Plantopia
Hosted by Matt Kasson · The American Phytopathological Society (APS)
5.0from 51 ratings
- 76
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 51
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 859K
- YouTube views
About Plantopia
Healthy plants are the foundation for life on our planet. They produce the oxygen we breathe and over 80% of the food we eat. The Plantopia podcast series explains how protecting plant health can ensure a sustainable future. Inspired by the United Nations declaration of 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health, the American Phytopathological Society created Plantopia so you can explore the world of plant health in company with plant pathologists—people on a mission to protect plants and our food supply.
- Publisher
- The American Phytopathological Society (APS)
- Category
- science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 76 episodes have a transcript.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Plant Health in the Non-profit Landscape
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
2026 APS Fellow Feature Part III: Dr. Boris Vinatzer
30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
2026 APS Fellow Feature Part II: Dr. Rodrigo Almeida
Inside a recent episode
Plant Health in the Non-profit Landscape
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Soil is the basis of plant health and a functioning farm. And people wanted to know how they were doing in stewarding their soiled health, if there's anything they could be doing better, how their soil health was tracking over time. Education director at the time, Franklin Egan, decided to start the Soil Health Benchmark Study. And now this is the 10th year of the Soil Health Benchmark Study, which is very exciting that we've been able to keep it going for so long. And I'm so fortunate to just be able to step into this project in the last couple of years. So The idea of the soil health benchmark study is, number one, to help farmers track their soil health over time. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Laura Kaminsky
- Boris Vinatzer
- Rodrigo Almeida
- Christina Cowger
- Melanie Medina López
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 859,496
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 24 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 27 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
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- Quality
- 39
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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