Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly old — the root mass of aspens might live 100,000 years. In this hour, we explore the science and history of trees.

Guests:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mark-hirsch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Hirsch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/richard-powers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Powers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/suzanne-simard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzanne Simard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/amos-clifford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Clifford</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/daegan-miller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daegan Miller</a></li>
</ul>

Interviews:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/year-life-tree" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Year In The Life Of A Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/listening-mother-trees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listening to the Mother Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/writing-inner-life-trees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing the Inner Life of Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/bathing-beauty-trees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bathing in the Beauty of the Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/general-sherman-karl-marx-and-other-aliases-earths-largest-tree" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">General Sherman, Karl Marx, and Other Aliases of Earth's Largest Tree</a></li>
</ul>

Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly old — the root mass of aspens might live 100,000 years. In this hour, we explore the science and history of trees. Guests: Mark Hirsch Richard Powers Suzanne Simard Amos Clifford Daegan Miller Interviews: A Year In The Life Of A Tree Listening to the Mother Trees Writing the Inner Life of Trees Bathing in the Beauty of the Trees General Sherman, Karl Marx, and Other Aliases of Earth's Largest Tree

Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly old — the root mass of aspens might live 100,000 years. In this hour, we explore the science and history of trees.

Guests:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mark-hirsch" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mark Hirsch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/richard-powers" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Powers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/suzanne-simard" rel="noopener noreferrer">Suzanne Simard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/amos-clifford" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amos Clifford</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/daegan-miller" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daegan Miller</a></li>
</ul>

Interviews:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/year-life-tree" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Year In The Life Of A Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/listening-mother-trees" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listening to the Mother Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/writing-inner-life-trees" rel="noopener noreferrer">Writing the Inner Life of Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/bathing-beauty-trees" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bathing in the Beauty of the Trees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/general-sherman-karl-marx-and-other-aliases-earths-largest-tree" rel="noopener noreferrer">General Sherman, Karl Marx, and Other Aliases of Earth's Largest Tree</a></li>
</ul>

The Secret Language of Trees

Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are now archived in the Library of Congress. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hosts Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of Atoms and Eden. Learn more at wondercabinetproductions.com.

Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook" rel="noopener noreferrer">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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