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Author Darren Chitwood explores addiction and hopes his stories will help others find their path to recovery.

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Host Dave Schlom visits with author Patrick Dean about his new book, Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World. Dean's book reveals that the 18th-century British naturalist, who preceded John James Audubon, recorded his observations in America of the stunning array of flora and fauna he found there.

Welcome June! This week, the third and final-for-now conversation in our series on the state of seed for native ecosystem restoration through the lens of California: seed identified, site-sourced, and grown for conservation & biodiversity support.

Author Gayle Kimball chats about her book "The Mysteries of Reality: Dialogues with Visionary Scientists."

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Host Dave Schlom revisits with California Institute of Technology Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering Mory Gharib and Chris Roh from Cornell University about their new paper published in the MIT journal Leonardo.

This week we continue our series exploring conservation and biodiversity support at the foundational level of seed—for scales large and small—in conversation with Pat Reynolds. He is a restoration ecologist with more than 30 years of professional experience in the design, implementation, and monitoring of habitat restoration projects, including the effective use of native seed.

Chico authors tackle the art of thrill in their latest offerings.

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