Willow Defebaugh
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731 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Sep
Willow Defebaugh’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And reading the light eaters.
Okay, my last question, which I ask all of our guests, what is something that nature has been teaching you recently?
Evolution is always possible.
Mm-hmm.
Thank you so much for coming on the show, Zoe.
One of my personal favorite teachings of plants has to do with something called phototropism.
Most of us are familiar with positive phototropism, which is a plant's tendency to grow toward the light.
But plants also exhibit something called negative phototropism.
If we think about the whole root structure of a plant, which is just as integral to its existence, that
Actually growing away from the light.
It's growing down into the dark depths of the soil.
And the roots do this to forage.
And this is a word that botanists actually use: to forage for nutrients and food.
So in these challenging times that we live in, I think about the fact that so many organisms, including the organism.
mechanisms that we owe our lives to.
Require both the light and the dark in order to grow.
The Nature of is an Atmos podcast produced by Jesse Baker and Eric Newsum of Magnificent Noise.
Our production staff includes Emmanuel Hapsis and Sabrina Farhey.
Our sound designer is Kristen Muller.
Our executive producers are me, Willow Defabaugh, Teresa Perez, Jake Sargent, and Eric Newsom.
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