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The Happy Botanist
Allasandra Valdez
14 episodes
1 week ago
Grab your magnifying glass, roll up your sleeves, and prepare to join our host extraordinaire, the happy botanist herself, Allasandra Valdez! Equipped with nearly a decade's worth of ecological training in one hand and a handful of plants in the other, Allasandra is your guide through this enchanted forest of botanical knowledge. Get ready to let your imagination run wild as we delve into the quirky, charming, and downright magical world of plants. Consider this your golden ticket to unlock your inner botanist and share your boundless enthusiasm for our green friends.
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Grab your magnifying glass, roll up your sleeves, and prepare to join our host extraordinaire, the happy botanist herself, Allasandra Valdez! Equipped with nearly a decade's worth of ecological training in one hand and a handful of plants in the other, Allasandra is your guide through this enchanted forest of botanical knowledge. Get ready to let your imagination run wild as we delve into the quirky, charming, and downright magical world of plants. Consider this your golden ticket to unlock your inner botanist and share your boundless enthusiasm for our green friends.
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Natural Sciences
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The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with Sheila Scolaro

WELCOME BACK!!! SEASON 2 BBY


Today is all about seagrass....you guessed it grass in the sea. 

Grab your favorite botanical drink as we sit down with Sheila Scolaro, Mariane Botanist and Seagrass Specialist, as we chat all about the plants under our oceans! 


Be Part of the seagrass solution! 

https://tbep.org/

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1 year ago
38 minutes 13 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with Beatriz Aguirre

Someone call a plant doctor because I think my plant has the flu.... well maybe not the flu but plants do get sick from viruses! Grab your favorite botanical drink and join us for this happy hour as Beatriz Aguirre discusses how and why plants get viruses.

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Beatriz Aguirre

Music by ⁠coldbrew⁠

Podcast cover by ⁠Gabbie Moffat

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1 year ago
26 minutes 1 second

The Happy Botanist
Touch me, I don't think so!

Do you like to be touched? Me neither and neither do plants! Plants can truly sense the world around them and can perceive when you touch them or even reach out and try and grab on to something! This mini-episode is a science blast on just some of the ways plants plants can respond to being touched!

Check this out

Braam, J. (2005), In touch: plant responses to mechanical stimuli. New Phytologist, 165: 373-389. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01263.x


Venus Fly Trap

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1 year ago
6 minutes 36 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with David Esparza

Lets get outside and learn!🔍🪴 Field courses are one of the best ways to get your hands dirty with some biological learning! David Esparza is here to tell us all about how great field courses are from a biological learning perspective and some more ways that you can participate in field based learning! 🧐🔬🔭


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⁠⁠David Esparza⁠⁠

coldbrew

Gabbie Moffat


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1 year ago
42 minutes 22 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Light of My Life <3

Light=Energy=Life for plants, from my shamrocks that won't cooperate to plants around street lights, this episode is all about plants ability to perceive this essential source of energy!

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Check this out for more info!

https://cescos.fau.edu/observatory/lightpol-Plants.html

https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1137068

Some super neat people

coldbrew

Gabbo the Great



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1 year ago
8 minutes 10 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with 7Song

What's that plant? 🧐🌱 Want to be able to impress your friends by being able to answer that question? Look no further! Join us on this episode featuring herbalist and botanist, 7Song. We delve into the fascinating world of plant taxonomy🌿 where we discuss ways to learn how to 'key out a plants' 🔎 and explore the significance of field guides and which ones are essential for your botanical adventures 📒! So grab your magnifying glass and your favorite botanical drink for this Happy Hour!


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7song

Newcomb's Wildflower Guide

Peterson's Field Guides

Botany in a Day


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coldbrew

Gabbie Moffat


Become a plant person!

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1 year ago
35 minutes 48 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Wake Up and Smell the Roses

Some plants smell good 🌺, some plants smell bad 🤢, and some plants smell like rotting flesh!🤮 In part one of this mini-series on plants' ability to perceive the world around them, we talk all about stinky (both good and bad smelling) plants! 🌿 Grab your favorite botanical drink 🍵 and learn why and how plants smell! 👃🌱


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If you wanna learn more:

Ian T. Baldwin et al., Volatile Signaling in Plant-Plant Interactions: "Talking Trees" in the Genomics Era.Science311,812-815(2006).DOI:10.1126/science.1118446


Effah, E., Holopainen, J.K., McCormick, A.C., 2019. Potential roles of volatile organic compounds in plant competition. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38, 58–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2019.04.003


What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses- Daniel Chamovitz


Stinky Flowers

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Some people who don't stink

coldbrew

Gabbie Moffat



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1 year ago
16 minutes 5 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with Dr. Daniel Katz

Achoooo! Do you suffer from allergenic pollen, researcher and professor Dr. Dan Katz has got your back! So grab your allergy meds and your favorite botanical drink and join us for this happy hour discussing plants, pollen, and people!

⁠Dr. Daniel Katz⁠


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Music by ⁠⁠coldbrew⁠⁠

Podcast cover by ⁠⁠Gabbie Moffat⁠



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1 year ago
33 minutes 9 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with Dr. Anurag Agrawal

Grab your favorite botanical drink to enjoy during this happy hour with author and professor Dr. Anurag Agrawal. Let your heart flutter as we discuss the complex interactions between monarch butterflies and their favorite food, milkweeds!


Check out Dr. Anurag Agrawal's book Monarchs and Milkweeds!


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Music by ⁠⁠coldbrew⁠⁠

Podcast cover by ⁠⁠Gabbie Moffat⁠

Dr. Anurag Agrawal


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1 year ago
47 minutes 6 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Forevergreen

Why do evergreens stay forever green? Let's pull up the covers as we unveil the layers behind everyone's favorite winter plants: the evergreens. Not only will we discuss the processes that give evergreens their distinctive name, but we will also delve into the sustainability questions posed by natural vs. artificial Christmas trees. 🎄


Resources

Couillard, S, Bage, G, and Trudel, J S. Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of artificial vs natural Christmas tree. Canada: N. p., 2009. Web.


Thinkstep


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1 year ago
16 minutes 34 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with Dr. Karl Niklas

Let's get ready to raise our spirits at this Happy Hour! In today's episode, we're joined by the incredible Dr. Karl Niklas author of several botanical books including Plant Physics and Plant Evolution: An Introduction to the History of Life. Get ready to embark on a journey deep into the fascinating world of plants as we blend physics, chemistry, and mathematics into one delightful concoction of knowledge! So, grab your favorite botanical beverage, sit back, and let the enchanting fusion of science and fun transport you to a world where every cell holds a magical story waiting to be discovered!

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Wanting to know more?

Paleobiochemical of Clarkia Flora⁠

Karl's Books

Dr. Karl Niklas


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2 years ago
29 minutes 59 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Leaf Me Alone!

Have you ever wondered why some tree lose their leaves in autumn? Let's unveil the magic behind falling leaves and how intricate this process really is! Join us on an informative fall-filled journey, exploring why trees change colors and how they sense the perfect moment to let their leaves tumble. Cozy up with your favorite warm fall drink and tune in to experience the enchanting process of autumn leaves. 🍁🍂🍃


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2 years ago
9 minutes 39 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Happy Hour with Dr. Jed Sparks

Let's get the happy hour party started, folks! This marks the grand premiere of our Happy Hour series, where we joyfully gather 'round for botanical banter with fellow professional plant enthusiasts over some botanical drinks. So grab your favorite botanical drink and join us for this very special episode! Today we have Dr. Jed Sparks, who is here to teach us how to turn back the clock with stable isotopes and uncover the secrets of plant history. And, yes, we'll even embark on a wild adventure to discover the peculiar links between plants and…what's that? Dead bodies!?"


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Music by ⁠⁠coldbrew⁠⁠

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Dr. Jed Sparks - Cornell University Stable Isotope Lab


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2 years ago
24 minutes 57 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Have You Botany?

Hey! Welcome to the very first episode, glad you can join us today! Let's talk about all things plants. But first, "what in the world is botany," you ask? Is it a secret society of talking trees? Or is it gathering of wise old ferns? Well, I broke it down 6 categories for ya! Let's dig a little deeper and get our hands dirty in the wondrous world of plants.

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2 years ago
10 minutes 53 seconds

The Happy Botanist
Grab your magnifying glass, roll up your sleeves, and prepare to join our host extraordinaire, the happy botanist herself, Allasandra Valdez! Equipped with nearly a decade's worth of ecological training in one hand and a handful of plants in the other, Allasandra is your guide through this enchanted forest of botanical knowledge. Get ready to let your imagination run wild as we delve into the quirky, charming, and downright magical world of plants. Consider this your golden ticket to unlock your inner botanist and share your boundless enthusiasm for our green friends.