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Tegan and Joram explore the world of molecular plant research. How to plants sense their environment? What controls their metabolism? How do they store energy? Come along to an excursion into the very cells of all green things!

Joram Schwartzmann and Tegan Armarego-Marriott

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    A much larger duck, effectively a submarine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 63:19


    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 51:42


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 51:51


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 70:10


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

    I shot all my powder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 55:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 67:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 51:03


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023 62:24


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 61:40


    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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 53:57


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 47:58


    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 you do so we look less messy. Anyway – plants!

    The broccoli-cauliflower-conundrum

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 68:16


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 49:56


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 55:01


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

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    Turn humans into moss

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 67:21


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 62:51


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

    Big British Cheese 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 56:08


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 49:07


    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. Sorry!

    A thirsty secret

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 64:21


    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 holiday!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 1:43


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

    The sexy mixing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 67:05


    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 56:59


    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 60:34


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 58:44


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 55:29


    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.

    Let's find a moon tree

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 51:09


    It's travel season here at Plants and Pipettes and so we thought we'd share some travel facts from the plant world! How do plants travel? Is collecting trees cool? How does humidity propel seeds forward? We have the answers.

    And by cats I mean dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 65:21


    This week, we're talking about the worst favourite plant ever, keystone genes and how surfers can be scientists. Also: your dog's breed doesn't mean what you think it means.

    A cat gap in the resumé

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 62:21


    Mysteriously we came back yet again for more plant facts. This week, we're checking a plant's pores, take about unextinct flowers and why some plants eat the very insects that pollinate them.

    Eggplants and Pipettes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 57:58


    It's our belated easter episode! We talk about the Queen of Vegetables, the mighty eggplant. We filled almost an hour with eggplant facts, factoids and words that merely resemble a fact from a distance.

    COWpeaMILK – it's full of plantibodies!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 60:19


    We finally found a way to market non-dairy milk as milk without upsetting any consumer or dairy company: cowpea milk. Plus: we discuss plantibodies, micronutrients and, weirdly enough, ocelot pee.

    WHY IS THE DOG IN THE GREENHOUSE? (and where does the bee keep his oils?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 67:20


    We begin this week with a looooong discussion about the movie “Little Joe”. It's fun (talking about the movie, not the movie itself. Don't watch it). Also we have new research about epimutagenesis, grain-free ice cream and the benefits of weeds.

    Stranger to the trees – an interview with Kat Austen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 65:13


    Kat Austen is an artist and researcher based in Berlin. Kat was so kind to talk to us about her work about microplastics in trees, her view on science and art and her upcoming projects. Welcome to Plants and Pipettes: Kat Austen!

    (Stop) trying to make photoaerogens happen, it's not going to happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 79:46


    Have you heard of fynbos? This week, we discuss how the fynbos ecosystem withstands turning into a forest, what problems arise from academic bullying and why you'd pump nectar out of a flower.

    Dinosaurs in car parks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 54:01


    Joram is sick again but it won't stop us from talking about plants. This time, it's more plant adjacent: we're talking about a weird new way some bacteria do photosynthesis. Also lots of clever animals and a tale of paleobotanical experiments.

    Giggle Peas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 71:43


    In this episode, Joram learns about wuthering heights and Tegan learns why chickpeas are believed to giggle in Germany. Also there is talk about red nectar, flammable litter and really old trees.

    Neptune (fountain architect)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 57:57


    This week, we're talking about the link between the constructor of fountains, Neptune, and a small seagrass in the Mediterranean sea. Also more on X-ray microscopy and a discussion on who deserves to be on the author list (it's Joram).

    Some rings attached to some bits

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 58:00


    Hi! Heads up, there is a long spoiler for Don't look up at the beginning. Did you know that we have chapters to quickly skip ahead? Now you do. Also, we talk about a very poisonous plant and how to move owls!

    The abominable mystery of Wolverine's claws

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 66:09


    We all have goals this year. Joram's goal is to befriend a crow, but only if Tegan doesn't stab him with her fantastically hard claws first. Yes, this is a plant podcast, we promise.

    Plants and Mycelium – how plants and fungi work together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 75:54


    We just read “Entangled Life” by Merlin Sheldrake and now we're considering turning this little show into a fungal podcast. Before that happens, here is an episode of all things we love about fungi and plants together.

    Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution (band) – All Flesh Tomato, Oxygen Generating Archaea, Biophony

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 68:43


    And we're back from the winter/summer break/non-break. We are talking about a perfect tomato, smoke smelling trees and the science of listening to the environment.

    Day 24 – Merry Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 2:10


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 23 – Baby, it's cold outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 9:45


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 22 – the Christmas rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 6:01


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 21 – Bye, Bye Bitterness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 8:02


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 20 – CRISPR poinsettias

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 9:18


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 19 – Pine Cooler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 6:57


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 18 – Brits and Brussel Sprouts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 11:27


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 17 – The Yule Cat

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 8:09


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 16 – A microscopic Bauble

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 10:09


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 15 – A merry Christmas Cushion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 6:44


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

    Day 14 – New Zealand Christmas Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 6:43


    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant.

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