Totally Bananas! started as a tutorial class — and soon turned into something nobody quite expected.

Students in Professor Paul Hutchison’s course set out to explore one of the world’s most familiar fruits, and quickly discovered there was a lot more to it than meets the eye. Each episode takes a different angle: the economics of a global industry, the science of a plant that’s stranger than you’d think, the surprising places bananas turn up in history, culture, and art. One fruit, endlessly many stories.

Every episode is researched and written by the students themselves.

If you’re curious explore our website. Or just listen on Spotify.