Focus on Flowers

A Mint Relative 31.08.2017 2:00 ↓

All of the Agastache species are related to mint.

The Importance Of Shells 27.08.2017 4:46 ↓

Nancy Chen Long reads "Meditation: Home as an Extension of Body," "Place You Would Have Called Home," and "The Importance of Shells."

All Who Wander 26.08.2017 58:52 ↓

This week on Harmonia, we’ll hit the road, exploring medieval and renaissance songs of travel, mostly from Spain and Portugal.

IU Diving Coach Hobie Billingsley 26.08.2017 58:55 ↓

Peter Andersen interviews acclaimed Indiana University diving coach Hobie Billingsley.

Intermingling Plants 24.08.2017 2:00 ↓

I read recently about a new gardening craze that is called “Intermingling Plants.”

I Describe My Selves 20.08.2017 4:58 ↓

Su Cho reads "I Describe My Cells."

Early Modern History Scholar Lyndal Roper 19.08.2017 58:31 ↓

Mark Roseman interviews Australian historian and academic Lyndal Roper.

Cranesbills for Cover 17.08.2017 2:00 ↓

I plant cranesbill almost everywhere in my garden and have many different varieties...

Comedian Joe Wong 13.08.2017 58:55 ↓

Born into a Korean-Chinese family, Joe Wong came to the United States to study biochemistry. After getting his PhD, he found standup comedy. Will Murphy hosts.

Bent Between Earth And Sky 13.08.2017 5:36 ↓

Susan Amis reads "Bent Between Earth and Sky," "Trapper's Daughter Waltzes with Ice and Galls in Love with the World," and "Dispatch No. 3."

Curbside Color 10.08.2017 2:00 ↓

Purple and chartreuse always look good together in a garden.

George Pinney, Scott Russell Sanders, Jeff Wolin 06.08.2017 57:38 ↓

Yaël Ksander speaks with author Scott Russell Sanders and photographer Jeff Wolin on the occasion of a new edition of their book Stone Country: Then and Now.

Million Dollar Idea 06.08.2017 4:30 ↓

Joshua Johnston reads "Poem" and "Million Dollar Idea."

The Humble Hurdy-Gurdy 05.08.2017 58:52 ↓

This week on Harmonia we explore one of the most fascinating and complex instruments that was ever misunderstood: the hurdy-gurdy.

Dedicated Beds 03.08.2017 2:00 ↓

I am lucky to have a large garden space and so I have the luxury of being able to dedicate some of my beds to a single perennial species.

Artist and Baker Sean Starowitz and Shipwreck Survivor Andy Hanson 30.07.2017 57:01 ↓

Will Murphy interviews Sean Starowitz, the Assistant Director of Economic Development for the Arts for the City of Bloomington.

The Giant Learns To Float 30.07.2017 4:58 ↓

Su Cho reads "The Giant Learns to Float," "After the Ocean," "Dear Giant," and "The Giant Trains for Lightning."

Bloom Sequences 27.07.2017 2:00 ↓

Most flower gardeners enjoy sequences of bloom in their beds.

New Yorker Staff Writer Jiayang Fan and the Waters Triplets 24.07.2017 56:36 ↓

John K. Yasuda interviews New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan.

On Seeing The Embroiderer 23.07.2017 4:36 ↓

Nancy Chen Long reads "On Seeing the Embroiderer, or Mette Gauguin," "Orion," and "Free."

Show Me the Money! 22.07.2017 58:52 ↓

The English poet Robert Graves once said, “There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money.”

Moonlight Garden 20.07.2017 2:00 ↓

White gardens are tranquil and calming and reward their owners with their soothing ambience.

Authors from the IU Writers Conference 16.07.2017 55:31 ↓

WFIU’s Shayne Laughter talks with writers who visited Bloomington to teach at the 2017 Indiana University Writers Conference.

The Gemini Trainer 16.07.2017 4:58 ↓

Cate Whetzel reads "Green is a Fugative Color" and "The Gemini Trainer."

Colorful Foliage 13.07.2017 2:00 ↓

Foliage color can light up the landscape in all seasons of the year, not only in the fall...