SYSK Selects: How Pollen Works

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 6 April 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

For about 375 million years, plants have been using pollen (aka plant sperm) to propagate their species. And the technique has stuck around because it works. Join Chuck and Josh for a cozy look at the ins and outs of plant reproduction.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Hello everyone, it's Saturday and it's Chuck and that means it's time for another stuff
0:35.9	you should know select.
0:37.6	We go all the way back to July 2013 to discuss pollen.
0:43.3	I'm not sure when this is going to come out but if I'm timing it right, it should be
0:46.6	sometime during pollen season and that's why I picked it because understanding the enemy
0:51.8	is the first step toward defeating it and so many people have bad problems with allergies
0:57.1	and pollen and to understand how that really works in your body, it's kind of cool and
1:01.8	it really helps.
1:02.9	So I hope you don't have any problems with pollen, I hope you're doing okay but learn all
1:06.4	about how pollen works right here right now.
1:10.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, GrimmHouseOfWorks.com.
1:14.6	Hey and welcome to the podcast I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and
1:24.1	that means it's time for stuff you should know.
1:26.4	The itchy, screezy, skeezy, scratchy, edition.
1:31.3	Not skeezy.
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