Because Nature Tells Me So

Susan Charkes

Nature is the ultimate teller of tales. I write them down. You'll hear about animals, plants, landscapes, and other elements of the natural world that I encounter in the wilds of the Delaware Valley.

  • 4 minutes 7 seconds
    01 May 2010 Episode
    "Preface": Excerpt from AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia.
    1 May 2010, 4:10 pm
  • 3 minutes 48 seconds
    29 Jan 2010 Episode
    "Winter Paths": "Nature's Way" essay on paths of possibility.
    29 January 2010, 1:10 pm
  • 5 minutes 18 seconds
    23 Aug 2009 Episode
    "Song of the Woods": "Nature's Way" essay on an invisible singer.
    23 August 2009, 5:10 pm
  • 5 minutes 47 seconds
    25 Sep 2008 Episode
    "Message Sent; Message Received": "Nature's Way" essay on communications devices.
    25 September 2008, 8:30 pm
  • 4 minutes 48 seconds
    23 May 2008 Episode
    "Dawnsong and Sundance": "Nature's Way" essay on the coming of the light.
    23 May 2008, 3:40 pm
  • 6 minutes 7 seconds
    25 Nov 2007 Episode
    "Fruit on the Floor": "Nature's Way" essay on when the time is ripe.
    26 November 2007, 3:42 am
  • 4 minutes 47 seconds
    24 Sept 2007 Episode
    "E Pluribus Unum": "Nature's Way" essay on the many languages of mint.
    25 September 2007, 2:58 am
  • 3 minutes 49 seconds
    26 July 2007 Episode
    "I Know Where the Bees Went": "Nature's Way" essay on flower power.
    27 July 2007, 4:15 am
  • 4 minutes 43 seconds
    19 June 2007 Episode
    "To See the World in a Grain of Pollen": "Nature's Way" essay about the madness of trees.
    20 June 2007, 3:40 am
  • 4 minutes 35 seconds
    14 May 2007 Episode
    "Nothing Doing: Great Blue Herons at Quakertown Swamp." "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the virtues of sitting.
    15 May 2007, 3:25 am
  • 4 minutes 21 seconds
    15 April 2007 Episode
    "Snowfates": "Nature's Way" essay about falling snowflakes.
    15 April 2007, 7:55 pm
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