Botany After Dark

Episode Notes podcast #botanyafterdark #foxglove Hello, friends! Today, we're talking about foxglove, or Digitalis purpea and how it's had roles as healer, poison, and ornamental over the years. Let's discuss ^_^ f you've any topic requests, feel free to pop them in the comments below. If you'd like to see future live recordings, the lowest tier is $1, link: ( https://www.patreon.com/AP2 ). Many thanks to my Patreon patrons and Twitch subscribers for financially supporting these projects. Global Issues: Typhoon relief for the Philippines: https://helptheph.carrd.co/ Supporting Indian Farmers: https://www.sikhcoalition.org/get-involved/take-action-tell-congress-condemn-indian-government-response-farmersprotest/ BLM Caard: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Humanitarian Efforts in Palestine: https://www.palestinercs.org/index.php?langid=1 Helping Colombia: https://www.gofundme.com/f/soscolombia-urgent-help-for-activists-in-colombia?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer COVID Support for India: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eiobgyrl8iz-R1Dz7c4R5pzzzkuZLBj99vaC7T_UeVo/edit COVID Support for Brazil: https://www.vakinha.com.br/vaquinha/campanha-de-solidariedade-em-tempos-de-coronavirus Sources : Study talking about rapid evolution of foxglove: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/bes-sfr040721.php University of Arkansas Foxglove article: https://www.uaex.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/foxglove.aspx DoveMed and First Aid for Poisoning: https://www.dovemed.com/healthy-living/first-aid/first-aid-foxglove-poisoning/ SFGate: https://homeguides.sfgate.com/foxglove-toxic-70940.html WebMD article: https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-287/foxglove TheSpruce: https://www.thespruce.com/tall-toxic-foxglove-plants-2132588 Central Coast Biodiversity: https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/common-foxglove-bull-digitalis-purpurea.html Digitalis Lantana wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis_lanata Digitalis purpea wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis Foxglove chemistry: https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/21/foxgloves/ GardenDoctor on Foxgloves and safety: https://gardendoctor.org/are-foxgloves-poisonous-to-touch-beautiful-but-deadly/#:~:text=Foxgloves%20are%20also%20poisonous%20to%20animals%20such%20as,plants%2C%20we%20recommend%20not%20growing%20foxgloves%20at%20all . Podcast : Main Page: https://radiopublic.com/botany-after-dark-GObMrO/s1!c66c8 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/botany-after-dark/id1472886336 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BDnyts9dEFMQAP1ZtBjc5 Player FM: https://player.fm/series/botany-after-dark Social Media Links: Full Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AdventuRyn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adventuryn Blog: https://www.theamazingplantproject.com/ Podcast: https://radiopublic.com/botany-after-dark-GObMrO Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AP2 Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes I'd wanted to do this episode earlier, but life happened. In this episode of Botany After Dark, we talk about Oleander, it's derivative Oleandrin, and the concerning nature of some people's health advice. This episode was filmed during a Patreon and Twitch subscriber-only live stream and then edited. If you'd like to see future live recordings, the lowest tier is $1, link: ( https://www.patreon.com/AP2 ). Many thanks to my Patreon patrons and Twitch subscribers for financially supporting these projects. Blog (and sources) episode: https://www.theamazingplantproject.com/blog/2021/16/5/discussions-of-oleander-oleandrin-and-covid-19-botany-after-dark-podcast-episode-9 Video version: https://youtu.be/42acJAMFEQg Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/AdventuRyn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adventuryn Blog: https://www.theamazingplantproject.com/ Podcast: https://radiopublic.com/botany-after-dark-GObMrO Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AP2 Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes Today, I'm joined by one of my ethnobotanist friends who has studied absinthe for the past several years. We discuss how it's made, what botanicals are included, and more! Many thanks to my Patreon patrons and Twitch subscribers for financially supporting these projects and to Fiona for letting me interview her for this. It was a lot of fun. Link to Fiona's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herb.nerd.girl/ Podcast: Video Version: https://youtu.be/mR0FEvJTbrM iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/botany-after-dark/id1472886336 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BDnyts9dEFMQAP1ZtBjc5 Player FM: https://player.fm/series/botany-after-dark Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/AdventuRyn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adventuryn Blog: https://www.theamazingplantproject.com/ Podcast: https://radiopublic.com/botany-after-dark-GObMrO Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AP2 Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes psychoactive #amantiamuscaria #botanyafterdarkpodcast At long last the podcast is being revived! Today we're talking about the potential correlation between the Amantia muscaria mushroom and Santa's flying reindeer. All sources are linked below in a blog post of the same name, along with all social media links. Sources: https://www.theamazingplantproject.com/blog/2020/12/30/amantia-muscaria-and-santa-botany-after-dark-podcast-episode-7-sources-and-notes Social Media: https://linktr.ee/AdventuRyn Many thanks to my Patreon patrons and Twitch subscribers for financially supporting these projects. Have a great day, Ryn Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes I have wanted to cover tobacco for a while but in light of recent regulations surrounding vaping and general accessibility to tobacco products, it seemed apt to do so now. Today, we discuss the storied history of this plant that has been connected to so much pain and death and analyze humanity's role in tobacco's new associations. Sources: General Wiki | Type Specific Wiki | Google | New Hope Seed Company | WikiHow, How to dry tobacco | Farmer's Weekly | Using English: Constituent vs Component Organization, World Health (2017). Tobacco and its environmental impact: an overview. World Health Organization. [Geneva, Switzerland?]. ISBN 9789241512497. OCLC 988541317. Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Note Today, we get a touch political. Today, we talk about Climate Change and the very real, often volatile ways it shows itself. The time to act is now, dear friends. Sources: Washington Post | Daily Mail | The Independent | 360OnHistory | National Geographic | MSN reporting on Hurricane Dorian | National Hurricane Center Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes In this episode, we venture to the forest floor of the Californian forest to explore the multi-faceted wonder that is Western Poison Oak ( Toxicodendron diversilobum ). Cover Art: Image by Joshua Nichols from Pixabay | Music: "Forest of Fear" by Aakash Gandhi Sources: C. Michael Hogan (2008); " Western poison-oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum " Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, GlobalTwitcher, ed. Nicklas Strömberg | Poison Ivy: “ Poison Sumac " | What is the difference between Sumac and Poison Sumac? | Technu | How to ID, Remove & Treat Poison Oak | xTension: Can Poison Ivy Vines Kill a Tree? Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes Today, September 5th is Amazon Rainforest Day. As such, I thought it fitting to discuss the history and significance of the region. Links, as always are below. Sources: What can I do? Petitions: [Specifically Regarding the Fires] ( https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-burning-of-the-amazon-rainforest ) | UK Residents or British Citizens Only | Care2 (Worldwide) 4 Nonprofits with Ideas on How to Save the Amazon Cover Art: Image by Hans Schwarzkopf from Pixabay | Music: "Forest of Fear" by Aakash Gandhi Sources: Philip DeFranco video link | The Guardian (Article 1) | The Guardian (Article 2) | The Guardian (Article 3) | The Guardian Article 4 | The Guardian Article 5 | NASA | Tropical Rainforest Facts | Biodiversity Conservation | Countercurrents | INPE Pronounciation | INPE Wiki | Sciencing | National Geographic | Amazon History | General info search | Monga Bay | Science Alert, Fires | WWF Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes Today, we venture to the Amazon, not to observe the diverse multidimensional network of life, but to bear witness to the destruction occurring and demand change. I will post additional information as it becomes available, though there are some links below with possible ways to get involved. What can I do? Petitions: [Specifically Regarding the Fires] ( https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-burning-of-the-amazon-rainforest ) | UK Residents or British Citizens Only | Care2 (Worldwide) 4 Nonprofits with Ideas on How to Save the Amazon Cover Art: Image by Hans Schwarzkopf from Pixabay | Music: "Forest of Fear" by Aakash Gandhi Sources: Philip DeFranco video link | The Guardian (Article 1) | The Guardian (Article 2) | The Guardian (Article 3) | The Guardian Article 4 | The Guardian Article 5 | NASA | Tropical Rainforest Facts | Biodiversity Conservation | WWF Amazon Facts | Indian Forest Dwellers | Trail of Tears | Trail of Tears Pt2 | Countercurrents | INPE Pronounciation | INPE Wiki | Sciencing Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes Today, we venture into the world of the tomato, exploring its storied history. What is this plant, how was it misrepresented for centuries, and do the species grow? That is what we will discuss in today's episode of Botany After Dark. Cover Art: Image by Couleur from Pixabay | Music: "Forest of Fear" by Aakash Gandhi Pronounciations: Nawatl Pronunciation | Tomatl Pronounciation Sources: Veggie Cages: “Tomato” | Smithsonian: “Why the tomato was feared in Europe for more than 200 years" | East Hampton Star: “Killer Tomatoes” | Nawatl Wiki | Quora results that led to further research | WebMD: “Tingling in Hands and Feet” | ChemEurope: “Tomato” BC DPIC: “Nightshade Plant” | UniProt (Gene Sequencing) “Protenomes: Tomatoes” | Rob Nelson’s Youtube Channel | The Spruce Eats: “The History of Tomatoes as Food” | The Spruce: “Determinite vs Interderminite Tomatoes” | The Spruce: “Why are the bottoms of my tomatoes rotting?” | Phys.org: “Nightshades' mating habits strike uneasy evolutionary blance” Ankarloo, Bengt & Henningsen, Gustav (red.), Skrifter. Bd 13, Häxornas Europa 1400-1700 : historiska och antropologiska studier, Nerenius & Santérus, Stockholm, 1987 WHO, “Lead Poisoning”: "Lead poisoning and health". WHO. September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016. Smith, A. F. (1994). The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture, and Cookery. Columbia SC, US: University of South Carolina Press Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes In today's episode, we dive into the weird and wonderful world of the morning glory, specifically the Mexican morning glory (tlitliltzin, Ipomoea. tricolor), a vibrant blue and featured in the episode artwork, and the Beach moonflower (Ipomoea. violacea). Join me in discovering the... altered states and effects of this plant. Episode Art: Image by johnmarydavis0 from Pixabay | Music: "Forest of Fear" by Aakash Gandhi Sources: Canadian PSA , Encyclopedia Britannica , Healthfully Article , Science Direct , Poison Control , Ergometrine Wiki , Eat the Weeds , Burpee , Ipomoea purpurea Wiki , Morning Glory Wiki , Dudley, H W; Moir, C (1935). "The substance responsible for the traditional clinical effect of ergot". BMJ. 1: 520–523. Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.

Episode Notes Hello, everyone! Welcome to the podcast. This introductory episode is the equivalent of the first day of class: meeting the instructor and going over the course breakdown. Next week's transmission will be a full episode though. :) Links: YouTube | The Amazing Plant Project Blog | Patreon | AP2 Twitter | BAD Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Support Botany After Dark by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/botanyafterdark Find out more at https://botanyafterdark.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a19fe9 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Botany After Dark.