Boozy botany and the story of Marian Anderson

Nerdette

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

'Drunken Botanist' author Amy Stewart on the glorious tradition of turning plants into alcohol. Delicious homework from a winery sherpa and cider nerd. And we celebrate civil rights icon and opera singer Marian Anderson.

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0:13.6	I'm Greta Johnson. I'm Tricia Bobita and from
0:18.8	W be easy in Chicago this is nerd at.
0:21.6	Today it's all about booze.
0:24.0	We talked to pop science author Amy Stewart about the glorious human tradition of turning plants into alcohol.
0:30.0	When people come along and look at that plant and realize that they can
0:33.8	spawn a billion dollar industry with it, well that gets pretty interesting.
0:38.0	She also tells us which liquor cabinet contents were using totally wrong.
0:41.8	Then we meet some cider nerds and a winery Sherpa who gives us the most delicious
0:46.2	homework ever.
0:47.6	We also celebrate opera singer and civil rights icon Marion Anderson.
0:51.4	That and your nerd confessions on Nurdett.
0:53.2	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
0:55.7	Make it snappy, nerd!
0:58.8	Nards!
0:59.8	Nurd!
1:01.8	I'm Greta Johnson, I'm Tricia Bobita and you're listening to
1:06.6	Nurdette. I put Amy Stewart in the camp of other excellent nerds we've heard on
1:10.9	the show like Mary Roach.
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