Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds.
As the British established their sprawling empire across the subcontinent and beyond, they encountered a formidable adversary — malaria.
There was a cure — the bark of the Andean cinchona tree. The only problem? The Dutch and the French were also looking to corner the market in cinchona. And the trees themselves were under threat.
Grab a gin and tonic and come with us to hear how a botanical empire took off — and gave birth to a quintessential cocktail.
Credits:
- Presenter: Marc Fennell
- ABC RN Supervising Producer: Zoe Ferguson
- ABC RN Executive Producer: Amruta Slee
- CBC Producers: Leah-Simone Bowen and Eunice Kim
- CBC Senior Producer: Tina Verma
- CBC Executive Producers: Cesil Fernandes and Chris Oke
- Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta
Guests:
- Kavita Philip - President’s Excellence Chair in Network Cultures and Professor of Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia
- Mark Honigsbaum - Medical historian and author of The Fever Trail
- Nataly Allasi Canales - Geneticist and bioinformatician
- Malú Cabellos - Visual artist & Irene Arce, researcher, collaborators on The Fever Tree project
- Charles Casben - Manager of Moya’s Juniper Lounge
With thanks to Irazema Vega and Maxim Holland.
This podcast is a co-production of ABC Australia and CBC Podcasts
Broadcast