Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
Why do some plants grow where they do? How can geology cause new plant species to evolve? Why are some plants pollinated by flies, some by bats, some by birds, and others by bees? How does a plant evolve to look like a rock? How can destroying lawns soothe the soul? This is a show about plants and plant habitat through the lens of natural selection and ecology, with a side of neurotic ranting, light humor, occasional profanity, & the perpetual search for the filthiest taqueria bathroom.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 106 minutes
- Episodes
- 262
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Trouble in the Food Forest
Why is there such a strong correlation between invasion biology denial, anthropocentrism, ecological illiteracy and permaculture? How can permaculture move forward while at the same time acknowledgin…
00:42:37 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
"Spiritual Remedies of Nuevo León"
In this episode (after a 30 minute societal rant) we talk about Dioon edule and cycads of the foothills of the Sierra Madre, why hemiparasitic members of the paintbrush family frequently have red lea…
02:14:59 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Adam Haritan from Learn Your Land
This episode is a conversation with Adam Haritan from the youtube channel Learn Your Land, which covres a diverse variety of topics related to the ecology of Eastern North American Forests - Fungi, P…
02:00:21 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Rants about Compost Sh*tting, Plant Metabolism, Compensation Point, Etc
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Today's episode consists of rants about compensation point, idiotic spelling mist…
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Today's episode consists of rants about compensation point, idiotic spelling mist…
02:09:34 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Colorado Springs Southwards
Rants about Green Tea, Lactose Intolerance, mycoheterotrophic plants in New Mexico, Colorado Springs Shale Exposures, Native Plant Takeovers of municipal landscaping greenhouses, Rock Sage, 300 milli…
01:36:39 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
I 10 Ramblings to New Mexico
Disjointed Rants about New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, Mormons, the origins of Ivermectin, Rat-Trap Pitcher plants and Nepenthes hybrids, and more.
All episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are availa…
All episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are availa…
01:38:45 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Neotropical Oak Forests & Bush-Checking Becky
In this episode we rant about Neotropical High-elevation Oak forests of Central America, what the hell introgression is (swapping genes between two species through hybridization and back-crossing to …
01:47:01 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Sashaying Around West Texas Sky Islands
Rants about Davis Mountains fungi, Ponderosa Pine Death from drought, torrential Texas rains, West Texas alcoholics, Mandevilla hypoleuca, Echeveria strictiflora, Growing Madrones, American Smoke Tre…
01:28:02 |
Sat 05 Jul 2025
Four Corners Botany
Rants about Northern New Mexico, Gypsum endemics, Dwarf Milkweed, the Horseshoe Bend Motel Photo, Botany of Horseshoe Bend, Pediocactus in the high desert of Northern Arizona, Why telling people that…
01:57:43 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Carlsbad Butt Clinic & Sandhills Plant Life
Rants about colonoscopies, plant life on the sandhills East of Carlsbad New Mexico, Eurytaenia hinckleyi (Apiaceae ), Pomaria jamesii (Fabaceae), the Sierra Madre and more
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Ad-Free episodes of the podc…
01:56:13 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
Hollistic Healing Colon Cleanse in Gypsum Habitats
Rants about permaculture, holistic livestock snake oil, Southern New Mexico gypsum flats, the Guadalupe Mountains, the Schizandra population in Atlanta that's being overtaken by english ivy, the Alex…
01:43:41 |
Thu 29 May 2025
A Clusterf*ck of Mustards - The Order Brassicales
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In this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about th…
In this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about th…
01:45:25 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Atlanta, Granitic Knobs, Limestone Glades, Native Habitat Project, Etc.
In this episode we talk about the granite/gneiss knobs that surround the Atlanta, Georgia area and the cool plants that grow there, getting unintentionally shot at by morons at Arabia mountain, explo…
02:18:19 |
Fri 09 May 2025
Easter Brunch With Father Santore Livestream
A 2 hour, unhinged livestream rant about ecological succession in lawn slaughter, book reviews, the deranged texas anti-plant bill (SB 1868), and more, all done while wearing a priest outfit.
02:01:56 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
Costa Rica Habitat Synopsis Rants
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In this episode of the podcast we rant about a myriad…
In this episode of the podcast we rant about a myriad…
02:32:10 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Mosquito Traps & Burrowing "Toads"
Rants about Mosquito Traps, Burrowing "toads" (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), Texas botanists' resistance to using scientific names, replacing windas, a new species of succulent bamboo from Laos, and more
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01:31:57 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
Trans-Pecos Botany with Dr Mike Powell
Dr. Michael Powell is the curator of the Sul Ross Herbarium in Alpine, Texas and a proverbial wizard of West Texas Botany and Plants of the Trans-Pecos. In this episode we discuss
how the endangered …
how the endangered …
01:50:55 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
The New Plant Species Discovered in a National Park
Deb Manley is a naturalist and long-distance hiker who in March 2024 discovered a plant species that was entirely new to science: Ovicula biradiata (Sunflower Family - Asteraceae).
In this episode of …
In this episode of …
01:34:56 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Neotropical Bamboos : What the &@#$ is Gregarious Monocarpy?
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Dr. Lynn Clark studies neotropical bamboos - bamboos from the Americas - specifically the gen…
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Dr. Lynn Clark studies neotropical bamboos - bamboos from the Americas - specifically the gen…
01:55:06 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Forest Restoration, Burning & Dam Removal
Bruce Shoemaker is a researcher on natural resource conflicts and
author of the book "Dead in the Water", about hydropower projects and extractive predatory capitalism in Southeast Asia.
In this podcas…
author of the book "Dead in the Water", about hydropower projects and extractive predatory capitalism in Southeast Asia.
In this podcas…
01:55:52 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
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