Focus on Flowers

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.

Filmmakers Ja’Tovia Gary, Stefani Saintonge, and Penelope Spheeris 09.11.2015 58:10 ↓

Ja’Tovia Gary, Stefani Saintonge, and Penelope Spheeris took part in Directed by Women, a two-week festival at the IU Cinema.

Carpeting Plants 05.11.2015 2:00 ↓

The denser the "plant carpet," the better suppression of weeds it will provide.

LeStrange Viols 30.10.2015 6:41 ↓

LeStrange Viols dedicates an entire disc to Cranford’s consort music for 4, 5, and 6 viols.

Thugs Of The Garden 29.10.2015 2:00 ↓

These so-called thugs are plants that cover the ground so fast that if left to their own devices they eventually crowd out every other plant in a bed.

A Tribute To Scott Reiss 26.10.2015 58:52 ↓

We’re remembering Scott Reiss, an early music pioneer and phenomenal recorder player who passed away ten years ago this year on December 15th, 2005.

Historian Joanna Bourke 25.10.2015 55:53 ↓

IU Professor of History Mark Roseman hosts an interview with English historian Joanna Bourke.

Robert Barnes Paints Outside the Lines 23.10.2015 39:25 ↓

Blending representational and abstract art, symbolism and formalism, Robert Barnes paints outside the party lines.

Flowers For Shade 22.10.2015 2:00 ↓

It’s possible to have colorful shade gardens that have a continual sequence of bloom.

Say Who? Franciszek Lessel 16.10.2015 7:16 ↓

When asked to name a famous Polish pianist-composer before Chopin but after Haydn, how many would come up with the name Franciszek Lessel?

Thalictrum Species Do Well In Shade 15.10.2015 2:00 ↓

All meadow rues offer height in a shade garden.

Kiss Me! 12.10.2015 58:52 ↓

This hour, we bring you kisses in all times and tempos. Plus a

Unusual Bulbs That Draw The Eye 08.10.2015 2:00 ↓

Fall is the time to be thinking about next spring and especially which new spring-blooming bulbs to plant.

Journalist Dahlia Lithwick Demystifies the Supreme Court 02.10.2015 30:02 ↓

Jurisprudence writer Dahlia Lithwick talks about the Supreme Court without pomp and circumstance to reveal how their decisions affect people's everyday lives.

Botanical Heirlooms: Peonies 01.10.2015 2:00 ↓

You may think that you have little that is valuable to bequeath to family and friends...

"King of Bad Taste" John Waters 28.09.2015 59:53 ↓

"Divine wanted to be Elizabeth Taylor [and] I wanted to make exploitation movies for art theaters."

Food Writer Claudia Roden 27.09.2015 44:20 ↓

Profiles presents two guests who participated in IU’s Themester “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science.”