Focus on Flowers

Economist Nancy Folbre 17.01.2016 48:06 ↓

Gena Asher speaks with Nancy Folbre, professor emerita of economics at the University of Massachusetts.

Praetorius, Praetorius, Praetorius. 15.01.2016 6:24 ↓

Pablo Heras-Casado and the Balthasar-Neumann Choir and Ensemble present a new recording of music by Praetorius, Praetorius, and Praetorius!

Compact Catmint 14.01.2016 2:00 ↓

I have quite a bit of catmint in my garden, but sadly I don’t have a cat...

Security and Military Scholar Steven E. Miller 11.01.2016 47:07 ↓

Sumit Ganguly speaks with Steven Miller, director of the International Security Program at Harvard University.

Luscious Foliage 07.01.2016 2:00 ↓

Coral bells have gorgeous foliage that present endless possibilities.

PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger 03.01.2016 53:07 ↓

James Shanahan, dean of IU's Media School, speaks with Paula Kerger, president and chief executive officer of PBS.

Giverny 31.12.2015 2:00 ↓

During Monet’s lifetime, his two chief priorities were his painting and his flower gardening, but they were actually inseparable.

Secrets 28.12.2015 58:48 ↓

We’re donning our detective hats as we winkle out musical secrets large and small—from secret codes to secret scandals, plus a featured release by Sabrina Frey.

Best of the Arts Desk 2015 27.12.2015 57:34 ↓

In this special edition of Profiles, reporters retrace their footsteps across Indiana to bring you the year’s highlights of arts reporting. Yaël Ksander hosts.

Holiday Red 24.12.2015 2:00 ↓

A single bloom cut from a poinsettia plant, with a short stem in a low vase, is also a space saving and inexpensive decoration for the holiday dinner table.

Journalists Joe Angotti and Myrna Oliver 20.12.2015 58:37 ↓

Meet a veteran broadcast news executive and a pioneering newspaper journalist.

The Power Of Love 18.12.2015 7:35 ↓

Love is one theme that never grows old. Soprano Amanda Forsythe and Apollo’s Fire delve into Handel’s take on the subject with arias from several of his operas.

Latin & Greek Terms 17.12.2015 2:00 ↓

Botanical Latin has a large number of words for the colors yellow and white...

Musical Theater Choreographer Liza Gennaro 13.12.2015 52:02 ↓

Murray McGibbon interviews Liza Gennaro, asst. professor of musical theater and choreographer at the IU Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance.

Accidental Unification 10.12.2015 2:00 ↓

I have a number of plants that, when in bloom, are repeated throughout the garden...

Music Writers Jessica Hopper and Eric Weisbard 09.12.2015 58:29 ↓

In this double edition of Profiles, we speak with two influential pop music critics.

Kingo's Song Books 04.12.2015 8:44 ↓

A new recording from the Phemius Consort situates Thomas Kingo and Danish hymnody in the wider context of the baroque sound world.

Combinations 03.12.2015 2:00 ↓

Color combinations can make plant neighbors “pop” and show us that more of the one thing is not always better.

Lew Wallace Biographer Ray Boomhower 30.11.2015 58:22 ↓

Scott Witzke interviews the author of The Sword & the Pen: A Life of Lew Wallace.

Plant Origins 26.11.2015 2:00 ↓

Sometimes plants are given names that identify them with their geographical origin.

Migration Scholar Loren Landau 22.11.2015 54:56 ↓

Patrick O’Meara speaks with Loren Landau, the Henry J. Leir Chair in Migration Studies at Tufts University.

Eupatorium Species 19.11.2015 2:00 ↓

Many gardens don’t have room for such big plants! But in those that do, Joe Pye weed is sure to please both humans...and butterflies.

In Memoriam Thomas Binkley 16.11.2015 58:52 ↓

We're marking the 20th anniversary of the passing of Thomas Binkley, a pioneer in the field of medieval music and founder of IU’s Early Music Institute.

Painter Robert Barnes and Law Journalist Dahlia Lithwick 15.11.2015 57:43 ↓

In this two-part Profiles, we interview a popular legal correspondent and the man called the “most famous unknown painter in America.”

Penstemons 12.11.2015 2:00 ↓

Their flowers have two lips, a bit like snapdragon blooms, and there are approximately 250 species in the genus.