Focus on Flowers

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Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.

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Episodes

Thestrals

Harlan reads "If I Get Hit by a Car on the Way to Work Today...," "Thestrals," and "Even If We Were Able to Sit Down at the Same Table..."

Apr 03, 2016•5 min

Dwarf Iris

You can plant these little beauties liberally in beds and rock gardens and naturalize them in other undisturbed spaces.

Mar 31, 2016•2 min

Indiana’s Changing Culture: Celebrating 200 Years

This special edition of Profiles is the first in a four-part celebration on WFIU of the Indiana Bicentennial.

Mar 28, 2016•55 min

All Filipino Women Are Beautiful

Danni Quintos reads "1991 and We Flew for Days," "All Filipino Women are Beautiful," and "On Being Asked to Represent Your Country."

Mar 27, 2016•5 min

Late Tulips

Let's look at some different kinds of late-blooming tulips.

Mar 24, 2016•2 min

Sue Carter and Justin Garcia of the Kinsey Institute

Janae Cummings speaks with Kinsey Institute Director Sue Carter and to Kinsey sexuality researcher Justin Garcia.

Mar 20, 2016•59 min

Evoking Eve

Jessica Franck reads "Annunciation," "Eve as Girl with Snake Duty in 7th Grad Science," "Evoking Eve," and "Eve as Birthday Girl."

Mar 20, 2016•6 min

Triumphs & Darwins

These hybridized tulips would look great in your garden!

Mar 17, 2016•2 min

PBS Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro

Sumit Ganguly speaks with Fred de Sam Lazaro, special correspondent for PBS NewsHour .

Mar 13, 2016•52 min

Tooth Fairy

Jill Koran reads "In the Moment Before the Teacup Hits the Floor, I Think of Lao Tzu" and "Tooth Fairy."

Mar 13, 2016•5 min

Musica Boscareccia

The United Continuo Ensemble performs the "little woodland songs" of Johann Hermann Schein.

Mar 11, 2016•6 min

Early Tulips

In the early 1900s, tulip growers realized the need for a classification system...

Mar 10, 2016•2 min

Laura Ingalls Describes The Fire

Brianna Low reads "Laura Ingalls Describes the Fire," "Laura Tries to Describe the World to Mary," and "We Are Hungry."

Mar 06, 2016•4 min

Daffodil Classification

Let's review Divisions 1 through 8 of the daffodil classification system.

Mar 03, 2016•2 min

Paleolithic Diet Researcher Loren Cordain

Annie Corrigan interviews nutrition scientist Loren Cordain, an advocate for a diet based on the eating habits of our Stone Age ancestors.

Mar 03, 2016•44 min

Film and Television Director David Anspaugh

WFIU's John Bailey speaks with Hollywood film director and IU alumnus David Anspaugh, director of Hoosiers and Rudy .

Feb 28, 2016•1 hr 11 min

Monarch On Milkweed

Keith Leonard reads "Osiris Ode," "Monarch on Milkweed," and "Strawberries for Dinner."

Feb 28, 2016•5 min

I Have Set My Hert So Hy

The Dufay Collective: capturing the essence of medieval poetry in song.

Feb 26, 2016•6 min

Arum Italicum

This hard-to-find arum really adds an exotic touch to my garden!

Feb 25, 2016•2 min

NPR International Correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is a 30-plus-year career journalist who's earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody Award for her groundbreaking news coverage.

Feb 22, 2016•54 min

Origins

Michelle Gottschlich reads "Harvest Fair" and "Origins."

Feb 21, 2016•5 min

Indiana's Poet: James Whitcomb Riley

We'll hears one of this James Whitcomb Riley's most charming poems, as well as his poetic nod to flowers on a sunshiny day.

Feb 18, 2016•2 min

IU Historian James H. Madison

Tom Roznowski interviews James H. Madison, emeritus professor of history at IU-Bloomington.

Feb 14, 2016•1 hr 3 min

The Doubling

Love poems by Keith Leonard.

Feb 14, 2016•5 min

Liar, Liar

We're ferreting out lies and liars in early music. From fibs to falsification, cover-ups to conspiracies, plus the music of Oswald von Wolkenstein.

Feb 14, 2016•59 min

A Tribute To Handel

A 2015 release from cellist Kristin von der Goltz showcases the music of two little known 18th century composers-Francis Caporale and Johann Galliard.

Feb 12, 2016•10 min