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Just the Zoo of Us

Planthropology: Grass-Type Pokemon & the Plants that Inspired Them

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

Science Communication, Pets & Animals, Zoology, Kids & Family, Nature, Wildlife Science, Animals, Science, Wildlife

4.8 β€’ 595 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Ellen joined Planthropology host Dr. Vikram Baliga for a conversation about grass-type Pokemon and the real-world plants that inspired them.

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0:00.0

Hey there, friends. Christian and I are traveling this week. So in our absence, we wanted to share with you a little something different. This is an episode of a podcast called Plantthropology, which is made by my dear friend, Dr. Vikram Beliga, the Plant Professor. Longtime listeners may recognize him from our very own episode on plants. In this episode, I joined him for a conversation about

0:22.3

Pokemon, specifically grass-type Pokemon and the real-world plants that inspired them.

0:28.2

This was recorded back in 2022, just after the release of Pokemon Legends Archaeus.

0:33.4

So we talked a good bit about that game. It was a really fun conversation where I both laughed and learned a lot,

0:39.3

so anyone who likes this show will definitely vibe with it.

0:42.4

Here is episode 74 of Planthropology. I'm I'm I'm

0:55.0

I'm

0:56.0

I'm

0:57.0

I'm here again with Ellen Weatherford, who is one of my favorite humans on the planet.

1:28.0

How are you, Ellen?

1:29.8

I'm great.

1:31.0

That's right, folks.

1:39.2

OG listeners of Planthropology will remember almost exactly two years ago when I was here,

1:41.2

so you guys cannot get rid of me.

1:42.0

I'm so sorry.

1:44.0

It's an infestation at this point. So, yeah, that was episode like

1:47.7

10, which, which was funny because at the time, I remember thinking like clearly, oh my gosh,

1:54.6

10 episodes is a lot. I've done 10 of these. Even 10. 10 is a milestone. You know, isn't that a thing where like they say the

2:03.2

vast majority of podcasts don't make it to 10 episodes? I think that's right. 10 or 15 or something

2:08.9

like that. Like it, it, it, they don't last a long time. So now here we are in this is episode.

2:13.6

A billion. I don't actually know. 70 something. Maybe 80. And uh and uh and and we're back again and um

2:21.0

we were talking a little bit about you know how we could work together again and uh i got to be on

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