EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 6 MIN
What's the Eldest Living Creature?
from Be Smart. · host Joe Hanson
Big thank you to Rachel for lending her voice and photos to this episode! Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub "The Oldest Living Things In The World" by Rachel Sussman: Amazon: http://amzn.to/1uZ6wJp Public Library: http://bit.ly/1s2gCnb Species featured in this video: Bristlecone pine: http://bit.ly/1o3zW4p Baobab: http://bit.ly/1qJo6ul Pando: http://bit.ly/1tLlRLU Map lichens: http://bit.ly/WVgoFh Yucca: http://bit.ly/1uZ71my Creosote: http://bit.ly/1xUZrpj Llareta: http://bit.ly/1ANGYPC Black coral: http://bit.ly/1zLWn1s Barrel sponge: http://bit.ly/1opvDjb Posidonia sea grass: http://bit.ly/UVoN9u Pond cypress: http://bit.ly/1okVPY6 "Old Tjikko" spruce: http://bit.ly/1s30eq7 Stromatolites: http://bit.ly/1pyymXs Siberian Actinobacteria: http://bit.ly/1xUZ5yR Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer Editing/Motion Graphics - Andrew Matthews Gaffer - John Knudsen Theme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Stock images via Shutterstock Produced for PBS Digital Studios Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are © Rachel Sussman, used with permission ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Big thank you to Rachel for lending her voice and photos to this episode! Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub "The Oldest Living Things In The World" by Rachel Sussman: Amazon: http://amzn.to/1uZ6wJp Public Library: http://bit.ly/1s2gCnb Species featured in this video: Bristlecone pine: http://bit.ly/1o3zW4p Baobab: http://bit.ly/1qJo6ul Pando: http://bit.ly/1tLlRLU Map lichens: http://bit.ly/WVgoFh Yucca: http://bit.ly/1uZ71my Creosote: http://bit.ly/1xUZrpj Llareta: http://bit.ly/1ANGYPC Black coral: http://bit.ly/1zLWn1s Barrel sponge: http://bit.ly/1opvDjb Posidonia sea grass: http://bit.ly/UVoN9u Pond cypress: http://bit.ly/1okVPY6 "Old Tjikko" spruce: http://bit.ly/1s30eq7 Stromatolites: http://bit.ly/1pyymXs Siberian Actinobacteria: http://bit.ly/1xUZ5yR Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer Editing/Motion Graphics - Andrew Matthews Gaffer - John Knudsen Theme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod Stock images via Shutterstock Produced for PBS Digital Studios Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are © Rachel Sussman, used with permission ----------- Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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