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The Plants We Eat

About The Plants We Eat: From apples and artichokes to digitalis and peyote, our world is full of amazing plants that we interact with on a daily basis. This greenery can sustain us, intoxicate us, cure us of disease, and even kill us. Join us as we investigate the surprising history, biology, and culture behind The Plants We Eat.

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Passion Fruit

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8783/passion-fruit.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 19:14 | Recorded on November 4, 2019

The most amazing flower you will ever see, and a tasty fruit too!

Sesame

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8763/sesame.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 18.17 | Recorded on October 29, 2019

It makes your muscles big….kinda.

Millet

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8690/millet.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 14:12 | Recorded on October 21, 2019

Gluten Free means Flat Cookies

Soy

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8630/soy.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 22:02 | Recorded on October 14, 2019

An Asian plant that isn’t really grown in Asia that much anymore.

Coconut

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8627/coconut.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 19:25 | Recorded on October 9, 2019

Is it a seed or a sports drink?

GMOs

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8615/gmos.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 33.54 | Recorded on October 8, 2019

For our 50th podcast — Should we care whether a food is genetically modified? The short answer is yes. The long answer is quite a bit more complicated.

Papaya

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8559/papaya.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 16:55 | Recorded on September 23, 2019

If it weren’t for genetically modified papaya we might not have papaya at all.

Lychee

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8558/lychee.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 19:37 | Recorded on September 16, 2019

A tasty little fruit that takes dozens if not hundreds of children’s lives every year.

Spikenard

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8206/spikenard.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 15:03 | Recorded on June 3, 2019

And for our last podcast of season 2, a (very) oldie but goodie!

Paw Paw

https://gardens.uncc.edu/podcast-player/8179/paw-paw.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 18:34 | Recorded on May 27, 2019

What fruit is native to the United States, tastes oddly tropical, and is about as popular as eating mud? Yep, you got it — the Paw Paw.

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