The Colossus (Olive)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The olive (Olea europaea). What more needs to be said about this historic tree? This week, we dive into how it is grown, where, and how orchards have developed and changed throughout history. The wonderful history of the olive, its groves, and its future are the topic this week.

Completely Arbortrary is produced and hosted by Casey Clapp and Alex Crowson

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1:19.2	What's up, fungal associates. Welcome to completely arbitrary. The podcast about trees and other
1:29.9	related topics. I am one of your hosts. My name is Alex Frozen and I'm alongside as always
1:35.1	to incredible the edible Casey Clive. That's me Alex. Good day. Good evening. Good morning and
1:39.9	good night. Good day to you Casey. Yes. I'm reading through the last of a book here. Casey has
1:46.8	so much did so much research for this episode that he is cramming a little bit in as we speak.
1:53.6	It's exactly right. Did you know that Athena, the daughter of the Supreme God Zeus,
1:59.3	gave the olive tree, our subject today Alex, to the Athenians. Wow. There you go.
2:06.8	You know, that's that's almost as good as giving fire to the mortals. Yeah, thanks Athena. Anything
2:12.4	else? Wow. It's like digging into your stocking at the holidays or Christmas and being like,
2:18.2	what? This is it. And you hit the bottom and it's like loose M&Ms. Yeah. You ate all the rest.
2:23.3	You just poured the rest of the bag. This is this is a charade. Well, Casey, as you alluded today,
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