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The Secret Language of Trees

Published: Sept. 18, 2021, 11 a.m.

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Using a complex network of chemical signals, trees talk to each other and form alliances with fellow\\xa0trees, even other species. In fact, whole forests exist as a kind of superorganism. And some trees are incredibly old. Did you know a single bristlecone pine can live up to 6,000 years? And the root mass of aspens might live 100,000 years? We explore the science and history of trees and talk with Richard Powers about his epic novel "The Overstory."

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Original Air Date:\\xa0April 28, 2018

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Guests:\\xa0

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Mark Hirsch\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Richard Powers\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Suzanne Simard\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Amos Clifford\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Daegan Miller

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Interviews In This Hour:\\xa0

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A Year In The Life Of A Tree\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Listening to the Mother Trees\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Richard Powers on Writing the Inner Life of Trees\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Bathing in the Beauty of the Trees\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0General Sherman, Karl Marx, and Other Aliases of Earth\'s Largest Tree

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