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Sue Perkins Earpedia: Plants

By: Sue Perkins
Narrated by: Sue Perkins, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane
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  • Summary

  • Following on from her examination of the weird and wonderful animal kingdom, this second season of Earpedia sees comedian Sue Perkins presenting a series of audio guides to the planet's most useful, bizarre and interesting plants.

    Join Sue as she explores the truly horrible welwitschia mirabilis, which looks like a gateway into the pit of hell, the stony lithops plant, which resembles a dog's testicles, the technically poisonous cocoa plant, the caveman's discovery of rubber, and how much of the Venus flytrap's diet is actually flies.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Banana

    Ep. 1: Banana
    May 8 2018
    Sue Perkins presents a pocket-sized guide to the humble banana, the world's largest herb. Hear how they're available not just in yellow, but in red, orange and purple varieties, and discover that they have so much potassium in them that they're slightly radioactive.
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    13 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Welwitschia Mirabilis

    Ep. 2: Welwitschia Mirabilis
    May 8 2018
    Sue Perkins presents an audio guide to one of the world's ugliest plants, which resembles a huge jumble of fraying, dying leaves that have been carelessly dumped out of the back of a van onto the dusty, desert ground.
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    11 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Coconut

    Ep. 3: Coconut
    May 8 2018
    Sue Perkins presents a guide to the coconut. You might be thinking of piña coladas on the beach but the coconut itself is not only a tasty form of food and drink, but also a textile, a building material and so much more.
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    12 mins
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Short, punchy, entertaining and informative!

I was worried that the plants series would be less entertaining than the animals one. I was wrong. the set up of short podcasts, highlights of information and sketches inbetween keep this light, funny and something happy to listen to again and again. really a pity there are only two series.

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Fun and interesting

I thoroughly enjoyed these, learnt some new things and revisited old friends. Love Sue Perkins!

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entertaining

Similar to the animal series this is very entertaining and amusing. I really enjoyed it whilst learning about plants is a tongue-in-cheek way.

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light hearted and interesting

I'm really enjoying this series. It's very easy to listen to. very clear narration. some funny bits of sillyness, but occasionally they go on to long.

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Funny :)

Really enjoyed this podcast.Great performance :) Who would have thought flora is such a fun :D

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Interesting and funny

Some facts that came as quite a surprise. Did you know that bananas are herbs? All the better for a typically amusing performance by Ms Perkings.

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Great!

I am really like this podcast. nice content. fantastic and excellent narration in this content.

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Very informative

I found this a highly informative series with a healthy dose of humor, allowing the information to never become stale. Without Sue Perkins this series would not work as well. I learnt a lot, they were easy bites of information that allowed for listening on short journeys and whilst having some down time. The chocolate one was particularly well done with many a hint at dark humor. A very worthwhile listen especially as it free on audible currently.

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A different way to look at plants.

enjoyed this book found it interesting and enjoyable. woul listen to again as it is hard to remember all the facts.

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FAB

Loved the format of this. It was crazy funny. More entertaining than basic plant books yet actually informative.
Please do more of these.

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