Podcasts
The Atlas Obscura Podcast: Looking for Pawpaws
November 25, 2021
“The Sporkful host Dan Pashman brings listeners on a quest to find a fruit native to North America that has never been industrialized—but may be seeing a resurgence.”
Sporkful: Hunting For The Elusive Pawpaw
October 18, 2021
(Stitcher Premium Required)
“A few months back, we got an email that set us off on an adventure. It came from Sara Bir, author of The Pocket Pawpaw Cookbook. Sara is obsessed with pawpaws, the largest fruit native to North America.”
Under Rocks Podcast: The Pawpaw: America’s Platonic Banana
September 17, 2021
“The pawpaw has its own national holiday (3rd Thursday of September), several festivals in its honor (The Ohio Pawpaw Festival is the biggest), nicknames (Indiana Banana, for one), a kiddie sing-a-long song (Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch!), and towns named in its honor (Paw Paw, Illinois, Paw Paw, Michigan). So why is this superstar of native American fruits such a mystery? Sounds like a case for the Under Rocks team!”
Plant Cunning Podcast: The ‘Pawpaw’ of Pawpaws with Neal Peterson
August 25, 2021
“In this episode we speak with Neal Peterson, who has devoted over 40 years to breeding pawpaws (Asimina triloba). We talk about how he first fell in love with this delicious fruit, how he tracked down the remnants of the early 20th century pawpaw collections just in time, and selected 7 superior pawpaw cultivars out of 1,500 seedlings.”
Partisan Gardens: The Dystopic and Exceptional Pawpaw
April 22, 2021
“In this episode, we are trying something new by collaborating with the excellent podcast, Propaganda by the Seed, hosted by Sole and Aaron in Maine. We start off with a conversation between folks from the two shows about pawpaws- how to grow them, what makes them unique, and their appealing (and not so appealing) characteristics. We also share an archived lecture given by Jerry Lehman prior to his passing.”