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Latest Episodes:

Antibiotics, Soil Microbiome, and Biological Control May 18, 2020

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Your backyard is full of antibiotics. What they're there doing might surprise you.

Special Guests: Linda Kinkel and Soledad Benitez Ponce.

Ants as Farmers May 04, 2020

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They’ve been farming for a lot longer than we have, and they are really good at it.

Special Guest: Ted Schultz.

Arms Race Part 2: AI + Cassava Apr 27, 2020

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There's a farmer walking around in a developing country applying a convolutional neural network to make decisions.

Special Guest: James Legg.

The New American Chestnut Apr 20, 2020

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This is the story of the demise of the American Chestnut and how we are poised, after a century of waiting, to see its return.

Special Guest: William Powell.

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Arms Race Part 1: Ug99 Apr 09, 2020

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The striking parallels between wheat rust and global human epidemics.

Special Guest: Dave Hodson.