{"podcast":{"title":"Recombination Nation","slug":"recombination-nation-7074994","podcast_index_feed_id":7074994,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/zeroinputagriculture/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/zeroinputagriculture/20251101_011137_8332e5c9d1ea11b2e70aae811057e22c.png","author":"Shane Simonsen","episode_count":84,"summary":"Explore the intersection of evolution, ecology and civilisation with crop and livestock breeders, low input farmers, social engineers and a dazzling array of deep thinkers. Read more of Shane Simonsen's work at the Recombination Nation substack.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T12:18:53.441680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994"},"episode":{"title":"Breeding Mashua, Babaco and Passionfruit with Chuck Chan","slug":"breeding-mashua-babaco-and-passionfruit-with-chuck-chan","published_at":"2026-03-27T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/breeding-mashua-babaco-and-passionfruit-with-chuck-chan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture/2659800","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/297868/2659800/zeroinputagriculture/2026_03_25_02_08_07_5debd5df-0b60-4c1a-ac92-ffe88589eb9e.mp3","summary":"Chuck Chan is an accomplished amateur crop breeder from the humid cloud forests of California, adapting plants to his little pocket of Andean climate. He has made the most of his challenges by breeding a host of rare crops which struggle in other places, particularly the root crop Mashua, and papaya relative Vasconcellea along with numerous other projects. We also delve into how he manages his diverse plant collection and his experiences sharing the breeding work with the wider community. You can check out glimpses of his successes through his regular posts: https://www.facebook.com/chuck.chan.562019 Sign up to Recombination Nation on Substack for free weekly articles: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read Shane's book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/","meta_description":"Chuck Chan is an accomplished amateur crop breeder from the humid cloud forests of California, adapting plants to his little pocket of Andean climate. He…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3559,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/recombination-nation-7074994/episodes/breeding-mashua-babaco-and-passionfruit-with-chuck-chan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/breeding-mashua-babaco-and-passionfruit-with-chuck-chan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}