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.
February 2021 shows
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December 2020 shows
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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
February 2020 shows
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December 2019 shows
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December 2018 shows
November 2018 shows
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July 2018 shows
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
November 2017 shows
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
July 2017 shows
June 2017 shows
May 2017 shows
April 2017 shows
March 2017 shows
February 2017 shows
January 2017 shows
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
September 2016 shows
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June 2016 shows
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April 2016 shows
March 2016 shows
February 2016 shows
January 2016 shows
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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