Willow Defebaugh
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731 appearances
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1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Sep
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There is a question that is currently dividing the world of botany, and that is
Are plants intelligent?
Here to answer this question today is Zoe Schlinger, who wrote a book called The Light Eaters, which addresses this very question.
And let me tell you, after reading this book, I could not stop calling everyone I knew to tell them different plant facts.
And after you hear what Zoe has to say, I don't think you will ever take a walk or look at your house plans the same way again.
I'm Willow Defabaugh, and this is The Nature of, where we look to the nature of our world for wisdom and ideas that change the way we live.
This week we are looking at the wondrous world of plant biology.
I'm sitting down with Zoe Schlanger to talk about her book The Light Eaters, the question of plant consciousness, and what we can learn from the beings that make our very lives.
all lives possible.
Zoe, welcome to the nature of.
It is such an honor to have you here.
So to kick things off, you have said that everything we are is made possible by plants.
How is that true?
This episode was made possible by plans.
It's extraordinary.
I think of all of the things that I learned when I was young in fifth grade or whatever it was that I just accepted as fact.
And then when you relearn them when you're older, you're like, this is actually.
Truly extraordinary.
So your book, The Light Eaters, it centers around this question, which is pretty contentious within the world of botany and plant biology, which is are plants intelligent?
Are they conscious?
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