Because Nature Tells Me So
Observations about nature in the Philadelphia countryside.
Susan Charkes
Show overview
Because Nature Tells Me So has been publishing since 2005, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 29 episodes. That works out to roughly 2 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 4 min and 5 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Science & Medicine show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 16 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2006, with 14 episodes published. Published by Susan Charkes.
From the publisher
Observations about nature in the Philadelphia countryside
Latest Episodes
View all 29 episodes01 May 2010 Episode
"Preface": Excerpt from AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia.
29 Jan 2010 Episode
"Winter Paths": "Nature's Way" essay on paths of possibility.
23 Aug 2009 Episode
"Song of the Woods": "Nature's Way" essay on an invisible singer.
25 Sep 2008 Episode
"Message Sent; Message Received": "Nature's Way" essay on communications devices.
23 May 2008 Episode
"Dawnsong and Sundance": "Nature's Way" essay on the coming of the light.
25 Nov 2007 Episode
"Fruit on the Floor": "Nature's Way" essay on when the time is ripe.
24 Sept 2007 Episode
"E Pluribus Unum": "Nature's Way" essay on the many languages of mint.
26 July 2007 Episode
"I Know Where the Bees Went": "Nature's Way" essay on flower power.
19 June 2007 Episode
"To See the World in a Grain of Pollen": "Nature's Way" essay about the madness of trees.
14 May 2007 Episode
"Nothing Doing: Great Blue Herons at Quakertown Swamp." "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the virtues of sitting.
15 April 2007 Episode
"Snowfates": "Nature's Way" essay about falling snowflakes.
04 March 2007 Episode
"Night and Day": "Nature's Way" essay about the well-dressed moon.
25 February 2007 Episode
"Frozen Time": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a waterfall in winter.
17 January 2007 Episode
A View From the Bridge" - "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a bridge that people can't help but stop in the middle of.
21 December 2006 Episode
"Perchance to Dream" - "Nature's Way" essay about a sleeping goldenrod gall fly larva.
26 Nov 2006 Episode
"The Manderfield Preserve" -"The Nature of Bucks" essay about an autumn woods walk.
09 Nov 2006 Episode
"Now Playing - The Chimney Swifts": "Nature's Way" essay on migrating swifts at the movies.
17 Sept 2006 episode
"Giving Pond Recreation Area": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on a paddlers' haven.
23 July 2006 Episode
"Into the Damp": "Nature's Way" essay on salamanders under rocks.
02 Sept 2006 Episode
"Meadow and Woods at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve": "The Nature of Bucks" essay on the yin and yang of summer.