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The Botany of Desire

8 min read 11 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A mind-bending look at how plants have used human desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control to ensure their own global success.

You’ll learn

  • Plants may be domesticating us
  • Apples evolved sweetness to spread
  • Tulip mania was beauty's power play
  • Monoculture creates vulnerability