The Nature of Phenology 10/31/20: Poisonous Mushrooms

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn
Host: Hazel Stark

Nature is full of trick or treating opportunities year-round. But there is one kingdom in Maine whose dark door you best avoid on a fanciful trick or treating adventure: the taxonomic kingdom of fungi.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 10/29/20: Free Speech Online 2

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Many folks think that there should be some way to control some of the “noxious doctrine” – a term coined in 1927 by Justice Louis Brandeis – that is circulating online. The big question is who should decide what gets transmitted and what doesn’t in the digirtal age when we have a First Amendment in this country that protects free speech. It’s a big question. Let’s start to think about it.

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