
Jessica Hunt
Weekend Edition HostIn addition to hosting Weekend Edition (and occasionally Morning Edition or other programs), Jessica produces Something Wild and Check This Out.
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The elusive yet bold spruce grouse is a little-known N.H. inhabitant that relies on forests that are specifically adapted to colder temperatures.
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Turkeys depend on backyard bird feeders in winter, so it's a good place to start counting flocks to figure out how many wild turkeys are wandering the state.
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It may not seem like it, but the days are slowly lengthening, and there are other bright spots in a cold and windy landscape.
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The weather in New Hampshire’s White Mountains has, over millennia, created forests that are specifically suited to extreme weather conditions.
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An adaptation allows broad-leaved evergreens like rhododendrons to thrive in the doubly-challenging conditions of damp soil and freezing temperatures.
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We see beaver dams in waterways all over the state, but what's going on under all the sticks and mud of a beaver lodge?
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Dave Anderson talks with Ethan Tapper, forester and author of "How to Love a Forest," who says the actions we must take to protect forest ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable and even bittersweet.
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We talk with Scott Weidensaul, author and renowned bird migration researcher, about what he calls "the golden age of ornithology."
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Something Wild visits an accessible boardwalk over a salt marsh in our series celebrating access for all to our state's natural beauty.
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Discover a new author on the third season of Check This Out, a 10-part series featuring host Rachel Barenbaum in conversation with emerging and diverse writers about their latest work.