416: Plant Folklore (with Dr. Vikram Baliga, The Plant Professor)

Spirits

Multitude

Myths, Folklore, Society & Culture, Alcohol, Legends, Learning, Urbanlegends, Mythology, Comedy, History, Education, Gods, Educational, Drunkhistory

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Trees of life, magical trees, immortal trees! We’re joined by horticulture expert and podcast extraordinaire, Dr. Vikram Baliga, as he walks us through the fascinating world of plants and their importance in mythology and folklore!

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, car accidents, colonialism, and misogyny.

Guest

Dr. Vikram Baliga is a Horticulture Lecturer at Texas Tech University. He hosts the Planthropology podcast, where he interviews amazing people from the world of botany, and has a popular account on TikTok called ThePlantProf. He is also the author of Plants to the Rescue!

Panelists Discussed:

- Discussant- Luhui Whitebear (Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Indigenous Studies; Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, Oregon State University)

- Panelist- Chance White Eyes (Director of Tribal Relations; Oneida of Wisconsin; Oregon State University)

- Panelist- Renea Perry (Executive Director, Portland All Nations Canoe Family)

- Panelist- Modesta Minthorn (Executive Director of Tribal Relations, Portland State University)

- Panelist- Kenwanicahee Kravitz (Native Nations Liaison; Pit River and Wintu; Southern Oregon University)

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Transcript

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0:08.0	Bhop Welcome to Spirits podcast to boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:33.1	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:37.0	I'm Amanda and I'm
0:38.2	Julia and today we are joined by Dr. Vikram Beliga. Vikram, welcome to the show. Thank you so
0:44.4	much. Will you tell folks who you are and what you do? Yeah, thanks for having me. And I just,
0:48.5	I have to say before we get into this that I'm a longtime listener. Spirits was one of the first pod. I was sort of a late adoptertime listener. Spirits was one of the first pod.
0:54.8	I was sort of a late adopter to podcasts, and Spirits was one of the first ones I discovered.
0:59.2	So I've been listening to y'all for like years, and I was so excited to get to be a part of it.
1:03.9	So thanks for having me.
1:05.1	It's 10 in the morning.
1:06.1	I'm going to start crying immediately.
1:07.6	Don't do this to me.
1:08.6	Don't do this to me. Don't do this to be. Our pleasure and a podcaster
1:11.3	yourself at the Panthropology pod. Yes, yeah. So I'm a podcaster, I guess on my professional,
1:17.5	whatever that actually means side. I'm a horticulture professor at Texas Tech University.
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