And One Was A Soldier
We’re heading into battle this hour, for a sampling of music by, for, or about soldiers.
May 12, 2014•59 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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Episodes
Poetry And Conversation With Mark Wunderlich
Mark Wunderlich reads poems from his new collection and sits down for a chat with us!
May 11, 2014•15 min
The Mozart-Bach Connection
Christophe Rousset plays Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays related works by Mozart and his contemporaries.
May 09, 2014•15 min
Milkweed For Monarchs!
Pretty and striped, Monarch caterpillars eat various species of milkweed, so plant lots of it to entice this butterfly to your garden.
May 08, 2014•2 min
Journalist Lane DeGregory
Gena Asher speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lane DeGregory, who writes for writes for the Tampa Bay Times – St. Petersburg Times.
May 04, 2014•53 min
"White Fur" By Mark Wunderlich
Award-winning poet and teacher Mark Wunderlich reads works from his new collection.
May 04, 2014•5 min
Rhymes For Kids
We're reading a group of children's rhymes about flowers and spring.
May 01, 2014•2 min
Log Cabin, Sunshine And Shadow
Suzanne Sturgeon read a selection of her recent poems.
Apr 27, 2014•6 min
Unaccompanied
Music for violin alone-Luigi de Filippi and Thibault Noally perform.
Apr 25, 2014•10 min
Wild Ginger
Wild ginger is one of the best ground covers for deep shade.
Apr 24, 2014•2 min
Journalist David Finkel
Owen Johnson interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist journalist David Finkel.
Apr 20, 2014•53 min
Not A Good Year For Morels
Indiana poet Suzanne Sturgeon reads poems of deer crossings, mushrooms, and things of long (and not so long) ago.
Apr 20, 2014•6 min
Spring Beauty
This wildflower self-seeds and spreads well.
Apr 17, 2014•2 min
Portrait Of Appalachian-Chinese Girls...
Lisa Kwong reads "Declaration," "Portrait of Appalachian-Chinese Girls in Their Grandmother's Garden," and "Tai Shan, Canton Came to Radford, Virginia."
Apr 13, 2014•6 min
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, / Soldier, Sailor, / Rich Man, Poor Man, / Beggar Man, Thief.
Apr 13, 2014•59 min
Scenes From The Gospels And Music For Passiontide
Two recordings paint a picture through music of the life and Passion of Christ.
Apr 11, 2014•12 min
Vases And Springtime "Table-Scapes"
The flowers above the neck of a vase should be about one-third of the total height of the vase plus the flowers...
Apr 10, 2014•2 min
Software Architect Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Betsy Shepherd interviews software designer Blaise Agüera y Arcas, the architect of Bing Maps and Bing Mobile.
Apr 07, 2014•57 min
Lucy The Teenaged Werewolf Didn't Always Stalk Boys
Virginia Thomas reads a set of poems about Lucy the Teenaged Werewolf.
Apr 06, 2014•6 min
¡Tambalagumbá!
Early World Music in Latin America and the convergence of cultures.
Apr 04, 2014•7 min
Bloodroot
This dear wildflower is a national treasure and scarce in the wild, so always get plants from a friend’s home garden...if you are fortunate enough to do so.
Apr 03, 2014•2 min
It's Past Midnight In Bloomington
Doug Paul Case reads "
Mar 30, 2014•7 min
Telemann, Bach, And Luther
Two recordings of music from the Lutheran tradition composed by Bach and Telemann.
Mar 28, 2014•12 min
Authors Unknown, Rhymes Of Spring
Here are some anonymous rhymes celebrating and beckoning vernal season.
Mar 27, 2014•2 min
Translator and Poet Willis Barnstone
George Walker speaks with Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Spanish and Portuguese at IU-Bloomington Willis Barnstone.
Mar 23, 2014•52 min
Lilith Strikes Back
Poet Ciara Miller reads her poems "War Stories," "How Cute the Boy," "Lilith Strikes Back," and "From the Hen Your Husband Fetishizes."
Mar 23, 2014•6 min
Love And Loss
Two new recordings from the ensemble Arcangelo.
Mar 21, 2014•12 min
Spring Musings
Focus on Flowers celebrates the arrival of spring with a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Mar 20, 2014•2 min
Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg
Anne Kibbler of IU’s School of Journalism interviews noted documentary photographer Robert Nickelsberg.
Mar 14, 2014•53 min
Musick For A While
The music of Henry Purcell—three different interpretations from three different recordings.
Mar 14, 2014•14 min
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