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Nature Connection Radio

Big Blend Radio Network

It’s all about Nature, Wildlife, Science, and the Environment on Big Blend Radio’s NATURE CONNECTION Podcast. Hosts are Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines.

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Big Blend Radio: Dr. Charles Rawlings Visits...

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2017/12/11

At 01:23 Moscow time, on April 26, 1986, the world underwent a fundamental change; Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant experienced a core explosion, a subsequent steam explosion and open-air graphite fire. The Chernobyl catastrophe was the result of mankind’s hubris. Nothing could go wrong and yet the worst case scenario occurred.Author, photographer and world traveler Charles E. Rawlings, M.D, J.D., talks about his recent visit to Chernobyl, the ghost town of Pripyat and the Pripyat

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Big Blend Radio: Peter Zheutlin - Rescued: What...

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2017/11/06

Journalist Peter Zheutlin, the New York Times bestselling author of RESCUE ROAD, talks about his new book, “RESCUED: What Second-Chance Dogs Teach Us About Living with Purpose, Loving with Abandon, and Finding Joy in the Little Things.” www.PeterZheutlin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Big Blend Radio: Karen Romano Young - National...

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2017/10/23

Award-winning author Karen Romano Young discusses her new book “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS: Try This! Extreme 50 Fun & Safe Science Experiments for the Mad Scientist in You”. www.KarenRomanoYoung.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:55

Big Blend Radio: Chris Fitch - Atlas of Untamed Places

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2017/10/14

Chris Fitch, a senior staff writer for Geographical, discusses his new book “Atlas of Untamed Places: An Extraordinary Journey Through Our Wild World”, that takes reads on an adventure through historic habitats, untouched lands and peculiar wild phenomenon. www.ChrisFitch.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Big Blend Radio: Tam Warner Minton - All Fish Faces

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2017/10/14

Tam Warner Minton, author of “ALL FISH FACES: Photos and Fun Facts about Tropical Reef Fish”, discusses her world travels and work photographing and documenting tropical reef fish as a citizen scientist, doing research on behalf of scientists. www.TravelswithTam.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Big Blend Radio: Can We Measure a “Dose” of Nature?

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2017/09/14

The University of Washington is leading an effort to research the health benefits of contact with nature. Hear about the research behind the framework that was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, with co-authors: Bobby Cochran - Executive Director, Willamette Partnership and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader, and Pooja Tandon - Assistant Professor, UW Department of Pediatrics and Researcher, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s

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Big Blend Radio: Adam M. Roberts - The Elephant Project

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2017/07/06

Elephants are in danger worldwide – be it poaching in Africa for the ivory or being used in the tourism trade in Asia. Adam M. Roberts “The Compassionate Conservationist”, wildlife conservation and environmental expert, discusses The Elephant Project’s new ideas and solutions to address the short and long-term threats to elephant survival. www.TheElephantProject.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:16:07

Big Blend Radio: Jim Ostdick - Creating a Healthy...

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2017/07/01

Jim Ostdick, who walked across America in benefit of REACH San Benito Parks Foundation, talks about creating a healthy community through developing a system of parks and trails. REACH (Recreation, Exercise and Community Health), is a non-profit 501(c)3 established to facilitate a healthy community through the preservation and enhancement of parks, facilities, and recreation programs in San Benito County, California. www.REACHSanBenito.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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26:38

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge - Wildlife...

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2017/05/30

Wildlife Refuge Specialist Joshua Smith talks about the 117,500-acre Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a spectacular bird and wildlife watching destination 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona, that offers beautiful nature walks through riparian corridors, scenic dirt road drives through rolling grasslands frequented by pronghorn and mule deer, 200 miles of back country hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails, as well as primitive style camping under the stars. See

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51:02

Deena Metgzer: A Rain of Night Birds

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2017/05/18

Award-winning author, poet and essayist Deena Metgzer discusses her new novel “A Rain of Night Birds” which has been called "a momentous and needed confrontation between indigenous knowledge and the modern scientific mind." Deena is a radical thinker on behalf of the natural world and planetary survival, a teacher of writing and healing practices for 50 years, and a writer and activist profoundly concerned with peacemaking, restoration and sanctuary for a beleaguered world. www.DeenaMetzger.net

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43:35

Big Blend Radio: Earth Day Texas & EarthxFilm 2017

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2017/04/20

Big Blend Radio interview with William Bridge - Global Green USA, Ryan Brown - CEO of Earth Day Texas, and Michael Cain – Founder & President of EarthxFilm. Earth Day Texas is the world’s largest public exhibition dedicated to environmental stewardship, held April 21-23, 2017 at Fair Park in Dallas. See www.EarthDayTx.org & www.EarthxFilm.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Reducetarian Solution - Brian Kateman on Big...

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2017/04/20

Big Blend Radio interview with Brian Kateman, Cofounder and President of The Reducetarian Foundation, and editor / curator of “The Reducetarian Solution: How The Surprisingly Simple Act of Reducing The Amount of Meat In Your Diet Can Transform Your Health and The Planet”. This new book is a compilation of more than seventy essays from thought leaders across many disciplines on the concept of reducetarianism, with a foreword by New York Times-bestselling author Mark Bittman. www.reducetarian.org

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Big Blend Radio: Glynn Burrows - Bird Watching in...

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2017/03/21

Glynn Burrows, historian and owner of Norfolk Tours UK, chats with Big Blend Radio about Bird Watching experience in England, as well as the importance of unplugged from technology and getting out into the English countryside. Read Glynn's articles here> http://blendradioandtv.com/listing/glynn-burrows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Lena Moffitt: Sierra Club Beyond Dirty Fuels

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2016/11/21

Lena Moffitt, the Sierra Club Director of Beyond Dirty Fuels, talks with Big Blend Radio about environmental action steps for 2017, along with the issues of fracking, big oil and the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the need to further the solar and clean energy industry. www.SierraClub.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Big Blend Radio: Mark Thiessen - EXTREME WILDFIRE

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2016/10/24

Big Blend Radio interview with renowned National Geographic photographer and wildfire expert Mark Thiessen, author of the new National Geographic Kids book, “Extreme Wildfire: Smoke Jumpers, High-Tech Gear, Survival Tactics and the Extraordinary Science of Fire.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld: Environmental Dangers of BPA

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2016/09/19

Could BPA (Bisphenol A) be affecting the way Painted Turtles’ brains are wired? A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Missouri’s Bond Life Sciences Center thinks so. Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld, the primary investigator on the study “BPA Can Disrupt Sexual Function in Turtles, Could be a Warning for Environmental Health”, talked with Big Blend Radio about how the team determined that BPA can disrupt sexual function in painted turtles, causing males to develop female sex organs

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Catherine Collentine, Sierra Club: Dakota Access...

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2016/09/13

Catherine Collentine, Senior Campaign Representative, Dirty Fuels Initiative for Sierra Club’s Our Wild America Campaign, discusses the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.8B 1,100 mile fracked-oil pipeline currently under construction from the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota to Peoria, Illinois. This pipeline is planned to transport 570,000 barrels of crude oil a day between North Dakota and Illinois. DAPL is slated to cross Lakota Treaty Territory at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation where it

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1:05:34

Save America's Wild Horses

Nature Connection Radio ·

2016/09/13

Ecologist Craig C. Downer, author of ‘The Wild Horse Conspiracy’, discusses Ben Masters’ justification for the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board’s recommendation to either adopt out, place, sell to killer buyers, or have Bureau of Land Management itself kill 44,000 wild horses being held at public expense. www.TheWildHorseConspiracy.org. Voice Your Concern for the Wild Horses and call (202) 225-3081, or email kristin.richmond@mail.house.gov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed...

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2016/09/08

Big Blend Radio interview with Joanne Witty about the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Parkin New York. Along with Henrik Krogius, Joanne is the co-author of ‘BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: A Dying Waterfront Transformed', the inspiring story of how democracy and human nature can transform a maritime wasteland into an urban masterpiece. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:23:13

Cody Hall: Say NO to Dakota Access Pipeline

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2016/09/06

Big Blend Radio interview with Cody Hall, spokesperson for the Red Warrior Camp, a collective of folks who believe in meeting their prayers halfway through Nonviolent Direct Action, to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. According to https://nodaplsolidarity.org: "The “Dakota Acces” Pipeline (DAPL) is a $3.8B, 1,100 mile fracked-oil pipeline currently under construction from the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota to Peoria, Illinois. DAPL is slated to cross Lakota Treaty Territory at the Standing Rock

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