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The Botany of Desire A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant — thought this time the obsessions revolve...

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Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

The author discusses how plants that we thought we were domesticating were also domesticating us. This is because the plants have become reliant on humans to weed out competition, provide nutrients, and protect them from pests.

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I read this book, I think last year, called Botany of Desire.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 30

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 30

The author discusses how plants that we thought we were domesticating were also domesticating us. This is because the plants have become reliant on humans to weed out competition, provide nutrients, and protect them from pests.

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I read this book, I think last year, called Botany of Desire.

And in it, the guy, what's his name? And in it, Michael Poulin talks about how the plants we thought we were domesticating domesticated us too.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 30

The author talks about how the plants humans think they are domesticating are domesticating them too. The author's name was mentioned in the podcast but the book title was mentioned before that.

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I read this book, I think last year, called Botany of Desire. And in it, the guy, what's his name? And in it, Michael Poulin talks about how the plants we thought we were domesticating domesticated us too.

StarTalk Radio

Podcast

StarTalk Radio

It was mentioned in the context of Carl Sagan's perspective on how plants, including marijuana, can enhance human awareness and presence, and was cited as evidence that he discussed the subject in an unnamed book.

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In the book Botany of Desire, they quote Carl Sagan who wrote a book not using his name where he goes on and on.

— Episode: Expanding Our Perspectives, with Susan S...

Episode: Expanding Our Perspectives, with Susan Sarandon

It was mentioned in the context of Carl Sagan's perspective on how plants, including marijuana, can enhance human awareness and presence, and was cited as evidence that he discussed the subject in an unnamed book.

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In the book Botany of Desire, they quote Carl Sagan who wrote a book not using his name where he goes on and on.

There's one chapter in that book that talks about the fact that all of these plants exist and always had. And animals do them.

The MeatEater Podcast

Podcast

The MeatEater Podcast

The podcast mentioned this book in relation to a discussion about how plants have "conquered the world" by appealing to humans and the co-evolution between plants and humans. It was described as a book about how plants are using us.

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The hell is that book called?

— Episode: Ep. 290: Is Wild Game Really Organic?

Episode: Ep. 290: Is Wild Game Really Organic?

The podcast mentioned this book in relation to a discussion about how plants have "conquered the world" by appealing to humans and the co-evolution between plants and humans. It was described as a book about how plants are using us.

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The hell is that book called?

It was about weed, about herb. Yeah. Marijuana, taters, apples and corn. Yeah. Botany of Desire. That's right. Yeah.

It was about we think that we're using these plants. And they're using us. It was about how they're using us.

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