Stories Plantarum

Episodes

1. 7

   Ep. 7: Stories Of The Solstice

   This episode details the fascinating history of many of the plants associated with Christmastime and the winter solstice. Have a happy new year! Link to transcript: https://community.plantae.org/path/5355984225331840491 Link to Caga Tio video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18kwRheh9Y Follow…

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   Jan 1, 2020

   38m
2. 6

   Ep. 6: Saving The Forest Through The Trees

   This episode focuses on the heroic conservation story in Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, the real-life tree that may have inspired Truffula Trees, and a real-life environmental and human rights activist Wangari Maathai, who created a movement that to this day, has planted millions of trees. Link to...

   Dec 9, 2019

   26m
3. 5

   Ep. 5: Upside Down And Underground

   This episode gets down to the roots of an interdimensional monster with floral fangs and a real-life parasitic plant that looks just as ferocious. Featuring the Demogorgon from Stranger Things and Hydnora africana. Transcripts can be found here:...

   Oct 14, 2019

   23m
4. 4

   Ep. 4: Deadly Dreams

   In this episode, we get down to business with two plants that could be a sweet dream or a beautiful (or terrifying) nightmare. Featuring DC Comic's Black Mercy and Datura.

   Aug 27, 2019

   16m
5. 3

   Ep. 3: Hidden Giants

   This week's episode is about an island that walks like a man and the largest organism by mass on the planet.

   Aug 1, 2019

   9m
6. 2

   Ep. 2: Tall wood, Old wood, Redwood, Gold wood

   This week's episode is all about a tree from Middle Earth whose tallest branches support an Elvish city and a real-life tree that supports a diverse community of organisms hundreds of feet from the ground.

   Jul 24, 2019

   9m
7. 1

   Ep. 1: Vampire Vines

   Welcome to the first episode of Stories Plantarum. Today we talk about an invasive plant from Mars and a real-life plant that that should strike fear in stems all across the plant kingdom.

   Jul 16, 2019

   10m