Press
Dr Quave has spoken near and far to friends on BBC, New York Times, NPR, ABC, Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic. Always up for a chat get in touch if you have something she may be perfect for.
Watch
A selection of clips. For full list of press videos on The Plant Hunter take a look at our youtube channel.
ABC NEWS
“We have barely scratched the surface’ of the medicinal value of plants: Expert
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Dr. Cassandra Quave, author of “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines” about the future of plant-derived medical treatments.
October 11, 2021.
American Botanical Council Webinar
The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines.
The Sustainable Herbs program director, Ann Armbrecht, speaks with medical ethnobotanist Dr Cassandra Quave about her book, The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines.
October 14, 2021.
Ecosense for Living on PBS
Wild Healing
Dr. Cassandra Quave leads a team searching for plant-based medicines to replace failing antibiotics.
October 5, 2020.
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A selection of some of our favorite articles.
New York Times Magazine
Could Ancient Remedies Hold the Answer to the Looming Antibiotics Crisis?
One researcher thinks the drugs of the future might come from the past: botanical treatments long overlooked by Western medicine.
National Geographic Magazine
Superbugs meet your worst nightmare: This peppertree
In the peppertree’s fleshy fruit, Cassandra Quave and her collaborators at Emory and the University of Iowa found a compound that has an unusual and valuable property. Instead of destroying bacteria—which most antibiotics do, and which most bacteria have evolved protections against—the extract prevents bacteria from talking to each other.
The Wall street Journal
Hunting for medicines hidden in plants:
New technology is helping to unlock the secrets of the natural world, just as the limits of synthetic remedies are becoming clear
Art by Chloe Zola
Listen
A selection of podcast and radio appearances for the Plant Hunter.
The American Scholar Smarty Pants Podcast Nature’s Pharmacy. 11/19/2021.
KPCW Cool Science Radio The Plant Hunter. 11/18/2021
The Roundtable on WAMC Northeast Public Radio. A scientist’s quest for nature’s next medicines. 11/11/2021.
Public Radio Tulsa. The Plant Hunter. 11/1/2021.
WABE, Atlanta’s NPR Station. In memoir, Atlanta scientist shares adventures and challenges searching nature for new cures. 10/22/2021
People I (Mostly) Admire, Freakonomics Radio. Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us. Aired 1/29/2022.
Media appearances
Comfortable in a wide range of media formats Cassandra is always up for chatting all things plants. Get in touch with her media agent for information