Focus on Flowers

An End To All Things 05.05.2019 4:33 ↓

WLS reads "Elegy for Hiding with a Line by Roethke" and "An End To All Things."

The Wacky World of Weelkes 05.05.2019 58:52 ↓

The Wacky World of Weelkes

Former Senator Richard Lugar 02.05.2019 58:51 ↓

On this episode of Profiles we feature two encore interviews with Richard Luger, former United States Senator from Indiana. He died this week at the age of 87.

Moisture-Loving Natives 02.05.2019 2:00 ↓

Filipendula rubra produces airy rose-pink flower clusters that can be between 4-10 inches wide and rise above the plant’s deeply divided leaves presenting a regal appearance befitting its common name, Queen of the Prairie.

Planting And Division 25.04.2019 2:00 ↓

Digging up the root ball of an established plant completely and cutting it into sections actually benefits the plant.

Filmmaker Avi Nesher 21.04.2019 58:51 ↓

IU Cinema director Jon Vickers speaks with filmmaker Avi Nesher about his approach to moviemaking, and how an upbringing in both Israel and America has influenced his work.

Stem Cuttings 18.04.2019 2:00 ↓

Starting plants from existing ones is fun as well as economical.

Perennial Gardens 11.04.2019 2:00 ↓

A perennial is a flowering plant that lives for three or more years.

Long-Term Residents 04.04.2019 2:00 ↓

Perennial beds need to be well dug initially to loosen the soil and then amended with compost or other organic material.

Gennadiy Druzenko 31.03.2019 58:56 ↓

IU Geography Professor Elizabeth Cullen Dunn speaks with constitutional lawyer, politician, and activist Gennadiy Druzenko about his years of civil service, and what the future holds for the people of Ukraine.

True Love, Forget Me Not 28.03.2019 2:00 ↓

There is a legend about a knight in armor who is walking along the bank of a river...

Robert Abbott and John Dahl 24.03.2019 58:51 ↓

Host Aaron Cain speaks with sports journalists and filmmakers Robert Abbott and John Dahl, the director and producer of the ESPN Thirty for Thirty documentary: The Last Days of Knight.

Wordsworth's Garden 21.03.2019 2:00 ↓

“True taste has an eye for both weeds and garden flowers.”

Former Senator Birch Bayh 17.03.2019 58:51 ↓

Perry Metz interviews former Senator Birch Bayh in his Washington, D.C. office, where he discusses his political career, the influence of his late wife Marvella, and the allies he sought on both sides of the aisle.

Not By Design 14.03.2019 2:00 ↓

Sometimes plants have minds of their own.

The Topping Tooters of the Town 09.03.2019 7:41 ↓

These are the topping tooters of the town, and have gowns, silver chains, and salaries, for playing “Lilliburlero” to my Lord Mayor’s horse through the city.

A Granddaughter's Memories 07.03.2019 2:00 ↓

Vita Sackville-West's granddaughter Juliet Nicolson says that her grandmother's "presence still fills the garden."

Conductor Gary Thor Wedow 03.03.2019 58:51 ↓

Host Aaron Cain speaks with conductor Gary Thor Wedow about his own musical education, his career in opera, and his passion for helping students learn their craft.

Masquerade 03.03.2019 58:52 ↓

What do the Mardi Gras parades of New Orleans, the famous Carnival of Venice, and the Jewish holiday Purim all have in common? Why, costumes, of course!

Vita And Harold’s Garden 28.02.2019 2:00 ↓

Vita Sackville-West's planting philosophy : "Cram, cram, cram, every chink and cranny.”

Beguiling Begonias 21.02.2019 2:00 ↓

Begonias are beloved because of their textured, colorful foliage, as well as their pretty flowers.

Tyron Cooper 17.02.2019 58:51 ↓

WFIU's Mark Chilla speaks with Tyron Cooper, musician, composer, scholar, and director of Indiana University’s Archives of African American Music.

In My Dreams 14.02.2019 2:00 ↓

During the winter when I can’t actually garden outdoors, I plan many garden improvements and most of them include buying new plants.

Jazz Saxophonist Rob Dixon 10.02.2019 58:51 ↓

WFIU's David Brent Johnson speaks with saxophonist, educator, and "Jazz Mayor of Indianapolis" Rob Dixon.

Georgia O'Keeffe 07.02.2019 2:00 ↓

O’Keeffe is an art world star and her paintings of larger-than-life flowers are unique.