132. Chocolate Botany, Debunking Plant Hacks, and Cousin Hamilton w/ Derek Haynes

Send us Fan Mail What's up, Plant People? Today I had the privilege of chatting with Derek Haynes, known on the interwebs as The Chocolate Botanist, to talk about what it takes to teach real botany and horticulture online while the algorithm rewards hacks and weaponized nonsense. We talked a lot about the weird reality of being a science communicator, from building a voice that actually connects to handling comments that demand impossible answers in 20 seconds. We talked too abou...