Let’s Botanize with Ben Goulet-Scott & Jacob Suissa The Beet

This week on The Beet, Jacques sits down with Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa to talk plants, passion, and the power of good botany. The duo behind Let’s Botanize shares how they first fell for the plant world and how they’re channeling that love into a growing movement. They discuss biodiversity, ecology, and evolution while making the case for why plants deserve much more hype. Connect with Ben and Jacob: Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa met while earning their PhDs in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, bonding over a shared love of plants. Ben unraveled the genetic and ecological drama of Phlox species and now serves as Higher Education & Laboratory Coordinator at Harvard Forest, while Jacob, a classically trained botanist obsessed with ferns, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In 2020, they co-founded Let’s Botanize, an educational nonprofit dedicated to making plant science accessible, engaging, and rigorously grounded in real science. Find more from Ben and Jacob at their website: Find more from Ben and Jacob on Instagram: Support The Beet: → Shop: → Seeds: Learn More: → All Our Channels: → Blog: → Podcast: → Discord: → Instagram: → TikTok: → Pinterest: → Twitter: → Facebook: → Facebook Group: → Love our products? Become an Epic affiliate! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Let’s Botanize with Ben Goulet-Scott & Jacob Suissa The Beet is an episode from Epic Gardening: Daily Growing Tips and Advice by Epic Gardening.

This episode is 67:19 long.

This episode was published on Feb 23, 2026.

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