#  New York Botanical Garden's Podcast Interviews OEB Alums 

 





June 30, 2025

 

 

   ![OEB Alum Jacob Suissa ('22) and Ben Goulet-Scott ('23)](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-07/Jacob%20Suissa%2BBen%20Goulet-Scott.png?itok=vG63WntX) 

 

The latest episode of the [New York Botanical Garden's Plant People podcast](https://www.nybg.org/plantpeople/season-2-episode-9/?utm_campaign=62625_0625%206.30.25%20Plant%20People%20Season%202%2C%20Episode%209&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotdigital&dm_i=7T8J,1CBL,2BUBJ9,67LG,1) interviewed OEB Alum Ben Goulet-Scott (PhD '22, Hopkins Lab) and Jacob Suissa (PhD '23, Friedman Lab) on their popular [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/letsbotanize/) and [nonprofit, Let's Botanize](https://www.letsbotanize.org/).

Jacob and Ben started their Instagram account in 2020 and have grown to over 174,000 followers! They went on to create a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating the climate and biodiversity crises by spreading curiosity, knowledge, and appreciation of plants.

Ben, currently [Higher Education & Laboratory Coordinator at the Harvard Forest](https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/notes/hf-community/meet-ben-goulet-scott/), and Jacob, currently [Assistant Professor at The University of Tennessee Knoxville](https://eeb.utk.edu/people/jacob-suissa/), are devoted to making botany fun and accessible for everyone!



 

 

 



 

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