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I recently caught an apple-centric episode of 'Gastropod' and definitely recommend it. [1] I like podcasts that have transcripts, and invite you to this moment

I recently caught an apple-centric episode of 'Gastropod' and definitely recommend it. [1] I like podcasts that have transcripts, and invite you to this moment where a few layers were added to my understanding of well known American figure 'Johnny Appleseed'[2]: > TWILLEY: Johnny would get a mush of seeds and apple cores thrown out by a cider mill, and he would stick it in a dugout canoe, and tie that to another canoe and then float down the Ohio River to find a promising new patch of land. > POLLAN: So like a real estate developer, he would make a kind of judgment as to where the next wave of settlement was likely to be. He’d buy or squat on a piece of land and he’d cultivate it and plant his apple trees and they would be ready when the settlers got there. And he would sell them for a couple pennies apiece. [1]: https://gastropod.com/transcript-the-big-apple-episode/ https://gastropod.com/transcript-the-big-apple-episode/ [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed

Waterluvian 4y ago
I kind of like this version better than the altruistic fantasy. It’s a capitalism-driven win-win for Johnny and the settlers.
- Alex3917 4y ago
  > I kind of like this version better than the altruistic fantasy. Same, although to be fair, in this day and age the altruistic version is the more realistic one; it's a lot easier to guerrilla garden some fruit trees than it is to run a commercial nursery. Which is why most of the people who run small independent nurseries do it as a second career, and don't start until their 60s or so.
dendrite9 4y ago
I also like podcasts with transcripts for when there are little segments I'd like to share with people. Sometimes they aren't the tagged segments, when available, but rather just a few lines in the middle. Here's a podcast (w/transcript) about a collection of 120 old apple varieties in Massachusetts. https://awaytogarden.com/historic-apples-get-a-new-start-with-mark-richardson/ https://awaytogarden.com/historic-apples-get-a-new-start-wit...

Waterluvian 4y ago

I kind of like this version better than the altruistic fantasy. It’s a capitalism-driven win-win for Johnny and the settlers.

Alex3917 4y ago
> I kind of like this version better than the altruistic fantasy. Same, although to be fair, in this day and age the altruistic version is the more realistic one; it's a lot easier to guerrilla garden some fruit trees than it is to run a commercial nursery. Which is why most of the people who run small independent nurseries do it as a second career, and don't start until their 60s or so.

dendrite9 4y ago

I also like podcasts with transcripts for when there are little segments I'd like to share with people. Sometimes they aren't the tagged segments, when available, but rather just a few lines in the middle. Here's a podcast (w/transcript) about a collection of 120 old apple varieties in Massachusetts. https://awaytogarden.com/historic-apples-get-a-new-start-with-mark-richardson/ https://awaytogarden.com/historic-apples-get-a-new-start-wit...