Bonsai Behind Barbed Wire

We've got a very special podcast for you this week–several months ago, Ryan had the opportunity to be interviewed by History Colorado for their podcast Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains. In this episode, storytellers Tyler and Noel set out to discover the history of bonsai in Colorado. They discuss how WWII prison camps influenced bonsai in North America, the pioneers of this art form in Colorado, and the tangled webs of cultural identity wrapped up in this ancient art.

 

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