Mini: The Undercover Botanist

Undiscovered

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Wnyc, Society & Culture, 805813, Science, History, Friday, Studios

4.6 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In 1767, a young French servant sailed around the world, collecting plants previously unknown to Western science. The ship’s crew knew the servant as “Jean,” the scrappy aide to the expedition’s botanist. But “Jean” had a secret. She was actually Jeanne Baret, a woman disguised as a man—and she was about to make botanical history. Annie and Elah told this story for a live audience at On Air Fest a few weeks ago.

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0:00.0	Listener supported WNYC Studios.
0:08.6	Hey.
0:09.3	Hey, Annie and Ella here.
0:10.9	Long time, no episode, but we have a mini story for you.
0:14.0	We do.
0:14.7	This month, Annie and I were at On Air Fest, which is a podcast festival in Brooklyn.
0:19.3	We were talking about a little slice of science history
0:21.7	that we'd actually wanted to share with you last season but couldn't for reasons that you will soon hear.
0:27.0	This story has, oh my gosh, famous plants, a case of mistaken identity, a dangerous round the world voyage by ship.
0:35.4	It's also a story about how it can be really tough for us producers to tell science history stories.
0:40.9	So we're going to play that for you in a sec.
0:43.0	Note that this talk did have some pictures that went along with it.
0:46.1	You can see some of those up at undiscoveredpodcast.org slash plants.
0:50.9	Might enhance your listening experience.
0:52.6	Yeah.
0:53.2	All right.
0:53.7	Here's the story recorded live at On AirFest.
0:56.6	Please give it up for Annie and Ella.
1:03.3	Hey, these work.
1:07.5	Awesome.
1:08.0	I'm Annie.
1:08.8	This is Ella.
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