All Seasons

Season 1

• S01E01 Sweetness and Beauty

  • September 8, 2009
  • PBS

  Botanist Michael Pollan examines how the apple and the tulip have benefitted from our human desires for sweetness and beauty

• S01E02 Intoxication and Control

  • PBS

  Michael Pollan continues his look at the interdependence of plants and animals. Here, he looks at the intoxicating effects of cannabis, and how how the potato enabled man to control his own survival.

Additional Specials

• SPECIAL 0x1 Preview Trailer

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x2 Apples - Web Extra with Michael Pollan

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x3 Tulips - Web Extra with Michael Pollan

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x4 Cannabis - Web Extra with Michael Pollan

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x5 Potatoes - Web Extra with Michael Pollan

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x6 How The Delicious Apple Got Its Name

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x7 Bringing Back Hard Cider

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x8 Like A Florist From 100 Years Ago

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x9 Racing the Clock The Dutch Auction

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS

• SPECIAL 0x10 The Botany of Desire Perspectives from the Arts, Humanities and Sciences

  • October 3, 2009
  • PBS