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
South Florida Native Plants w/Lillium Byrd
An hour talk with Lilium Byrd about Florida Native Plants, rants about the ecological wreckage of South Florida, Hardwood Hammocks, Pine Rocklands, Florida Scrub Jays, & the cultural cesspool. We als…
01:18:01 |
Thu 12 Jan 2023
Pyracantha Death, Obscene Birders, Western Interior Seaway
In this episode we hear a series of rants about the hideous living-concertina-wire that is Pyracantha, the Western Interior Seaway (RIP) and theamy fossils it produced in the Cretaceous limestone of …
01:25:43 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
Tasmania Rants
In this episode we spend two hours ranting about the Flora of Tasmania and why it acts like a time capsule for the relictual flora of Antarctica, tree-like Senecios, the genus Richea and the bizarre …
02:13:16 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Talking Tasmania w/Matt Berger
To cut to the chase and skip the intro go to minute 45:00.
In this episode Matt Berger and I talk about Tasmanian Botany and filming Tasmanian endemics, the Paleoendemism of the West half of Tasmania …
In this episode Matt Berger and I talk about Tasmanian Botany and filming Tasmanian endemics, the Paleoendemism of the West half of Tasmania …
02:05:06 |
Sat 17 Dec 2022
Miguel de Salas & Tasmanian Botany
In this episode we talk all things Tasmanian Botany, on an island notab for being home to Gondwanan relict plants that provide us a glimpse of what parts of the Antarctic continent may have looked li…
02:00:43 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
A Conversation About Mycology, Psilocybe Diversity , & Citizen Science with Alan Rockefeller
In this episode we talk with the mycologist and notoriously kind human being Alan Rockefeller about mycology, Psilocybe diversity, getting people interested in biodiversity & the biosphere, turning a…
01:56:54 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Cultivating Peyote as a Means of Ex-Situ Conservation : A Conversation with the "Peyote Lorax"
In this episode we talk with a gentleman who cultivates Peyote for the Native American Church. We discuss his efforts to protect wild populations of the plant by teaching NAC members to grow the plan…
02:28:38 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
A 3 Hour Conversation with Hamilton Morris
In this episode we talk with well-known chemist and journalist Hamilton Morris about a variety of topics, including the current status of Psychedelic legalization, Ibogaine (Tabernanthe iboga, Apocyn…
03:06:54 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
BLACK FORAGER
In this episode we have a 2 hour conversation with Alexis Nicole, aka Black Forager about everything from how she got started learning to use wild plants as food to Eastern Forest Biomes to botanizin…
02:03:25 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Peyote Gardens & Killer Bees
In this episode we discuss flowering West Texas Peyote populations, riding freight trains through Winslow Arizona, keying out species using a Flora, what the shit is allele frequency and what are spe…
01:52:51 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
West Texas October
In this episode, we rant about creepy lights in the sky and Elon Musk, the Conflict Algorithm (™), creating habitat in your ugly front yard, Sticky Plants in San Diego County, Montezuma Cypress in Ce…
01:34:07 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Southern California Landscaping Nightmare, Cholla As a Weapon, Borderwall Botany, etc
In this episode we rant about the horror of common Southern California horticultural atrocities, having cholla branches thrown at you, the burgeoning native plant movement and convincing home owners …
01:12:33 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
New York City
Intro sound from the Cactus Forests of Puebla. Covid Party. Rants against Reagan. Causing a scene at the American Museum of Natural History. Perpetually Scowling White Women. Ecology of Hydrothermal …
01:16:21 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
Bromeliads to Blow Your Mind
Endemic to the Americas (save for one species), the Bromeliad Family occupies almost all the ecological niches & environments that a plant family can - Tropical Rainforests, Deserts, the Alpine Zone,…
02:45:02 |
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Cactus Evolution, Carribean Cactus Forests, & Tree Prickly Pears
Initial intro rant is 12 minutes and rambles on about the Prednisone worsening ADD, getting smacked in the face with Poison Ivy while filming magic mushrooms in Mexico etc.
A conversation with Dr. Lu…
A conversation with Dr. Lu…
01:58:36 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Cactus Forests of Puebla, Cloud Forests of Oaxaca
A two hour rant about the incredible Cactus Forests of Southern Mexico, the Cloud Forests of Oaxaca, Cool Customs Agents, Drying Herbarium Sheets witta blowdryer nice, Fleabag Hotels, and much more.
01:57:24 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
Genome Sequencing Magic Mushrooms, Democratizing Science, Oaxaca Cloud Forests
In this episode, recorded in the cloud forests of Oaxaca, we discuss the entheome project, which centers around genome sequencing of entheogens as well as many of their sympatric species of fungi, pl…
00:49:01 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
Aug 25th Rants about Mexico, Botany News, Rain "Lilies", Dosing the RNC, etc
01:10:30 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
A Conversation with Kyle Lybarger from The Native Habitat Project
Out of Huntsville, Alabama, Kyle Lybarger is an advocate for native plants, ecosystems and for getting people to see things that they might otherwise overlook. Kyle runs the Native Habitat Project wh…
02:04:33 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
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