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Gardening is for everyone, and so is podcasting! Before Plants Always Win sprouted, Sean had the chance to interview Jesse Thorn, whose work in radio had helped to fertilize the passion that would grow into the show you know and love today.
In this episode, we invite you to travel with us back to a time when Plants Always Win was still a seed, trying to germinate in the overcrowded podcast gardens. Sean talks with Jesse about how gardening in Los Angeles, California, compares to gardening in central Ontario; about produce exchange and community food distribution organizations; and about the power of access to green space, including majestic sequoia trees. The two of them even step into the roles of internet judge and expert witness to settle an age-old question: is a palm tree really a tree?
All the world’s an orchard if you know how to look at it. Come step into the grove with Jesse and Sean!
Find Jesse Thorn Online
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: www.npr.org/podcasts/510309/bullseye
The Maximum Fun podcast network: maximumfun.org/about/team/jesse-thorn/
Bluesky:bsky.app/profile/jessethorn.bsky.social
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jessethornveryfamous
“You know you’ve made it when you have your own Wikipedia page”: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Thorn
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Credits
Website Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin
Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays
License code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PH
Timestamps
00:58 Intro
01:34 Meet Jesse Thorn, Radio Host and Podcaster
03:44 Making Appearances on Small Amateur Shows
06:00 Jesse and Gardening
10:15 Plants and the Pandemic
12:46 Front-Yard Dragonfruit
16:09 Los Angeles Is an Orchard
18:15 Community Food Distribution Groups in LA
22:06 Sean’s OG Patented Plant Rant
24:27 Invasive Plants, Cultural Aesthetics, and Online Controversy
29:53 Palm Trees: Are They Trees? Are They Grass?
34:50 The Difference between Trees and Bushes
42:26 Jesse’s Giant Sequoia and LA’s Urban Parks
48:36 Keeping a Raised Bed Hydrated in Full Sun
53:50 Find Jesse Thorn Online
57:10 Words of Wisdom and Outro