Season 1 · Episode 14
Carnivorous Plants Will Ruin Your Life
Story of the Week with Joel Stein · Pushkin Industries
January 19, 202329m 16s
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Show Notes
Inside the flourishing world of online plant fanclubs lies a deep, dark obsession: people who dedicate their entire lives to caring for Nepenthes, or carnivorous pitcher plants. On this week’s episode, Brian Howey, a former “Nephead” tells us about the carnivorous plant subculture that nearly ate him (and many others) alive.
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