Focus on Flowers

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Focus on Flowers episodes

August 20, 2015 Durable Plants
Silver-leaved plants like Artemisia and sage are heat and drought tolerant as well as being unappetizing to deer and rabbits.
2 min
August 17, 2015 Monica Monikers
We’re investigating the moniker Monica! We’ll trace a tune dubbed “Monica” that was popular throughout Europe for two centuries, and so much more...
59 min
August 16, 2015 Military Historian Hew Strachan
Patrick O’Meara speaks with Sir Hew Strachan, one of the world’s leading authorities on World War I.
50 min
August 14, 2015 My Favorite Instrument: Handel And The Oboe
"I wrote like the devil in those days, and chiefly for the oboe, which was my favorite instrument."
2 min
August 13, 2015 Tall, Skinny, Sun-Loving Verbena Bonariensis
This plant looks a bit like a stick figure with arms and a small mop of lavender blooms on top, mimicking hair.
2 min
August 09, 2015 Jazz Pianist Luke Gillespie
David Brent Johnson speaks with pianist Luke Gillespie, professor of music in jazz studies at the IU Jacobs School of Music.
53 min
August 07, 2015 Réserve 1111: Gambabüchlein
Good things come in small packages, like a manuscript of viol music held at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
10 min
August 06, 2015 Mexican Sunflowers
These easy-to-grow plants are sometimes used as a flowering screen or hedge for privacy in small yards.
2 min
August 03, 2015 Indiana Novelist Ian Woollen
Yaël Ksander interviews Bloomington author and Indiana native Ian Woollen.
29 min
August 02, 2015 Novelist and Journalist Amitav Ghosh
Sumit Ganguly interviews Indian author and essayist Amitav Ghosh.
47 min