Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
All critical elements of human life — from growing food and building shelter to preventing and curing disease — have their foundation in the study of plant life. A panel of experts joins Kojo to discuss the threat to developing new medicines posed by the ongoing extinction of plant species and the dying generation of folk medicine practioners in traditional cultures.
Guests
- Peter Hoch Secretary General of the XVI International Botanical Congress
- Maurice Iwu President of the International Society of Ethnobiology
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