Ep. 500 - 500?!

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It is hard to believe, but you are about to listen to the 500th episode of the In Defense of Plants Podcast. So much has happened over the nearly 10 years this podcast has been running, and none of it would be what it is today without YOU, the listener. So, in celebration of the big 5 0 0, the wonderful Sara Johnson turns the tables and sits down to ask Matt some questions about what it is like to do 500 episodes. This episode was produced in part by Sigma, Max, Richard, Maia, Rens, David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.4	Indefensiveplants.com.
0:06.0	What's up, everybody?
0:06.9	How are we doing today?
0:08.5	This is a special episode.
0:10.6	I am your special guest host of the day.
0:13.7	My name is Sarah Johnson, and I am here to interview Matt for a very special occasion,
0:19.2	the 500th episode of the In Defense of Plant podcast. Can you believe it?
0:24.6	Wow. Today we're going to be talking to Dr. Matt Kandias, who is the person who started in defensive
0:31.3	plants. And I'm really looking forward to spending some time talking about how you got here to the 500th episode.
0:39.8	So first, why don't we start off with a little introduction to who you are and what it is
0:44.8	that you do?
0:46.7	That is, I'm sorry to everyone I've ever put on the spot.
0:51.9	Thank you.
0:53.0	Thanks for doing this.
0:54.1	I appreciate you being willing to step in as guest host today i also
0:58.8	appreciate everyone listening for 500 episodes of this thing if you've been here since day one um yeah i'm
1:04.9	i'm matt as you mentioned i'm an ecologist by training with a strong focused in botany, really just plant interactions with the
1:12.8	rest of the world. And yeah, I just like to do this on the side. It's nice to talk to people,
1:19.0	geek out about plants, learn about plants where they fit in the world and how they benefit the
1:23.2	world. So in defense of plants, was and has always been my outlet for that.
1:35.1	I think that a lot of people probably know a little intro to you already, but, and you kind of just introduced it just now, but what was your motivation to start, mainly the blog,
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