{"podcast":{"title":"Plants & Beats","slug":"plants-beats-7441589","podcast_index_feed_id":7441589,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/plants-beats/","website_url":"https://plants-beats.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ec58b626-4f1b-4ce5-9d3c-f12efc334050/PoU676RH-QTBbkWd-uDHNVEB.jpg","author":"Rob Bell & Aloefi","episode_count":27,"summary":"Plants & Beats is a lo-fi hip hop podcast hosted by Aloefi—a beatmaker and plant dealer on a journey toward nirvana—and award-winning journalist Rob Bell. Each episode is a blend of meditative music, mindful moments, and green wisdom. Tune in for hand-picked vinyl samples, chopped and looped into lo-fi grooves with practical plant care tips, ambient reflections, and quiet philosophies from a life lived between houseplants and MPC pads. It’s not just a podcast, it’s a sonic terrarium. New episodes drop every Friday","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:18:18.349349+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-beats-7441589"},"episode":{"title":"Basil and Beats","slug":"basil-and-beats","published_at":"2026-07-10T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-beats-7441589/basil-and-beats","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-beats-7441589","url":"https://plants-beats.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/30018be6-4c00-4387-9a77-b8c8ffdaf138.mp3","summary":"This week on Plants & Beats , we're doing something a little different. Rob ( @byrobbell ) sits down with German producer and DJ Cuezy. (@cuezy._) to celebrate the release of the six-track EP, Endless Summer by Aloefi (@al0efi) and Cuezy. More than a collection of beats, Endless Summer is a concept album designed to capture the feeling of a perfect summer day. Throughout the episode, Rob and Cuezy discuss their individual musical journeys, how a friendship across continents turned into a creative partnership, and insights behind every song on the project. Before each track, they share the inspiration, production process, and memories that shaped the music you'll hear. This week's featured plant is basil —a fragrant herb that flourishes with regular care and brings people together around the table. Like the collaboration between Aloefi and Cuezy, basil reminds us that the best things in life are cultivated with patience, consistency, and shared intention. Every song featured in this episode comes directly from Endless Summer , making this a behind-the-scenes listening experience unlike any other episode of Plants & Beats . Featured Guest Cuezy Producer • DJ • Collaborator on Endless Summer Plant of the Week Basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) Listen to Endless Summer Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4xOmatomfD3l3qujnNyxTN?si=7M1t0988QmyHoJQ_8mQemA Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/endless-summer-ep/6783602514 Featured Plant Care Guide https://linkly.link/2mLb3 Tell Us About Yourself Take the Plants & Beats Listener Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwnaae3QK2xFWy5nS_cYiwrjAjXfGc8GHBp_lr9E-RGuv7xg/viewform?usp=header Listen to More Aloefi Best of Aloefi (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/best-of-aloefi/pl.u-vxy68aYC8X…","meta_description":"This week on Plants & Beats , we're doing something a little different. Rob ( @byrobbell ) sits down with German producer and DJ Cuezy. (@cuezy._) to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3533,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/plants-beats-7441589/episodes/basil-and-beats/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-beats-7441589/basil-and-beats.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}