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New York Botanical Garden
Plant People
Plant People explores the ways our relationships with plants are tied to current environmental issues, and how art and culture reflect our connection to the ecosystems we rely on to thrive. Through lively stories and conversations with scientists, gardeners, artists, and experts, join the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) for deep dives into everything from food systems and horticulture to botanical breakthroughs in the lab and the field, and the many ways our daily lives are sustained by plants. Then stay for discussions on how we can return the...
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4.6 stars from 105 ratings
Great podcast for the curious
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“Absolutely love this podcast and the variety of things it teaches about. The topics dive into all aspects of plants, and how they are important to the environment and our health in a variety of ways. They host a variety of interesting and informative guests, and it’s always an informative and...”Read full review »
Rita Pierson via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/26/24
Fire country
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“I enjoyed hearing the topic of indigenous relationships with fire in the landscape. Native peoples certainly took advantage of fire such as the wild blueberry industry. But the story doesn’t go back far enough. Native peoples did not somehow invent the use of fires. In my home state of Alaska,...”Read full review »
Pxx23 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/18/24
Growing My Inner Plant Person
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“Wildly fascinating and informative! I loved all the interesting fact filled easy flowing banter. Fossilized plant pollen?! Unreal! I loved this debut episode and am ready for more! Kudos to the amazing Jen Bernstien and her team at the NYBG. Thanks for helping to bring out my inner plant person!”
LuluBaggins via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/31/24
Recent Episodes
In our final episode of the season, we sit down with Merlin Sheldrake, biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, to talk fungi. Mushrooms are a culinary sensation, but they’re also lifeforms that we’re still trying to understand....
Published 09/23/24
Published 09/23/24
In this week’s episode, we’re joined by renowned culinary historian, author, and NYBG Trustee Dr. Jessica B. Harris, curator of the African American Garden at NYBG. Over the last three years, this important collection has used plants to tell the stories of migration, dispossession, and...
Published 09/09/24
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