There's Always Money in the (Banana Tree)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

It’s a BANANZA with the banana (Musa acuminata), a fruit so popular that it helped shape the political landscape of the world.

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0:00.0	What's up, Fungal Associates, Alex here, and I've got a question for you. Do you like words?
0:05.8	Boy, we sure do. Casey and I are all about language and words, and we just found a podcast that we think you may like, too.
0:12.7	It's called But or No Parsnips. It's hosted by librarians Kyle Imperator and Emily Moyers.
0:19.4	They will take you on a journey through some of the English language's strangest, rarest, and most interesting words, opening doors to weird histories, nonsensical linguistics, and outlandish fun.
0:31.6	Butternope Parsnips is a word podcast that's dedicated to word lovers like me, history buffs like Casey, and general knowledge
0:39.8	nerdum like all of you. Every week, Kyle and Emily introduce each other to a word that they hope
0:44.9	their co-host has never heard before. What unfolds is an etymological journey through history,
0:50.0	linguistics, and all the weird reasons we say the things we say it kind of sounds like completely
0:55.9	arbitrary but instead of trees words and if you've listened to any of the show you know that i am all
1:01.7	about that linguistics and language gosh they just really get me going you know not like that
1:08.2	but sometimes like that you can listen to the butter no parsnips word podcast anywhere podcasts are available
1:14.8	or by visiting bnpod dot com that's b n as a nancy p as in peter pod dot com you will love this podcast you have my word what's up fungal associates welcome to
1:36.8	completely arbitrary's tropical vacation i'm one of your hosts my name is alix croson and of course
1:42.9	over there on the big green couch we we have Casey clap. Hi there. Hi, Casey. How's we going? I should say the big green
1:50.4	hammock. I think I made that joke a couple of a joke. Yeah, I remember that. But yeah, there
1:56.0	you have it. I thought it was a funny joke. Thanks. You're welcome. I noticed he didn't laugh.
2:02.2	Well, yeah, that does mean I don't think it's funny.
2:04.5	My friend Alexander, one of the funniest people I know, made a hilarious joke, made a very
2:10.3	clever joke the other day.
2:12.6	And I couldn't even laugh at it because it was just too smart and clever.
2:16.1	I was just like, dude, that was
2:18.2	amazing. Like, I'm dumbfounded over here. Here's the joke, Casey. Okay. So I'm in a band with
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