Plant Conversation 1: Jeremy Narby and Sarah Laborde

In this episode of the podcast from The Ethnobotanical Assembly, anthropologist and best-selling author Jeremy Narby (representing cannabis) and multidisciplinary scholar Sarah Laborde (representing the apple) take us on a journey toward understanding our relationship with plants. Reflecting on plant capacities, they question the utility and meaning of concepts like ‘mind’, ‘intelligence’, and ‘consciousness’ for describing plants’ complex behavior. Delving further, Jeremy and Sarah turn their attention to vegetal processes like cloning, grafting, and rooting, and what they can tell us about our own possibilities as human beings.

https://www.tea-assembly.com/issues/9/plant-conversation-1-jeremy-narby-and-sarah-laborde