{"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":"Teosinte, Arracacha and Mauka Breeding with Steve in Australia","slug":"teosinte-arracacha-and-mauka-breeding-with-steve-in-australia","published_at":"2026-05-01T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/teosinte-arracacha-and-mauka-breeding-with-steve-in-australia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture/2760418","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/297868/2760418/zeroinputagriculture/2026_04_23_10_05_17_484f05d0-c886-417e-b642-6d1399896d54.mp3","summary":"Steve is an independent crop breeder in southern Australia breeding a host of uncommon crops from similar climates in the Andes. We dive into his work back crossing maize to its ancestor (teosinte), plus his early work preparing to wide cross mauka and arracacha. Steve is pursuing the true zero input approach to breeding staple crops which can produce on unirrigated soil with minimal nutrient inputs and fertility added. If you want to reach out to Steve get in touch via my substack. 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":"Steve is an independent crop breeder in southern Australia breeding a host of uncommon crops from similar climates in the Andes. We dive into his work bac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/recombination-nation-7074994/episodes/teosinte-arracacha-and-mauka-breeding-with-steve-in-australia/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/teosinte-arracacha-and-mauka-breeding-with-steve-in-australia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}