July 25
Looking Out the Window
Birdwatching
Special Ep. 25 Little Free Libraries
In the twenty fifth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie is away studying abroad. Her father, Tom, is a guest host on this episode discussing the fall of the little free library and why he isn't a fan. You may (or may not) have noticed an episode was skipped. This was just a...
We’re All Going To Die, We Might As Well Laugh
Driftless 2125 with Margot Hipwell, Carl Schlecht, David Oldenburg, Cassidy Coulson Mary Popping Interview with Maddi & Landon Smith Essays from Carl, David & Bonnie Wideman
July 24th, 2025
What’s Happening with the Blackhawk Bridge? Is the topic for this week’s episode of Conversations. Kailean Welsh talks with Project Manager Clayton Burke as closure of the old bridge approaches and the community braces for change.
July 24, 2025: Inviting Ease
Explore the possibility of noticing the presence of ease in the body and mind, as an alternative to our usual habits of holding tension/stress.
July 24th, 2025
Prairie restoration, the Grim Reaper, mentors, and a rusty scythe all compound the images in this poem by Tom Boswell MEDITATION WHILE CUTTING BUCKWHEAT from the poetry collection Heart on a String.
Doing the Folk School Thing
Julie chats with Lucy Soderstrom, Executive Director, and Anna Heil, Program Director at Ely Folk School in Ely, Minnesota, as well as Driftless Folk School Fellow Lauren Proffitt. Conversation ranges from the variety of classes offed at regional folk schools, to the...
“Feed Us with Trees” with Elspeth Hay
Elspeth Hay is a writer, creator and host of the Local Food Report, whose lifelong curiosity helped produce her new book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. Take time with this conversation as she unravels the stories of food scarcity and farming that...
July 22nd, 2025
Reading about the fascinating vast Pacific Ocean and the albatross who thrive in its thousands of miles of waves and wind, from Eye of the Albatross by Carl Safina; more from this great book today, published in 2002 by Henry Holt and Company LLC.