About this episode

The episode discusses the disease that wiped out the American Chestnut and its implications during the holiday season.

In this episode of Alternate Hosts Ed is Joined once again by Dr. Madeline Henrickson to interview Dr. Danielle Mikolajewski, post-doctoral candidate at University of Florida. In order to get you into the holiday spirit they discuss the disease that whipped out the American Chestnut and left us all wondering what chestnuts roasting on an open fire may have been like. Thanks for listening and Happy Holidays! Transcript

People in this episode

Host: Ed Zaworski

Guests: Dr. Madeline Henrickson, Dr. Danielle Mikolajewski

Topics covered

• American Chestnut
• disease
• holiday spirit
• interview
• post-doctoral research

Keywords

• American Chestnut
• disease
• holiday spirit
• interview
• post-doctoral candidate
• University of Florida
• chestnuts roasting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Florida

Books & works: Alternate Hosts

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