S2 Episode 11 - A History of Plant Collecting
If you’re reading this, you probably like plants! Well, you’re not alone – people have been bringing plants into their homes for ages. In this episode, Aly takes us through a brief history of plant pa...
24 Sep 46min
S2 Episode 10 - Can You Pepper-Spray an Angry Bird?
Plants have devised many chemical defenses to ward off trouble, but they don’t always work as intended. Some animals are immune to those defenses, and some strange species even seek them out for their...
10 Sep 52min
S2 Episode 9 - Grafting: When Two Become One
*There were some issues with the original upload of this episode. Those have been fixed! Sometimes, you can just tape two plants together and they’ll become one plant. How does that even work? Support...
27 Aug 52min
S2 Episode 8 - Australopithecus Salad: What Would Lucy Eat?
Last season, we had so much fun cooking up a Jurassic salad that we’re doing it again! Join Nora and Aly for another episode of speculative cooking (Cook-E!) as they plan out a salad for our hominin a...
13 Aug 45min
S2 Episode 7 – The Wood Wide Web
There’s a secret world beneath the soil, where networks of fungi connect plant roots to each other in a massive wood wide web. Just what sorts of materials and information are being transmitted throug...
30 Jul 51min
S2 Episode 6 - Alpine Plants: Beyond the Tree Line
In the high Arctic and high mountains, plants get tiny and tough! This episode, Nora and Aly gush over the incredible adaptations that allow plants to survive the wind, cold, and darkness beyond the t...
16 Jul 50min
S2 Episode 5 - Acacias!
Acacias are Aly’s favorite plants! What are they? Where are they? Why does Aly love them so much? And can Aly convince Nora to love them, too? Listen in and find out! We’re doing something new this se...
2 Jul 36min
