We recorded this gem a while back but because Joram we are only publishing it now. So if any of our jokes feel dated, it’s because of that. Clearly. We are always very topical and on point with our humour.

Is a grape just as sweet without the colour?

Nov 17th, 2023 51m 42s

We have a packed episode for you with news from never-browning potatoes, mysterious sunflowers and also an answer to your constant question: How many cells are there?

The end was a little bit sad, but I liked the beginning

Aug 17th, 2023 51m 51s

Did you know? We didn’t either! We were just as surprised as you are right now and let’s indulge in this feeling together with this new spoken word content by your favourite content producers!

Catnip could be pollinated by cats

Jul 21st, 2023 1h 10m

Hi. This is a new episode. It’s about plants, pipettes, panic and paranoia. Please enjoy.

I shot all my powder

Jun 20th, 2023 55m 20s

We are talking pigweed. We are talking ATPase in diatoms. We are talking trees. What more do you want?!

Walk like an ant, look like a plant, be a spider

Jun 8th, 2023 1h 7m

This week, it’s all about plants. What they do, why they do it and what to look out for when looking at plants. Marvellous!

Plants are big straws

May 26th, 2023 51m 3s

Welcome to Ants and Pipettes, the podcast about ants and their relationship to plants and also there are pipettes. I don’t know. Have fun!

Plants and Rats

Apr 30th, 2023 1h 2m

In this episode, Joram harnesses the powers of technology to prepare himself in a much worse way, arguably. So learn from Joram and reject technology (after you finished using technology to listen to this show, please)!

Draw Joram a picture of smart orchards, please

Mar 21st, 2023 1h 1m

Yes, this is the plant podcast. No, we are not three people running it. Don’t listen to the bots. We know who we are. We think.

Meow meow, meow meow meow!

Mar 6th, 2023 53m 57s

Believe it or not, we had a chatBot write our title this week. Oh the wonders of science. Speaking of science: plants. Plant science. Sciency plants. planty planty planty science. Now!

Playing around with the ploidy level of plants

Feb 18th, 2023 47m 58s

We recorded in advance but then Joram edited late so overall it evens out to just be a day late in your feed. Not that you care, we know you live life like us, one moment at a time, not knowing what day of the week is today. At least we hope yo

The broccoli-cauliflower-conundrum

Feb 6th, 2023 1h 8m

We are back from the break! We are completely different but also pretty much the same so come along and learn about mucus seeds, pink cotton, dandelion physics and a play performed by two very much non-actors.

Bishop’s balls

Oct 7th, 2022 49m 56s

While plant science missed out on yet another Nobel prize, you are not missing out on yet another great plant science episode. We have a hairy balled plant, some evidence about ATP and a whole Can of Spinach!

Party of Pokers

Oct 5th, 2022 55m 1s

They trained dogs to search for underground orchids and we trained ourselves to talk about it. Amazing.

Turn humans into moss

Sep 24th, 2022 1h 7m

Last week, we wanted to be moss and this week science has listened to us and turned human (cells) into moss. Well kinda. Not really. A little bit. Still, we’re excited to become moss.

We are mosses

Sep 16th, 2022 1h 2m

If we could choose, we’d be mosses growing on opposite sides of the same tree.

Big British Cheese 1

Sep 9th, 2022 56m 8s

Would you trust us if we spoke badly about cheese? This, and other science facts in our newest plant science show for you!

It’s not you, it’s us

Sep 2nd, 2022 49m 7s

Sometimes, technology makes our lives better. On other occasions, it makes it much harder. This week was one of those times, the recording equipment failed on us. We still did a fun show full of cool plant science, it just doesn’t sound as nice

A thirsty secret

Aug 26th, 2022 1h 4m

We’re back from our holidays and we brought a big bag of plant facts from the last couple of weeks of plant science!

We're on holidays!

Jul 8th, 2022 1m 43s

No big plant news this week, we are on holiday for a couple of weeks!

The sexy mixing

Jul 2nd, 2022 1h 7m

This week, we learn something new: have you heard about apomictic propagation? Well, now you have. We also bring the hottest news from the plant science world.

Why do trees collect clocks?

Jun 26th, 2022 56m 59s

We have a lot of questions this week that even we don’t know the answer to. This is your time to shine

Hey tree, are you my friend?

Jun 17th, 2022 1h

Hi! Would you like some cool plant facts? We have a fresh new paper about biofortified tomatoes that give you your daily dose of vitamin D, a new oldest tree and an explanation of why catnip likes to be a cat bed.

Cat bartering market

Jun 3rd, 2022 58m 44s

Would you swap your cat for a praying mantis? What about a nice house plant? This week, we are asking the big questions. Also news from plant science, a new biggest plant has been found and more potent cannabis from Israel.

Don’t pick the penis plants

May 20th, 2022 55m 29s

This week, we’re talking about a cool gene regulatory mechanism that keeps ribosomes busy, the truth behind French lillies and which plants best not to pick.