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First Aired - 02/18/2013 04:30PM
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What plants have shaped civilization and culture? This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen Devito chats with Bill Laws, writer, journalist, and author of the book 50 Plants That Changed the Course of History! Tune in to this episode to hear Carmen and Bill discuss some of the more unlikely heroic plants. Find out about the classification of onions, and how sweet peas helped spawn modern genetic research. How have economies been altered by plants like ginger and ferns? Bill talks about some plants that have proven to be dangers to humanity, and find out how grains helped establish the United States as an international superpower. This episode has been sponsored by Rolling Press.
"We can't go on using our fossil fuels as we have. I think the history of these plants is only half-written. There's going to be a time when we once again look at how these plants can help us. [20:30] -- Bill Laws on We Dig Plants
"We can't go on using our fossil fuels as we have. I think the history of these plants is only half-written. There's going to be a time when we once again look at how these plants can help us. [20:30] -- Bill Laws on We Dig Plants
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Peas and Genetics (17:42)
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Bill Laws, home, garden, BBC, The Telegraph, The Curious History of Vegetables, 50 Plants That Changed the Course of History, writing, plants, journalist, Facebook, tea, tobacco, rice, cotton, hemp, onion, culinary, garlic, Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, sweet pea, edible pea, tulips, genetics, community gardens, allotment, hobby, flowers, Gregor Mendel, botany, spice, ginger, Medieval, Islam, trading,Coconuts, Ferns, and Oil (13:42)
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coconut, wounded soldiers, oil, petrochemicals, ferns, decomposition, fossil fuels, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Industrial Revolution, consumerism, food, wheat, sugarcane, opium, cannabis, refined sugar, obesity, flour, grains, seed, cattle, miller, prairies, bread basket, The Soviet Union, economies, poppy,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/15/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist: Turkey!...the country, not the bird. Bernie describes his trevails in and around Turkey, and describes some of the country's most exquisite destinations to co-host Carol Butler. Tune in for tales of hot-air balloon rides and strange geographical formations. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Cheese of Vermont, Dairy Farm Family owned since 1919.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Turkey (24:29)
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The Naturalist, Heritage Radio Network, Bernie Wides, Carol A. Butler, Bernie's trip to Turkey, Islam call to prayer, Istanbul, Turkish airlines, Overseas Adventure Travel, the Turkey is a native North American bird, the name comes from when the Spanish came to North America, named after an African bird that was shipped through turkey, evil eye, Turkish breakfast, literacy rate is very high in the country, Constantine, made Christianity acceptable, Ottoman empire, reach its peak in the mid 16th century,Bernie's Trip To Turkey (22:45)
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Turkey became a republic in 1923, Mustafa Kemal, father of the turks, fault zones, earthquakes, moving plates, mountains in Turkey, Mount Ararat, people search for signs of Noah's Ark, ash in Iceland, volcanoes, ash is rock, can't get into engines of jets, rock chimneys, capped with a layer of basaltic rock, Turkish rugs, marble quarries,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/08/2010 07:00PM
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This week on Burning Down the House Curtis and regular guest Caroline Bailey speak with Kate Howe, the graphic designer behind the logo and much of the branding for The Cordoba Initiative, the controversial cultural center being built near Ground Zero. Tune in to hear Kate's thought process and intentions behind the logo, and how to find the hidden peace symbol within! (both literally and figuratively). Hear Howe's take on the controversy behind the project, and what her interactions with the center's Imam have been like. This episode was sponsored by Roberta's.
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The Moore Street Block Party promo (0:46)
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September 12th, 10am - 9pm, Moore Street between Bogart and White, Party In The Streets!,Burning Down The House Intro - Kate Howe (14:34)
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Curits B. Wayne, Kate Howe, graphic designer, Cordoba Initiative, Matthew Murrell, Caroline Bailey, cultural anthropology, September 12th, Roberta's, Moore Street Block Party, designing the cordoba initiative logo, Yale, freelancing in New York City, design that positively impacts the world, graphic designing for mission-driven organizations, branding and pr, back of the napkin branding, branding strategy, 80 percent of the results for 20 percent of the effort, brainstorming with the Imam, bi-cultural Americanism, Islam, Bosnia, steeping yourself in Islamic lore, Cordoba was where Jews, Muslims and Christians lived together peacefully, yankees, understanding the global culture,A Peaceful Color (18:43)
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the cultural center near Ground Zero, promoting understanding between East and West, the East Williamsburg Industrial Park, Roberta's, Berlin-style most-hip onclave, head coverings, Daisy the Imam's wife, mixed-environment, branding, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, plasma physics phenomenon, 51 Park, The Jewish Community Center, the Muslim community, condemning terrorists, the vast majority of moderate muslims want to be part of the solution, coalitions of Muslims and non-Muslims, nothing like the Ayatollahs of Iran, promoting an idea through design, attitude and brand platform, logo, typeface, color pallet, web design, katehowemakesthings.com, blue, U.N. Blue, a peaceful color, Moorish designs and patterns, intentional duality, peace sign, the arrow in the FedEx logo, subliminal ethos, political versus aesthetic, a mark with no action behind it does nothing, the 80/20, the perils of undervalued design, Wael Kfoury,The Media Is The Problem (13:57)
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Lebanese dance music, pop culture, the demonizing of Islam, The American Civil War, The War of Northern Aggression, unspeakable acts done in the the name of God, the true vision of the Qur'an, Park 51, Caroline let's it rip, 99.99 percent of Muslims condemn these terrorists, redefining the word Jihad, going against the basic preachings of the Qur'an, suicide is a mortal sin to Muslims, Americans don't care to be informed in a lot of ways, naysayer rantings, September 11th, Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive places on the planet, 9-11 as a Saudi attack on American life, it comes down to money and politics, Waco is not representative of all Christians, underrepresentations of Muslims in America, Oklahoma City Bombing, Timothy McVeigh, the media is the problem, political fodder, no one actually wants to talk to the Imam, conveying their peaceful intentions, Ground Zero Mosque, media irresponsibility, the cheap real estate around Ground Zero, it's not about radical Islam, Design Observer, designobserver.com, changeobserver.com, the inherent and innate human need to fear the Other, live and die and fall in love, Samir Gaber,We're All People (9:10)
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very big in Syria, Austin Texas, Iran and Iraq, the ethnocentricism of Get Out, katehowemakesthings.com, green is the Islamic color of peace, the Cordoba Initiative logo, graphic design, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, polorization and mistrust, put the logo on a flag and fly it, made out of peace signs, the logo was consumed by the bigger issue, small non-profit, urge the client to use the design tools you've given them, BP, BP's cheery earth-friendly logo is protecting them, a good defence is a good offence, a symbol of God's greatness, Design Observer, The Moore Street Block Party, September 12,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
