Shows
Hemlocks to HellbendersUnder the surface of the Keystone State with geologist Russell LoscoOne of the strangest things about getting older has been the shift in my interests. Despite being intensely curious as a kid, I never cared about nature growing up. I didn’t climb trees or capture bugs or explore creeks. But as I’ve gotten older all that’s changed. Which has made me feel like I’m constantly catching up to those that spent their early lives trekking through the woods, paddling on rivers and exploring the natural world. I often think to myself, “Am I too old to start learning how to identify trees? What’...
2025-10-221h 05
Listening to AmericaJohn Steinbeck and the Western FlyerThis week, Clay Jenkinson's conversation with fellow Steinbeck scholar Russ Eagle of North Carolina about the relaunch of the Western Flyer, the boat that took Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck's wife Carol, and four others to the Sea of Cortez in the spring of 1940. After eighty years the Western Flyer has been completely refurbished and now takes its place as one of the principal attractions at Monterey, California. Ricketts was a marine biologist and one of Steinbeck's best friends in life. Partly to help Ricketts (who was a mediocre businessman), partly to get away from his sudden celebrity after The...
2023-11-2156 min
Third Sector PodcastThird Sector Podcast Live from the Fundraising SummitActing editor Andy Ricketts is joined by reporters Lucinda Rouse, Russ Hargrave and Alina Martin and, for the first time, a live audience for a special podcast recording from the Third Sector Fundraising Summit on 7 June. From Gift Aid to charity shops and more recent digital inventions, they each make a case for their chosen fundraising innovation and explain why they believe it should be considered the greatest. Will one of these be crowned the winner or will an audience member swoop in with a better idea?Do you have stories of people whose lives...
2023-06-0929 min
Third Sector PodcastBuilding fruitful cross-charity collaborationsLucinda and Russ are joined by Campbell Chalmers, strategic engagement lead for the third sector at the RNIB and Joseph Howes, chief executive of the grant-making charity Buttle UK, to discuss how voluntary organisations can benefit from working together. Joseph talks about Buttle’s experience of joining groupings such as the End Child Poverty coalition. He stresses the importance of taking time to build trust between organisations and drive long term change.Campbell describes the need for persistence and maintaining focus on the desired outcome of a collaboration, along with other lessons from the RNIB’s wor...
2023-02-1031 min
Third Sector PodcastThe 2022 festive retrospectiveThe Third Sector team looks back at the top stories of the year in a special festive episode.Acting editor Andy Ricketts is joined by reporters Lucinda Rouse, Russ Hargrave and Alina Martin to discuss the top stories from the voluntary sector in 2022.Lucinda provides a rapid round-up of the year’s charity news before the team discusses their picks in greater depth. These include sexual harassment in fundraising, the publicity around transgender youth support charity Mermaids and overcrowding in the senior ranks of Cats Protection.They also identify recurring trends in the sector...
2022-12-2230 min
Save What You Love with Mark Titus#18 - Russ Ricketts - Founder, RiverSnorkelingRuss Ricketts finds wonder underwater. And he inspires it in me and everyone he touches with his work - sharing an ethereal world that's as close as your local river. Russ has been a good friend for over a decade now. You'll find his DNA in both The Breach and The Wild. His beautiful underwater footage makes both of these films sing the song electric for wild salmon. On today's episode of SWYL, Russ gets real with me about our imperiled salmon runs here in the PNW; staying determined despite the last year and becoming awestruck by dipping your...
2021-06-071h 22
MiddayMID-DAY Wednesday, June 21, 2017Ag News: Governor Ricketts praises Canada as a trade partner, joining a DED / NDA trade mission to our northern neighbors ... E15 promotional events
Guests; Russ Callen, Assistant General Manager with LLNRD - Cover Crop Groundwater Impact Study in conjunction with CPNRD this autumn ... David Hogg, Assistant Emergency Manager Coordinator with KDA - organizing a Kansas Emergency Response Corps ... Gerald Theus, Regional Director with U.S.Wheat's South African office - A Nigerian / South African wheat trade team visits Nebraska and Kansas
2017-06-2100 min