Leaf it to Us - Pilot Episode

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Enjoy this special preview of the upcoming podcast Leaf it to Us, hosted by Nora Spurling and Dr. Aly Baumgartner. In this pilot episode, they discuss the fascinating phenomenon of sex-changing trees! The first season of Leaf it to Us is in the works, and we’re excited to hear your feedback for this pilot episode. Please reach out to us and let us know what you think! You can contact us and find more from Common Descent here: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “Late Bloomer” by Devours. Find more from Devours at http://devours.bandcamp.com

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0:00.0	You're listening to Leave It to Us.
0:10.9	Hello, Allie.
0:12.3	Hello, Nora.
0:14.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the very first episode of Leave It to Us, where we bring plants
0:19.6	out of the background and talk about this fascinating
0:21.6	group that's so essential to us as humans.
0:24.6	We are a descendant of the Common Descent Podcast.
0:27.6	We decided that they don't talk enough about plants, so we have branched off and said,
0:31.6	leaf it to us.
0:33.6	Womp-womp.
0:34.6	Today for our very first episode, our topic is going to be sex-changing plants.
0:39.4	We're going to be covering plant sexes, plant sex, and plants that can change from female to male,
0:44.9	and vice versa. I am your host, Nora Sperling. I'm a communications professional with a background
0:50.0	in education and food security and a passion for plants and their intersection with humanity.
0:55.0	I am joined, as always, by our favorite paleobotanist, Dr. Ali Baumgartner.
1:00.2	Ali is collection manager of vascular plants at the University of Michigan Herbarium,
1:04.7	and she speaks for the fossil trees. The two of us, along with David and Will, are so excited
1:09.6	to be bringing you this pilot episode.
1:11.4	We have been planning and preparing for this new series for a few months.
1:14.8	We know that a lot of you have been looking forward to it.
1:17.4	Please, please, please, send us your feedback on this pilot so that we know that we're heading in a direction that you are excited about for the first season.
1:25.0	You can let us know your thoughts in our new channel on the
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