The Meaning of Trees Podcast
The Meaning of Trees Podcast explores the many ways that trees remain quietly essential to all our lives today.
Tree Specialist, Tom Hill, uncovers his guests' personal histories with trees and forests, investigates our basic human dependency upon them and shines a light on how they continue to connect us to each other and to other living things.
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Podcasting since 2024 • 28 episodes
The Meaning of Trees Podcast
Latest Episodes
Deep Time Forest Researcher - Elena Pearce - E28
Elena Pearce is a post-doctoral Researcher with Aarhus University in Denmark with a special curiosity in what Europe’s forest ecology was like before the last ice age.Hear her explanation of the long term warming and cooling cycles of ou...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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37:05
Big Tree Hunter - Fred Breglia (@bigtreehunters) - E27
Fred Breglia is Director of the Landis Arboretum in Upstate New York and a huge advocate for the protection of old growth forests and champion trees, connecting more than 1.5 million tree enthusiasts from around the world through his much loved...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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46:46
Ancient Tree Ecologist - Vikki Bengtsson (@vikjben) - E26
As a founding member of the Ancient Tree Forum, Vikki Bengtsson has studied Europe's veteran trees and their special ecology for more than 30 years and her latest research remains at the cutting edge of tree related-science.Tom and Vikki...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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44:19
Artist & Father - Luke Adam Hawker (@lukeadamhawker) - E25
Luke Adam Hawker is a tree-inspired artist, a devoted father, a Sunday Times best selling author and a Woodland Trust ambassador.After a short walk in the Surrey Hills, Tom and Luke sit down to discuss the timeless powers of trees in sto...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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52:43
Groundbreakers Author / Wild Boar Specialist - Chantal Lyons (@chantalslyons) - E24
Chantal Lyons is author of ‘Groundbreakers: The Return of Britain’s Wild Boar’ and has spent the past few years immersing herself into the world of megafauna.After walking in the Forest of Dean, Tom and Chantal discuss wild boars’ specia...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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48:16