The Prairie Monk Sunday 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hosted by Dave Monk, the Prairie Monk. The show features notes and anecdotes on natural history, your local physical and cultural landscape, far-away places, folk resources, and resource folks. Learn more about the Prairie Monk's work on his website prairiemonk.org
Shows are archived in mp3 format at 192kbps for fast downloads.
January 2023 shows
- January 08, 2023 The Prairie Monk closeout + Monk's edu/ERES history 19971228
- January 01, 2023 (an encore presntation of last week's show) - PMonk 19971221 & PMonk 20170625: The Southern Tea Rooms/apts + PMonk 20051225: Train home from boarding school
December 2022 shows
- December 25, 2022 PMonk 19971221 & PMonk 20170625: The Southern Tea Rooms/apts + PMonk 20051225: Train home from boarding school
- December 18, 2022 The Prairie Monk in memoriam 2022 pt. 3: Archiving and gratitude
- December 11, 2022 The Prairie Monk in memoriam 2022 pt. 2 (ws) + Monk on icons and leadership (PMonk 2008-2009)
- December 04, 2022 The Prairie Monk in memoriam 2022 pt. 1 (ws) + PMonk 19921101 Prairies in south Champaign County IL
November 2022 shows
- November 27, 2022 PMonk 20021124 + 20071125 Australian harvest & old roads / droving and driving
- November 20, 2022 PMonk 20090607 Prairie plot planting + St. Boniface Bondville + Monticello road cut
- November 13, 2022 PMonk 20081019 Elevator Wood Staley
- November 06, 2022 PMonk 199311 Bud Baker & Pat Miller - Illinois Heritage Association
October 2022 shows
- October 30, 2022 PMonk 20001029 White Heath + Bees
- October 23, 2022 PMonk 20081012 Elevator anatomy
- October 16, 2022 PMonk 199510 Don Kurtz "South of the Big Four" (pt. 2) w/Bill Goran
- October 09, 2022 PMonk 199510 Don Kurtz on his novel "South of the Big Four" (pt. 1)
- October 02, 2022 PMonk 20130519 Marilyn's visit + formation skydiving
September 2022 shows
- September 25, 2022 PMonk 19990821: Engineering as an art + Bike trail maps + Salvage
- September 18, 2022 Work In Progress 19980920 + PMonk 19980927: Windsor Rd + Chancellor's ex-prairie + Kewanee
- September 11, 2022 PMonk 20110612 Pollinatorium Prairie Tour Loop + Kids Urban Nature Art Camp
- September 04, 2022 PMonk 19990328 Last Oakwood train engr mem + Jason Lindsey + fire
August 2022 shows
- August 28, 2022 PMonk 20020825 Refridgerators + water use + notes from Dave's Australia family
- August 21, 2022 PMonk 20050508 Monk's rail-trail work + Morton Arboretum
- August 14, 2022 - Dave Monk tribute show with Kathy & Glenn Martin. They wrote the recent article in the News-Gazette "We will not see another like David Monk"
- August 07, 2022 - Dave Monk tribute show with live music provided by The Prairie Dogs and John "Catfish" Evans
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March 2020 shows
- March 29, 2020 - This week's program is a encore presentation of a Sep 2019 program.
- March 22, 2020
- March 15, 2020
- March 08, 2020
- March 01, 2020
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December 2018 shows
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June 2018 shows
- June 24, 2018
- June 17, 2018
- June 10, 2018
- June 3, 2018 - Memorial Day/End of the Pocket Prairie
May 2018 shows
- May 27, 2018 - Trails across E Central IL
- May 20, 2018 - Moving the Pocket Prairie
- May 13, 2018 - Birding
- May 6, 2018 - Boehmer & the Pope Prairie
April 2018 shows
- April 29, 2018 - Solar Farms
- April 22, 2018 - Sangamon Valley
- April 15, 2018 - Common Ground Food Co-op
- April 8, 2018 - Potpourri
- April 1, 2018 - Catching Up
March 2018 shows
- March 25, 2018 - Heartland Pathways Trail
- March 18, 2018 - Ecological History
- March 11, 2018 - Regional Planning
- March 4, 2018 - Prairie State Conservation Coalition
February 2018 shows
- February 25, 2018 - Pope Prairie
- February 18, 2018 - Wide rail trails
- February 11, 2018 - Camera Club
- February 4, 2018 - Vital Lands Project
January 2018 shows
- January 28, 2018 - IL Natural History structure
- January 21, 2018 - Pocket Prairie RIP
- January 14, 2018 - Neil Street/IL Nature Preserves Commission
- January 7, 2018 - Monticello Railroad Museum
December 2017 shows
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October 2017 shows
- October 29, 2017
- October 22, 2017
- October 15, 2017 - Functional Re-use
- October 8, 2017 - Roadside Prairie
- October 1, 2017 - Hefner Solar Farm Re-railing
September 2017 shows
- September 24, 2017 - Remembering Geoff Monk
- September 17, 2017 - Talking with Susan Taylor and Cope Cumpston
- September 10, 2017 - A day in the life of a prairie
- September 03, 2017 - Talking To Jack Paxton
August 2017 shows
- August 27, 2017 - Opening of the Kickapoo Rail Trail
- August 20, 2017 (starts about 1:40 in)
- August 13, 2017
- August 06, 2017
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December 2016 shows
- December 25, 2016 - Christmas in Australia
- December 18, 2016 - Naturalists
- December 11, 2016 - Pine Barrens redux/li>
- December 04, 2016 - Prairie Winds trail loss
November 2016 shows
- November 27, 2016 - Thanksgiving, pine barrens
- November 20, 2016 - Sheep and horses
- November 13, 2016 - Natural area stewardship
- November 06, 2016 - Folk & Roots Festival, Katy Trail
October 2016 shows
- October 30, 2016 - Halloween and societal collapse
- October 23, 2016 - Railroad engineers and pumpkins
- October 16, 2016 - Steve Showmaker Memories and working with the 4H
- October 09, 2016- Olive trees and IDOT
- October 02, 2016- Joan Colebrook's Australia memoir
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Archives of additional 2015 Prairie Monk Shows
The Prairie Monk shows are also recorded by our friends at UP TV6 (Urbana Public TV) and uploaded to YouTube.
Here's YouTube's playlist of The Prairie Monk shows.
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