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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Twenty Three The Attack Of The Green Pollen · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Hey, when it comes to podcasts listening, are you like me?
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  Speaker 1: one place. Enjoy the exploration. Hey, thanks for being a
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  Speaker 1: part of the conversation. Welcome to foest Stories, a series
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  Speaker 1: of short winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees,
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  Speaker 1: stuck feet First and Georgia Clay right here in Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a huge part of my daily journey for
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  Speaker 1: over thirty three years. I Am the Poet in the Forest,
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  Speaker 1: a children's series written and recorded in the nineteen nineties.
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  Speaker 1: It's grown into multiple podcasts that now reach around the world,
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  Speaker 1: and none of it would be possible without this forest
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  Speaker 1: right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina, at the base
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  Speaker 1: of Heartbreak Hills. It's a sign that reads Rainbow Forest. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's time you get to meet what's inspired several generations
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  Speaker 1: long before the paved paths decorated with colorful homes colonized
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  Speaker 1: around this beautiful lake, slow moving stream, flatland swamps, and
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  Speaker 1: array of natural animals. There were families and business owners
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  Speaker 1: who are said to have raced into this area for
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of the land, wild roses, migratory birds, and
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  Speaker 1: wild grapevines. Those before me either forgot to write about
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  Speaker 1: it or it's buried somewhere inside their family tree. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of the conversation. Welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to the forest. Oh the springtime pollen.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is green. Oh yeah, the leaves have popped, the
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  Speaker 2: flowers are looking ever so vibrant with their colors. But
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  Speaker 2: every car, even my shirt is green from the pollen.
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  Speaker 2: I've always wanted to know what do my lungs look
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  Speaker 2: like when I'm walking through this forest here in South Charlotte,
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  Speaker 2: when I'm walking through these layers of pollen, all different
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  Speaker 2: types of pollen. I'm sure the beekeeper up here in
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  Speaker 2: the forest, his bees are like love and life like
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  Speaker 2: you wouldn't believe, whereas the human being is looking, staring,
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  Speaker 2: wondering and creating some sort of doubt of wanting to
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  Speaker 2: grow forward because there's just too much pollen in the air.
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  Speaker 2: I'm shocked at these meteorologists in weather forecasters don't sit
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  Speaker 2: there and name these storms a pollen storm like that
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  Speaker 2: of a hurricane or a winter storm that's moving through.
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  Speaker 2: But everything is green. Even my black dog has got
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  Speaker 2: green on her because she likes to roll around in
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  Speaker 2: the grass and in the weeds, and so therefore all
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  Speaker 2: that pollen falls on her. And I'm going, oh my god,
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  Speaker 2: you've given me another reason to sneeze, to wash my eyes.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, this long haired freak who walks through this
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  Speaker 2: forest daily hosting a podcast that's about telling the stories
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  Speaker 2: of a forest. Ah, I can't wear my contact lenses
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  Speaker 2: because the green pollen of Carolina in the springtime, it's
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  Speaker 2: all over my eyes. If it were yellow, we'd have
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  Speaker 2: a problem. But if I went to the doctor and said, hey,
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  Speaker 2: look doc, i've got green eyes, hm, well, nothing wrong
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  Speaker 2: with you except you've got allergies. Hey, nothing I can
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  Speaker 2: do for you, buddy. You can go take some drugs
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  Speaker 2: and feel lightheaded for a little bit, but when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to the pollen, you're just gonna have to deal
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  Speaker 2: with it. Now, I sit here and wonder what are
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  Speaker 2: they thinking in Arizona, or even in California. We always
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  Speaker 2: feel better when we take that flight out west, and
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  Speaker 2: then what happens. Hold on, hold on see what I
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  Speaker 2: mean the pollen I am sneezing all over the place.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to my world of green. Thank you for being
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  Speaker 2: a part of the conversation. Hold on, here comes another one.
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  Speaker 2: See apollin