The Hidden Life of Trees

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The Hidden Life of Trees is not to be confused with the pseudo science book from many years ago, which is absolutely interesting to read, but very silly. One author describes that trees feed each other other sugars through their roots when one is sick or dying and they communicate to each other using chemical and electrical cues in response to stimulus. They also postulated that they're a little green friends might originate in a super material world of cosmic beings such as fairies, elves, gnomes, silfs, and a host of other creatures.

Part 1 of a very special duo: Do trees have feelings? How do they talk? How old can they get? Are there any tree stories that will make me cry? Spoiler: YES. This episode aired in May 2018 and is worth a revisit, especially since Part 2 is a brand new 2020 interview with possibly the world's most enthusiastic tree expert, J. Casey Clapp. Learn about his many tree tattoos, new additions to those tattoos, how roots communicate to each other, "crown shyness,” social media shyness and the mental health benefits of tree proximity. Also: banana facts and Casey f*cking hates apples.

Be sure to hear the fresh catch-up interview in Part 2 to learn what Casey’s been up to since this originally aired. He’s been busy.

Follow Casey Clapp at Instagram.com/Clapp4Trees and his new podcast Instagram.com/arbortrarypod

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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris

Theme song by Nick Thorburn