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Joseph Banks: The Endeavour Sets Sail (Part 2)
Episode 125
What happened when Joseph Banks finally put to sea - and discovery left the comfort of gardens behind? How would a voyage meant to advance science co…
2 months, 1 week ago
Joseph Banks: Weeds Over Greek (Part 1)
Episode 124
Who was Joseph Banks before he became the most powerful botanist in the British Empire? How did a wealthy, restless young man turn a childhood fascin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Swiss War on Fruit Trees
Episode 123
Once, Switzerland was a land of pears.
When we picture the Swiss countryside today, we imagine tidy fields, precision farming, and alpine order. But n…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What Will History Remember: 2020s [so far] in Review (Livestream)
Episode 122
As 2025 draws to a close, we also reach the midpoint of the decade. Looking back on an eventful first half of the 2020s, we’re left with a big questi…
3 months ago
The Three Wise Men
Episode 121
What do gold, frankincense, and myrrh really tell us about the world into which Jesus was born? Who were the Magi - kings, mystics, scientists, or tr…
3 months, 1 week ago
The History of Figs
Episode 120
From incestuous wasps and prehistoric forests to sacred enlightenment, revolutionary resistance, and a certain square-shaped snack aisle icon - what …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Space Films, Produce and History (Livestream)
Episode 119
"They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So technically, I colonized Mars. In your face , Neil Armstrong!"
As Mark W…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Artichoke King
Episode 118
What does a thorny Mediterranean thistle have to do with the American Mafia? How did a humble vegetable — adored by Romans, cultivated by Renaissance…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Guano Wars: When Poop Became Power
Episode 117
What if the most valuable substance on Earth wasn’t gold, or oil, or diamonds… but bird droppings?
In the mid-19th century, guano—yes, seabird excreme…
4 months ago
Produce in Space: The Story of Intergalactic Agriculture
Episode 116
What happens when humanity takes its most basic need - food - beyond Earth’s atmosphere? From John Glenn’s applesauce tubes to the first lettuce grow…
4 months, 1 week ago