Ragweed

If you suffer from hay fever, you may be feeling the first sniffles right about now. It’s time for ragweed to come into bloom. Today, Anne Strainchamps and science historian Gregg Mitman take a closer look at the weed so many people hate.

Gregg Mitman directs the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the U.W. Madison, and he’s the author of Breathing Space.

Anne Strainchamps

Anne Strainchamps is the host of TTBOOK.  She co-founded the show, along with Steve Paulson and Jim Fleming, and has been a featured interviewer on the program for more than a decade.