The Nature of Phenology 8/1/20: Sea Lavender

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn
Host: Hazel Stark

At high tide, this flowering plant is often submerged in saltwater, light purple blossoms swaying beneath the green sea. Sea lavender’s juicy, thick leaves have an important role in this task: they are specialized to be able to pump salt out of their tissues.

Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com.

Let’s Talk About It 7/28/20: Mother/Daughter

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance:
Tammy Oropesa
Music:
“Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Rhonda and Ashley talk about how they were controlled and tormented in similar and different ways by husband/father and how they healed their mother and daughter relationship.

Topics include:
Coercive control, child abuse, financial abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.