Propagated Podcast

After a much needed season break through a difficult time, we’re back and back to our roots with a little bit of boozy plants! Daniel talks about some fascinating findings about staghorn fern communication and distribution of labor, which you can read on our website at propagatedpodcast.com Frankie then takes us on a dinner party with aperitifs and digestifs, and goes into detail about Fernet Branca. Daniel tells us all about moonshine and the plants that make it. This Episode was lovingly edited by Stephen Garcia aka TheBadDM. Find his on twitter @TheBadDM or send him an email at stephen(at sign here)thebaddm.com

This week we talk about some fun weeds! Frankie starts out talking about a cool article titled Genetics Discovery Reveals How Legumes Give Oxygen to Symbiotic Bacteria in Their Roots which you can find on our website. Then our hosts discuss what makes a weed. Daniel talks about Mullein and Pokeweed, and Frankie talks about Yarrow and Goatheads aka Bindii. Enjoy and eat your weeds!!

We continue our tree lore! Daniel shares an article about the stats that trees make people happier. Frankie then talks about Yggdrasil the World Tree and the many trees of life, and Daniel talks about the most popular cryptid, bigfoot. Check out our website propagatedpodcast.com for more information and links!

Daniel and Frankie talk about something a little lighter in this episode: the weirdo plants of nature. Daniel talks about an article where $1.2 million dollars worth of rare, stolen cactuses were confiscated and returned to Chile (you can find the link on our website at propagatedpodcast.com). Then they talk about some strange plants in the plant kingdom including rafflesia, palicourea elata, dodder, faciation aka cresting, coxcomb, Cynomorium coccineum, monotropa uniflora, Welwitschia mirabilis, Dracula woolwardiae, protea, artichokes, Nepenthes hemsleyana, and seed pods. Check out our website or our instagram to see these weirdos!

It's here, it's here! Our much anticipated, long awaited episode on lawns and lawn culture. Daniel shares an awesome article about fertilizer made from beer byproduct and manure, and then we talk history, impact, and solutions, as well as HOAs, golf, lawn bowling, and xeriscaping. Head over to our website propagatedpodcast.com for our research articles and personal resources.