{"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":"The ZZ Plant","slug":"the-zz-plant","published_at":"2026-06-12T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-beats-7441589/the-zz-plant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-beats-7441589","url":"https://plants-beats.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/02b9f7aa-bd1f-4e6b-9781-fb43990a378d.mp3","summary":"On this episode of Plants & Beats, Rob Bell ( @byrobbell ) reconnects with a longtime friend, Colin Fequa, better known as Figgadelli ( @figgadel_gg ), a Philadelphia-born rap artist now based in Atlanta. The conversation travels through decades of friendship, from childhood memories and shared experiences growing up to Colin's evolution as an artist, father, and man. Colin reflects on his family's rich musical legacy, including his connection to his cousin, the late Lisa \"Left Eye\" Lopes of TLC. Colin also opens up about a frightening chapter from his adolescence when a serious heart condition led to a near-fatal medical emergency. Through resilience, faith, and perspective, he shares how that experience shaped the way he approaches life, family, and creativity today. This week's featured plant is the ZZ Plant, one of the most resilient houseplants you can own. Known for thriving in low light, surviving periods of neglect, and continuing to grow through challenging conditions. As always, the stories are accompanied by a lo-fi soundtrack produced and mixed by Aloefi ( @al0efi ) Featured Guest Colin Fequa (Figgadelli) Philadelphia-born Rap Artist & Creative Plant of the Week ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) Featured Plant Care Guide https://linkly.link/2kQXF 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-vxy68aYC8X3dpR Best of Aloefi (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2IlQUrBY5eqcYkZQzRw7Mo?si=T0v930l5Ts6rSz-OqYnkyg Plants & Beats is hosted by Rob Bell, produced in partnership with the Lunchador Podcast Network…","meta_description":"On this episode of Plants & Beats, Rob Bell ( @byrobbell ) reconnects with a longtime friend, Colin Fequa, better known as Figgadelli ( @figgadel_gg )…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3698,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/plants-beats-7441589/episodes/the-zz-plant/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/the-zz-plant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}