Gifts For Thanksgiving Hosts
If you are invited for Thanksgiving dinner and wish to present the host with a horticulturally orented gift, here are a few suggestions.
Nov 16, 2017•2 min
Focus on Flowers
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.
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Author and Essayist George Saunders
This week on Profiles, a conversation with author George Saunders, who offers his insights into writing, teaching, and how to keep stories under control.
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Centerpieces For Thanksgiving
Low is always better than high when you are arranging flowers for a dinner party.
Nov 09, 2017•2 min
Artist Jim Walker and the Big Car Collaborative
http://wfiu.indiana.edu/podcasts/audio/profiles/17/171104-profiles-jim-walker.mp3
Nov 06, 2017•59 min
Tender Plants
All plants that winter indoors at my house are hosed off to rid them of pests and given a dose of fertilizer.
Nov 02, 2017•2 min
Emmet Gowin, Photographer of Lyrical Realism
Yaël Ksander interviews photographer Emmet Gowin, who calls his style of photography "lyrical realism."
Oct 30, 2017•59 min
Autumn Tricks
If you have time, perhaps you will share some of your tricks in the comments below.
Oct 26, 2017•2 min
Best of Profiles: Fall Fund Drive 2017 Edition
On this special Fall Fund Drive edition, we present a roundup of choice excerpts of Profiles programs that aired since our Spring Fund Drive.
Oct 21, 2017•59 min
Screening With Shrubs
Shrubs are useful for many functions and an important one is screening.
Oct 19, 2017•2 min
Alondra Nelson/Stardust & Moonbeams
Meet movie and theater people who talk about their craft.
Oct 14, 2017•59 min
Cardinals
Plant lots of nasturtiums, coneflowers, and sunflowers to provide seeds for these year-round garden residents.
Oct 12, 2017•2 min
Musician and Instrument Maker Richard Seraphinoff
On this program we meet two musicians who recreate themusic and instruments from past eras.
Oct 07, 2017•59 min
St. Paul's Swallow's Nest
Prominent in Medieval and Renaissance churches, swallow’s nest organs perched high above their congregations suspended from platforms built in the church wall.
Oct 06, 2017•9 min
Getting Advice
Ask a variety of friends, neighbors, and experts about what you already have on your new property before digging it all up.
Oct 05, 2017•2 min
Jane Henegar and Christie Gillespie
WFIU's Will Murphy speaks with Jane Henegar of the Indiana American Civil Liberties Union, and Christie Gillespie of Planned Parenthood in Indiana and Kentucky.
Sep 30, 2017•59 min
Going Solo
“I was never less alone than when by myself,” wrote English historian Edward Gibbon.
Sep 30, 2017•59 min
Longer Autumns
It seems that our longer falls are giving us more time to enjoy our plantings and bask in all the colors in our gardens.
Sep 28, 2017•2 min
Journalist, Newscaster, and Author Steve Inskeep
___________ interviews Carmel, Indiana native Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition and NPR’s morning news podcast Up First.
Sep 23, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Sun Sparklers
These low-maintenance groundcovers keep butterflies happy but seems not to interest deer or rabbits.
Sep 14, 2017•2 min
Malala Yousafzai, Naciye Akgun, and Rebeccah Seda
Hear excerpts by one of today's most extraordinary young women: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
Sep 11, 2017•56 min
Secret Consolations
Many know Tinctoris only by way of his famous theoretical treatises, but he also composed a great deal of fine vocal and instrumental works.
Sep 08, 2017•7 min
Low Maintenance
Astilbes with varying bloom times can be used to create a lovely, low-maintenance shaded bed.
Sep 07, 2017•2 min
StoryCorps in Bloomington: Conversations About Working
On this Labor Day weekend, join us for this compilation of Bloomington StoryCorps conversations about work and its meaning in our lives.
Sep 05, 2017•55 min
A Mint Relative
All of the Agastache species are related to mint.
Aug 31, 2017•2 min
The Importance Of Shells
Nancy Chen Long reads "Meditation: Home as an Extension of Body," "Place You Would Have Called Home," and "The Importance of Shells."
Aug 27, 2017•5 min
All Who Wander
This week on Harmonia, we’ll hit the road, exploring medieval and renaissance songs of travel, mostly from Spain and Portugal.
Aug 26, 2017•59 min
IU Diving Coach Hobie Billingsley
Peter Andersen interviews acclaimed Indiana University diving coach Hobie Billingsley.
Aug 26, 2017•59 min
Intermingling Plants
I read recently about a new gardening craze that is called “Intermingling Plants.”
Aug 24, 2017•2 min
I Describe My Selves
Su Cho reads "I Describe My Cells."
Aug 20, 2017•5 min
Early Modern History Scholar Lyndal Roper
Mark Roseman interviews Australian historian and academic Lyndal Roper.
Aug 19, 2017•59 min
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