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Nature Quest: Are Flowers Blooming Early?

Short Wave

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Daily News, Nature, Life Sciences, Astronomy, Science, News

4.76K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Welcome!! This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your local environment. This month, we hear from a listener in California who's concerned that the flowers in his neighborhood are blooming way, way earlier. Is that normal? And is climate change the culprit? Short Wavers Emily Kwong and Hannah Chinn investigate.

Got a question about changes in your local environment? Send a voice memo to [email protected] with your name, where you live and your question. We might make it into our next Nature Quest episode!

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0:00.0

I'm Jesse Thorne this week on Bullseye Fat Joe on being a late middle-aged rapper with an 18-year-old daughter.

0:07.8

She's really looking at me like, I'm a dinosaur.

0:11.0

She's like, yo, dad, come on now.

0:13.8

You're going where?

0:15.0

Stop.

0:16.3

Just stay home.

0:17.6

Watch Jeopardy.

0:18.8

That's on the next Bullseye from Maximumfund.org and NPR.

0:24.5

You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.

0:32.0

Hi everyone, Emily Kwong here, and welcome to a brand new segment that we're calling Nature Quest,

0:39.3

where every month we'll bring you a question from a fellow shortwaver who's curious about how

0:43.9

nature is changing, how to pay attention to the land around us, and how to make everyday Earth Day,

0:49.9

which sometimes looks like taking a walk around your neighborhood.

0:55.0

Shy Sour is a social worker in Oakland, California.

0:58.6

He works in the hospital system.

0:59.9

And during the pandemic, he started doing sessions remotely.

1:03.3

Between appointments, I would be walking in the neighborhood to get some fresh air,

1:08.5

to clear my mind, to just, like, move my body.

1:13.1

And, you know, I think that started me just being more aware of the, like, nature in the

1:19.6

neighborhood.

1:20.6

Wildflowers, plum trees, California poppies.

1:23.6

Shai technically lives in East Oakland.

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