"For the Birds" began airing on KUMD in Duluth, MN, in May, 1986, and is the longest continually-running radio program about birds in the U.S. Hundreds more episodes are available for free at http://www.lauraerickson.com/radio/.
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This podcast is for entrepreneurs who are ready to take control of their inner dialogue and use positive self-talk as a powerful tool for success. Did you know that your success as an entrepreneur is heavily influenced by the conversations you have with yourself. This isn't just the dialogue you say out loud - but also the voice inside your head. (You know the one. The one that whispers you you're not good enough, you're not smart enough, or that you simply can't do it.) Positive self-talk f ...
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The Improv Conspiracy is one of Australia's premiere improv comedy theatres. Hosted by Broni Lisle, the Improv Conspiracy podcast features special guests talking about a little corner of improv philosophy or practice that they are passionate about. The perfect extra curricular companion to the Improv Conspiracy's training program, while also being a useful resource for improvisers the world over.
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Billionaires and corporations have too much power over us, birds, and the environment we need and share.
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You're not getting older, you're getting better--oh, wait--you ARE getting older
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Birding may keep us young, but not literally.
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Clean energy should be making us less, not more, reliant on huge transmission lines.
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Power transmission lines can be very harmful for birds and human beings.
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Laura recently returned from the American Ornithological Society's annual meeting. Some things have changed, and some remain the same.
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Going to Scientific Meetings in Past Decades
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Laura's has attended a few professional ornithological meetings through the years.
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Blue Jays help protect each other from Sharp-shinned Hawks.
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More cases of errors and mistaken identity, and one case of vindication
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When Laura makes a mistake, she appreciates people who let her know about it, but notes that there are good ways and bad ways of doing so.
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Stokes Guide to Finches: Hawaiian Honeycreepers
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Laura talked to Lillian Stokes and Matt Young about their decision to include the finches of Hawaii (called the Hawaiian Honeycreepers) in their new book.
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Matt Young is doing important work with his Finch Research Network to help one of Laura's favorite birds of all, the Evening Grosbeak. He and Lillian Stokes talked about this splendid bird and their new book.
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When Laura talked with Lillian Stokes and Matt Young about their new book, *The Stokes Guide to Finches,* they talked about one of our most widespread, common finches, the American Goldfinch.
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For the Finches: How Lillian Stokes and Matt Young connected thanks to Red Crossbills
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Laura spent time talking with Lillian Stokes and Matt Young about their new book, *The Stokes Guide to Finches*. Today they explain how they met and decided to produce this book.
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On September 17, Little Brown will be releasing a great new book, *The Stokes Guide to Finches.* Laura explains why she likes it.
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A plucky little survivor. Except when it isn't.
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The mystery of Blue Jay migration, and the irony of human nature.
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On Labor Day, Laura had a most unexpected visitor at her birdbath.
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Duluth birders, and even many non-birders, have been enjoying a huge nighthawk migration this week.
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Peabody Street Update: The Good News and the Bad News
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There's a lot happening on Peabody Street these days.
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Are this year's numbers normal?
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Laura and Russ drove to Michigan this weekend to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the most important people in Laura's birding life.
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 5B: Why Vilify Rachel Carson?
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The many forces funded by anti-environmental think tanks and the chemical industry are still vilifying Rachel Carson, accusing her of being responsible for the deaths of millions of children. Why are they so persistent?
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 5 A: The battle on the DDT front
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Human beings won a huge battle when DDT was banned. The powerful anti-environmental forces quickly regrouped to ensure that the success would not be repeated, and did their best to vilify the woman whose book sparked so much of the environmental movement.
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Laura gets a big kick out of her backyard birds who molt in August. Before they can again be as beautiful as possible, they must go through an Ugly Duckling stage. Fortunately, they don't have access to mirrors.
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The bear necessities and other close encounters of the mammalian kind
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Two mammals made a visit to Laura's yard on Sunday night.
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 4: The Empire Strikes Back
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In "Star Wars," even as the Rebel Alliance celebrated defeating the Galactic Empire, Darth Vader and the Emperor were plotting their revenge. In the 1970s, even as environmentalists celebrated, dark forces were plotting how to gut the EPA and destroy the legislation protecting air, water, and wildlife.…
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In the Catbird's Seat: A momentary diversion from more important matters
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Laura has fallen in love with one particular catbird in her yard. Naturally, she's worried about it.
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 3: A New Hope
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Three months after the first Earth Day, Richard Nixon proposed charging the new Environmental Protection Agency with setting goals and standards regarding pesticides, clean air, and clean water, and it was soon given regulatory authority. Laura was as relieved and joyful as Princess Leia at the end of the first Star Wars movie.…
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections, Part 2: Pollution—A Way of Life
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Everyday life for most Americans in the 1950s and 60s involved a mind-boggling array of toxic chemicals.
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When a Stranger Knocks (A momentary diversion from more important matters)
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Laura takes a momentary break from an important environmental issue to reminisce about a tragicomedy in the 1990s.
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Crafting Invincible Environmental Protections Part 1: How Bad It Used to Be
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How did the nation come together to start the Environmental Protection Agency and pass the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts?
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When Blue Jays and chipmunks stash away food, some people call them greedy pigs. They're not.
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How can we possibly think we can communicate with non-human life forms from other galaxies when we can't communicate with intelligent carbon-based life forms right here on earth?
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Two weeks ago, I transported a crow from my neighborhood and a fawn with neurological damage from our local Wildwoods rehab facility to Wild & Free in Garrison, Minnesota. Now I'm unsettled wondering how the crow is doing.
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Even with minimal effort, my backyard habitat is pretty nice!
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Back in 1977, Laura made flashcards from the illustrations in her original Golden Guide. She still has them.
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This thrush with the ethereal, spiraling song keeps many secrets that scientists keep trying to tease out.
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Episode 49: Blending Intuition and Strategy with Candice Erickson
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Meet Candice Erickson: Candice's background is psychology, marketing and media. Studying social media marketing at Sydney University, Candice created one of Australia's first social media marketing agencies. It was done for you marketing services in 2008. Candice has been a presenter on major Australian TV networks Channel 7 & 9 while subsequently …
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Episode 48: The Power of Intentional Reality Creation in Entrepreneurship
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Your path is your path. Trust it and embrace the journey wholeheartedly. In this episode of Sales Self Talk, we'll discuss the powerful intersection of spirituality and business, and how harnessing this connection can empower entrepreneurs to achieve their goals in a more authentic and fulfilling way. ✨ Grab the free resource that will help you rep…
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Seeing ourselves as the one species at the pinnacle of evolution is as wrong-headed as seeing our planet at the center of the universe.
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To know them is to love them. But first, we have to be aware of them.
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Seeing or even hearing one of these rare birds is a matter of the “3 P’s”: Patience, Perseverance, and Providence.
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Episode 47: Aligning Your Brand with Your Authentic Self with Laura Hulleman
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Meet Laura Hulleman: Laura Hulleman, the creator of the Endotype Formula, Identity Aligned Brand system and hot of the Raving Coaches podcast. She is a powerful truth teller. Her superpower is helping people believe that being themselves in business is more than enough. Once a person is grounded in their identity, they can begin to operate from the…
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A Tale of Two Endangered Species: Bachman's and Kirtland's Warblers
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Two warblers were on the official Endangered Species List in 1973. Now they're both off the list, but for opposite reasons.
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Last Tuesday, Laura and her friend Bernie found a Wood Thrush at one of Laura's favorite birding spots in Duluth. She hopes it attracts, or already has, a mate. (The blogpost for the program is much longer and more fleshed out, with lots of photos.)
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Episode 46: How to Scale: Foundational Steps for Business Growth with Sarah Masci
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Meet Sarah Masci: Sarah Masci teaches overworked online service providers how to simplify their business with a sustainable VIP Day or Day Rate business model. Years of running a freelance design business, filled with scope creep, inconsistent timelines and overlapping client projects, eventually resulted in classic burnout– becoming the catalyst t…
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A cute little predator on the Endangered Species List for Wisconsin and Minnesota has been turning up here and there in both states this spring.
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On Saturday, Laura went to Ashland County, Wisconsin, to look at a very lost tropical falcon, a Crested Caracara.
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Episode 45: Designing Your Business Experience: The Rules are Made Up
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The rules you’ve been given in business - and life in general - are totally made up. Someone, somewhere made a rule that we just started to believe as fact. But there are people everywhere doing things unconventionally - and totally killing it. They play by their own rules. And so can you. And you can be insanely successful in doing so. --- ✨ Grab …
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BB's fine but somebody isn't.
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