Golden State Naturalist Michelle Fullner
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Golden State Naturalist is a love letter to California's ecological past, present, and future.
Come with Michelle Fullner as she climbs to the top of a beaver dam, descends into a tar pit, peers into the canopy of a giant sequoia, and basks in the glow of the Milky Way under the eerie silhouettes of Joshua trees.
Each episode, Michelle interviews captivating experts in their natural habitats across California to find out how the unique plants, animals, geology, and hydrology of this biodiversity hotspot make this state Golden.
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Tide Pools with Michelle Kunst
How do sea stars move around? Why am I jealous of giant green anemones? When's the best time to go tide pooling? Why is life so hard in the in the place where the ocean meets the land? How have so many creatures adapted to thrive in this strange place where two worlds meet?
Join me and Michelle Kunst as we explore the intertidal zone on the Northern California coast and discuss the incredible diversity of life that can be found there.
Links:
Trinidad Coastal Land Trust
Seaweed with Allison Poklemba
Orange Cup Coral
California Deep-Sea Corals
Southern California Tide Pools
My website is goldenstatenaturalist.com
Follow me @goldenstatenaturalist on Instagram and TikTok
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TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge / Indigenous Ecological Knowledge) with Frank Lake
Indigenous people have lived in the place now known as California since time immemorial and are still here today.
In this episode, join me and Frank Lake as we discuss mutualistic relationships between Indigenous Californians and the land, traditional burning, oak orchards, the powerful ways Indigenous and Western knowledges can come together, common misconceptions about pre-colonial California, reciprocity, and how we can move from a mental model of scarcity to cultivating a shared abundance that leaves no one behind.
Frank Lake
California Indian History Curriculum
Sue-Meg State Park
Slavery in California
Lightning safety tips
My website is goldenstatenaturalist.com
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Native Bees with Krystle Hickman
Have you ever noticed a bee that looked a little…different? Maybe it was a bit fuzzier than a typical honey bee, or maybe it was obsidian black, bright orange, startlingly large, or as tiny as a gnat. Chances are, if you’ve seen a bee meeting any of these descriptions, you observed one of Earth’s 20,000 species of native bees (with around 1,600 of those species living in California).
Join me and National Geographic Explorer, TEDx speaker, and community scientist Krystle Hickman as we head outside to find native bees and discuss the widely varied social lives of bees, bee architecture, whether or not honeybees are an invasive species, buzz pollination, where to find native bees near you, the potential of native bees in agriculture, and the importance of these beings not just to humans, but to entire ecosystems.
Follow Krystle @beesip on Instagram
Krystle's website
Native Bees of the Western United States (cards)
♥️ Valentines (including a native bee by Krystle) ♥️
My website is goldenstatenaturalist.com
Find me on Instagram @goldenstatenaturalist
Article on honey bee pollination outcomes compared with native bees.
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Mythologizing Place with Obi Kaufmann
Author, artist, poet, and eco-philosopher Obi Kaufmann doesn't want to craft a better argument.
He wants to tell a better story.
But what does that kind of story look like? How do we begin to convey the incredible complexity of a place like California? How do we avoid unproductive divisiveness, embrace a better worldview, and move forward together in healing the land?
Join me and Obi in a field of wildflowers on Mt. Diablo as we discuss humanity’s relationship with the earth, Mt. Diablo daisies, ways in which meaning is co-constructed, biodiversity, what a myth really is, very quiet lions, how we relate to place, and how telling a better story about this land we love, this place now known as California, might just help humans come together to care for it.
Links:
Obi's website
The California Field Atlas
See Obi speak
Heyday Membership (add the word GOLDEN to the "How did you find us" section to receive a free bandana designed by Obi!)
Valentine Set + Mini Art Collection by GSN. Check out Obi's card! 10% of profit donated directly to CalWild.
My website
Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok @goldenstatenaturalist
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7 Ways to Connect with Nature this Year (2024 REPLAY)
Happy New Year! 🎉
This episode has a great story, so I added a new intro to tell you about it.
Here are the links mentioned in the new intro!
7 Ways to Connect with Nature zine by Kate Rutter
Find Kate on Instagram @katerutter.
VALENTINES (Sorry for shouting. I'm SO excited about these.) Collab with six wonderful CA artists. Thank you for supporting me and CalWild by purchasing Valentines!
Patreon. This is another great way to support your local indie podcaster, and patrons get 10% off of Valentines!
Find me on Instagram @goldenstatenaturalist.
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Mistletoe with Joshua Der
Have you ever wondered why we bring a toxic, parasitic plant indoors during the holidays...and then kiss under it? Or what ecological role this plant plays?
Come with me and Dr. Joshua Der as we discuss the ecological importance of mistletoe, its evolution, the vast array of wildlife it supports, and of course, the ancient folklore that led to all those stolen smooches.
Helpful Links:
Dr. Der's Publications
Mistletoe Folklore
My website is goldenstatenaturalist.com
Support GSN on Patreon.
Find me on Instagram and TikTok @goldenstatenaturalist