
Science
Trees A Crowd
David Oakes
Ever wondered what happens when you fill a cello with bees? Or how robins have successfully colonised the outer-reaches of our universe? Or why the world is destined to be populated purely by female turtles? This podcast celebrates nature and the stories of those who care deeply for it. Join artist, actor and Woodland Trust & Wildlife Trusts ambassador David Oakes, for a series of informal, relaxed conversations with artists, scientists, creatives and environmentalists as they celebrate the beauty of the natural world and how it inspires us as human beings. All episodes available at: https://www.treesacrowd.fm/
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- 150 episodes
- Updated May 12
Episodes150
Oct 12, 2021 · 7 min
Oct 5, 2021 · 19 minHazel: "Monsieur, with your mellow fruitfulness, Dormice and ancient epigenetic poetical-pescatarianism, you are really spoiling us!"
Sep 28, 2021 · 18 minThe Birches: Magic Shrooms to Witches Brooms, the A to Z of the Birch nurtured
Sep 21, 2021 · 11 minAlder: Swamp thing! You make my heart (-sized root nodules) sing / fix nitrogen with a symbiotic bacterium!
Sep 14, 2021 · 17 minSweet Chestnut: Legendarily tasty, but as prickly and trustworthy as a Borgia
Sep 7, 2021 · 34 minThe Oaks: From two tiny acorns grow Viking Gods, Druidic ritual sacrifice, Nazis and... Mr Darcy?!
Sep 3, 2021 · 38 minPeter Wohlleben: The hidden life of the ‘Green Sheep’ who wanted to become an Ent
Aug 31, 2021 · 19 minBeech: Never judge a ‘buche’ by its leaf-cover - (Buchen sollst du suchen-ish!)
Aug 24, 2021 · 13 minWych Elm: Which wonky wych is the survivor; our world's first wood woman?
Aug 17, 2021 · 13 minEnglish Elms: Dreams in Crystal Palaces, but coffins by Cathedrals
Aug 10, 2021 · 14 minSea Buckthorn: Fuelling flying horses & fixing sand dunes - the tree that started it all?
Aug 3, 2021 · 16 minThe Buckthorns: Fire, brimstones and the invasive aliens hiding in a pig's bladder
Jul 27, 2021 · 16 minRowan: All hail the Witchwood; the high-flying hero of Thor & dairy-maids!
Jul 20, 2021 · 15 minWild Service: A checkered past spent pizzled with politicians & ancient french knights
Jul 13, 2021 · 10 minWhitebeam: The gorge-ous (geeky) sub-science behind our mighty 'Plant Elephants'
Jul 6, 2021 · 15 minThe Hawthorns: May Fairies protect your Midland bush against any Common Haws
Jun 29, 2021 · 15 minCrab Apple: 'A' is for sin, cider, gravity and pip-popping Auroch-pat parties
Jun 22, 2021 · 15 minWild Pears: Infanticide, scampi & Barbarossa’s bloody bearded pear conference
Jun 15, 2021 · 19 minThe Cherries: Drupes adored by birds; blossom revered by Kamikaze suicide pilots
Jun 8, 2021 · 11 minBlackthorn: Burgeoning with Booze, Black Magic and Butcher Birds