The Fruit of Life and Death (Pomegranate)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

The pomegranate (Punica granatum), a tree of mythical history, is our subject this week. We dive to the depths of Hades back again, exploring the outsized role this squat tree has had in the myths and histories of nearly every religion and culture of the Mediterranean, Middle East and southern Asia.

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

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Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals

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1:19.3	What's up, fungal associates. Welcome to completely arbitrary podcast about trees and other related
1:30.4	topics. My name is Alex Croson and I'm alongside the incredible, the edible, the spreadable.
1:36.2	That's right. KC clap. Alex, good day to you. Good day to you KC. Thank you very much. Today we're
1:42.7	talking about something that I am excited to talk about for several reasons. Oh wow. One of which
1:47.6	being, I think it tastes good. The other being it matches our subject that we're going to be
1:53.6	kind of diving into. One of my top favorites. Oh yes, that's true. Do you want one too? Yeah, it is.
1:58.6	Do you remember when we did that last episode on the Yolum Nutmeg? Yes, I do. Yeah, I loved that
2:05.2	episode because I just got to read a bunch of history. Right. You and I are both history buffs.
2:10.1	We really are. The difference between us is that you remember the stories that you read and I
2:15.3	have a vague familiarity with a bunch of different histories. Yeah, that's fair. But if you ask
2:20.2	me to tell a story from a world history, I'd be like, I don't fucking know. I like cultural
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