Sycamore Gap tree

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Sycamore Gap tree has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Rosa ListerLondon-based writer who covered the Sycamore Gap trial for Harper's Magazine

  • Lister argued the more disturbing explanation was that the men deliberately felled the tree because they knew how loved it was.

    “That they had thought about it quite extensively, that they knew how much people had loved the tree, and had cut it down for precisely that reason”

    This American Life: 892: Trapped on a Bus (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 48:31

  • Lister noted that sycamores are generally disliked in Britain and often regarded as weeds.

    “The truth is that people in Britain don't really like sycamores. Gardeners go so far as to despise them”

    This American Life: 892: Trapped on a Bus (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 43:32

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • 892: Trapped on a Bus

    This American Life · Jul 20, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Guest host David Kestenbaum presents stories of unwanted journeys: a runaway bus, a neighbor-spy and bipolar paranoia, Havana blackouts, the Sycamore Gap felling, and an in-flight bite.