This week we're digging up some of the monster's we've already covered on the show..Vampires, Werewolves, and so many other terrors await. Listen if you dare!

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DuMSmgy1Qlbvmtu5pnBG8?si=OfgSoXbwTtGjCR7J-KqI3Q

Henbane: https://open.spotify.com/episode/55Qi3TarCWygqtWeyGSH94?si=8167321180904f73

Wolfsbane: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AtMJlGBuvy4AoTxFaS0DD?si=9fdcf2bc91ff451c

Garlic: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hNbpchjsnWRpp0U3tYKZQ?si=5eb07cc7eb0047da

Watermelon: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DhCqwOBuTjeBrqv0gTvQP?si=8f218a80aa684c7e

Datura: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1sHhnv9lqBpNI3nU7LMLyR?si=bc889727b4e546c3

Cordyceps: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZHiczRz1kqMcpw0yH0Zas?si=82087922a3504531

Kudzu: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nlkyr8kE4XB3UqzFeXz2H?si=50051633d9004724

Swamp thing rather than nothing:

Yateveo: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VTHPVAmQvwDkNqqUHiqLs?si=108d5b953f90478a

Vegetable lamb of Tartary: https://open.spotify.com/episode/35LSskUWSVWMTPw64U282v?si=809fbaaa37cb430f

Venus Fly Trap: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0s9VNIcfnWSzNEMNGvEKTR?si=ff11fd01a4d1458e

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This week we are continuing our monster mash mini-series by taking a closer look at an ancient trend to die for- mummies!

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/mummies

https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/online/mummification/materials.html#:~:text=The%20trees%20that%20may%20have,%2C%20and%20(Aleppo)%20pine.&text=The%20gum%2Dresins%20are%20probably%20myrrh.&text=It%20has%20been%20found%20in,packages%2C%20and%20refuse%20embalming%20material.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/egyptian-death-and-afterlife-mummies

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mummies

This week we're kicking off our halloween mini-series with a carnivorous plant filled with mysteries, drama, and fly goo- Venus fly traps!

If you like episodes heavy on the fun facts, or when I go off script, this one is for you!

Sources:

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Plants-and-Fungi/Venus-Flytrap

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap#Proposed_evolutionary_history

https://gardenofgodsandmonsters.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/bite-me-aphrodite-dionaea-muscipula/comment-page-1/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747514/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115172/#:~:text=It%20usually%20takes%205%E2%80%937,can%20begin%20to%20open%20again.&text=Closing%20states%20of%20the%20Venus%20flytrap%20(Dionaea%20muscipula).

https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2021/10/from-poetry-to-pulp-fiction-carnivorous-plants-in-popular-culture.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009267/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747514/

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This week we're taking a closer look at a bloom you've probably never seen- Black Bat Flower. As we start slipping into spooky season, it felt like the best time to share about this bad ass bloom with petals so dark it looks like something Morticia Adams would grow. If you like things that are dark, spooky, and maybe a little misunderstood, this one's for you. Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922119/ https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/Tacca-chantrieri-Black-Bat-Flower-10-28-2016.aspx#:~:text=The%20black%20bat%20flower%2C%20also,part%20of%20the%20tropical%20understory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacca_chantrieri https://insteading.com/blog/the-black-bat-flower/

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Today we are talking about our first aquatic plant and one of my very favorites- Marimo...Get ready for cool origin stories, my newest proposed podcast field trip, and a whole lot of cute aggression.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimo

• https://mossballpets.com/blogs/news/unmasking-the-mysteries-of-moss-ball-pets#:~:text=The%20world's%20largest%20(and%20oldest,is%20over%20200%20years%20old!

• https://mossamigos.com/blogs/marimo-moss-ball-facts/japanese-marimo-balls

• https://kiryoku.it/en/marimo-dancing-moss-ball-considered-as-lake-soul/

• https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/538/

• https://featured.japan-forward.com/japan2earth/2023/12/5128/

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today we're asking the TRULY important questions again- can plants feel? Do they know we love them? Find out the answers along with me in this week's episode!

This week we're coming at you with snacky solutions to invasive species, bramble-based flu cures, and Satan's flair for ✨Drama✨.

Sources: http://heritagegarden.uic.edu/blackberry#:~:text=Blackberry%20is%20a%20symbol%20for,divine%20love%20to%20the%20Hebrews.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/bramble/#:~:text=Ilene%20Sterns%20%2F%20WTML-,Mythology%20and%20symbolism,of%20keeping%20the%20dead%20in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelmas

https://www.dimensionsvariable.org/blackberry.html

https://www.forager.org.uk/resources/wild-food-blog/21-ingredients/105-blackberry-folklore

https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/services/environment/animals-and-plants/noxious-weeds/weed-identification/blackberry

https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/rubspp/all.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4127818/

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This week we're digging in to one of the sweetest trends of the early 2000's- Stevia.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia_rebaudiana

• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/whats-in-those-haribo-gummy-bears/283162/

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400077/#:~:text=Maltitol%20is%20commercially%20produced%20from,together%20%5B2%2C3%5D.

• https://daily.jstor.org/stevias-global-story/

• https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/research-alert-artificial-sweeteners-significantly-alter-the-small-bowel-microbiome/#:~:text=06%3A45%20AM-,RESEARCH%20ALERT%3A%20Artificial%20Sweeteners%20Significantly%20Alter%20the%20Small%20Bowel%20Microbiome,the%20microbiome%20of%20the%20gut.

• https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(23)02607-X.pdf

• https://mbertoni.org.py/en/equipment/

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-is-stevia-from
  

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