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Invasive Purple Loosestrife 17.01.2013 2:00 ↓

It's illegal to buy, sell or plant purple loosestrife, and It's banned in nurseries and farmer's markets.

Journalist and Author Andrew Ferguson 14.01.2013 53:15 ↓

Owen Johnson interviews journalist, author, and former White House speechwriter Andrew Ferguson.

Invasive Plants 10.01.2013 2:00 ↓

Invasive species have many bad habits. They hurt wildlife by smothering and destroying the plants our native creatures need for food and cover.

Spotlight On Julianne Baird 06.01.2013 59:00 ↓

We’re shining a spotlight on soprano Julianne Baird. We’ll also hear a modern approach to English renaissance music on a featured release by Joel Frederiksen.

The First Printed Organ Music 04.01.2013 12:10 ↓

Fritz and Schlick make good partners! Organ music performed by Kimberly Marshall.

Native Sumacs 03.01.2013 2:00 ↓

Our native sumacs have vibrant, colorful foliage in autumn, and yet they are often overlooked as shrubs for residential gardens.

A Musical Tour Of Paris 30.12.2012 59:02 ↓

We're recalling the history of some of Paris' most musical attractions! Plus, a featured release by Rogers Covey-Crump, Christopher O'Gorman, and John Potter.

Red Chokeberry 27.12.2012 2:00 ↓

Our native Aronia arbutifolia with the common name of red chokeberry is a shrub that offers four seasons of interest in our gardens.

Poetry By Nicole Lawrence 23.12.2012 4:48 ↓

Lawrence reads "Crack of Dawn," "Closed Nursery," and "Primary, after Mondrian's composition Red, Blue & Yellow, 1930."

Tallis Scholars Sing Mouton 21.12.2012 7:16 ↓

Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars bring us music by Jean Mouton, a composer who was compared in his own day to Josquin des Pres.

Natural Decoration 20.12.2012 2:00 ↓

During the holidays it is interesting and fun to decorate with natural materials.

Poetry By Nandi Comer 16.12.2012 6:25 ↓

Comer reads "Learning to Role Our Tongues," "On Coming Home to Teach," and "Car Slams into House."

Choral Conductor Gerald Sousa 14.12.2012 47:22 ↓

Peter Jacobi interviews choral conductor Gerald Sousa, the music director of the Bloomington Chamber Singers for more than two decades.

Mundus Et Musica 14.12.2012 5:46 ↓

Mundus et Musica - music from the mysterious late fifteenth century Segovia manuscript

Quick Arrangements 13.12.2012 2:00 ↓

If guests are expected and you have no flowers, just pick a few sprays of evergreens from the garden.

Poetry By Peter Zervos 09.12.2012 4:47 ↓

Zervos reads a few epigrams that share a loose Ars Poetica theme.

Photojournalist Stephen Ferry 07.12.2012 56:13 ↓

YK interviews international photojournalist S Ferry

Tiny White Asters 06.12.2012 2:00 ↓

Asters are aptly named, as the word aster means star.

Poetry By Ife-Chudeni Oputa 02.12.2012 5:00 ↓

Ife-Chudeni Oputa reads "Lessons on the Body: Meditation," and "Root: a definition."

Film Director Werner Herzog 30.11.2012 53:39 ↓

Barbara Klinger, IU professor of film and media studies, interviews German movie director, producer, screenwriter, and opera director Werner Herzog.

Lamentarium 30.11.2012 5:24 ↓

Erin Headley directs the ensemble Atalante in a recording of "passionate, sensual, macabre and erotic narratives from 17th-century Rome"

Autumn-Blooming Witch Hazel 29.11.2012 2:00 ↓

Witch hazel bark has traditionally been used, by steeping it in water to make an astringent, which Native Americans used to treat a variety of ills.

Poetry By Cate Lycurgus 25.11.2012 7:40 ↓

Cate Lycurgus reads "Aviator," "It Wasn't A Fast Break," "Taking Care," "The Chronic Why," and "The House Reduced to Studs."

BPP Artistic Director Chad Rabinovitz 23.11.2012 50:49 ↓

Shana Ritter speaks with Chad Rabinovitz, producing artistic director at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

Musiques Sacrées à Versailles 23.11.2012 10:25 ↓

Sacred music from Versailles: Music written by French composers, performed by French musicians on a recording sponsored by a French institution.