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January 21, 2017 – The Plight of the Bumble Bee

January 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Endangered Species Act, environment, extinction, gardening, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, pollinators, rusty patched bumble bee, The Mike Nowak Show, Xerces Society

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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January 14, 2017 – Secrets of Selecting Seeds

January 13, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicago Botanic Garden, gardening, GMOs, heirloom plants, hybrids, Peggy Malecki, Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, seed catalogs, The Mike Nowak Show

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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January 7, 2017 – A New Year, a New Radio Station

January 6, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., environment, Faith in Place, food justice, gardening, KAM Isaiah Israel, Rick DiMaio, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, WCGO, winter farmers markets

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.