Focus on Flowers

Music has played an important role for centuries in the celebration of the Feast of All Saints.

Intermingling is similar to creating a prairie planting where the plants grow together without any defined edges or structure.

Martin Luther was a great fan of music, and on Harmonia this week, in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we’re exploring Lutheran composers.

Plants with common names that are not so pretty should not deter us from using them in our gardens.

Gena Asher speaks with Erin Predmore, the new president and CEO of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce.

Sedums with dark-colored leaves look striking in the fall garden and contrast with the colorful autumn leaves.

Will Murphy speaks with philosopher and bioethicist Peter Singer, and with paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman, about ethical living, ecological responsibility, and the relationship between human and non-human animals.

Gerárdo Gonzalez and Charlie Nelms, who share their stories about family, mentors, their decades-long academic careers, and how education transformed their lives.

These are few of my favorite deer-resistant plants.

Elaine Monaghan speaks with author, educator, and photojournalist Steve Raymer about his life in pictures.

The Tudor period was marked by the flourishing of sacred music in the chapels and cathedrals of England.

Wind bands have been tickling our ears for centuries, in war, on the athletic field, and in the concert hall.

Host Aaron Cain speaks with musician and IU Professor of Informatics Christopher Raphael, about teaching computers to recognize, understand, and perform music.

Host Aaron Cain speaks with biogeochemist Jeffrey White about his search for climate change clues at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This proverb, attributed to Saint Ambrose, encourages us to keep with the traditions of the places we visit and inhabit.

Janae Cummings speaks with WIRED editor Peter Rubin about how virtual reality is changing human connection, intimacy, and the limits of ordinary life.

There’s one plant that self-seeds all over my yard that I pull up whenever I see it, even when it is in flower.

Elaine Monaghan speaks with journalist and filmmaker Ruth O’Reilly, about the possibilities in Ireland’s future, and the personal sacrifices of its past.

Yaël Ksander speaks with photographer Richard Ross, about his Juvenile-In-Justice project, and about creating images that are catalysts for change.

Filmmaker Mira Nair and artist Bharti Kher talk about the social and cross-cultural inspirations behind their work.

David Watters reads "Make America Great Again," "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "Dear Mumia," and "My Country 'Tis of Thee (2)."

Host Aaron Cain speaks with sociologist Michael Burawoy about working in communist steel mills and saving public universities in crisis.

Patrick Kindig reads "At the Farmers' Market," "Some Say the World," "Accident," and "Poem in Which the World Does Not End, But..."

Janae Cummings speaks with lecturer and author Yascha Mounk about the battle to save liberal democracies in the U.S., and around the world.

Tony Brewer reads "¿Dónde está el baño?" "Cross," "messy blessing," and "The Things that Stick."