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
A Conversation About New Zealand Fungi
A conversation with my mycologist friend Alan Rockefeller about fungal diversity in New Zealand/Aotearoa, fungi with caps that don't open (which may be an adaptation to bird dispersal) and some of th…
01:11:31 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Heteroblasty Anonymous - A Conversation About New Zealand Plants
In this episode we have a 3 person conversation about the Flora of New Zealand, touching on such notable ecological and evolutionary characteristics among the plants here like leaf heteroblasty, leaf…
02:12:40 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
The Future of Peyote Conservation in South Texas
Intro ends at 15:03
In this episode we interview Benny Villareal about his work with Peyote Conservation in South Texas and his history with the Native American Church, touching on the topics of Peyot…
In this episode we interview Benny Villareal about his work with Peyote Conservation in South Texas and his history with the Native American Church, touching on the topics of Peyot…
01:53:40 |
Fri 26 May 2023
Chonkosaurus & Chicago River Botanical Survey
Rants about Chonkosaurus, the Chicago River getting cleaned up, the bio-swales that UrbanRivers.org created along the river, Rooftop Graffiti Appreciation Committee, Redundant Praise for the Field Mu…
01:07:05 |
Sun 14 May 2023
90 minutes of Aroids with Tom Croat
In this episode we talk with Tom Croat of Missouri Botanical Garden, a world expert on Aroids and the family Araceae. Tom has been to over 130 countries studying this family and the immense amount of…
01:35:23 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Kill Your Lawn Release, Sweat Ceremony, Chicago Museum Scam, etc
Rants about overpriced museums, crook county, kill your lawn release, Missouri Botanical Garden Aroid Dungeon, getting banned from places of prestige, sweat ceremony, sand endemics of Florida, pissin…
01:11:47 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Talking Florida Panhandle Plants in a Longleaf Pine Forest
Lillium Byrd is a Botanist with the Florida Native Plant Society. This conversation took place in a Longleaf Pine Forest while watching fireflies light up the canopy of the trees.
01:06:39 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
A Conversation with Margaret Behan
Margaret Behan is an Arapahoe/Cheyenne member of the Native American Church, as well as one of the "13 Indigenous Grandmothers". In this episode we talk about Peyote Religion, people wanting a connec…
00:45:07 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Paintbrush & The Genus Castilleja w/ Mark Egger
Intro rant is about 25 minutes long.
"Paintbrushes", aka the genus Castilleja, are seemingly everywhere in the Americas, especially in the more arid and montane parts of these continents. Containing 2…
"Paintbrushes", aka the genus Castilleja, are seemingly everywhere in the Americas, especially in the more arid and montane parts of these continents. Containing 2…
01:57:31 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
Living Soil Crusts With Corey Nelson
Intro is 11:00
Anybody who's spent any time studying or even observing plants in desert or seasonally arid environments is familiar with soil crusts and how bizarre and unique they can be, as well as …
Anybody who's spent any time studying or even observing plants in desert or seasonally arid environments is familiar with soil crusts and how bizarre and unique they can be, as well as …
01:28:53 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Relict Oaks, Sky Islands, Austin Texas Botany & Texas Madrones
In this episode we rant about pleistocene relict oaks growing on desert sky islands, paintbrush species in the desert, plant communities of the hill country West of Austin, how it's actually not that…
01:11:18 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
F*CKING CANCELLED w/ Jay LeSoleil
Intro is 15:00 long.
Jay LeSoleil is an activist, advocate and one of the two voices behind the F*CKING CANCELLED PODCAST. In this episode of Crime Pays we talk about "cancel culture", the bizarre and…
Jay LeSoleil is an activist, advocate and one of the two voices behind the F*CKING CANCELLED PODCAST. In this episode of Crime Pays we talk about "cancel culture", the bizarre and…
01:27:25 |
Thu 09 Mar 2023
Gesneriads with Dr. John Clark
Podcast starts after a 40 minute intro...
Dr. John Clark studies the plant family Gesneriaceae (In the same Order as Salvias, Mints, and Penstemons... Lamiales).
In this podcast we talk about this bril…
Dr. John Clark studies the plant family Gesneriaceae (In the same Order as Salvias, Mints, and Penstemons... Lamiales).
In this podcast we talk about this bril…
02:04:27 |
Mon 06 Mar 2023
What the @&#! is Going On With North American Railroads
In this episode we talk with my friend Ron Kaminkow, founding member of Railroad Workers United (www.railroadworkersunited.org) about just what the he11 has happened with North American Railroad Comp…
01:24:06 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Ricardo Ramirez aka Lizardskinn
Ricardo Ramirez aka Lizardskinn is a naturalist and photographer who has explored many of the remote areas of Northern Mexico, documenting cactus and reptile diversity with an emphasis on habitat. He…
01:23:32 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
Kill Your Lawn rehash
TRIGGER WARNING : This ENTIRE episode is about 40 minutes of inundation in the phenomenon that is the nasally, intensely-obnoxious Chicago accent.
In this episode we do a quick rehash of recent filmin…
In this episode we do a quick rehash of recent filmin…
00:37:48 |
Mon 20 Feb 2023
A Conversation with Printmaker & Artist Roger Peet
Roger Peet is an artist, printmaker, organizer, & naturalist. IG = @toosphexy
Link Page/store for ordering prints :
https://toosphexy.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaaRBHW1j1gc6TJgIdRdjPOudw6KjimonyoNXCYGe_GH-vS…
Link Page/store for ordering prints :
https://toosphexy.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaaRBHW1j1gc6TJgIdRdjPOudw6KjimonyoNXCYGe_GH-vS…
02:08:54 |
Sat 11 Feb 2023
Peyote Ceremony & Esenbeckia
In this episode we talk about being in "the fitness center of da mind" as a goal of enlightenment, attending a peyote ceremony, being woo-ed to sleep by nightjars and woken up by kiskadees, foaming o…
01:55:44 |
Mon 06 Feb 2023
2 Hour Plant Biology/Ecology Crash Course w/ Scott Zona
In this episode of Crime Pays we talk with Dr Scott Zona, author of a seminal new book on beginner's Botany ("A Gardener's Guide to Botany") about plants chemical defenses, night blooming plants, cya…
02:04:40 |
Sun 22 Jan 2023
South Florida Monologues
The beautiful bark of Poison Wood, "What the sh*t is a Hardwood Hammock?", Swamp Walking, Epiphytism, KILL YOUR LAWN, Corraloid roots and why nitrogen-fiing cyanobacteria need them, Tillandsia dungeo…
01:16:47 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
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