What's up, up, Fungal Associates? This is Alex. Sans Casey today, but you know what? It's a good day because we have a brand new episode of completely arbitrary

Seed Pod where we interview fabulous people in the tree or nature or science

realm. And guess what? We've got a big one today. This is Ali Ward. I know Ali is the host of

ologies. She has many other accolades and jobs. I feel like she has 17 jobs.

Ali is just one of the most I feel like she has 17 jobs.

Allie is just one of the most fabulously kind and funny and smart people that I've ever met.

We're big fans of her.

She, as she will tell you this episode, is a big fan of us, which is mind-boggling.

We had a lot of fun talking to her. It was a lovely chat, and now it is yours.

So we hope you enjoy it.

So right after the quick ad break here, we will be chatting with Ali Ward,

podcaster Extraordinair.

We hope everybody's doing good out there and hey we'll see

you next time. Please enjoy Ali Ward.

Hey, everybody, it's Alex, and I've got a question for you. Do you want to learn a new language?

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It's a science-backed language learning app that gets you chat and how does it do that it focuses on

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