Pinyon Jays Know Why They're Alive
Desert Oracle Radio
Ken Layne
4.9 • 852 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
What is the life philosophy of the pinyon jay? To eat pinyon nuts and somehow make pinyon-jay eggs. The rest is easy, especially with a hundred-and-fifty pinyon jays doing your thinking for you.
This episode comes to you from Moab, Utah. Recorded in the studios of KZMU-FM, community radio for Moab and the Castle Valley. And this episode is about . . . . well, what is it about? Life, death, pronghorns, etc. Thanks to everybody who supports this show at patreon.com/desertoracle.
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| 0:00.0 | Transmitting from the Mojave Wilderness in Joshua Tree, California, now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio, the voice of the desert. |
| 0:17.7 | Night has fallen on the desert. |
| 0:24.3 | I Night has fallen on the desert. And tonight's show is coming to you from KZMU FM in Moab, Utah, because it's the 30th anniversary |
| 0:35.8 | of that particular station. |
| 0:39.9 | I heard of Moab in the Castle Valley. |
| 0:43.5 | But we are broadcasting all over the American Southwest, like always. |
| 0:51.9 | On Friday nights from our home base, Z1077 FM and Joshua Tree, Yaga Valley, 29 |
| 1:03.5 | balms, and the whole Mojavei High Desert. |
| 1:09.2 | Where are you tonight? |
| 1:13.9 | Maybe you're sitting in the kitchen. |
| 1:17.2 | The only light coming from a radio dial and the end of a cigarette. |
| 1:24.0 | Or maybe you're driving a two lane through the high desert. |
| 1:29.3 | Just you and the jackrabbits. |
| 1:32.3 | Maybe you're in the garage with the radio on. |
| 1:38.3 | Or maybe you're walking in the dark with headphones on. Don't listen too loud. |
| 1:48.0 | You might never hear that mountain lion coming. |
| 1:54.0 | Actually, you won't hear it anyway. |
| 1:59.0 | I spend a lot of time hanging around garages at night. |
| 2:05.5 | Usually in the big open doorway, open to the great unknown night. |
| 2:12.6 | The radio on the workbench. |
| 2:17.7 | The fluorescent lights flickering, the smell of motor oil and work uniforms. |
| 2:26.0 | Auto garages and industrial shops. |
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