Plant Folklore w/ Dr. Vikram Baliga, The Plant Professor
Spirits
Multitude
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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- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin
- Editor: Bren Frederick
- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod
- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman
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About Us
Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to Spirits podcast to boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:33.2 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a news 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. |
| 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. |
| 1:08.7 | Don't do this to me. Don't do this to be. Our pleasure and a podcaster |
| 1:11.4 | yourself at the Plantthropology Pod. Yes, yes. I'm a podcaster, I guess on my professional, |
| 1:17.0 | whatever that actually means side. I'm a horticulture professor at Texas Tech University. |
| 1:23.7 | I am recently an assistant dean of outreach and engagement. |
| 1:29.3 | I don't really honestly even know what that means, but we're figuring it out. |
| 1:32.3 | We're game planning it, workshopping it as we go. |
| 1:35.3 | But I do a lot of outreach. |
| 1:36.3 | I work in the community. |
| 1:38.3 | I talk about plants most of the time. |
| 1:40.3 | I do a lot of social media stuff. |
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