A Society Grows Great

You clearly should know by this point that I think plants are cool. Listen in to a couple of the reasons why I think plants are cool.

Hey, it's really freaking cold. 

I learned today that I'm so old I'm probably going to have archaeologists hanging around soon. Listen to this, go watch Neature Walk, and I'm going to go take some Advil for my aching old man joints and watch reruns of MASH.

I promise I'll talk more about plant stuff soon. I promise. For now, though, here are some thoughts from my first day teaching my first lecture!

Life is....something right now. Wild? Crazy? Unpredictable? Finding a process that helps you find your center goes a long way to getting your brain right. For me, one of those processes is making a good cup of coffee!  This episode was inspired, in part, by a tweet from last week by The PhD Story.

If you're reading these show notes and/or listening to this podcast, you've made it through 2020 and to today. I know it's been hard and I know things look bleak sometimes, but making it through this year has proven you can do hard things. Keep striving and keep going. I love all you nerds, and can't wait to talk plants with you again next week!

Hey there, Magical Meat Skeleton! You should plant a tree! They're good for your health in SO many ways. Here's some good info on how to do the thing! https://texastreeplanting.tamu.edu/treeplantingtools.html 

This was an impromptu podcast recording with my son, Bradley, because I didn't have any other content ready to go. As always, he's a better podcaster than I am.

Purple is just a lie your brain tells you about the universe. Let's talk about that and why Red Onions are actually "purple." A special thanks to Steve Mould (@MouldS) for his excellent video about color mixing  and John Seymour (@John_TheMathGuy) for this brilliant blog post about the linguistic evolution of colors!

Hey, here's a surprise bonus episode that I'm cross-posting with my other podcast Planthropology! It's a thank you for all the support this year, information about a giveaway that I'll be starting tomorrow, and a plug for the Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends annual charity battle! Wild Green Future: https://www.wildgreenfuture.org/ Wild Green Memes Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WildGreenMemesForEcologicalFiends