Pull out your banana slicers and pet fruit bats—it's the fourth episode of Air Castles! Olivia unveils the story of a failed Transcendentalist commune while Johanna dives into the socio-environmental implications of the avocado.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Johanna's Sources:

"Revealed: the enormous carbon footprint of eating avocado" https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/revealed-the-enormous-carbon-footprint-linked-to-eating-avocado-a3591501.html

"Is our avocado obsession destroying the planet?" https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/features/is-our-avocado-obsession-destroying-the-planet/

"Fun Food Facts about Avocados" https://greenblender.com/smoothies/2098/avocado-facts

"11 interesting facts about avocados" https://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/11-interesting-facts-about-avocados/ar-BBSAbPn

"Are Avocados Sustainable? What Are The Consequences Of Avocado Production?" https://youmatter.world/en/benefits-avocados-production-bad-people-planet-27107/

Olivia's Sources:

"American Utopias" https://www.britannica.com/story/american-utopias

"5 19th-Century Utopian Communities in the United States" https://www.history.com/news/5-19th-century-utopian-communities-in-the-united-states

"Fruitlands (transcendental center)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitlands_(transcendental_center)

"Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia" https://orionmagazine.org/review/fruitlands-the-alcott-family-and-their-search-for-utopia/

"Fruitlands" https://www.americanheritage.com/fruitlands

The Fruitlands Museum website: https://fruitlands.thetrustees.org/about,museum-history