Audio Archive for 2001
Episode 41 January 4, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Birdfeeder
repeat | 8:46 | Bill
Montevecchi, Todd Boland, Anne Hughes & Bernard Agriesti talk about
their birdfeeders. |
| Tales
from the Trail | 26:21 | Skip
Brack reads his poem-essay: The Phenomenology
of Tools and talks with Janet about his history
with tools. |
| Can
of Beans repeat | 4:22 | Janet
& Rachel take Tom Waits advise, go camping
in February, have a campfire and eat a can of
beans. |
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Episode 42 January 11, 2001
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Episode 43 January 17, 2001
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Episode 44 January 24, 2001
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Episode 45 January 31, 2001
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Episode 46 February 7, 2001
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Episode 47 February 14, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Poem | 2:40 | Robin
McGrath reads her love poem Where is the
Ocean. |
| Poem | 2:52 | Robin
McGrath reads her poem Sleggs documents the
sex lives of capelin. |
| Nature
in Mind | 18:06 | Rachel
explores the moral philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
and the romantic life of horses with Pittsburgh
Philosopher Gerald Massey |
Episode 48 February 21, 2001
Episode 49 February 28, 2001
Episode 50 March 7, 2001
Episode 51 March 14, 2001 Our
First Anniversary Show in which we revisit much of
our very first show and launch a brand new column on
Philosophy
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title | Duration | Description |
| Nature
in Mind | 5:38 | Rachel
introduces a brand new column on Philosophy
called Nature in Mind. Why have nature in mind? Peter Trnka, James Lennox and Peter Machamer
answer. |
| Birdfeeder
Repeat | 9:17 | Bill
Montevecchi, Todd Boland, Anne Hughes & Bernard Agriesti talk about
their birdfeeder |
| CEAA
Repeat | 16:02 | Elizabeth May, Shelley Senior, Greg Mitchell and Bob Diamond on the public review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. |
| Tales
from the Trail Repeat | 11:16 | Poetry reading by Newfoundland writer Robin McGrath |
| Nightcap
Repeat | 8:58 | Astronomer
Fred Smith talks
with Rachel about planets and the equinox |
| Can
of Beans Repeat | 4:22 | Producers Janet & Rachel go camping & make plans
for Open Air with advice from Tom Waits |
| Puffin
ditty Repeat | 0:51 | Pierre Ryan recites a puffin ditty |
Episode 52 March 21, 2001
Episode 53 April 4, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Nature
in Mind | 21:39 | Peter
Machamer speaks with Rachel about how the scientific revolution emblematizes a big shift in Europeans' idea of 'nature' |
| Populations | 14:04 | Robert
Rockwell speaks with Rachel about how
populations change and how we try to model
them |
| Tales
from the Trail | 11:06 | Micheal Crummey reads from his books
Hard Light and Arguments with Gravity |
Episode 54 April 18, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Nature
in Mind | 10:04 | James
Lennox speaks with Rachel about
"Nature" |
| Snow
Geese | 22:13 | Robert
Rockwell speaks with Rachel about Snow Goose
population changes |
| Public
lecture | 23:26 | Repeat
of a public lecture. Elizabeth
May reviews some globalization history. |
Episode 55 April 18 2001
Episode 56 April 25, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Insect
of the Month | 5:16 | Memorial
University entomologist Dave Larsen sends in a
profile of the Larch Bark Beetle |
| Harp
Seals & Fisheries | 42:00 | Repeat
from the same time last year.Harp seal - cod ecology and politics
with Jon Lien, Ram Myers, Jeff Hutchings and Ian Boyd |
Episode 57 May 2, 2001
Episode 58 May 9, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Sydny
Tar Ponds | 19:24 | We
revisit an interview with Elizabeth May from
this time last year when she and Maud Barlow
launched their book about the Sydny Tar Ponds
called Frederick St. Canada's Love Canal |
| Offshore
Oil | 26:55 | Dave
Burley of the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore
Petroleum Board (CNOPB) speaks with Janet about
the Offshore Waste Treatment Guidelines |
Episode 59 May 16, 2001 Repeat of Episode 11
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title | Duration | Description |
| Mystery Guest Profile | 08:12 | Savannah Sparrow with Dave Fifield. |
| Book Interview | 32:39 | Janet
takes a walk through the MUN Botanical Gardens
with naturalist and author Bernard Jackson to
find out more about butterflies and gardening to
attract butterflies. |
| Poem | 03:52 | Robin McGrath
reads one of her poems in which she shares her gardening
experience. |
Episode 60 May 23, 2001 Repeat of Episode 33
Episode 61 May 30, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Geomorphology | 23:19 | Memorial
University geomorphologist Norm Catto reveals
the shifting landscape at Cape St. Mary’s
Ecological Reserve. |
| Insect
of the Month | 5:37 | Memorial
University entomologist Dave Larsen sends in a
profile of the Insect of the Month for May |
Episode 62 June 6, 2001
Episode 63 June 13, 2001 Father's Day
Show
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title | Duration | Description |
| Poem | 8:19 | Agnes
Walsh reads one of her poems inspired by her
father |
| Storm
Petrel Repeat | 10:26 | Repeat.
Iain Stenhouse profiles Leach's Storm
petrels. Part 3 of 3. |
| Poem | 11:06 | Michael
Crummey reads poems in search of his father's
life history |
| Insect
of the Month | 4:27 | Memorial
University entomologist Dave Larsen sends in a
profile of the Ground Beetle |
| Poem | 6:14 | Agnes
Walsh reads another of her poems inspired by her
father |
Episode 64 June 20, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Environmental
Planning at NSCAD | 33:11 | Pat
Manual of the Nova Scotia College of Art and
Design tells us about their Environmental
Planning Program (a Repeat) |
| Offshore
Oil Land Rights Issuance | 21:15 | Mark
Butler of the Halifax, Nova Scotia Ecology
Action Centre raises questions about the
issuance of land rights in the offshore oil
patch and the environmental assessment process
(a Repeat) |
Episode 65 June 27, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Nature
in Mind | 33:46 | Rachel
speaks with Peter Trnka of the Memorial
University Philosophy Department about David
Hume and humility |
| Common
Snipe | 10:13 | Ted
Miller introduces us to the Common Snipe (a
Repeat) |
| Recitation | 3:37 | John
Joe English tells the story "Lobster
Salad" ; available on a Pigeon Inlet CD |
Episode 66 July 4, 2001
Episode 67 July 11, 2001
Episode 68 July 18, 2001
Episode 69 July 25, 2001
Episode 70 August 1, 2001
Episode 71 August 8, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Bearded
Seal Singing | 21:04 | Department
of Fisheries and Oceans biologist Becky Sjare
shares some Bearded Seal singing with us |
| Songs of
the Humpback Whale | | We
listened to the commercially available classic
recording: Songs of the Humpback Whale,
produced by Dr. Roger Payne with the New York
Zoological Society in 1970and digitally
remastered and reissued on VOICES OF THE EARTH
Series, Vol 1 1991 Earth Music Productions, lLC. |
Episode 72 August 15, 2001
Episode 73 August 22 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Lulie
the Iceberg | | We
listened to the commercially available
recording: Lulie the Iceberg. An
original composition by Jeffrey Stock, narrated
by Sam Waterston with the Orchestra of St.
Luke's and Pamela Frank, Yo-Yo Ma and Paul
Winter. Adapted from an original story by
Her Imperial Highness Princess Hisako of
Takamado. This CD was produced in
co-operation with UNICEF and Icebridge, a forum
of scientists and educators dedicated to the
promotion of knowledge about the polar regions
and the oceans; a 1999 Sony CD. |
Episode 74 August 29, 2001
A Tribute to writer Al Pittman and musician Don Wherry
combining readings of Al Pittman poems with a
commercially available recording of The Black Auks
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title | Duration | Description |
| Part
1 | 7:09 | Opening
music and the poems Once When I was Drowning
and On the Road to La Scie |
| Part
2 | 3:49 | Gary
Gannet and Tigers in the Granby Zoo |
| Part
3 | 9:48 | Shipwreck
at Frenchman's Cove, Idle Tommy Tickleace
and Harold Hagdown |
| Part
4 | 12:13 | Pa's
Room, To a Retarded Child Dancing All Alone in
an Asphalt Schoolyard, Elsie Eider & Lucy
Loo, Henry Hound and St. Leonard's
Revisited |
| Part
5 | 7:45 | God
Bless General Motors, Terrible Terrance the Turr
and Celebration |
| Part
6 | 7:54 | The
Cost of Good Canoe, Sally Seagull and Sea
Lovers |
| Part
7 | 8:05 | Shawnadithit,
Cook's Brook and Seagull |
Episode 75 September 5, 2001
Labour Day Show
Episode 76 September 12, 2001
Episode 77 September 19, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Challilo
Part 1 | 54:06 | A
visit to the Macal River in Belize and the
headquarters of Fortis Inc. in
Newfoundland to check out Fortis' plan to dam
the Macal River. The proposed Challilo dam
would flood habitat recognized internationaly
for it's importance to migratory birds and other
wildlife |
Episode 78 September 26, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Challilo
Part 2 | 35:50 | Memorial
University biologist Ian Jones describes the
importance to migratory birds of the Macal River
area slated to be flooded if Fortis' proposal to
build the Challilo dam goes ahead. We also hear
from Chris Minty of the British Natural History
Museum, Belize government spokesman for the dam
Norris Hall, Diedre Issacs of BACONGO, some
anonymous Belizeans and Stanley Marshall, CEO of
Fortis Inc. |
| Insect
of the month | 4:18 | A
profile of the book louse, sent to us by
entomologist Dave Larsen |
| Insect
of the month | 3:30 | Fall Butterflies: Milbert’s Tortoiseshell
and Red Admiral. Thanks again
to Memorial University entomologist Dave Larsen. |
| Insect
of the month | 4:16 | Mourning
Cloak butterfly - Nymphalis
antiopa |
| Insect
of the month | 4:52 | The
Hover fly
Syrphus torvus |
Episode 79 October 3, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Challilo
Part 3 | 33:00 | Fortis
Inc., a Newfoundland company, proposes to build
a hydro dam called Challilo on the Macal River
in Belize. In this episode Janet speaks with
Robert Derouin, Director of the America’s
Program for CIDA's Industrial cooperation
program. This CIDA program has been
funding the Canadian firm AMEC to produce the
Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed
Challilo dam. Roughly $466,000 out of a
total project cost of roughly $580,000 is
covered by CIDA. |
| Tales
from the Trail | 20:50 | Michael
Crummey reads from his Giller Prize nominated
historical novel, River Thieves. |
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Episode 80 October 10, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Challilo
Part 4 | 28:11 | Fortis
Inc., a Newfoundland company, proposes to build
a controversial hydro dam called Challilo on the
Macal River in Belize. In this episode Janet
speaks with Dr. Canton of Belize's Public
Utilities Commission . Part 4 of a meandering
series we call A River in Belize runs through
Newfoundland. |
| Speaker:
Donna Haraway Part 1 | 39:07 | Donna
Haraway addresses the February, 2001 Conference at the
University of Oregon entitled Taking Nature
Seriously: Citizens, Scientists and the
Environment - Part 1 of 2
installments. Her keynote talk about our
relationship with dogs was called Cyborgs to
Companion Species: Reconfiguring Kinship in
Techno-science. |
Episode 81 October 17, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Speaker:
Donna Haraway Part 2 | 58:16 | Part
2 of Donna Haraway's
keynote talk to the February, 2001 Conference at the
University of Oregon entitled Taking Nature
Seriously: Citizens, Scientists and the
Environment - Part 2 of 2
installments. Haraway speaks about our
relationship with dogs under the title Cyborgs
to Companion Species: Reconfiguring Kinship in
Techno-science. |
Episode 82 October 24, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| A
Play by Agnes Walsh | 54:00 |
“A
Man you don’t meet everyday” as performed
this summer in Cuslett by The Tramore
Theatre Troupe. This
play tells
the
story of Patsy & Bride Judge, two well-known
folk singers from Patrick’s Cove who performed
at folk festivals across Canada.Included in this
play are ballads from the repertoire of Patsy
& Bride Judge.
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Episode 83 October 31, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| A
Twillingate Turr Hunt | 56:20 | A
Repeat of a special documentary originally
brought to you with the support of the Important
Bird Areas Program.
Janet hunts turrs with Ed Jenkins and then Jack
Troake, Richard Elliot and Pierre Ryan fill in
some of the background on hunting and managing
turrs. |
Episode 85 November 14, 2001
Episode 86 November 21, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Arctic
Tern | 10:10 | Mystery
Guest profile: Arctic Tern |
| Tales
from the Trail | 20:24 | Monica
Kidd reads from her brand new novel Beatrice
about a prairie town whose grain elevator is
slated for destruction. |
| A
River in Belize Runs Through Newfoundland:
Episode 5 | 16:41 | CEO
of Fortis, Stanley Marshall discounts the
potential environmental costs of building the
Challilo dam by questioning the credibility of
the British Natural History Museum, the
consultants responsible for the Wildlife
Component of the Environmental Impact Assessment
funded mostly by CIDA. |
Episode 87 November 28, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Insect
Profile | 4:41 | Winter
Crane Fly - Trichocera species, courtesy
of Dr. Dave Larsen of Memorial University. |
| Stock
Status Report | 48:50 | Bruce
Atkinson, Regional
Director of Science Oceans and Environment Branch
of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and
Oceans presenting the stock status reports for
the Redfish stock in NAFO subarea 2 plus
Division 3K and cod off southcoast of island in
NAFO subdivision 3Ps. |
| Insect
Profile | 5:16 | Stenus
juno Paykull - Water Skater (Coleoptera:
Staphylinidae), courtesy of Dr. Dave Larsen of
Memorial University. |
Episode 88 December 5, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Razorbill
profile | 20:12 | Razorbills
with Mark Hipfner, Part 1 (a repeat) |
| Historic
Landscapes Panel | 32:30 | A
Panel discussion held in St. John’s on
November 7.
The event was entitled “Why save
Historic Landscapes” and was sponsored by the
NFld Historic Trust.
We hear from Fred Hann and Bruce
Gilbert. (Part
1 of 2) |
Episode 89 December 12, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Razorbills | 8:50 | Razorbills
with Mark Hipfner, Part 2. (a repeat) |
| Sharks | 26:00 | We
hear about the declines in several shark
populations that Julia Baum, a Graduate student
at Dalhousie University, has discovered by
looking at US fisheries data. |
| Historic
Landscapes Panel | 17:00 | A
Panel discussion held in St. John’s on
November 7.
The event was entitled “Why save
Historic Landscapes” and was sponsored by the
NFld Historic Trust.
We hear from Strat
Canning.
(Part 2 of 2) |
Episode 90 December 19, 2001
Episode 91 December 26, 2001
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title | Duration | Description |
| Leaves | 24:17 | Carolyn
Walsh reviews The Shattered Self: the End of
Natural Evolution by Pierre Baldi, published
by MIT Press in 2001. |
| Nightcap | 3:47 | Fred
Smith and Rachel look at the constellation
Orion. (a repeat) |
| A
Christmas Reading | 23:20 | The
littlest angel, Antonia Francis reads The
True Meaning of Crumb Fest by David Weale,
published by Acorn Press of PEI in 1999. |
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