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Random Nature
I'm Christy Hyman and I am a geographer who loves birds and the outdoors. I talk to academics about how they view nature and how much or how little they embrace it into their lives.
Random Nature
Latest Episodes
A Pedestrian Birder's Close Call- THE CAR TOOK FLIGHT
In this bonus episode, Christy is on her usual 45-minute walk to her favorite village coffee house when a car goes airborne right in front of her and disappears into a ravine— the motorist, his dog and all. She reflects on the cascade of fears ...
GenX, Church, and Academia (and two pollinators) with Professor Ed J. Blum
What does it mean to grow up saved—and then spend your career studying how race, religion, and power have always been tangled together in the west? Christy sits down with Ed J. Blum, historian of Ideas, to find out. From his evangelical upbring...
Gardening in the Fingerlakes Region
In this episode, Christy checks in with a spring update from the Finger Lakes region of New York, where she'll be based full-time after permanently wrapping up a professional affiliation in North Carolina. She covers the famously unforgiving To...
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My son's 20th Birthday in Heaven- Some raw truths on Grief
March 11, 2026. My son's 20th Birthday. A turning that took place in Heaven.
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Common Grackle Operated a Soda Dispenser inside Howard University Cafeteria
Common Grackle Operated a Soda Dispenser in Howard University Cafeteria.You read that right.In this episode of Random Nature, Christy challenges conventional wisdom about avian behavior. What happens when birds don't follow the ru...
