreshing draughts quenching
your thirst as you journey on.”
“I am the beam that holds your house.
The board of your table, the bed on which you lie
and the timber that builds your boat.”
“I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead,
the wood of your cradle and the shell of your coffin.”
“I am the bread of kindness and the flower of beauty.
Ye who pass by listen to my prayer: “Harm me not.”
Carol Mundy, the host of the radio show Outdoor Life, collaborates on this second episode about cats. This episode focuses on feral cats and was inspired by an email from listener Steve Inglish.
Related episode: Cats
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