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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

Arts and Disabilities Special

The WFIU Arts Desk presents stories that were broadcast over the last year about people in Indiana living with disabilities.

Jun 28, 201559 min

A Kindness

Leslie Aguilar reads "In Crisis," "Torch," and "A Kindness."

Jun 28, 20154 min

O Rose So Fair And Sweet!

This is the time of year to enjoy roses in our gardens. Here are some poems about these lovely flowers.

Jun 25, 20152 min

Does Your Voice Hang Low?

We've got the lowdown on music written for guys with supremely subterranean vocal ranges...

Jun 22, 201559 min

The Flight Of The Field Mouse

David Watters reads "Little Carpenter," "The Flight of the Field Mouse," "Here in This Place," "Between the Sound," and "To the Quick-Footed Fawn..."

Jun 21, 20155 min

Film Director Peter Weir

IU Cinema Director Jon Vickers interviews Oscar-nominated movie director Peter Weir.

Jun 14, 201559 min

Garden Town

Miles reads "Garden Town" and "Car Fire: Storm of the Century."

Jun 14, 20154 min

Trio Settecento Plays Veracini

A new ambitious project from Trio Settecento: the complete Op. 2 Sonate Accademiche by Francesco Maria Veracini.

Jun 12, 20157 min

Perpetual Motion

Kien Lam reads "Ego," "Perpetual Motion," and "Factory Dialect."

Jun 07, 20155 min

This Is The Truth

David Watters reads "The Difference," "This Is the Truth," "Not Yet," "The Blush," and "End of the Night Sonnet."

May 31, 20155 min

Fairies' Gloves

The botanical name Digitalis is from the Latin for finger, and “folk” refers to fairies, hence the common name of folks' gloves or fairies' gloves.

May 28, 20152 min

Il Redentore

Shayla Lawson reads "Il Redentore" and "Santa Maria della Pietà."

May 24, 20155 min

Nature Photographer James Balog

Betsy Shepherd speaks with photographer James Balog, who for more than 30 years has documented human modification of Earth's natural systems.

May 24, 201556 min

Renaissance Pop

Ring Around Quartet and Consort sing Frottole: Popular songs of Renaissance Italy.

May 23, 20157 min

Lilac Breeding

Although non-native, lilacs are a much-loved and well-behaved import to North America.

May 21, 20152 min

Traveling Home

Evelyn Reynolds reads "Saucer Magnolias" and "Traveling Home: Sangre de Cristo Mountains."

May 17, 20155 min

Queen Of Heaven

Agave Baroque and countertenor Reginald Mobley perform music by the Italian nun, Isabella Leonarda.

May 15, 20156 min

Deer-Proof Hellebores

Common names for these wonderful plants are Christmas rose or Lenten rose, depending on the species and time of bloom.

May 14, 20152 min

Orson Welles and the Truth

James Gray and Joshua Brewer present this special WFIU production on the life and career of Orson Welles.

May 11, 201559 min

Cascabel

Leslie Aguilar reads her poems "Invocation," "Cascabel," and "Sueño de Retorno."

May 10, 20155 min

Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is a truly floral holiday.

May 07, 20152 min

Margaret Atwood and Katherine Boo

This two-part Profiles features interviews with novelist Margaret Atwood and New Yorker staff writer Katherine Boo.

May 04, 201555 min

Misleading Myths

As well as wonderful quotations, C. L. Fornari's handy book contains a lot of useful advice.

Apr 30, 20152 min

One Man Show

Bud Roach performs music of Giovanni Felice Sances.

Apr 25, 20158 min

Bulb Flowers

For flower lovers, the ability to step out into the garden and pick a fistful of blooms for a vase, is one of spring’s great pleasures.

Apr 23, 20152 min
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