Jul 31, 2026
In this episode I’m speaking with Dr. Christopher McCurdy and Dr. Swathi Nadakuduti about Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa). If you aren’t familiar with this species, they are a tree from South-East Asia whose leaves have been chewed or brewed for a long time for a variety of reasons, but mostly used in a similar way to...
Jun 19, 2026
This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Brooke follows up with Aaron from Propaganda by the Seed about planting a garden and what you can do now that it’s summer. We talk watering, weeding and fertilizing. If you want to learn a whole lot more about using urine as fertilizer, we've got a whole episode on that in...
May 30, 2026
In this episode I’m talking to Ken Asmus of Oikos Tree Crops about perennial beans. Ken has been growing andbreeding perennial food plants since the 1970s and has developed many interesting populations of several species. We talk Thicket Beans (Phaseolus polystachios), how they can hybridize with Lima...
Apr 11, 2026
This week I am back collaborating with my friends at Live Like the World is Dying, this time Brooke is asking me questions about planting a spring garden.
Live Like the World is Dying is your podcast for what feels like the end times.
They ask the question, how do we live in a world that might be ending? By preparing to...
Mar 5, 2026
In this episode I’m talking to Laura Sieger about Apples. We cover history, care, varieties and re-framing expectations. Laura is a freelance orchardist and nursery worker who has worked on several great projects around Maine. They mention the Maine Heritage Orchard, Maine Apple Camp and the Gnarly Pippins Wild and...