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The Meaning of Trees Podcast

The Meaning of Trees Podcast explores the many ways that trees remain quietly essential to all our lives today.Ancient Tree Specialist, Tom Hill, uncovers his guests" personal histories with trees and forests, investigates our basic human dependency upon them and shines a light on how they continue to connect us to each other and to other living things.https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast

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31:45

Girl in a Tree – Bianca Thomas - @girlinatree – E41

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2025/09/20

Bianca Thomas is a climbing arborist whose sole purpose in life has become to learn and gather wisdom from trees, following an ayahuasca induced epiphany that she’s never looked back from. In this end of season special with a final twist, Bianca tells Tom why trees have become her most trusted of guides since leaving behind a career in molecular biology, how her newfound partners are connecting her to an ever-expanding network of other tree inspired people and why the margins of conversation ...

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Natural Burial Site Owner - Simon Ferrar - E40

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2025/09/13

TEDx speaker, Simon Ferrar, is founder and creator of Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground, a multi award winning nature reserve where people are laid to rest sustainably, in harmony with natural processes. Tom gets Simon's thoughts on how trees are like silent watchers over our lives, learns about the ancient burial practices coming back to life at Clandon Wood and asks for advice on how best to plan for his own death one day. Find out more about Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground here - https...

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Tree Hugging Lawyer - Sarah Dodd - E39

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2025/09/06

Sarah Dodd is CEO and founder of the UK’s first and only law firm specialising solely in tree-specific legal and protection issues. With the dust still settling after the Sycamore Gap trial, Tom gets Sarah’s expert opinion on exactly where this world famous case now leaves us, what might have motivated those who felled the iconic tree that night and how likely a similar event might be tomorrow. Learn more about Sarah’s firm, Tree Law, here: https://www.treelaw.co.uk/ Check out the recor...

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Tree Bat Guru - Jim Mulholland - E38

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2025/08/30

Jim Mulholland is a bat and veteran tree specialist with a knack for leaving big impressions on people through the expert talks and training courses he delivers. In this wide-ranging interview, recorded at Savernake Forest, Tom and Jim cover everything from bat poo, bat discos and Batman to neurodiversity in the scientific communities he's part of and why Die Hard's opening scene is something we could all learn a thing or two from. Sign up for Jim's Bats & Trees Masterclass training here:...

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Epping Forest Biodiversity Officer - Andy Froud - E37

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2025/08/23

Nobody knows Epping Forest quite like Andy Froud, a man who has spent the past quarter century looking after its 55,000 veteran trees and getting up close and personal with the super-rare wildlife that lives in and alongside them. Tom and Andy chat about his early years spent in West Ham Park, the challenges of managing a vast ancient forest just 15 miles from Big Ben and how to correctly identify a daddy long legs. Learn more about Epping Forest here: https://www.visiteppingforest.org Find l...

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Fungal Ecologist - Professor Lynne Boddy - E36

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2025/08/09

Lynne Boddy is Professor of Mycology at Cardiff University and has been a true pioneer in progressing our knowledge of much maligned but essential tree and forest fungal communities for the past 50 years. Tom and Lynne discuss some of the strangest and rarest fungi hiding in our woods, why the Wood Wide Web concept definitely needs more work and dive deep into the unsexy world of rot and wood decay. Check out Lynne’s brilliant videos on wood decay and tree fungi as part of Ancient tree Forum’...

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Heritage Trees Specialist - Julian Hight - E35

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2025/08/02

Julian Hight is a heritage trees author and storyteller who has travelled the globe in search of nature’s oldest veterans and the timeless tales we attach to them. He chats with Tom about his many tree-inspired adventures, the rich historical and sacred significance of trees he’s encountered and why Windsor’s age-defying ancients continue to leave him awestruck. Check out Julian’s brilliant range of books here: https://worldtreestory.my-free.website/ Book on to one of Julian’s upcoming tree t...

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Tree Architect - Tom Joye - E34

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2025/07/26

Dubbed “the education of the eye” by its founders, Tree Architecture is an alternative way of seeing and interpreting trees and ex-forester, Tom Joye, has been leading sold out courses on the subject for some years now in the UK, creating a quiet revolution in how we think about and manage them. Tom shares the core perspective-shifting principles and language behind this new branch of science, explains why many trees in Belgium are at a disadvantage and takes us to meet one of Europe’s oldest...

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Rainforest Communicator - Alejandra Hart - E33

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2025/07/12

Alejandra Hart is a writer and Woodland Trust Communications Officer whose heartfelt stories inspire people to care more deeply about temperate rainforest restoration in the UK. Tom and co-host, Arifah Sheikh, learn about the unique meeting of minds that Alejandra took part in at Buckland Wood on Dartmoor, discuss why pausing to listen is so essential when we're setting out to build meaningful connections and discover how ocean and forest habitats are more intricately linked than we've ever i...

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Worm Guy - Kevin Chase - E32

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2025/06/28

Forest Entomologist, Kevin Chase Ph.D, is a Researcher with Bartlett Tree Experts who grew up in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania, USA. Tom and Kevin talk about their special collaboration around worms and unearth exactly what makes these humble ecosystem engineers such vital forest inhabitants, before delving into the thinking behind the fascinating 'Allee Effect' philosophy. Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftree...

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Bonsai Collector - Amelia Williams (@juglansnigra) - E31

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2025/06/07

Bonsai connoisseur, Amelia Williams, has been studying and working with trees of all sizes for more than 20 years, most recently as Director of UK tree consultancy firm - the Arb Company. Tom and Amelia zoom in on the miniature world of tiny tree craft and discuss what bonsai can teach us about better looking after bigger trees, as well as ourselves. Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast Check out Amelia’s Arb Comp...

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30:38

The Mystery Guest - E30

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2025/05/03

Tom meets a mystery guest in what ends up being a particularly revealing interview for him personally... Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast

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In Arboretum Filmmaker - Kate Colenbrander...

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2025/04/26

Kate Colenbrander is a Canadian documentary maker, photographer, writer and UCL Anthropology graduate who brings hidden stories to light from beneath the surface of mainstream conversation. Tom and Kate discuss her provocative new film - In Arboretum - which poses important questions about the lack of protection our oldest trees face versus development, what the modern human / tree relationship looks like today and what trees might say if they were able to talk. Watch Kate's film - IN ARBORET...

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Deep Time Forest Researcher - Elena Pearce - E28

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2025/04/12

Elena Pearce is a post-doctoral Researcher with Aarhus University in Denmark with a curiosity for what Europe's forest ecology was like before the last ice age. Elena explains to Tom the warming and cooling cycles of our planet, why studying the forests of the past can help us to better understand the present picture and why re-inventing a woolly mammoth might not be the best of ideas. Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftree...

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Big Tree Hunter - Fred Breglia (@bigtreehunters) - E27

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2025/03/23

Fred Breglia is Director of the Landis Arboretum in Upstate New York and a huge advocate for the protection of old growth forests and champion trees, connecting more than 1.5 million tree enthusiasts from around the world through his much loved Instagram and Facebook accounts. Tom and Fred talk about his very first encounter with a big tree, the power of sharing images and why there's no time like today to appreciate the last remaining trees of great age. Find links to all The Meaning o...

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Ancient Tree Ecologist - Vikki Bengtsson - E26

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2025/02/16

As a founding member of the Ancient Tree Forum, Vikki Bengtsson has studied Europe's veteran trees and their special ecology for more than 30 years and her latest research remains at the cutting edge of tree related-science. Tom and Vikki chat holes, hollows and cavities, delve deep into the idea that trees might live forever (if we let them) and discuss the thinking behind her most controversial work. Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee...

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Artist & Father - Luke Adam Hawker - E25

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2025/02/09

Luke Adam Hawker is a tree-inspired artist, a devoted father, a Sunday Times best selling author and a Woodland Trust ambassador. After a short walk in the Surrey Hills, Tom and Luke sit down to discuss the timeless powers of trees in storytelling, the way his son Harry has irreversibly shaped his life for the better and how trees can offer faith in tougher times. Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast

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E24: Chantal Lyons - ‘Groundbreakers’ Author

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2025/02/02

Chantal Lyons is author of ‘Groundbreakers: The Return of Britain’s Wild Boar’ and has spent the past few years immersing herself into the world of megafauna. After a walk in the Forest of Dean, Tom speaks to Chantal about wild boars’ special role in supporting our forest ecology, the perceptions of danger that often accompanies them and her hopes for a world where wild animals and humans might co-exist harmoniously together. Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content...

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E23: Meli Tanuku - iTaukei Mental Health Advocate

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2025/01/12

Meli Tanuku Nakauvadra is a Counselling and Education student at Fiji's National University and a strong advocate for mental health awareness.Tom and Meli talk about why trees and natural spaces matter so much in a developing country with a rich indigenous heritage to protect and discuss the concept of 'dominion' in traditional Christian teaching.Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast

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E22: *Mini Feature* - The Mythical Seacraft

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2025/01/05

Na Waqa Drua is a revolutionary project to create a giant twin-hulled, fully wind-powered ocean canoe that combines ancient and cutting edge technologies in a shared mission to sail around the world.Tom interviews Carson Young and his diverse team of innovators to learn more about how they are bringing this Fijian odyssey back to life and ensuring it's fully fit for the future.Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast

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