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Desert Diaries

KTEP Public Media

Desert Diaries podcast is hosted by Daniel Carey-Whalen from the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens and features Kevin Floyd, Botanical Curator. Season one covers desert critters, everything from birds and bugs to beavers and bats, and diverse plant life that can be anything from prickly and thorny to flowery and leafy.The podcast is based on a previous production of radio vignettes by Florence Schwein that aired on KTEP-FM.Desert Diaries is recorded in the KTEP Public Media studios and is a production of The University of Texas at El Paso Division of Marketing and Communications. Host is Daniel Carey-Whelan. Producer is Charles Fensch. Engineering by Paul Castro and Daisy Morales. Sounds courtesy of BBC Sound Effects Archive. Music by Premium Beat.For more information about the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, visit utep.edu/centennial-museum.

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  • 6 episodes
  • Avg 35 min
  • English
  • #5
    Feb 21, 2025 · 44 min

    Ep.05 Bucket of Death

    Are mosquitos useful or do they exist to annoy us? What are true bugs? Kevin…

  • #4
    Feb 21, 2025 · 41 min

    Ep.04 The Beaver Deceiver

    Kevin and Daniel continue their talk about life in the desert. In this episode…

  • #3
    Feb 21, 2025 · 40 min

    EP.03 AI Birds

    Kevin is a birder and is familiar with classic birds that are common to the…

  • #1
    Feb 21, 2025 · 40 min

    Ep.01 Close But No Saguaro

    In this first episode, we find out how Daniel and Kevin ended up in El Paso.…

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