The Weekend Read: Sasha Gattermayr on an obsession with carnivorous plants
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Today on the show, Sasha Gattermayr, with her piece on the fascination with carnivorous plants from The Monthly magazine.
Sasha takes us inside a band of collectors whose obsession with plants such as the venus fly trap turned into a lifelong devotion to plants that devour their prey.
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Guest: Writer Sasha Gattermayr
Background reading: Little club of horrors
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