…relationships between them in the relationship with with particular funguses Some of its most literary moments remind me of, obviously, Richard Powers and his wonderful novel The Overstory, and one of his characters is loosely based on you. And even one of…

…at Salisbury University and founder of the Old Growth Forest Network. Some of you may remember her from our event with Richard Powers for the Overstory. Her most recent book is Treepedia, a brief compendium of arboreal lore. Suzanne, Joan, thank you for…

…But I would like to have somebody bring me lunch every day from wild crafted food. That hasn't happened in my life. But yeah, Richard Powers did an excellent job with that. with that book and yeah he did your work it it is it's a great book I mean…

…a lot. I had not read Finding the Mother Tree by that point, but I first met Dr. Simard through The Overstory by Richard Powers, and I was so interested in the character Patricia Westford that I Googled her, and then I found Dr. Simard and her her…

…of the work in forest practices but i was also starting to see it people writing about my work. Ash mentioned Richard Powers developed this character based partly on me. And there's been several other books. And I thought, you know, there's a bigger…

…which is what this book is. Her work has influenced filmmakers, The Tree of Souls of James Cameron's Avatar, Storytellers, Richard Powers, The Overstory. Her TED Talks have been viewed by many more, I'm sure now, than 10 million people worldwide. And…

…book. And so I read it and I'm going, oh, my goodness, this is so much like my story. And it turns out that Richard Powers did actually base his character uh, Patricia Westerford, partly on me and partly on a couple of other women who, um, who study…

…profound. And that is true. Your work has influenced filmmakers, such as James Cameron's The Tree of Souls in Avatar. Storytellers, Richard Powers' The Overstory. And your TED Talks have been seen by more than 10 million people worldwide. By this point, I'm…

…TED Talks have been viewed over 10 million times, and she inspired my favorite character in my favorite book, The Overstory by Richard Powers. For this week's episode, I was so excited to dig into her new book, When the Forest Breathes, which goes even…

…a lot of these elements of your work and the response to it thus far are very familiar to anyone who's read Richard Powers' The Overstory. And it's kind of the story of Patricia Westerford. one of our viewers, Daniel Trefethen, my lisp is gonna make…

…what degree your career was kind of the inspiration for the character of Patricia in the Overstory. And personally, I'm curious, did Richard Powers talk to you about it at all in his writing process, or was that a little bit of a surprise? Janet…

…way that is dazzling and profound. Her work has influenced filmmakers. James Cameron's The Tree of Souls in Avatar, storytellers Richard Powers, The Overstory is partially based on her, perhaps mostly based on her. Suzanne's TED Talks have been viewed by…

…to know about. Thank you very much. Finally, I'm going to ask, you've probably been asked this before, what's your opinion of Richard Powers' The Overstory? There's a character in there based on you, which is quite an honor for such an excellent book. Do…