Pollen Counts!

Once marketed as a superfood, bee pollen quietly infiltrated allergy counts and wellness culture. We trace its rise from Victorian “bee dust” to today’s influencer cures—and how generative AI is already rebranding the hive as a data farm.

Mugwort pollen has long haunted allergy charts and folklore alike. In this episode, we explore how a humble weed became a mystical villain in pollen history, and how AI translates its moonlit whispers into monetizable forecasts.

Grass pollen isn’t just a summer nuisance—it’s a global racket. We uncover how turf culture, suburban lawn pride, and Bermuda lobbying warped pollen counts into propaganda, while AI reshapes how we forecast every sneeze.

Weed pollen—especially ragweed—has quietly dominated late-summer allergies for centuries. This episode uncovers how it muscled into the pollen industry, why official counts underestimate its reach, and how AI is already monetizing your sneezes like a back-alley dealer with a cloud subscription.

This episode traces the evolution of pollen measurement from its earliest beginnings to today’s cutting-edge AI systems. Dr. Frank Hayfever explains how early methods relied on crude tools and broad averages that often failed to reflect individual experiences.