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Jun 2024
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Clever Clogs (Rebroadcast) - 3 June 2024

Hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.
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Ribbon fall. Gallery forest. You won’t find terms like these in most dictionaries, but they and hundreds like them are discussed by famous writers in the book Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape. The book is an intriguing collection of specialized vocabulary that invites us to look more closely at the natural world — and delight in its language. A ... Show More
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