Flower Power Garden Hour 5: Joel Ledford
Flower Power Garden Hour
English - March 10, 2018 15:57 - 52 minutes - 120 MB - ★★★★★ - 168 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Leisure antiques botany conservation crafts diy education flower flowers fruit garden Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Marlene "The Plant Lady" talks to Joel Ledford, PhD arachnologist at UC Davis…that makes him a spider researcher to us lay people. Marlene & Joel discuss his varied pathway to becoming a leading expert in the field, including stops in the Marine Corp, time as an elementary school teacher and a post-doc fellowship at the California Academy of Sciences. Their conversation ranges from evolutionary mechanisms, unique habitats and survival strategies, arachnophobia, spider myths, and Joel’s adventures/travels as a researcher.