The biggest black market you've never heard of might be blooming right under your nose.

This plant could sell for between 10 and 15 thousand dollars on the open market.

And where there's big money, there are bigger risks.

We would just tie up these big M16s stuck to our heads.

I'm Summer Rain Oaks. I'm a plant expert and author.

On the Bad Seeds podcast, we explore why your favorite house plants might have a criminal record.

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Hey Daniel, have you been keeping up with the science news headlines?

Uh oh, what does that mean?

What do you mean? Uh oh.

I'm guessing there was some new clickbait article about how scientists made bananas go faster than

light or something crazy.

They have?

You eat them faster than light, but that's not news.

Well, they are kind of slippery.

But are you saying that we shouldn't trust science headlines?

You think it's big news?

Well, you know, sometimes the headlines don't reflect within the article,

and sometimes the news articles doesn't reflect the actual research that's been done.

And sometimes the research itself, it's questionable.

Uh oh, you're saying even peer-reviewed papers can be wrong?

What can we trust then?

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