Short audio features played throughout the KVNF program schedule:
Western Slope Skies: Every other Friday at 8:09 am, and the following Wednesday at 7:00 pm
Western Slope Skies is produced by members of the
Black Canyon Astronomical Society, who take a look at our local night sky. Hear it every other Friday morning after the
local newscast (from 8-8:09 AM) and on the following Wednesday night at 7 PM just before
Global Express.
Mindful Moments: Sundays at 11:00 am
A weekly opportunity for you to pause, find stillness, and look inward leading to a better understanding of self and of the world around you. Your host, Erin Easton will offer teachings to help you find more kindness, peace, and ease in your daily life.
Crisis to Comeback: Sundays at 5:00 pm
“Crisis to Comeback: Your Local Climate Action Podcast”
is a Western Colorado local and regional weekly short-form podcast that explores the impacts of climate change and the state of warming in Delta County and Western Colorado, and local climate actions taken by individual citizens, businesses, and government. Get informed, inspired and empowered by listening to these short episodes and become part of the solution to addressing our rapidly changing local climate.
Hightower Radio Lowdown: Tuesday & Thursday at 7:00 pm
2-minute commentaries by Jim Hightower, America’s most popular populist. He is a best-selling author, public speaker, and political sparkplug who learned from his daddy, W. F. Hightower, that “Everybody does better when everybody does better.” You can read more about Jim at
JimHightower.com.
BirdNote: Weekdays at 5:49 am and Mon-Fri at about 6:31 pm
Birds connect us with the joy and wonder of nature. By telling vivid, sound-rich stories about birds and the challenges they face, BirdNote inspires listeners to care about the natural world — and take steps to protect it.
Rain & Shine: Thursdays at 10 am & Fridays at 7 pm
Rain & Shine is a weekly science update where we explore how our planet works and how we work with the planet, produced by Calla Rose Ostrander.
Writers on the Range: Mondays at 10 am & Saturdays at 2:30 pm
A Western based Op-ed exploring
the economic, cultural and political changes happening across the American West.
Growing Home: Mon-Fri 11 am & 6:30 PM
Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.
rawpixel.com / National Park Service (Source)Most states have limits on what methods are permitted to kill wildlife. But in what Wyoming calls its “predator zone,” that’s a whopping 85% of the state, where wolves, coyotes, red foxes, raccoons, porcupines, jack rabbits and stray cats can be killed using any method. Writer Wendy Keefover writes that a recent wolf killing in Wyoming was unusually cruel: A man ran down a wolf on his snowmobile, taped the animal's mouth shut, then paraded the disabled wolf around a bar. Wildlife advocates are angry and want policy changes.
Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.
Many of us get stuck in the process of changing habits.
Writer-biologist Pepper Trail invites readers to play the Climate Change Game, which asks us whether we will adapt, move, or die. But don't look for a "solve," he warns, as global warming has gone too far to stop its effects. But we can play the game together, he says, and win the right to keep playing; that is, to live. It's our choice.
Thich Nhat Hanh always taught that we are the earth.
While gazing at that mystical point of light, time and space seem to disappear, if only for a moment. Even us older stargazers can still find plenty to wonder about when it comes to twinkling stars.
An avalanche last month killed an expert skier who was also an avalanche forecaster in Oregon, though his companion survived. What went wrong? Writer Molly Absolon argues that we need to thoroughly investigate how that and other accidents happened, and why— even if some people say that's blaming the victim. The more we learn, she says, the more skiers can make smart decisions about the danger of avalanche.
Bears Ears National Monument was created by President Barack Obama then altered by successors Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Now, says Utah writer Stephen Trimble, a collaborative plan for its management has been entangled in a culture war over who gets to call the shots about the state's magnificent public lands.
