Do you have a favorite? Not meant to, but mostly the unloved ones, the unvisited ones, the cases that get dusty and ignored.

All the broken and shunned creatures.

Someone's got to care for them.

Who shall it be if not us? Yes.

Yes. Welcome to Roon soup, a weekly podcast about magic, culture and the very best new and old ideas for living in this world, coming to you from

43 degrees south on a small farm in deepest Tasmania.

My name is Gordon and I shall be your host.

This week we welcome to the show the author of probably one of the best books.

I have read in years Dr. Monica Gagliano.

Dr Gagliano is an evolutionary ecologist with a background in both marine ecology and plant

cognition. The book in question thus spoke the plant details her journey

combining some of the most fascinating experiments into, I guess, the extent of plant intelligence

you are likely to encounter, as well as her experience learning with and from both indigenous

teachers and plant spirits themselves.

Before we begin, because this is the Mercury retrograde to end all Mercury retrogrades,

we had some audio challenges during the call.

As ever, I did my absolute best to tidy it up. It's definitely worth persisting through the minor inconveniences. Anyway, onwards.

Dr Gagliano welcome aboard.

Thank you for having me, Gordon.

Ah, well, I'm very much looking forward to this chat.

Your book, I think is one of the best books I've read in years.

I absolutely loved it and a big

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