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Mike and Peggy talk to a couple of experts about the recent decision to put the rusty patched bumble bee
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Mike and Peggy talk to two experts–Allen Lawrance from Chicago’s Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Rich Hatfield from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation–about the recent decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
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Mike and Peggy welcome Lisa Hilgenberg from the Chicago Botanic Garden, who talks about her favorite seed catalogs and how
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It’s another abbreviated version of The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki today. However, The Man has informed us that we get to broadcast for a full two hours on Saturday, January 21. We’ll see. However, this morning we welcome Lisa Hilgenberg, who is the horticulturist at the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, back to the program. Her mission: to teach us as much as she can in about twenty minutes about which seed catalogs to order and how to get those little guys started–and when!
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1590 WCGO is the new home for The Mike Nowak Show, Mike and Peggy welcome Robert Nevel from KAM Isaiah
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A new chapter of The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki starts today at 1590 WCGO, Chicago’s SmartTalk. Right out of the gate, we hope you’ll call us at 847-475-1590 and be a part of the program every week. This week’s show features Robert Nevel from KAM Isaiah Israel, which is hosting its 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Sustainability Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend from January 13 to 15. He is joined by one of the presenters at this weekend long series of presentations, Dr. V. Bala Chaudhary. We also chat with Carly Persson, who is the Winter Farmers Market Coordinator for an organization called Faith in Place. They’re promoting a market opening up in Glencoe on January 8. Last but never least, meteorologist Rick DiMaio stops by our new studios to talk about why there hasn’t been a “snowmageddon” this year after so many predictions.
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With Chicago poised to change 270,000 streetlights to LEDs, Mike and Peggy talk to a panel of experts about why
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Mike and Peggy talk about the show’s move to 1590AM WCGO with Ron Cowgill of Mighty House. A trio of
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Guess who’s moving to a new station and a new day? After all these years, The Mike Nowak Show is about to land on Saturday mornings at 1590AM, WCGO Radio! It’s just in time for my 20th Anniversary on Chicago radio.
And guess who’s coming along with Peggy and me? Non other than Ron Cowgill and the team of Mighty House! The band is really getting back together!
Starting Saturday, January 7, we’ll both be part of WCGO’s “smart living” programming. Mighty House will air from 7 to 10 a.m, followed by still Chicago’s only long-form, deep-green gardening and environment radio program, The Mike Nowak Show, until noon.
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Mike and Peggy explore why 30,000 sandhill cranes flew directly over Chicago, get information about keeping holiday plants alive and
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