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
"The Living World" Rant & Orchid Pollination Biology
In this episode we talk about why the word "nature" sucks; how to use the living world to avoid focusing on doom and idiocracy; why aimlessly walking along power line easements, irrigation ditches an…
02:35:10 |
Sun 09 Mar 2025
Could Peyote Be An Endangered Species One Day?
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01:56:24 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Chicago Museums, Welwitschia Diorama, Public Urination
Rants about museums in Chicago, the hall of botany at the field museum, drop-in sinks, Euglossine bees, the genus Gnetum, getting the cops called on you at Chicago Botanical Gardens, the library at s…
01:50:41 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
New Plant Discovered in West Texas, Neotropical Palms, & Panama Hats
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Rants about the New Asteraceae species discovered at Big Bend National P…
Rants about the New Asteraceae species discovered at Big Bend National P…
02:07:03 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Guayusa Rants
A 2 hour rant about the upper Amazon, the Paramo, ant symbiosis, Ilex guayusa, ethnobotany at the fruit market, giant neotropical bamboos, and much more.
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02:10:12 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Upper Amazon Fungi w/ Alan Rockefeller in Ecuador
A conversation with mycologist Alan Rockefeller about fungal and plant biodiversity of the upper Amazon of Ecuador.
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Episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at https://w…
01:32:27 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Atlas Nativa de Chile - Miquel Moya
Miguel Moya is a naturalist and designer who produces field guides and posters for native plants in Chile. In this episode we talk about the sclerophyll forest, the temperate rainforests of Chile Isl…
02:10:04 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Alerce Forests, Bog Tarantulas, & Arachnitis uniflora
In this episode we talk about Alerce Forests, Ocelot Tarantulas that live in bogs in Temperate Rainforests, Why the Rosulate Form Makes sense in Alpine Habitats, and the extremely weird mycoheterotro…
02:37:50 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Araucaria Forests of Chile
Rants about the Araucaria forests of Nahuelbuta and Conguillo, Chile : Towering, 1200 year-old Araucaria araucana trees with an understory of Nothofagus pumilio, dombeyi and obliqua; thigmonastic, mo…
01:27:19 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Chilean Flora w/ Botanist Nico Lavandero
Nico Lavandero is a Chilean Botanist who has described 8 new species of plants in Chile and is in the proc of describing many more. In this podcast we talk about a diversity of subjects, from Chile's…
01:52:53 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Birdsong Landscapes
Austin Miller runs Birdsong Landscapes, a native plant landscaping company and Natural History page based out of Southwest Ohio. In this episode we talk about continents as ecosystems, the natural hi…
02:37:19 |
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Potential Problems with Blight-Resistant Chestnuts
For some background on the developing story of creating a blight-resistant American chestnut, please check out the podcast episode a few episodes back with Erik Carlson.
Jared Westbrook is a geneticis…
Jared Westbrook is a geneticis…
01:24:51 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Better Living Through Reptiles
In this episode we sit down with Kyle Elmore of the youtube channel @popmilk for a two hour talk about herping (lurking for reptiles and amphibians), creating habitat, passionately obsessing over mil…
02:19:21 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
The Ruined Christmas Podcast
Rants about ruining Christmas, disappointed family members, mixing and making soil recipes, Thornscrub Sanctuary update, maintaining a positive outlook despite the spiritually-poisonous effervescent …
01:53:50 |
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Dissecting the American Retail Slum
In this episode we talk with Crime Pays Field Correspondent WIll Doran about his traumatic experiences in the Car and Retail Slums of the American Sunbelt, possibly one of the ugliest and most soul-c…
00:59:25 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Talking Philosophy with Kerry Knudsen
Kerry Knudsen is a Lichen Biologist who originated outside of academia and worked in construction until becoming fascinated by the natural world and immersing himself in desert lichens.In this episod…
01:52:58 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
What Happened to the Transgenic American Chestnut?
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01:49:36 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Mycorrhizal Harvesting, Sky Island Extirpations
In this episode we talk about how we are explicitly NOT condoning it, how to harvest mycorrhizae from soil duff, what is "KNR" and what "IMO"s are, the paucity of study concerning mushroom diversity …
01:22:45 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
Adam Black is NOT a Permaculture Activist
In this episode I sit down withAdam Black about planting fruit trees in the park, how to save the honeybees, why invasive species don't exist, and how to properly apply a glue-on moustache and select…
01:24:47 |
Sun 08 Dec 2024
Native, Invasive & Basic Biogeography
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In this lecture we rant about Invasion Biology, Contin…
In this lecture we rant about Invasion Biology, Contin…
01:24:09 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
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