Planthropology

Send us Fan Mail **************************************************** I'm super excited to announce our partnership with Forest Proud! Forest Proud is a non-profit organization supporting forest-based climate solutions. Their mission is to build awareness and support for keeping forests as forests to fight climate change. Forest Proud believes: Forests provide powerful climate solutions. Fore...

Send us Fan Mail The final project for the introductory horticulture class I teach is to create a science communication piece about something we discussed in the class. They can choose to make a short podcast episode, a YouTube video, a TikTok, or write a paper. One of my students asked if he could be a guest on Planthropology as his project. I thought about it a while and decided it would be a fu...

Send us Fan Mail You've got questions, I have answers and a rant about bananas and cucumbers! Let's jump into the April 2022 Q&A! **************************************************** I'm super excited to announce our partnership with Forest Proud! Forest Proud is a non-profit organization supporting forest-based climate solutions. Their mission is to build awareness and support...

Send us Fan Mail It's spring! Ok, it's been spring for a little while, but in my part of the world the fruit trees are just finishing up blooming and starting to set fruits! Let's talk today, in episode 4 of Tree Talk, about the benefits of fruit trees, important considerations when planting them, and and spring tips to make them more successful! ************************************...

Send us Fan Mail I'm not sure if you know this, but I think plants are pretty cool. My guest for today's episode, Dr. Chris Martine, thinks Plants Are Cool Too! Chris is a Professor of Plant Genetics and Research, Associate Department Chair of Biology, and Director of the Manning Herbarium at Bucknell University. He's also a science communicator, musician, past (and present?) actor,...

Send us Fan Mail What's up, y'all! Sorry I've been a little absent lately. My life got super busy for a few minutes and I needed a couple of weeks to reboot. New full episodes start up again next week, but check this quick update out to learn more about Podchaser's #Reviews4Good campaign. Podchaser is donating 25 cents to World Central Kitchen (supporting Ukrainian refugees) fo...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the March 2022 Q&A episode! If you have questions you'd like answered in future months, send them my way! **************************************************** I'm super excited to announce our partnership with Forest Proud! Forest Proud is a non-profit organization supporting forest-based climate solutions. Their mission is to build awareness and s...

Send us Fan Mail Trees and forests are incredibly important in our lives. From the natural landscape to the ones we manufacture for ourselves, forests provide food, habitat, shade, recreation, and powerful climate solutions. Today's guest, Rae Tamblyn ( @GuessingAtGreen ) is the Director of Partner Experience at #ForestProud. Her background in sociology and anti-poverty along with her love fo...

Send us Fan Mail Bradford Pear trees suck. You know, it know, and most importantly today's guest Dr. Dave Coyle knows it. Dave is an Assistant Professor of Forest Health and Invasive Species at Clemson University and is an expert on all things tree and insect. We discussed past diseases and insects that have had huge negatuve impacts on tree populations, invasive species, life in academia, th...

Send us Fan Mail The Pokemon franchise has a long history of coming up with some really ~wild~ grass-type creatures. With the recent release of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, this is the perfect time to dive into some of their designs and origins. Luckily, my dear friend Ellen Weatherford is an animal and Pokemon aficionado and was kind enough to come chat with me! Ellen is the host of the wildly popula...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for me to answer your burning plant questions! I picked 6 questions from the couple dozen I was sent and I'm going to talk about them today in our very first monthly Q&A! If you'd like me to answer one of your questions and give you a shoutout on the show, send your queries my way on social media or at the email address below! *************************...

Send us Fan Mail Our climate is changing. While there are those who would certainly deny it, the facts and evidence are clear that we've had a profound impact on our global ecosystem. Let's talk today about a few of the ways climate change is affecting tree growth, development, and survival. **************************************************** As always, thanks so much for listening! Sub...

Send us Fan Mail Y'all, what happened to all the chestnut trees? They were here, then they went away, and it was really sad. Could it happen again? Should we fear the shrimp invasion? Why is writing SO HARD? Find out all these things and more in today's amazing episode with PhD Student and Graduate Researcher, Emily Dobry! We talked about plant pathology, invasive species, living live as...

Send us Fan Mail Ok look, I don't know what to say about this one other than that the plant buy/sell/trade market right now is ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS and that monsteras are really not that cool. Enjoy!  **************************************************** As always, thanks so much for listening! Subscribe, rate, and review Planthropology on your favorite podcast app. It really helps the show ke...

Send us Fan Mail Ok, we established in Tree Talk Part 1 (check it out here ) that trees aren't real. If they WERE, hypothetically of course, it would be cool to know where they came from, right?  Let's hang out talk about the evolutionary history and life cycle of trees! It's going to be great! **************************************************** As always, thanks so much for listen...

Send us Fan Mail Y'all, I'm SO excited about today's episode. My guest and I have been Twitter and podcast friends for quite a while now and I was completely thrilled at the opportunity to finally get to talk with her. Elana Gloger is a PhD candidate in psychoimmunology, host of the incredible Dear Grad Student podcast, and one of my very favorite people. She's kind, passionate...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Winter Solstice 2021, Plant People! The Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year and the start of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Let's celebrate together with a replay of a fan favorite episode from last year, Plants of the Winter Solstice. Also, be sure to check out the new Buy Me a Coffee page and Planthropology Rebubble store at the links below...

Send us Fan Mail What's up Plant People? Paige Boyle is back! Last time she was on the podcast (go listen here), we talked turfgrass science, being a woman in a STEM field, protecting your time, and a lot more! Today we touched on a few of those things again, but really dove into her research and how it relates to making the home lawn more resilient and diverse, as well as the psychology of l...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the 2021 Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends charity battle! Check out this quick update about last year's results, this year's charity partners, and reasons why you should help revive the Botanical Bunch! Wild Green Memes Links TikTok Facebook Twitter Instagram Wild Green Future Website Wild Green Charity Battle ************************************...

Send us Fan Mail What's up Plant People??? Today's the first episode of my new, monthly Tree Talk series! Over the next year, we'll go through the life of a tree, from seed to industry to folklore and everything in between. We'll start off with a discussion on whether or not trees are even real. It should be fun! Be sure to check out the links below for some of the source mater...

Send us Fan Mail What's up, Plant People? You wanted another episode about tea and you know it! When Abby Morrison, a crowd favorite from wayyyy back in episode 17, heard my recent episode ranking teas, she told me that tea was one of her very favorite things! I asked her if she'd be interested in doing a deep dive into tea with me and she graciously agreed. We talk tea production, diffe...

Send us Fan Mail  What's up, Plant People? I don't know about you, but since I was a kid I looked at the Encyclopedia Britannica as THE source for knowledge. Curated for more than 250 years, Britannica has aggregated, vetted, and distributed information across a wide variety of fields. Imagine my glee when I found someone out there on the Twitterverse who literally EDITS the Britannica!...

Send us Fan Mail   ****************************************************** As always, thanks so much for listening! Subscribe, rate, and review Planthropology on your favorite podcast app. It really helps the show keep growing and reaching more people! Also, check out Planthropology on our website and various social media pages, all listed below. As an added bonus, if you review Planthropology on A...

Send us Fan Mail What's up plant people??? Today's episode is the last installment of the Plants in World Traditions monthly series I've been running for the past year! I talked about spooky (and spooky-adjacent) plant traditions around the world like Jack-o-Lanterns, Dia de los Muertos flowers, haunted forests, and more! This has been such a fun series, and I hope you enjoy this fi...

Send us Fan Mail What's up plant people? I've been so excited for this episode, I don't even have the right words to express it. Gabrielle Cerberville, known widely as the Chaotic Forager, is one of my favorite TikTokers and such a delight of a human being. She's a master's student in Music Composition who masterfully and creatively merges her love of music and nature into...