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First Aired - 02/28/2011 12:00PM
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The Naturalist returns to the airwaves after a short break, and Carol A. Butler recaps her wonderful Winter NY Cruise. Tune in and learn more about the hidden natural world of New York City including some fun facts about seals and cormorants. Later in the show, Carol & Bernie preview some new projects and talk about the various eye functions of different birds and insects. This episode was sponsored by Route 11 Potato Chips / Tabard Inn. For more information visit www.TabardInn.com
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The Naturalist Introduction: New York Winter Cruise (19:50)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Carol A Butler, Winter Cruise, sponsored by the New York Auduhn Society, seals, Red Hook, gulls, winter birds, shore birds, cormorants, water birds, in Asia they use cormorants are pets, used for fishing, Trinidad, Tobago,Eye Functionality in Insects & Birds (21:36)
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hummingbirds, Costa Rica, butterfly farms, cloud forest, Texas is a great place for migrating birds, bird photography, function of the eye, insects and birds, how different animals see differently, birds eye view, what does it look like to a be when they see a flower?, blind cave fish, DarwIn, bees have five eyes, three more light sensitive undeveloped eyes on their head, bee swarms, sperm whales, physically the largest eye in the animal kingdom, birds have the largest proportional eyes,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/21/2009 12:00PM
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On a "holiday" edition of The Naturalist, Bernie Wides gives us some well timed history on the winter solstice celebration.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Winter Solstice (11:02)
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Bernie Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Bushwick, Roberta's, Tekserve, winter solstice, Yale University, what causes winter and summer?, everybody thought it was because of the distance between the Earth and the Sun, if that were true we would die, the sun is at the center of the solar system, Galileo Galilei, the axis of the Earth, its tilted 23 and a half degrees, summer occurs in the Northern Hemisphere when the axis points up, the sun does not move, ecliptic, four checkpoints, when the sun crosses from south to north it's the first day of spring, vernal equinox, when the sun reaches the furthest point north in the ecliptic its summer solstice, when it crosses the equator going back south its the autumnal equinox, when the sun goes furthest south on the ecliptic its the winter solstice,Winter Solstice In Culture (13:27)
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solstice means sun stop, we are 40 degrees north of the equator, latitude starts at 0 at the equator and goes up north, The North Pole, The Arctic Circle, 70% of the surface of the Earth is water, Hudson River, the water temperature here is colder than the air, since 45 BC, Julian calendar, daylight savings, Mexico, candle mass, Catholic Church, people brought candles to be blessed at mass, East Asian culture, lunar calendars, sunrise and sunset, the Earth orbits around the sun in an elliptical pattern not a circle, the solstice is always close to this day, Neolithic times, controlled the mating of animals and the sewing of crops, winter solstice sunrise, New Grange, Ireland, winter solstice sunset, Stonehenge, famine,Celebrating The Solstice & Seasonal Affective Disorder (10:11)
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Northern Europe, wine and beer, holidays we celebrate are based on ancient holidays, cold and darkness, gatherings are valued for emotional comfort, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Russia, depressive psychological effect of winter, tied to cold, tiredness, inactivity, seasonal affective disorder, insufficient sunlight, melatonin, circadian rhythm, tanning salon, increased negative ion exposure, serotonin, traveling across time zones, jet lag, take melatonin to avoid this, Southern Africa, mid winter festivals, forever greens, large ongoing fires, evening physical excursion, dancing, drinking, singing, when we celebrate the holidays we are dealing with light, burma, Christmas, the timing was adopted from Pagan tradition, substituted festivals with religious overtones,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/14/2010 05:00PM
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It's a Winter Holiday Beer special on Beer Sessions Radio(tm) this week! Jimmy & Ray are joined by Sam Merritt, the official Beer Sessions Radio Sommelier, Tommy Ortega, Paul Kermizian & Ben Wood. The guys enjoy a great selection of winter beers and have a lively conversation on everything from craft beer in New Jersey to alleged make-out sessions with Carol Stoudt! Tune in and learn what beer to give wine lovers for the holiday and why even the smartest guys in the room can fail sometimes. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com - the best beer website on the internet.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Winter Holiday Beer Show (19:30)
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Winter Holiday Beer Show, GreatBrewers.com, Good Beer Seal, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Samuel Merrit, Civilization of Beer, last week there was an absinthe tasting at d.b.a., Ale Smith Yule Smith, Tommy Ortega, Ortega on Beer, Ben Wood, Two Brothers Brewing, Ballast Point, Beer Geek All Stars, Tommy was in sports marketing before beer, Bavaria Beer, they hired a group of attractive women to wear orange dresses, guerilla marketing campaign, Union Beer, winter beers, Smuttynose Winter, North Wind, malty character, Carol Stoudt, best domestic Oktoberfest beer, Full Sail Wreck the Halls, Paul Kermizian, Barcade, Bi Rite Liqour, New Jersey beer scene, Samichlaus Bier, first brewed in 1979, fermended warm lager yeast, Dec 6th is the day the Swiss would exchange gifts, would pair well with creme brulee with citrus on top,Beer & Food Pairings with Sam Merritt and Beer for Wine Lovers (17:58)
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donate to HRN!, bone marrow, pairs well with lighter beers or malty sweet beers, rosso pizza, tomato and garlic are both on the very sweet side, Tom Seefurth's Mamma Mia Pizza Beer, Lagunitas Censor Ale, The Chronic, Copper Ale, Master Cicerone exam, 160 certified Cicerone's in the world, Sam Merritt is one of them!, Ray Daniels, Ray did not pass the test!, email question, what's a good beer to bring for wine lovers?, wine vs beer, He Said Beer She Said Wine, lagers for white wine drinkers, ales for red wine drinkers, Saison du Pont, Vanilla Coffee Bean Imperial Porter,New Model of Beer Representatives & Brew Masters TV (16:55)
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The Great Beer Test, BSAT, new breed of beer representative, small specialty providers are grooming and cultivating a mini broker, Ben Wood is a multi generation beer guy, Star Brewing, big New England Brewery founded in 1896, the building is now a catering company, stock ale, Boden Beer, American Beer, film made by Phil, Brew Masters TV Show, there aren't many craft beer bars in New Jersey, the life of a beer guy is a vagabond life, tonight @ Jimmy's No 43 chocolate & cheese pairing,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
