transcript of history channels the dark ages

We discussed how the battle over tall timbers to build tall ships led directly to the American Revolution. Over the course of our four seasons, we’ve talked a lot about how plants and fungi are woven through our history and our pre-history in surprising and often unexpected ways. Kicking off this new season, we’re going to talk about the ethnobotany of coffee. Mark Plotkin of the Amazon Conservation Team and host of the podcast Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture, and Conservation. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. With many episodes lasting 2+ hours, it can be difficult to catch minor errors. This tightly-packed episode explores all things coffee-the most widely consumed mind-altering plant product in the world. You can find my interview with Mark at tim.blog/markplotkin.

His most recent book is The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know. He is best known to the general public as the author of the book Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice, one of the most popular books ever written about the rainforest. Mark ( is an ethnobotanist who serves as president of the Amazon Conservation Team, which has partnered with ~80 tribes to map and improve management and protection of ~100 million acres of ancestral rainforests.

Mark takes over my duties as host and shares an episode of the Plants of the Gods podcast. It focuses on the conquests of Clovis to form the Franks and modern France the rise of Christianity in Europe the advent of the first bubonic Plague in 542 AD, killing up to 50% of the populations in urban areas of Europe the invasion of Europe by Muslims in 732 which was rebuffed by Charles Martell in France at the Battle of Tours, saving Europe from becoming Islamic (and his grandson Charlemagne eventually becoming the Emperor of Rome) Charlemagne becoming the first Roman Emperor in 300 years at around the year 800, where he restored much of Europe to Roman control and brought health to the continent such as by instigating the education of the populace the devastating Viking attacks in Europe between 793 and 950 King Alfred rebuffing the Vikings in southern England in the late 800’s medieval knights starting to subjugate the populations of Europe starting in the 900’s and the Crusades being undertaken in 1095.Please enjoy this transcript of a very special edition of The Tim Ferriss Show, featuring Dr. This 2007 History Channel documentary talks about what happened between the fall of Rome in 410 AD and the Crusades starting in the 1000’s AD.

Transcript of history channels the dark ages