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Host Dave Schlom visits with Tim Gregory, a senior nuclear chemist at the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield, Cumbria. Gregory is the author of Going Nuclear: How Atomic Energy Will Save the World, published in the US by Pegasus Books.

Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from August 14 to August 20.

As summer warms and mellows into its Augustness, we’re in conversation this week with two humans who are cultivating their place with the specific purpose of keeping native extant prairie alive and thriving. Stephen Packard and Eriko Kojima of the Somme Prairie Grove Nature Preserve in Illinois.

To learn more about these poets, click on their names.

Retired Game Warden Steven Callan has just published a second novel in his Game Warden Henry Glance series, which takes place in areas familiar to North Staters.

Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from August 7 to August 13.

The Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, WI, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its annual GLEAM light show. This year's exhibit will focus on the concept of reflection, with illuminated art installations from artists across the country brightening the gardens at night. CP host Ben Futa will be in conversation with Show Curator Benjamin Smith and Public Programs Manager Missy Jeanne to discuss the upcoming GLEAM season.

Long-time Chico resident Scott Huber uses his own experiences to write about two types of migrants across our southern border: human and animal.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by guests from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of San Diego to profile the ocean science being done at one of the world's most important and historic places to study our blue planet.

Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from July 31 to August 7.