I so enjoyed this podcast!
FYI, I don't know if you have tried the Big Bertha sweet peppers but I have grown them in the past quite successfully in zone 10a & they are named so aptly! Big Bertha! They certainly are.
And I found them to hold up well to the intense heat & humidity we had down there. They didn't complain a bit.
I loved when Dave talked about looking at others plant lists to ID plants. I do that on a regular basis when I need to ID something. It works! I start with the gardeners close to me such as Gingin & Plantladylin & then move on to the Texas gardeners as so much that is in Texas is also here. I have found quite a number of plants that I otherwise would have had to post on the ID forum. And sometimes I just go browse those same lists to see things I don't have & might want or things I am not familiar with & may want to try.