Author: Shelley Schlender

Green Building Handbook (starts 1:00) CU Boulder Engineering Professor Wil Srubar is the co-author of a new report highlighting innovative building materials that actually store more CO2 than the emissions from their manufacture, making these building materials what’s known as “carbon sinks”

Wild Strawberry Flavor from Fungi (starts 3:29) Holger Zorn explains how and why his team of scientists have identified a fungus that provides a wild strawberry flavor to foods.

Wild Turkeys at Sandstone Ranch (starts 9:07) Naturalists Steve Jones, Ruth Carol Cushman and Scott Severs visit Longmont’s Sandstone Ranch to look for a . . . sometimes elusive . . .  flock of wild turkeys.

Farewell to Animal Rights Activist Bernie Rollin (starts 12:44) CSU Philosopher, Vet Scientist and Animal Rights Activist Bernie Rollin died last week.  We share excerpts from a past interview, plus a story about the friendship between a turkey and a dog, from his memoir, Putting the Horse Before Descartes

Hosts: Benita Lee, Stacie Johnson
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett
Show Producer: Shelley Schlender

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Boulder County Nature Association Naturalists Steve Jones and Scott Severs search for autumn spiders and other creatures among the tall prairie grasses at Boulder’s Sawhill Ponds.

Executive Producer:  Beth Bennett
Show Producer: Shelley Schlender

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Wes Marshall – Love Cars LESS (Entire Show) CU-Denver Transportation Engineer Wes Marshall argues that people are safer and cities are more vibrant when communities focus LESS on speedways and parking lots.

(This is part 2 of FUTURE of CARs series.  Go Here  for Part 1, about the Glory Days of Fast Cars, at Boulder’s Shelby American Collection)

Executive Producer:  Beth Bennett
Show Producer: Shelley Schlender

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FUTURE OF CARS – Shelby American Collection (Starts 3:30) We tour Boulder’s Shelby American Collection of world-famous Vintage Shelby Cobra racecars, with founder Steve Volk.  We discover what made people in the 1960s LOVE fast cars,  and we learn how  hot rodders created many automotive innovations.   We also hear about the world famous race Le Mans, taking place this weekend, and including some hybrid electric cars.  Plus the Shelby American Collection Annual Car Show and Raffle, happening Labor Day Weekend.

(For Part 2 of this series, GO HERE)

Colorado Digital ID for Vaccinations (Starts 1:00)  Colorado’s Digital Transformation Director 00 tells us how the MyColorado app now lets you display a valid vaccination card,  likely to be useful for everything from traveling on a plane to getting tickets to a show.  For an extended version of this interview, GO HERE.

Executive Producer:  Beth Bennett
Show Producer: Shelley Schlender

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We discuss the Pentagon’s new UFO . . . well . . . UAF report, with CU Boulder’s Center for the Study of Origins Director, Carol Cleland.  Cleland wants the Pentagon to release more data, and for Congress to organize an interdisciplinary Task Force to study it.  Along the way, we also discuss other “UFO Watchers” such as SETI and Metabunk.

Producer: Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Joel Parker

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:53 — 24.7MB)

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CU-Boulder Electrical Engineers Amina Belkadi and Garret Moddel explain how scientists are working to pull energy from radiantly heated air, and why their efforts might expand renewable energy production AND help cool the planet.

Producer: Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Joel Parker

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