The Mike Nowak Show

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Excellent Gardens, Excellent Garden Advice

Posted October 12, 201901:45:49

Gardening expert and show regular Melinda Myers returns to talk about the arrival of fall and perhaps a little bit about the horticultural industry....

Sustainable Landscapes Make an IMPACT

Posted October 5, 201901:43:57

Christine Nye, who recently retired as horticulture manager at the Shedd Aquarium, stops by to talk about the gardens she created there. She is joined...

Guy McPherson and Near Term Human Extinction

Posted September 28, 201901:44:47

Guy McPherson, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, returns to the show to talk about his blog Nature Bats Last. He believes we are in the...

“An Amazing Year” for Eastern Monarchs?

Posted September 21, 201901:45:24

Entomologists Doug Taron and Allen Lawrance from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum stop by the studio to discuss monarch butterflies, dragonflies, spiders...

Setting Lake Calumet Free

Posted September 14, 201901:44:13

Tom Shepherd and Jerry Brown from the Lake Calumet Vision Committee return to the show to discuss more harebrained schemes for the area (like casinos--yeesh!)...