Rain & Shine
By: Calla Rose Ostrander & Kori Stanton
Language: en-us
Categories: Science, Earth, Nature, Social
Western Colorado's Weekly Nature and Science Update. Rain & Shine is a regional weekly nature and science short-form podcast that explores how the planet works and how we work with the planet. At three to five minutes, these bitesize episodes seeks to inspire awe for the natural world and provide basic science education for people of all ages. Episodes are based off questions asked by the public, or friends and family, and are purposefully designed to invoke curiosity and place the listener in a familiar context. Episodes include a written summary and linked citations, and may be used as school curriculum...
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134: Wild Neighbors
Jan 07, 2026Send us a text
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Duration: 00:04:30133: A Wish for the New Year
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Photo credit: Aaron Watson
Duration: 00:04:03132: Snowpack December 2025
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Duration: 00:03:20131: Deer Friends
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Duration: 00:05:25130: Aurora 2025
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Photo by Jayme Henderson from The Storm Cellar in Hotchkiss, CO
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Duration: 00:06:59129: The "Beaver Moon"
Nov 05, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:01128: Anti Antimicrobials
Oct 29, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:11127: The Rain is Back!
Oct 23, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:04126: Resilient AF
Jul 09, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:07125: The (Lady) Bug Report
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Duration: 00:04:35124: The Decline of the Insects
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Duration: 00:03:58123: Heat
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Duration: 00:05:28122: Water Recyclers!
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Duration: 00:05:10The Western Water Assessment - Part 2
May 28, 2025Send us a text
Photo by Kori Stanton
Duration: 00:03:43120: The Western Water Assessment [Part 1]
May 21, 2025Send us a text
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Duration: 00:04:47119: Rehydrating Arid Lands
Apr 16, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:57118: Get Those Cisterns Ready
Feb 27, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:02:52117: Something Has Changed
Feb 20, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:07116: Water The Mountains!
Feb 06, 2025Send us a text
Photo by Calla Rose Ostrander
Duration: 00:05:44115: The Other Half of the Colorado River
Jan 30, 2025Send us a text
Photo of the Colorado River by Kori Stanton
Duration: 00:05:36114: Water and Fire and Wind Oh My!
Jan 15, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:43113: Snowylocks
Jan 09, 2025Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:09112: A Trip Around The Sun
Dec 26, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:09111: Supply Chains
Dec 19, 2024Send us a text
Photo courtesy of Down Home Farm in Paonia, CO.
Duration: 00:05:12110: Darkness
Dec 04, 2024Send us a text
Photo by Aaron Watson of Dark Skies Paonia
Duration: 00:04:04109: The First Snow Report 2024
Nov 20, 2024Send us a text
Photo by: Calla Rose Ostrander
Duration: 00:03:22108: The Global Water Cycle Part 2
Nov 14, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:02:24107: The Global Water Cycle Part 1
Nov 06, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:35106: The Lily & The Rose
Oct 09, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:22105: Tomato Season
Oct 02, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:06104: Spinning
Sep 18, 2024Send us a text
Amazing Photo of the Moon on Sept. 17th, 2024 by Aaron Watson.
Duration: 00:03:19103: Harvest Festivals
Sep 04, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:30102: Hurricane Deso
Aug 29, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:06101: Precious & Precarious
Aug 08, 2024Send us a text
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100: Heat
Aug 01, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:0099: Slow, foxes!
Jul 17, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:3998: The Wild West of Weather
Jul 10, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4097: Early Monsoons
Jul 03, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4596: Hopper Patrol
Jun 26, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:4595: Hunger
May 31, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4794: A Digression on Phosphorus
May 22, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:4593: Mid-May Snowpack
May 16, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:1992: Ode to Spring Rain
May 02, 2024Send us a text
Photo by: Kori Stanton
Duration: 00:03:4991: Migration & Light Pollution
Apr 25, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:2990: Spring Foraging
Apr 17, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:2689: New Moon
Apr 10, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:0688: Eclipse Season
Mar 27, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:3087: How A Star Is Born
Mar 20, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:1286: Let's Make It Rain
Mar 14, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4485: Made of Stardust
Feb 29, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:3984: The Temperature of Light
Feb 07, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:07:0383: Bear PSA
Jan 31, 2024Send us a text
*Evergreen
Duration: 00:05:0182: Holy Hotness Batman
Jan 25, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:0781: Another Snow Report
Jan 18, 2024Send us a text
Photo of Tiny Super Nova in Paonia, CO on January 17, 2024 by Kori Stanton.
Duration: 00:03:0480: January Snow Report
Jan 11, 2024Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:4679: The Abundance of Life
Dec 28, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:1278: Consider the Wind
Dec 14, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:5377: Cides
Nov 29, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4776: The Science of Nature
Nov 01, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:0975: A Season For Change
Oct 19, 2023Send us a text
Photo by: Kori Stanton
Duration: 00:06:1074: Soil Wealth Part 2
Oct 05, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:1573: Soil Wealth
Sep 27, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:0672: Colorado Wine Country [Part 2: West Elks AVA]
Sep 07, 2023Send us a text
Photo courtesy: The Storm Cellar
Duration: 00:04:2071: Colorado Wine Country [Part 1: Grand Valley AVA]
Aug 30, 2023Send us a text
Photo by: Kori Stanton
Shot at: Restoration Vineyards in Palisade, CO
70: Finding Your North Star
Aug 23, 2023Send us a text
Image from: SCIENCE SPARKS
Duration: 00:03:5769: Bee-dauchery
Aug 09, 2023Send us a text
Image by: Phillip Taylor
Duration: 00:03:1968: Hopperpocalypse
Aug 02, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:07:3767: Kernza
Jul 26, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:2166: Record Highs (Worldwide)
Jul 19, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:2065: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Jun 21, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:5364: It's Lavender Season
Jun 14, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:0963: Cottonwoods
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Photo by: Pat Nabong / Sun-Times
Duration: 00:04:5162: Rivers & Roads, Every Body Needs to Move!
May 31, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:1561: CDOT update on Highway 133 & a temp bridge
May 25, 2023Send us a text
Free commuter shuttle offered for workers during CO 133 safety closure
60: Flood Factors
Apr 19, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:1359: The Moon Calls The Holiday
Apr 14, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:1358: Colorado Winds
Apr 05, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:1857: Ditches Part 2
Mar 29, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:5956: Ditches Part 1
Mar 16, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:0355: Astrological Cycles
Mar 02, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:0654: Mountains & Micro Climates
Feb 22, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:2053: Micro Climates Part 1
Feb 16, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:3552: Snowbow
Feb 02, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:1651: Where Carbon Goes, Water Flows
Jan 18, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:2150: Weather Vocab—Climate Change Edition
Jan 12, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4049: What The Actual Weather?
Jan 04, 2023Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:3248: Circadian Rhythms
Dec 22, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4147: Chill Hours [Thank you, Amber!]
Dec 15, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:03:5446: Dec Snow Pack Stats
Dec 07, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:02:3945: The Bug Case
Dec 01, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:5744: Guiana Fowl Rooster Peacock [Encore]
Nov 23, 2022Send us a text
The turkey is a unique bird indigenous to the lands we now call America. Our national (and personal) feelings about this beautiful bird go deep. Originally domesticated by first peoples for its feathers, the bird now graces tables across the nation every year as fall transitions to winter
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43: Climate Change Part 1
Nov 17, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:4842: La Nina Trecera Vez
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Duration: 00:05:0941: Why Green Tomatoes?
Oct 26, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:0240: Blue Ash Aphids
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Duration: 00:03:1439: Wooly Bears
Oct 12, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:4938: Bear Aware!
Oct 05, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:06:5737: Leaf Peeping Season
Sep 28, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:5936: Sunflowers
Aug 25, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:04:3217: The Avian Flu
Apr 13, 2022Send us a text
Duration: 00:05:07