https://www.spreaker.com/show/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt

]]>enNatural SciencesCopyright Tony Santorehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/aabef98da4722f208d0d3b834538f52f.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/crime-pays-but-botany-doesntWed, 05 Aug 2026 22:01:27 +0000Tony SantoreTony Santorecrimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.comAn antidote to the nausea caused by life in modern society via explorations of the cast of plant species composing the "living skin" of Planet Earth.

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This episode contains rants about Tennessee Oak Savannas, suburban Chicago fire ecology, granite balds in South Carolina and Georgia, the close ties between shame, status and native plants in South Texas-Mexican American communities, a hopeful city council meeting about a native plant ordinance, and more.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73517841Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:59:53 +0000Tony SantoreAd-free episodes of the podcast are available on the crime pays but botany doesn't patreon. A reminder to any complaining jadrools : I don't choose the ads. Your own algorithm does. Thank your corporate overlords. This episode contains rants about...
This episode contains rants about Tennessee Oak Savannas, suburban Chicago fire ecology, granite balds in South Carolina and Georgia, the close ties between shame, status and native plants in South Texas-Mexican American communities, a hopeful city council meeting about a native plant ordinance, and more.

]]>7172falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/june-in-ft-worth-rants--72799209
Rants about the Extinction of the Ft. Worth Prairie, the rediscovery of Dalea sabinalis, plants with huge taproots, dry limestone plants,  idiotic development, getting fleeced and ripped off in Costa Rica, fleabag motels, the Bowel Movement Supermarket, reminiscing about riding freight trains to Ft. Madison Iowa for the $5 cinema, and more]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72799209Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:48:39 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Rants about the Extinction of the Ft. Worth Prairie, the rediscovery of Dalea sabinalis, plants with huge taproots, dry limestone...
Rants about the Extinction of the Ft. Worth Prairie, the rediscovery of Dalea sabinalis, plants with huge taproots, dry limestone plants,  idiotic development, getting fleeced and ripped off in Costa Rica, fleabag motels, the Bowel Movement Supermarket, reminiscing about riding freight trains to Ft. Madison Iowa for the $5 cinema, and more]]>5828falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interstate-8-tour-rants--72465666
In this episode we rant about all night drives through the desert, meth-amphetamine and Del Taco Management, Phoenix Horticultural Atrocities, the "Kicked Outta Da Botanic Garden" Tour, plumbing leaks, Brad Lancaster's work in the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood of Tucson, and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72465666Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:16:25 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt In this episode we rant about all night drives through the desert, meth-amphetamine and Del Taco Management, Phoenix Horticultural...
In this episode we rant about all night drives through the desert, meth-amphetamine and Del Taco Management, Phoenix Horticultural Atrocities, the "Kicked Outta Da Botanic Garden" Tour, plumbing leaks, Brad Lancaster's work in the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood of Tucson, and more.]]>6677falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/north-carolina-rants-nsfw--72148075
All Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72148075Mon, 25 May 2026 00:36:29 +0000Tony Santore(NSFW) Rants about Dr Phil, Fire Ecology, Carnivorous Plants, the Piedmont Forests of North Carolina, Sandhills, Coastal Plain Longleaf Pine Savannas and more... All Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at...
All Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt ]]>5750falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/culture-and-plants-in-nuevo-leon-mexico-carlos-aztekium-velasco--72008204
Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco is a biologist, educator, and naturalist in Nuevo León, Mexico who has been teaching and studying the region's botany for 30+ years. He has written a guidebook to the plants of Nuevo León and helped describe new species such as Astrophytum caput-medusae.

In this episode we talk about the endemic plants of the Sierra Madre, the habitat of Huasteca Canyon, the urban river known as Rio Santa Catarina and its potential as native plant habitat, Ethnobotany of Mexican Plants, a growing appreciation of native plants in Northern Mexican culture, why the North lost so much of its Ethnobotany compared to the South, and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72008204Thu, 14 May 2026 17:27:19 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco is a biologist, educator, and naturalist in Nuevo León, Mexico who has been teaching and studying the...
Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco is a biologist, educator, and naturalist in Nuevo León, Mexico who has been teaching and studying the region's botany for 30+ years. He has written a guidebook to the plants of Nuevo León and helped describe new species such as Astrophytum caput-medusae.

In this episode we talk about the endemic plants of the Sierra Madre, the habitat of Huasteca Canyon, the urban river known as Rio Santa Catarina and its potential as native plant habitat, Ethnobotany of Mexican Plants, a growing appreciation of native plants in Northern Mexican culture, why the North lost so much of its Ethnobotany compared to the South, and more.]]>4549falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oakland-bio-saumitra-kelkar--71927496
Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71927496Fri, 08 May 2026 17:36:16 +0000Tony SantoreSaumitra Kelkar is a biologist and public educator In Oakland, California. This episode we talk about getting kids into nature, Bay area plant habitats, human selection of native plants and native plant cultivars, remnant edible wild gardens created...
Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>5770falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dirty-backyard-biology-with-damon-tighe--71879320
Follow Damon Tighe on IG at @damontighe

Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71879320Tue, 05 May 2026 18:57:01 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about the dead fly fungus, fertilizing Trichocereus with piss, how to get a good compost heap running, the science of backyard microbes, human manure composting, cultivating oyster mushrooms, trying to find out what mycorrhizal...
Follow Damon Tighe on IG at @damontighe

Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>7170falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nuevo-leon-borderlands-rants--71832879
Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the patreon at ww.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71832879Mon, 04 May 2026 01:59:10 +0000Tony SantoreRants about Mexican Cops, finding Arroyo Sweetwood in the wild, refugial canyons of the Sierra Madre that feel like humid forests in Georgia, and more . Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the patreon at...
Ad-Free Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available on the patreon at ww.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>6795falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rafflesia-rants--71418693www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

Rants about the Philippines, street trees of Manila, the jade vine Stronglyodon macrobotrys, the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia and its host Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), understory forest palms, old world lineages of aroids, and more. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71418693Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:24:54 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt podcast are available on the Patreon at:  www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Rants about the Philippines, street trees of Manila, the jade vine Stronglyodon macrobotrys, the parasitic plant...www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

Rants about the Philippines, street trees of Manila, the jade vine Stronglyodon macrobotrys, the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia and its host Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), understory forest palms, old world lineages of aroids, and more. ]]>5813falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/philippine-rants--71127140
In this episode we talk Philippines Botany with Jayson Mansibang and Johnny Altomonte from Philippine Taxonomic Initiative. We talk about biogeography, Nepenthes, diversity in the genus Ficus, Dacrydium,  Begonias, Dipterocarpaceae and the genus Shorea, describing new species, ultramafic areas of the Philippines, how a childhood filled with dinosaurs got us into botany, and more.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71127140Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:01:51 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt In this episode we talk Philippines Botany with Jayson Mansibang and Johnny Altomonte from Philippine Taxonomic Initiative. We talk...
In this episode we talk Philippines Botany with Jayson Mansibang and Johnny Altomonte from Philippine Taxonomic Initiative. We talk about biogeography, Nepenthes, diversity in the genus Ficus, Dacrydium,  Begonias, Dipterocarpaceae and the genus Shorea, describing new species, ultramafic areas of the Philippines, how a childhood filled with dinosaurs got us into botany, and more.

]]>6225falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-porch-rants--71025387
Rants about saving the Borderlands Caper Tree, salvaging star cactus from a housing development in South Texas, mowing (and "dethatching") dead turf grass, vandalizing Nandina domestica in private landscaping, and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71025387Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:28:30 +0000Tony SantoreAll episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available at www.patreon.com/Crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Rants about saving the Borderlands Caper Tree, salvaging star cactus from a housing development in South Texas, mowing (and "dethatching") dead turf...
Rants about saving the Borderlands Caper Tree, salvaging star cactus from a housing development in South Texas, mowing (and "dethatching") dead turf grass, vandalizing Nandina domestica in private landscaping, and more.]]>4676falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drought-tolerant-rants--70647006https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70647006Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:31:39 +0000Tony SantoreAd-free episodes of The Crime pays but Botany doesn't podcast can be listened to on the Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt6718falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/botanizing-california-in-a-2000-honda-civic-with-jessie-dickson--70598916
A conversation about California Native Plants with Jessie Dickson aka "Sacramento Food Forest" (he has no interest in permaculture). Jessie Dickson is responsible for stoking interest in native plants and ecosystems in quite a few thousand people who might not otherwise have any interest in it. In this episode we talk about fighting the Coyote Creek solar project, California redwoods, getting zoomers into botany, sobriety, the California deserts and much more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70598916Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:43:46 +0000Tony SantoreAll episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available - without obnoxious ads - on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/Crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt A conversation about California Native Plants with Jessie Dickson aka "Sacramento Food...
A conversation about California Native Plants with Jessie Dickson aka "Sacramento Food Forest" (he has no interest in permaculture). Jessie Dickson is responsible for stoking interest in native plants and ecosystems in quite a few thousand people who might not otherwise have any interest in it. In this episode we talk about fighting the Coyote Creek solar project, California redwoods, getting zoomers into botany, sobriety, the California deserts and much more.]]>7928falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/missouri--70398246https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70398246Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:08:28 +0000Tony SantoreAll episodes of The Crime pays podcast are available ad free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt6400falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rainwater-harvesting-plants-as-infrastructure-with-brad-lancaster--70152810
Brad Lancaster is a guerilla tree-planter and rainwater harvester in Tucson who has been instrumental in changing the way that the city he lives in treats rainwater and street trees. He has helped covince the city of Tucson to update its own infrastructure so as to absorb - rather than waste - rainwater by using things like curb-cuts, street-side infiltration basins and native plants. In this conversation, we learn how cities in hot, arid climates can update infrastructure and use native plants to reduce flooding, keep the landscape cooler and provide a better overall quality of life for the people that live in them. This conversation is full of hope. check out the abundance of resources and diagrams on Brad's website : www.harvestingrainwater.com and neighborhoodforesters.org

Ad-free episodes of the crime pays podcast are available on the patreon at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

BRAD'S WEBSITES:
HarvestingRainwater.com

CosechaDeAguaDeLluvia.com

NeighborhoodForesters.org




BRAD LANCASTER'S YouTube CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/c/HarvestingRainwater


BRAD'S BOOKS (available at deep discount direct from him):
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/shop/




RAIN GARDEN PLANTING ZONES - and how to figure out what to plant where
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resources/rain-garden-planting-zones/

Urban Drool Harvesting in Los Angeles
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2009/03/harvesting-urban-drool/


Self-guided water tours in Tucson (in-person or virtual)
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/tour/

Hydrologic redistribution of soil moisture by mesquites (there are better studies, but this is a start)
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-mesquite-trees-gain-a-competitive-edge-in-arid-arizona

Guerilla planting
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2022/09/guerrilla-planting-of-rain-and-native-food-forests-vibrant-acts-of-hope-collaboration-and-letting-go/

Before and after images of water-harvesting in our neighborhood streets:
https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/2022/09/before-and-after-photos-of-green-infrastructure-in-dunbar-spring-neighborhood/

Eddy basins:
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resource/backwater-or-eddy-basins/

DIY curb cuts:
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resource/do-it-yourself-curb-cut-guide/



]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70152810Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:55:38 +0000Tony SantoreBrad Lancaster is a guerilla tree-planter and rainwater harvester in Tucson who has been instrumental in changing the way that the city he lives in treats rainwater and street trees. He has helped covince the city of Tucson to update its own...
Brad Lancaster is a guerilla tree-planter and rainwater harvester in Tucson who has been instrumental in changing the way that the city he lives in treats rainwater and street trees. He has helped covince the city of Tucson to update its own infrastructure so as to absorb - rather than waste - rainwater by using things like curb-cuts, street-side infiltration basins and native plants. In this conversation, we learn how cities in hot, arid climates can update infrastructure and use native plants to reduce flooding, keep the landscape cooler and provide a better overall quality of life for the people that live in them. This conversation is full of hope. check out the abundance of resources and diagrams on Brad's website : www.harvestingrainwater.com and neighborhoodforesters.org

Ad-free episodes of the crime pays podcast are available on the patreon at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

BRAD'S WEBSITES:
HarvestingRainwater.com

CosechaDeAguaDeLluvia.com

NeighborhoodForesters.org




BRAD LANCASTER'S YouTube CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/c/HarvestingRainwater


BRAD'S BOOKS (available at deep discount direct from him):
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/shop/




RAIN GARDEN PLANTING ZONES - and how to figure out what to plant where
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resources/rain-garden-planting-zones/

Urban Drool Harvesting in Los Angeles
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2009/03/harvesting-urban-drool/


Self-guided water tours in Tucson (in-person or virtual)
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/tour/

Hydrologic redistribution of soil moisture by mesquites (there are better studies, but this is a start)
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-mesquite-trees-gain-a-competitive-edge-in-arid-arizona

Guerilla planting
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2022/09/guerrilla-planting-of-rain-and-native-food-forests-vibrant-acts-of-hope-collaboration-and-letting-go/

Before and after images of water-harvesting in our neighborhood streets:
https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/2022/09/before-and-after-photos-of-green-infrastructure-in-dunbar-spring-neighborhood/

Eddy basins:
7955falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ecuador-rantzzzz--70085268
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70085268Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:21:22 +0000Tony SantoreAll episodes of The Crime pays podcast can be listened to ad-free on the patreon : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt
]]>7092falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rants-about-the-texas-caper-abuelitas-hating-nature-asphalt-heat-islands-etc--69654595
In this episode we talk about South Texas Development, remnant thorn forests surrounded by McMansions, the Asphalt Heat Island, the South Texas Caper (Quadrella incana, Caper Family - Capparaceae, Mustard Order - Brassicales), grannies that hate street trees Crime Pays fan appreciation, Fighting City Hall for native scapes, general societal ignorance regarding the living world, Jack faking his own death in order to eat more hot dogs and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69654595Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:19:03 +0000Tony SantoreAd-free episodes of the CPBBD podcast can be heard at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt In this episode we talk about South Texas Development, remnant thorn forests surrounded by McMansions, the Asphalt Heat Island, the South Texas Caper...
In this episode we talk about South Texas Development, remnant thorn forests surrounded by McMansions, the Asphalt Heat Island, the South Texas Caper (Quadrella incana, Caper Family - Capparaceae, Mustard Order - Brassicales), grannies that hate street trees Crime Pays fan appreciation, Fighting City Hall for native scapes, general societal ignorance regarding the living world, Jack faking his own death in order to eat more hot dogs and more.]]>5466falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rants-about-tree-planting-the-urban-heat-island-etc--69522093
Opening song is about Jerry Falwell.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69522093Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:37:40 +0000Tony SantoreAd-free episodes of the podcast can be enjoyed on the crime pays Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Opening song is about Jerry Falwell.
Opening song is about Jerry Falwell.

]]>5070falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/estado-de-hidalgo-rants--69035427
All episodes of The Crime Pace podcast are available for ad-free listening on the Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Mexico Plants Checklist : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a5GcJ39ysO_n2XbsazLZeyF9H1wDi4Zx/view?usp=drivesdk

Diversidad Floristica Oaxaca : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-EXwZV3FOd5sahIE2wlnUmqN_JcLC4bB/view?usp=drivesdk]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69035427Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:39:28 +0000Tony SantoreRants about the plant life of the state of Hidalgo Mexico, including but not limited to Cephalocereus senilis, Fouquieria fasciculata, Fouquieria purpusii, Magnolia scheidiana, obsidian piles, and more.  All episodes of The Crime Pace podcast are...
All episodes of The Crime Pace podcast are available for ad-free listening on the Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Mexico Plants Checklist : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a5GcJ39ysO_n2XbsazLZeyF9H1wDi4Zx/view?usp=drivesdk

Diversidad Floristica Oaxaca : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-EXwZV3FOd5sahIE2wlnUmqN_JcLC4bB/view?usp=drivesdk]]>4609falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/san-luis-potosi-rants--68892043
Reminder that episodes of this podcast are available ad-free on the Crime Pays Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68892043Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:32:53 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we rant about cacti that grow in ephemeral lagoons, 1500 year old Montezuma Cypresses, cryptic cacti that grow in salty mud basins, Mexican Jays dispersing weeping pinion pine seeds, a fern that grows out of marble, how the...
Reminder that episodes of this podcast are available ad-free on the Crime Pays Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>4335falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/climate-town-with-rollie-williams--68725511Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available on the Patreon at
www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Rollie Williams is host of the youtube series "Climate Town". In this episode, we talk about "supplying demand" Capitalism, the Oil Lobby, why certain interests are just so dang good at propaganda, how the CEOs became the heroes and the scientists became the bad guys, palm oil plantations, ethanol, government-sponsored cheese caves and more.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68725511Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:29:38 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Rollie Williams is host of the youtube series "Climate Town". In this episode, we talk about "supplying demand"...Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available on the Patreon at
www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Rollie Williams is host of the youtube series "Climate Town". In this episode, we talk about "supplying demand" Capitalism, the Oil Lobby, why certain interests are just so dang good at propaganda, how the CEOs became the heroes and the scientists became the bad guys, palm oil plantations, ethanol, government-sponsored cheese caves and more.
]]>5876falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/please-don-t-save-the-honey-bees--68541630https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68541630Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:07:18 +0000Tony SantoreReed Booth and his assistant Hosh are killer bee exterminators based out of Bisbee, Arizona. In this episode we talk about the ferocity of the scutellata hybrid (aka "killer bees"), the fact that this hybrid doesn't occur in nature ANYWHERE, why most...6813falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/native-bee-diversity-w-krystle-hickman--68526444
Krystle Hickman is a biologist, native bee researcher, and conservationist from Los Angeles, California and author of the book "The ABCs of California's Native Bees". In this 2-hour conversation we talk about how to identify bees to genus, different groups of native bees (IE longhorn bees, cactus bees, leaf cutter bees, sweat bees, Euglossine bees, and more), specialist relationships between native bees and native plants, how native bees could be utilized to pollinate human crops simply if farmers created hedgerows of native plants in between their fields, how honeybees reduce native bee species diversity as well as reducing fitness in native plants, how to get good macro photos and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68526444Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:14:46 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Patreon at : www.patreon.com/Crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Krystle Hickman is a biologist, native bee researcher, and conservationist from Los Angeles, California and author of the book "The ABCs of...
Krystle Hickman is a biologist, native bee researcher, and conservationist from Los Angeles, California and author of the book "The ABCs of California's Native Bees". In this 2-hour conversation we talk about how to identify bees to genus, different groups of native bees (IE longhorn bees, cactus bees, leaf cutter bees, sweat bees, Euglossine bees, and more), specialist relationships between native bees and native plants, how native bees could be utilized to pollinate human crops simply if farmers created hedgerows of native plants in between their fields, how honeybees reduce native bee species diversity as well as reducing fitness in native plants, how to get good macro photos and more.]]>7889falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-forager-on-connecting-with-the-living-world--68450970
Full episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast can be listened to ad-free on the Patreon at:
https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68450970Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:58:06 +0000Tony SantoreA 2 hour conversation with Alexis Nicole Nelson aka Black Forager about connecting with the living world, ethnobotany, lawn-killing, native plants, hopefulness and humility, using native plants for fibers, and a sh*t ton more. Full episodes of the...
Full episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast can be listened to ad-free on the Patreon at:
https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>8658falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paleoforaging-the-ethnobotany-of-some-central-texas-plants-w-cyrus-harp--68318276https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68318276Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:00:08 +0000Tony SantoreCyrus Harp is an ethnobotanist, ethnobiologist and author based out of Cetral Texas. In this episode we talk about a number of different plant species, chipping chert, using Agave & Yucca for fiber, Agarita (Berberis trifoliolata) as dye, Mescal...8341falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-love-a-forest-with-ethan-tapper--68301537 Ethan Tapper is a forester, author and ecologist out of Vermont, USA. He advocates for a practice called "Ecological Forestry", as opposed to the short-term-gain/long-term-loss management style that has seemingly dominated the lumber industry for decades (centuries). He is the author of a book called "How to Love a Forest", released on Broadleaf Press in September 2024. In this conversation we talk about the Northeast Woodlands, how climate change is affecting tick populations, and how changing the focus from "how to extract as much as possible" to instead "how to steward a living machine (an ecosystem) for the system's own health" means greater benefits in the long run.

All episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available without ads on the patreon at : www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68301537Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:17:10 +0000Tony Santore Ethan Tapper is a forester, author and ecologist out of Vermont, USA. He advocates for a practice called "Ecological Forestry", as opposed to the short-term-gain/long-term-loss management style that has seemingly dominated the lumber industry for... Ethan Tapper is a forester, author and ecologist out of Vermont, USA. He advocates for a practice called "Ecological Forestry", as opposed to the short-term-gain/long-term-loss management style that has seemingly dominated the lumber industry for decades (centuries). He is the author of a book called "How to Love a Forest", released on Broadleaf Press in September 2024. In this conversation we talk about the Northeast Woodlands, how climate change is affecting tick populations, and how changing the focus from "how to extract as much as possible" to instead "how to steward a living machine (an ecosystem) for the system's own health" means greater benefits in the long run.

All episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available without ads on the patreon at : www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>6228falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/florida-rants--68259407
Even more astonishing is that so many of these plants are under immediate threat of extinction due to fire suppression, land clearance and an orgy of development tied to political corruption and the coziness with which Florida developers court the politicians. The end rant consists of a ten minute assault on the city of Orlando, also known as "Satan's Anus".

Ad-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Crime Pays patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68259407Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:29:40 +0000Tony Santore*Rants about the fire-dependent sand scrub of Central Florida, some of the rarest, most unique and underappreciated plants of the world. The plant community here occurs in nutrient-poor, fire dependent sands that were the beachfront 2 million years...
Even more astonishing is that so many of these plants are under immediate threat of extinction due to fire suppression, land clearance and an orgy of development tied to political corruption and the coziness with which Florida developers court the politicians. The end rant consists of a ten minute assault on the city of Orlando, also known as "Satan's Anus".

Ad-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Crime Pays patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>7136falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kyl-live-the-hideout--67795517Artemisia ludoviciana when I meant Artemisia vulgaris. 

full episodes of this podcast are available ad free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67795517Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:21:17 +0000Tony SantoreA live show originally recorded at The Hideout in Chicago on September 13th 2025. First 4 minutes got cut off accidentally by the sound guy, who otherwise did a great job (the sd card f*cked up, it wasn't his fault). On that note, I mistakenly refer...Artemisia ludoviciana when I meant Artemisia vulgaris. 

full episodes of this podcast are available ad free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>7601falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kyl-tour-rants-25--67926727
Thanks to the all the venues that put us up and thanks to everyone who came out for the shows/presentations in Milwaukee, St Paul, Omaha, Lincoln, Kansas City, Omaha, Lincoln and the Quad Cities.

As Always, Ad-Free Episodes of the podcast are available on the Patrol for 5 bucks a month at : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67926727Sun, 28 Sep 2025 02:57:25 +0000Tony SantoreRants about KILL YOUR LAWN tour in the Midwest, River Geography, Hemp Farms in Wisconsin, Prairies, Bison, upset affluent suburban ladies in St Paul, horticultural atrocities, Lincoln vs Omaha Nebraska, Feral Paht and more. Thanks to the all the...
Thanks to the all the venues that put us up and thanks to everyone who came out for the shows/presentations in Milwaukee, St Paul, Omaha, Lincoln, Kansas City, Omaha, Lincoln and the Quad Cities.

As Always, Ad-Free Episodes of the podcast are available on the Patrol for 5 bucks a month at : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>5611falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chicago-coyotes-prairie-psychedelia-landscape-architects--67810462https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67810462Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:57:15 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Patreon at www.patreon/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt5187falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trouble-in-the-food-forest--67648042https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67648042Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:42:34 +0000Tony SantoreWhy 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 acknowledging the functionality of native plant ecosystems and...2557falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spiritual-remedies-of-nuevo-leon--67623334Tillandsia usneoides in Oak woodlands, Calochortus marcellae, Malacomeles denticulata ecotypes, why Crotalus morulus (Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake) possibly one of the coolest members of the genus

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 FLORA OF NUEVO LEON CHECKLIST PDF : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ukTNSvThl65KUlKpm0wLzUTRklvZiBc_/view?usp=drive_link

CONCRETE BOTANY (Out April 2026) PRE-ORDER : 
https://geni.us/ConcreteBotany]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67623334Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:26:29 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 leaves, Mexican Oak Diversity, Tillandsia usneoides in...Tillandsia usneoides in Oak woodlands, Calochortus marcellae, Malacomeles denticulata ecotypes, why Crotalus morulus (Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake) possibly one of the coolest members of the genus

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 FLORA OF NUEVO LEON CHECKLIST PDF : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ukTNSvThl65KUlKpm0wLzUTRklvZiBc_/view?usp=drive_link

CONCRETE BOTANY (Out April 2026) PRE-ORDER : 
https://geni.us/ConcreteBotany]]>8099falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adam-haritan-from-learn-your-land--67519950Learn Your Land, which covres a diverse variety of topics related to the ecology of Eastern North American Forests - Fungi, Plants, Insects, & more. In this episode we talk about how fire suppression has caused an explosion in tick populations, along with a multitude of other factors. We also discuss medicinal mushrooms of Eastern North America, surviving stands of American Chestnuts, the importance of geology, and how Paw Paw trees might be neurotoxic. We also talk about how humans having a connection to (and knowledge of) the land that they live on is a matter of existential health, almost more so than anything else. 

Adam's been producing the Learn Your Land youtube channel for ten years and has an extensive library of videos about a diversity of topics, and unlike me, he doesn't curse like a madman so his videos are appropriate for all ages. Please check the youtube (especially the tick episode!) and go down a wormhole. Also check out www.learnyourland.com for more info on what he does, a link to his onlince courses, and a list of the videos he's done.

All episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at :
https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67519950Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:25:03 +0000Tony SantoreThis 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, Plants, Insects, & more. In this episode we talk...Learn Your Land, which covres a diverse variety of topics related to the ecology of Eastern North American Forests - Fungi, Plants, Insects, & more. In this episode we talk about how fire suppression has caused an explosion in tick populations, along with a multitude of other factors. We also discuss medicinal mushrooms of Eastern North America, surviving stands of American Chestnuts, the importance of geology, and how Paw Paw trees might be neurotoxic. We also talk about how humans having a connection to (and knowledge of) the land that they live on is a matter of existential health, almost more so than anything else. 

Adam's been producing the Learn Your Land youtube channel for ten years and has an extensive library of videos about a diversity of topics, and unlike me, he doesn't curse like a madman so his videos are appropriate for all ages. Please check the youtube (especially the tick episode!) and go down a wormhole. Also check out www.learnyourland.com for more info on what he does, a link to his onlince courses, and a list of the videos he's done.

All episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at :
https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>7221falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rants-about-compost-sh-tting-plant-metabolism-compensation-point-etc--67458525https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Today's episode consists of rants about compensation point, idiotic spelling mistakes, C3 and C4 photosynthesis, why nighttime temperatures prevent growing some plants in some areas, public land grab in Florida by sleazebag developers embedded in state government, Kill Your Lawn Tour 2025,  calcareous shale exposures of Pueblo County, Colorado.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67458525Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:11:36 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free episodes of the CPBBD podcast are available on the patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Today's episode consists of rants about compensation point, idiotic spelling mistakes, C3 and C4 photosynthesis, why nighttime...https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Today's episode consists of rants about compensation point, idiotic spelling mistakes, C3 and C4 photosynthesis, why nighttime temperatures prevent growing some plants in some areas, public land grab in Florida by sleazebag developers embedded in state government, Kill Your Lawn Tour 2025,  calcareous shale exposures of Pueblo County, Colorado.

]]>7774falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/colorado-springs-southwards--67339720
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To pre-order the book Concrete Botany, visit https://geni.us/ConcreteBotany]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67339720Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:07:58 +0000Tony SantoreRants about Green Tea, Lactose Intolerance, mycoheterotrophic plants in New Mexico, Colorado Springs Shale Exposures, Native Plant Takeovers of municipal landscaping greenhouses, Rock Sage, 300 million year old limestone, and more. Ad-Free Episodes...
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To pre-order the book Concrete Botany, visit https://geni.us/ConcreteBotany]]>5799falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-10-ramblings-to-new-mexico--67230606
All episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available ad-free on the crime pays patreon at : 
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For merch, bonfire store is at : 
https://www.bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67230606Sat, 02 Aug 2025 18:32:14 +0000Tony SantoreDisjointed 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 available ad-free on the crime pays patreon at : ...
All episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available ad-free on the crime pays patreon at : 
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For merch, bonfire store is at : 
https://www.bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt/]]>5925falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/neotropical-oak-forests-bush-checking-becky--67119021Solandra brachycalyx (Solanaceae), and more. 

To listen without any annoying ads (and IHEARTRADIO -our podcast hosting service - really lays the annoying ads on thick), check out the crimepays patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt. To order stickers of CPBBD artwork visit : https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/storestickersprints
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67119021Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:56:36 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 potentially create a new species, though sometimes...Solandra brachycalyx (Solanaceae), and more. 

To listen without any annoying ads (and IHEARTRADIO -our podcast hosting service - really lays the annoying ads on thick), check out the crimepays patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt. To order stickers of CPBBD artwork visit : https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/storestickersprints
]]>6421falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sashaying-around-west-texas-sky-islands--66865248https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66865248Sat, 05 Jul 2025 04:21:41 +0000Tony SantoreRants about Davis Mountains fungi, Ponderosa Pine Death from drought, torrential Texas rains, West Texas alcoholics, Mandevilla hypoleuca, Echeveria strictiflora, Growing Madrones, American Smoke Trees in Austin, Madrones in San Antonio, Dystopia and...5282falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-corners-botany--66612447
Episodes of the podcast are available for listening, ad-free, on the crime pays Patreon.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66612447Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:11:36 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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 eating Saguaro fruits isn't as bad as Caucasian...
Episodes of the podcast are available for listening, ad-free, on the crime pays Patreon.]]>7063falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carlsbad-butt-clinic-sandhills-plant-life--66342996
Ad-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Patreon for $5 a month at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66342996Sun, 01 Jun 2025 17:59:43 +0000Tony SantoreRants about colonoscopies, plant life on the sandhills East of Carlsbad New Mexico, Eurytaenia hinckleyi (Apiaceae ), Pomaria jamesii (Fabaceae), the Sierra Madre and more Ad-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Patreon for $5 a month at...
Ad-Free episodes of the podcast are available on the Patreon for $5 a month at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>6973falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hollistic-healing-colon-cleanse-in-gypsum-habitats--66331782
All episodes of this podcast are available for $5 a month ad-free on the crime pays patreon stop whining about the ads you jadrool bastard.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66331782Thu, 29 May 2025 20:23:30 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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 Jones with boobs meme, naked old men at Nevada hot...
All episodes of this podcast are available for $5 a month ad-free on the crime pays patreon stop whining about the ads you jadrool bastard.]]>6221falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-clusterf-ck-of-mustards-the-order-brassicales--66188157
In this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about the order Brassicales and all the cool and bizarre plants and plant families within it. We talk about the trend of polyploidy, whole genome duplication, the affinity for deserts and arid habitats, the evolution of succulents and the particular phytochemistry known as glucosinolates. 

We start off talking about the octopus plant that was recently discovered in 2020 in the salt pan deserts of Namibia, Tiganophyton karasense, and go through the entire phylogeny of the order, talking about little known families from disparate parts of the globe and why so many families only contain one species. 

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66188157Wed, 21 May 2025 18:21:08 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free versions of this podcast are available for $5 a month on the Crime Pays Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt In this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about the order Brassicales and all the cool and bizarre...
In this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about the order Brassicales and all the cool and bizarre plants and plant families within it. We talk about the trend of polyploidy, whole genome duplication, the affinity for deserts and arid habitats, the evolution of succulents and the particular phytochemistry known as glucosinolates. 

We start off talking about the octopus plant that was recently discovered in 2020 in the salt pan deserts of Namibia, Tiganophyton karasense, and go through the entire phylogeny of the order, talking about little known families from disparate parts of the globe and why so many families only contain one species. 

]]>6325falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/atlanta-granitic-knobs-limestone-glades-native-habitat-project-etc--66022229
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Plants mentioned in this podcast: 

Schoenolirion croceum 
Cotinus obovatus 
Packera dubia 
Polymnia laevigata 
Diamorpha smallii 
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis 
Ribes curvatum 
Chionanthus virginicum
Kalmia latifolia 
Neviusia alabamensis 
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66022229Fri, 09 May 2025 22:22:32 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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, exploring limestone glades of Alabama with Kyle Lybarger,...
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Plants mentioned in this podcast: 

Schoenolirion croceum 
Cotinus obovatus 
Packera dubia 
Polymnia laevigata 
Diamorpha smallii 
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis 
Ribes curvatum 
Chionanthus virginicum
Kalmia latifolia 
Neviusia alabamensis 
]]>8299falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/easter-brunch-with-father-santore-livestream--65644981https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65644981Sun, 20 Apr 2025 21:55:03 +0000Tony SantoreA 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. 7316falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/costa-rica-habitat-synopsis-rants--65543932
In this episode of the podcast we rant about a myriad of topics and also discuss 4 main habitat types of Costa Rica : 

Lowland dry forest, where you can get pissed on by spider monkeys and capuchins while photographing columnar cacti growing on karstic limestone dominated by Bursera simaruba. We also talk about the dry forest oak Quercus oleoides which tolerates a 6 month long dry season and doesn't even receive that much rain during the wet season since it tends to grow on thin-soiled limestone.

Montane Wet Forest dominated by oaks like Quercus insignis, which produces acorns the size of baseballs and grows with epiphytic orchids and bat pollinated Bromeliads.

Cloud Forest dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees such Quercus costricensis and Comarostaphylis arbutoides (Ericaceae), a kind of habitat which also contains tropical variations of plant genera that are generally more associated with temperate latitudes. 

Páramo habitat, where it's summer every day and winter every night due to the thin air at high elevations above 10,000' (3300 m) and plants produce layerings of hairs not to protect against drought but to protect against frost and increased Ultraviolet intensity. 



]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65543932Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:41:43 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available Ad-Free on the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't Patreon at: www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt In this episode of the podcast we rant about a myriad of topics and also discuss 4 main habitat types...
In this episode of the podcast we rant about a myriad of topics and also discuss 4 main habitat types of Costa Rica : 

Lowland dry forest, where you can get pissed on by spider monkeys and capuchins while photographing columnar cacti growing on karstic limestone dominated by Bursera simaruba. We also talk about the dry forest oak Quercus oleoides which tolerates a 6 month long dry season and doesn't even receive that much rain during the wet season since it tends to grow on thin-soiled limestone.

Montane Wet Forest dominated by oaks like Quercus insignis, which produces acorns the size of baseballs and grows with epiphytic orchids and bat pollinated Bromeliads.

Cloud Forest dominated by ectomycorrhizal trees such Quercus costricensis and Comarostaphylis arbutoides (Ericaceae), a kind of habitat which also contains tropical variations of plant genera that are generally more associated with temperate latitudes. 

Páramo habitat, where it's summer every day and winter every night due to the thin air at high elevations above 10,000' (3300 m) and plants produce layerings of hairs not to protect against drought but to protect against frost and increased Ultraviolet intensity. 



]]>9130falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mosquito-traps-burrowing-toads--65197877
I recommend the hell outta the Biogents Mosquito Trap, which is a pleasant way to reduce mosquito populations in your area using a compound that mimics the smell of human sweat, attracting mosquitos, then sucking the little bastards into the netting. The netting can then be frozen for 20 minutes which kills the mosquitoes, then the mosquitos dumped out onto a sheet of paper and fed to your carnivorous plants (Dionaea, Pinguicula, Drosera, etc). For 20% off the trap use code botany20 at www.biogents.com

Podcast are available on the Patreon for a measly five bucks a month, so quit your whinin about the awful ads (as if you don't have fingers you can use to press buttons to skip through them) and sign up, where you'll have access to see early screenings of videos, photo dumps of rare plants, free literature, educational PDFs and more at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65197877Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:35:42 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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  I recommend the hell outta the Biogents Mosquito...
I recommend the hell outta the Biogents Mosquito Trap, which is a pleasant way to reduce mosquito populations in your area using a compound that mimics the smell of human sweat, attracting mosquitos, then sucking the little bastards into the netting. The netting can then be frozen for 20 minutes which kills the mosquitoes, then the mosquitos dumped out onto a sheet of paper and fed to your carnivorous plants (Dionaea, Pinguicula, Drosera, etc). For 20% off the trap use code botany20 at www.biogents.com

Podcast are available on the Patreon for a measly five bucks a month, so quit your whinin about the awful ads (as if you don't have fingers you can use to press buttons to skip through them) and sign up, where you'll have access to see early screenings of videos, photo dumps of rare plants, free literature, educational PDFs and more at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>5517falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trans-pecos-botany-with-dr-mike-powell--65017536how the endangered species act influenced the wariness of Texas ranchers and land owners, the current drought that Texas is in, describing new species of plants, the rock-daisies and cliff-dwellers of the Perityle clade (Asteraceae), limestone endemism among Texas plants, how to propagate Texas Madrones, how chromosome-counting was done using immature buds before the advent of PCR, propagating rare native plants of the Trans Pecos, botanizing Mexico in the 1960s and 70s, gypsophile plants, and how a single teacher inspired him to ditch baseball for Botany in the early 1960s.

Episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65017536Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:03:48 +0000Tony SantoreDr. 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 species act influenced the wariness of Texas...how the endangered species act influenced the wariness of Texas ranchers and land owners, the current drought that Texas is in, describing new species of plants, the rock-daisies and cliff-dwellers of the Perityle clade (Asteraceae), limestone endemism among Texas plants, how to propagate Texas Madrones, how chromosome-counting was done using immature buds before the advent of PCR, propagating rare native plants of the Trans Pecos, botanizing Mexico in the 1960s and 70s, gypsophile plants, and how a single teacher inspired him to ditch baseball for Botany in the early 1960s.

Episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon.]]>6655falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-plant-species-discovered-in-a-national-park--64998500Ovicula biradiata (Sunflower Family - Asteraceae).

In this episode of Crime Pays we talk about the discovery, the unique flora of the Big Bend region, limestone deserts, the phenomenon of Sky Islands and more.

Episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon, where your membership helps support free botany education, filming, lawn-killing, native plant awareness and land preservation.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64998500Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:10:43 +0000Tony SantoreDeb 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 Crime Pays we talk about the discovery, the unique...Ovicula biradiata (Sunflower Family - Asteraceae).

In this episode of Crime Pays we talk about the discovery, the unique flora of the Big Bend region, limestone deserts, the phenomenon of Sky Islands and more.

Episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon, where your membership helps support free botany education, filming, lawn-killing, native plant awareness and land preservation.]]>5696falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/neotropical-bamboos-what-the-is-gregarious-monocarpy--64958017Episodes of this podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at :
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Dr. Lynn Clark studies neotropical bamboos - bamboos from the Americas - specifically the genus Chusquea, which is highly diverse in Central & South America, from the Pine-Oak Forests of Western Mexico all the way down to the temperate rainforests of Southern Chile. In this episode we talk about Chusquea, why it takes 30 years for some species to flower, why the woody bamboos are monocarpic (they flower once and then die, like Agave), how it can take decades for a clonal stand of Chusquea to flower, what the hell "gregarious monocarpy" is, how a stand of individuals "know" when to all flower at the same time, and more. 

We also talk about the enormous bamboo species Guadua angustifolia, which can reach heights of 30 meters (90 feet), forms massive stands in the upper Amazon, and creates its own canopy ecosytem much like a redwood tree does. 

Later in the podcast we discuss the 4 species of bamboo native to the United States, the genus Arundinaria , and how a dispersal event from Asia 25 million years ago may have originally introduced bamboos to the Americas.

Vocab words from this episode : 

Arm Cells : the leaf blades of bamboos possess arm cells in the mesophyll, a character trait that sets them apart from grasses.  


Gregarious Flowering or Gregarious Monocarpy : synchronous flowering. extremely cool and mysterious stuff.

Buergersiochloa bambusoides - New Guinea Disjunct

Raddiella vanessae - the world's smallest bamboo species

icneumonid wasps - wasps that have an ovipositor that is able to penetrate the hard culms of the giant Amazonian bamboo Guadua angustifolia

The strucutre and morphology of the buds at the nodes of bamboo are highly diagnostic for bamboos identification!

Chusquea from Western Mexico : Chusquea septentrionalis

Link to Guadua angustifolia video : 
https://youtu.be/7v6nmIatSx0]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64958017Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:13:31 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of this podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Dr. Lynn Clark studies neotropical bamboos - bamboos from the Americas - specifically the genus Chusquea, which is highly diverse in Central...Episodes of this podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at :
www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

Dr. Lynn Clark studies neotropical bamboos - bamboos from the Americas - specifically the genus Chusquea, which is highly diverse in Central & South America, from the Pine-Oak Forests of Western Mexico all the way down to the temperate rainforests of Southern Chile. In this episode we talk about Chusquea, why it takes 30 years for some species to flower, why the woody bamboos are monocarpic (they flower once and then die, like Agave), how it can take decades for a clonal stand of Chusquea to flower, what the hell "gregarious monocarpy" is, how a stand of individuals "know" when to all flower at the same time, and more. 

We also talk about the enormous bamboo species Guadua angustifolia, which can reach heights of 30 meters (90 feet), forms massive stands in the upper Amazon, and creates its own canopy ecosytem much like a redwood tree does. 

Later in the podcast we discuss the 4 species of bamboo native to the United States, the genus Arundinaria , and how a dispersal event from Asia 25 million years ago may have originally introduced bamboos to the Americas.

Vocab words from this episode : 

Arm Cells : the leaf blades of bamboos possess arm cells in the mesophyll, a character trait that sets them apart from grasses.  


Gregarious Flowering or Gregarious Monocarpy : synchronous flowering. extremely cool and mysterious stuff.

Buergersiochloa bambusoides - New Guinea Disjunct

Raddiella vanessae - the world's smallest bamboo species

icneumonid wasps - wasps that have an ovipositor that is able to penetrate the hard culms of the giant Amazonian bamboo Guadua angustifolia

The strucutre and morphology of the buds at the nodes of bamboo are highly diagnostic for bamboos identification!

Chusquea from Western Mexico : Chusquea septentrionalis

Link to Guadua angustifolia video : 
https://youtu.be/7v6nmIatSx0]]>6906falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forest-restoration-burning-dam-removal--64902514author of the book "Dead in the Water", about hydropower projects and extractive predatory capitalism in Southeast Asia.

In this podcast we talk about turning monoculturres of pine plantations back into biodiverse forest in Northern California, the importance of fire in Northern California forests, as well as the completely disparate topic of forest clearance and exploitation in Southeast Asia, the family Dipterocarpaceae, 
the removal of the dams on the Klamath River in California, and more. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64902514Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:47:28 +0000Tony SantoreBruce 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 podcast we talk about turning monoculturres of pine...author of the book "Dead in the Water", about hydropower projects and extractive predatory capitalism in Southeast Asia.

In this podcast we talk about turning monoculturres of pine plantations back into biodiverse forest in Northern California, the importance of fire in Northern California forests, as well as the completely disparate topic of forest clearance and exploitation in Southeast Asia, the family Dipterocarpaceae, 
the removal of the dams on the Klamath River in California, and more. ]]>6952falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-living-world-rant-orchid-pollination-biology--64766745Rhizanthella gardneri) that doesn't photosynthesize and blooms underground, a Vanilla species (Vanilla barbellata) that grow in cactus forests; whether pollen grains are analogous to nut-sacks or sperm; why the Australian Acacias have flowers that don't produce nectar, and more. the last  90 minutes are a conversation with my friend the pollination biologist and author Dr. Peter Bernhardt.



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Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon so please join it instead of complaining here about the ads : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>9310falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/could-peyote-be-an-endangered-species-one-day--64734829https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

In this episode we talk with Leo Mercado of Morningstar Conservancy, an Arizona-based peyote conservation and propagation organization formed by members of the Native American Church concerned with the increasingly diminishing wild popuations of Peyote, a cactus species native to South Texas and Northern Mexico.  We talk about the dwindling supplies of the plant available to members of the Native American Church (NAC) due to human threats to peyote's existence in Texas such as land clearance, feral pigs, invasive grasses (like buffel grass) and habitat loss.

We also explore why some members of the NAC want to keep peyote illegal as a means of "protecting" the species from use by outsiders. A well-intentioned stance that may actually further imperil wild populations of this plant due to the extent in which it makes propagation and habitat restoration, and salvaging peyote plants from land clearance for things like solar fields or the border wall impossible, even by those individuals that are Native American and permitted to use peyote in religious ceremony.


To learn more about the Sacramental Sponsorship Program or Morningstar Conservancy, 
visit www.morningstarconservancy.org

Sacramental Sponsorship Program (only available to NAC members with tribal cards : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Py8_vn9dHh7hGaZRKdwrsdXAtkfw0uGF/view?usp=drive_link]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64734829Fri, 07 Mar 2025 01:18:29 +0000Tony SantoreAd-Free episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't Podcast are available on the patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt In this episode we talk with Leo Mercado of Morningstar Conservancy, an Arizona-based peyote...https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

In this episode we talk with Leo Mercado of Morningstar Conservancy, an Arizona-based peyote conservation and propagation organization formed by members of the Native American Church concerned with the increasingly diminishing wild popuations of Peyote, a cactus species native to South Texas and Northern Mexico.  We talk about the dwindling supplies of the plant available to members of the Native American Church (NAC) due to human threats to peyote's existence in Texas such as land clearance, feral pigs, invasive grasses (like buffel grass) and habitat loss.

We also explore why some members of the NAC want to keep peyote illegal as a means of "protecting" the species from use by outsiders. A well-intentioned stance that may actually further imperil wild populations of this plant due to the extent in which it makes propagation and habitat restoration, and salvaging peyote plants from land clearance for things like solar fields or the border wall impossible, even by those individuals that are Native American and permitted to use peyote in religious ceremony.


To learn more about the Sacramental Sponsorship Program or Morningstar Conservancy, 
visit www.morningstarconservancy.org

Sacramental Sponsorship Program (only available to NAC members with tribal cards : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Py8_vn9dHh7hGaZRKdwrsdXAtkfw0uGF/view?usp=drive_link]]>6984falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chicago-museums-welwitschia-diorama-public-urination--64706226
Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available for Ad-Free listening on the Patreon.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64706226Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:23:07 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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 said institution, and more. Episodes of the Crime...
Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available for Ad-Free listening on the Patreon.]]>6641falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-plant-discovered-in-west-texas-neotropical-palms-panama-hats--64590244
Rants about the New Asteraceae species discovered at Big Bend National Park, Ovicula biradiata, as well as an exploration of a few species of Neotropical Palms, potential musical choices for waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay and Divine Retribution against America in the form of audible torture, vandalizing crepe myrtles and Bradford Pears, and a thirty minute exposé on Beetle Pollination in the Panama Hat Family, Cyclanthaceae.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64590244Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:36:14 +0000Tony SantoreEpisodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Rants about the New Asteraceae species discovered at Big Bend National Park, Ovicula biradiata, as well as an exploration...
Rants about the New Asteraceae species discovered at Big Bend National Park, Ovicula biradiata, as well as an exploration of a few species of Neotropical Palms, potential musical choices for waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay and Divine Retribution against America in the form of audible torture, vandalizing crepe myrtles and Bradford Pears, and a thirty minute exposé on Beetle Pollination in the Panama Hat Family, Cyclanthaceae.

]]>7623falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guayusa-rants--64466099Ilex guayusa, ethnobotany at the fruit market, giant neotropical bamboos, and much more. 

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Thumbnail is a photograph of Miconia inobsepta and its swollen petioles acting as ant domatia.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64466099Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:24:18 +0000Tony SantoreA 2 hour rant about the upper Amazon, the Paramo, ant symbiosis, Ilex guayusa, ethnobotany at the fruit market, giant neotropical bamboos, and much more.  Ad-free episodes of the podcast are available on the Crime Pays Patreon at :...Ilex guayusa, ethnobotany at the fruit market, giant neotropical bamboos, and much more. 

Ad-free episodes of the podcast are available on the Crime Pays Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Thumbnail is a photograph of Miconia inobsepta and its swollen petioles acting as ant domatia.]]>7812falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/upper-amazon-fungi-w-alan-rockefeller-in-ecuador--64305091
Episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64305091Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:45:11 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with mycologist Alan Rockefeller about fungal and plant biodiversity of the upper Amazon of Ecuador. Episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt
Episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>5547falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/atlas-nativa-de-chile-miquel-moya--64005946
Ad-Free episodes of the crime pays Podcast are available on the Patreon for a measly five bucks a month, so quit your whinin about the awful ads (as if you don't have fingers you can use to press buttons to skip through them) and sign up, where you'll have access to e see rly screenings of videos, photo dumps of rare plants, free literature, educational PDFs and more at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64005946Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:31:07 +0000Tony SantoreMiguel 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 Island, indigenous communities in the Southern region,...
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]]>7804falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alerce-forests-bog-tarantulas-arachnitis-uniflora--63898384
Ad-Free episodes of this podcast can be listened to on the Crime Pays Patreon at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63898384Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:57:22 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 mycoheterotroph, Arachnitis uniflora. Ad-Free episodes of this...
Ad-Free episodes of this podcast can be listened to on the Crime Pays Patreon at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>9470falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/araucaria-forests-of-chile--63882983
If the ads are bummin you out than stop whining and join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt where you'll have access to Ad-Free Podcast episodes, early screenings of videos and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63882983Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:10:18 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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, moving stamens in Loasa acanthifolia; Chusquea and new...
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Nico Lavandero & Ludovica Santilli :

IG : Botanica.chilensis

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https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63784170Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:19:29 +0000Tony SantoreNico 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 1974 Forest Law that incentivized the destruction...
Nico Lavandero & Ludovica Santilli :

IG : Botanica.chilensis

AD-FREE EPISODES OF THE PODCAST ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CRIME PAYS PATREON AT : 

https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>6773falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/birdsong-landscapes--63562516Check him out on instagram @birdsonglandscapes

Ad-free versions of every episode are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63562516Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:34:58 +0000Tony SantoreAustin 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 history of Ohio, the Hopewell Culture and the Eastern...Check him out on instagram @birdsonglandscapes

Ad-free versions of every episode are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>9439falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/potential-problems-with-blight-resistant-chestnuts--63546827
Jared Westbrook is a geneticist with the American Chestnut Foundation. In this episode we talk about what went wrong with the initial round of trials for blight-resistant chestnuts, how to combine targeted genetic approaches to hybridizing American and Chinese Chestnut trees for blight resistance, thousands of years of human selection in the chinese chestnut genome as an agricultural species, problems with inheritance for the oXo gene that breaks down oxalic acid, why oxalic acid production might not be all that's involved with the virulence of Chestnut blight, and more. This is a good episode, even for laypeople who may not be familiar with basic genetic science. To learn more about the American Chestnut Federation and to join a local chapter, check out www.tacf.org

Ad-Free versions of every podcast episode are available on the patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63546827Mon, 06 Jan 2025 23:47:24 +0000Tony SantoreFor 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 geneticist with the American Chestnut Foundation. In this...
Jared Westbrook is a geneticist with the American Chestnut Foundation. In this episode we talk about what went wrong with the initial round of trials for blight-resistant chestnuts, how to combine targeted genetic approaches to hybridizing American and Chinese Chestnut trees for blight resistance, thousands of years of human selection in the chinese chestnut genome as an agricultural species, problems with inheritance for the oXo gene that breaks down oxalic acid, why oxalic acid production might not be all that's involved with the virulence of Chestnut blight, and more. This is a good episode, even for laypeople who may not be familiar with basic genetic science. To learn more about the American Chestnut Federation and to join a local chapter, check out www.tacf.org

Ad-Free versions of every podcast episode are available on the patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>5091falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/better-living-through-reptiles--63529038
Check out Kyle's stuff at @popmilk_herping (instagram) and @popmilk (youtube).  

Reminder that if the ads bum you out (and they should, because they're mostly for garbage and adjusted to targeted demographics), for a measly five bucks a month you'll have access to all the Crime Pays podcast episodes on the Crime Pays Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63529038Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:23:58 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 milksnakes, why Indigo Snakes are so chill,...
Check out Kyle's stuff at @popmilk_herping (instagram) and @popmilk (youtube).  

Reminder that if the ads bum you out (and they should, because they're mostly for garbage and adjusted to targeted demographics), for a measly five bucks a month you'll have access to all the Crime Pays podcast episodes on the Crime Pays Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt]]>8361falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ruined-christmas-podcast--63519240
Before you whine about the ads, keep in mind all episodes of the podcast are available Ad-Free on the Crime Pays Patreon.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63519240Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:36:11 +0000Tony SantoreRants about ruining Christmas, disappointed family members, mixing and making soil recipes, Thornscrub Sanctuary update, maintaining a positive outlook despite the spiritually-poisonous effervescent fart of modern consumer society, feral pigs, ruderal...
Before you whine about the ads, keep in mind all episodes of the podcast are available Ad-Free on the Crime Pays Patreon.]]>6830falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dissecting-the-american-retail-slum--63518921
Rather than whining about the ads, join the Crime Pays Patreon where you'll have firsthand access to exclusive content, educational rantings and lectures, and early screenings of videos.

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A lichen is the symbiosis between a fungus and algae or cyanobacteria, many of which can go dormant for extremely long periods of time and tolerate harsh winds, drying out, being blasted with UV radiation, and slowly cooked on the rocks that they grow on. Some of them can live for thousands of years.

If scrolling through the obnoxious ads is getting tiring, then join the Patreon, where you'll have early access videos and ad-free access to every podcast episode, plus photo posts, patreon-only lectures and other benefits. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63344715Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:22:09 +0000Tony SantoreKerry 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 episode we talk about the modern human approach to the...
A lichen is the symbiosis between a fungus and algae or cyanobacteria, many of which can go dormant for extremely long periods of time and tolerate harsh winds, drying out, being blasted with UV radiation, and slowly cooked on the rocks that they grow on. Some of them can live for thousands of years.

If scrolling through the obnoxious ads is getting tiring, then join the Patreon, where you'll have early access videos and ad-free access to every podcast episode, plus photo posts, patreon-only lectures and other benefits. ]]>6778falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-happened-to-the-transgenic-american-chestnut--63255819Here's your reminder that all episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available ad-free (because ads are the equivalent of cold sores) on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt.

What happened to the transgenic American Chestnut? In January of 2024 news broke out that a "lab error" had "compromised years of research" regarding the re-introduction of American Chestnuts into Eastern North American forests, this time with a simple 700 base-pair gene for blight-resistance inserted into the tree's genome. For those that don't know, an invasive fungus from Asia that was unintentionally introduced to North America devastated the entire population of American Chestnuts, rendering the species "functionally extinct". Within the last decade, however, through genetic engineering, the insertion of a single gene from the wheat plant that can break down oxalic acid has made chestnut blight nothing but a minor pest to the trees whose genome has been altered with it. 

In this episode, we talk with PhD student Erik Carlson from SUNY Syracuse's College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry about this "lab error", how it really wasn't that big of a deal on the long run, and how the project is still on track.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63255819Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:22:39 +0000Tony SantoreHere's your reminder that all episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available ad-free (because ads are the equivalent of cold sores) on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt. What happened to the transgenic American...Here's your reminder that all episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available ad-free (because ads are the equivalent of cold sores) on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt.

What happened to the transgenic American Chestnut? In January of 2024 news broke out that a "lab error" had "compromised years of research" regarding the re-introduction of American Chestnuts into Eastern North American forests, this time with a simple 700 base-pair gene for blight-resistance inserted into the tree's genome. For those that don't know, an invasive fungus from Asia that was unintentionally introduced to North America devastated the entire population of American Chestnuts, rendering the species "functionally extinct". Within the last decade, however, through genetic engineering, the insertion of a single gene from the wheat plant that can break down oxalic acid has made chestnut blight nothing but a minor pest to the trees whose genome has been altered with it. 

In this episode, we talk with PhD student Erik Carlson from SUNY Syracuse's College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry about this "lab error", how it really wasn't that big of a deal on the long run, and how the project is still on track.]]>6576falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mycorrhizal-harvesting-sky-island-extirpations--63249050
If the ads are bumming you out, then stop whining about having to hit the fast forward button and join the Crime Pays Patreon, where you'll never have to hit the fast forward button again... https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63249050Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:32:33 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 in the Davis Mountains and how some species there...
If the ads are bumming you out, then stop whining about having to hit the fast forward button and join the Crime Pays Patreon, where you'll never have to hit the fast forward button again... https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>4965falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adam-black-is-not-a-permaculture-activist--63219821In 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 proper attire so as to "fit in" when botanizing in West Texas. /s

Adam Black is a field botanist and researcher with Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum who has traveled to numerous continents and countries researching oaks and conifers (he has nothing to do with permaculture, that is just a sick joke on my part).

Before you whine about the ads (yes, they're terrible, I know), keep in mind that for a measly $5 a month you can have access to all the podcast episodes ad-free on the Patreon. The ads really are insidious, but your ability to hit the "15-seconds-fast-forward" button is key to otherwise ensuring that the sleazy morons that advertise on the podcast help support the podcast by paying to bark in the ears of people who will never buy their products. Fast-forward through them with spite and realize that it's supporting me to keep doing what I'm doing. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63219821Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:28:20 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 proper attire so as to "fit in" when botanizing in...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 proper attire so as to "fit in" when botanizing in West Texas. /s

Adam Black is a field botanist and researcher with Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum who has traveled to numerous continents and countries researching oaks and conifers (he has nothing to do with permaculture, that is just a sick joke on my part).

Before you whine about the ads (yes, they're terrible, I know), keep in mind that for a measly $5 a month you can have access to all the podcast episodes ad-free on the Patreon. The ads really are insidious, but your ability to hit the "15-seconds-fast-forward" button is key to otherwise ensuring that the sleazy morons that advertise on the podcast help support the podcast by paying to bark in the ears of people who will never buy their products. Fast-forward through them with spite and realize that it's supporting me to keep doing what I'm doing. ]]>5087falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/native-invasive-basic-biogeography--63173581
In this lecture we rant about Invasion Biology, Continents as Ecosystems, the concept of a "Living Machine", and David Bowie's package in The Labrynth.

PDF download for this rant : 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rL5WP8zI0-Oqh4DYkRFBpjk0tBrcP9Hl/view?usp=drivesdk]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63173581Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:32:44 +0000Tony SantoreIf the terrible Ads are bumming you out, then episodes are available on the Patreon Ad-Free at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt In this lecture we rant about Invasion Biology, Continents as Ecosystems, the concept of a "Living...
In this lecture we rant about Invasion Biology, Continents as Ecosystems, the concept of a "Living Machine", and David Bowie's package in The Labrynth.

PDF download for this rant : 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rL5WP8zI0-Oqh4DYkRFBpjk0tBrcP9Hl/view?usp=drivesdk]]>5049falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-human-relationships-with-the-biosphere--63079595
This was a conversation I had with my friend Martin Grantham about how humans relate to the living world around them (or rather, how most of them don't) and the factors that influence it.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63079595Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:08:30 +0000Tony SantoreIf the ads are a bummer, then join the Patreon, where you'll have early access to videos, exclusive access to learning material, and Ad-Free episodes of this podcast. This was a conversation I had with my friend Martin Grantham about how humans...
This was a conversation I had with my friend Martin Grantham about how humans relate to the living world around them (or rather, how most of them don't) and the factors that influence it.]]>5257falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plant-speciation-podcast-for-you-rotten-degenerates--63035020
How do plants evolve? How do plants speciate? What is allopatric speciation? What is sympatric speciation? How do plants like the Hawaiian silverswords evolve to be such big weird bastards while their ancestors on the mainlaind (the tarweeds) are so small? What the hell happened with the genus Echium (Boraginaceae) when it got to the Canary Islands? Why were islands the big reveal for how natural selection might work when Darwin saw his finches and what the shit? How can geology cause a new plant species to evolve? We cover all that and more in this here episode. Textbooks recommended in this podcast if you wanna be less of a dummy : Ecology of Plants by Gurevitch (3rd Edition) Evolution : Making Sense of Life by Carl Zimmer (the edition with the bunny on the cover). Both downloadable in PDF form from www.libgen.is
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63035020Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:14:23 +0000Tony SantoreThis podcast episode is available ad-free on the Patreon with a screenshare of the presentation that accompanies it at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt How do plants evolve? How do plants speciate? What is allopatric speciation? What is...
How do plants evolve? How do plants speciate? What is allopatric speciation? What is sympatric speciation? How do plants like the Hawaiian silverswords evolve to be such big weird bastards while their ancestors on the mainlaind (the tarweeds) are so small? What the hell happened with the genus Echium (Boraginaceae) when it got to the Canary Islands? Why were islands the big reveal for how natural selection might work when Darwin saw his finches and what the shit? How can geology cause a new plant species to evolve? We cover all that and more in this here episode. Textbooks recommended in this podcast if you wanna be less of a dummy : Ecology of Plants by Gurevitch (3rd Edition) Evolution : Making Sense of Life by Carl Zimmer (the edition with the bunny on the cover). Both downloadable in PDF form from www.libgen.is
]]>4018falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tectonic-city--62770209
Codi Lazar is a Professory of Geology at California State University San Bernardino and a passionate and utterly hilarious geologist. In this episode, we get into the weeds talking about a wide variety of topics such as how limestone forms, why some plants might be restricted to it, what "serpentinite" is, what's in story for the state of Nevada in the next few dozen million years, how related the granite that's beneath Joshua Tree National Park might be to the granite in the Sierra Nevadas (very), the former love affair between the African continent, Scottland, Newfoundland and Appalachia, and much more. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62770209Sat, 16 Nov 2024 21:05:06 +0000Tony SantoreIf the ads are a bummer, keep in mind all episodes of the Crime Pays podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at : www.patreon.com/c/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Codi Lazar is a Professory of Geology at California State University San Bernardino and...
Codi Lazar is a Professory of Geology at California State University San Bernardino and a passionate and utterly hilarious geologist. In this episode, we get into the weeds talking about a wide variety of topics such as how limestone forms, why some plants might be restricted to it, what "serpentinite" is, what's in story for the state of Nevada in the next few dozen million years, how related the granite that's beneath Joshua Tree National Park might be to the granite in the Sierra Nevadas (very), the former love affair between the African continent, Scottland, Newfoundland and Appalachia, and much more. ]]>9338falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-deep-dive-into-coyote-bush--62625737www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

The genus Baccharis is one of the largest and most diverse in the Composite Family, Asteraceae. It originated in South America a few dozen million years ago and has diversified and spread throughout South and North America and adapted to a variety of different habitats due to a number of key innovations such as tufted trichomes that secrete sticky wax, the abundant production of wind-dispersed seeds, and rapid growth, among other traits. When I was working for the railroad and frequently visiting abandoned industrial corridors in California, the genus Baccharis was one of the only native plants that was able to hold its own amidst the concrete, pollution and toxic soil of former industrial sites.

Today we talk with Baccharis researcher Gustavo Heiden from Southern Brazil about his research and study of this tough and remarkable genus, where it originated and what makes it so successful.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62625737Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:32:20 +0000Tony SantoreAds are terrible, Ads are hell, and if they bother you, here's a reminder that you can avoid them altogether by listening to this podcast Ad-Free on the Crime Pays Patreon at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt The genus Baccharis is one of...www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

The genus Baccharis is one of the largest and most diverse in the Composite Family, Asteraceae. It originated in South America a few dozen million years ago and has diversified and spread throughout South and North America and adapted to a variety of different habitats due to a number of key innovations such as tufted trichomes that secrete sticky wax, the abundant production of wind-dispersed seeds, and rapid growth, among other traits. When I was working for the railroad and frequently visiting abandoned industrial corridors in California, the genus Baccharis was one of the only native plants that was able to hold its own amidst the concrete, pollution and toxic soil of former industrial sites.

Today we talk with Baccharis researcher Gustavo Heiden from Southern Brazil about his research and study of this tough and remarkable genus, where it originated and what makes it so successful.]]>7756falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oklahoma-city-limestone-endemism-relict-habitat-of-west-texas-and-more--62505163www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt, where you'll also have early access to videos, exlusive access to plant education lectures, and exclusive access to photo dumps from recent plant excursions that are not visible on any of the other Crime Pays Social Media venues.

Rants about scrub oaks in the sand dunes of West Texas, 500 million-year-old granite in Lawton Oklahoma and the obesity epidemic aflicting prairie dogs in nearby communities, plants that only grow on Limestone, arbutoid mycorrhizae and symbiosis between madrones and ecomycorrhizale soil fungi, the lack of large-scale native plant growers in Texas, etc.

Species featured here : 
Stenaria pooleana
Quercus aff. gravesii
Arbutus xalapensis
Cirsium turneri
Petrophytum caespitosum
Cercocarpus breviflorus
Baccharis pteronioides
Penstemon baccharifolius
Garrya goldmanii
Eriogonum hieraciifolium]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62505163Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:31:32 +0000Tony SantoreIf the ads are annoying, keep in mind all podcast episodes are offered ad-free on the Patreon at :  www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt, where you'll also have early access to videos, exlusive access to plant education lectures, and exclusive...www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt, where you'll also have early access to videos, exlusive access to plant education lectures, and exclusive access to photo dumps from recent plant excursions that are not visible on any of the other Crime Pays Social Media venues.

Rants about scrub oaks in the sand dunes of West Texas, 500 million-year-old granite in Lawton Oklahoma and the obesity epidemic aflicting prairie dogs in nearby communities, plants that only grow on Limestone, arbutoid mycorrhizae and symbiosis between madrones and ecomycorrhizale soil fungi, the lack of large-scale native plant growers in Texas, etc.

Species featured here : 
Stenaria pooleana
Quercus aff. gravesii
Arbutus xalapensis
Cirsium turneri
Petrophytum caespitosum
Cercocarpus breviflorus
Baccharis pteronioides
Penstemon baccharifolius
Garrya goldmanii
Eriogonum hieraciifolium]]>4666falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plant-anatomy-again-with-dr-jim-mauseth--62379694www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

Did you know that the distal ends and tips of roots are the only parts doing any absorption? What the hell are cortical bundles and why did cacti evolve them? How can cactus roots grow so quickly after a rain and what do we mean by "root spurs"?  How does the South American parasitic plant Tristerix aphylla behave like a fungus when it grows inside its host plant? And if you still don't understand what the hell Parenchyma is, here's your chance for a refresher.

Dr. Jim Mauseth taught plant anatomy and botany for 30 years at UT Austin and literally wrote a textbook on the subject. He's also written a few other books and over a hundred research papers studying the anatomy of plants with an emphasis on cacti, and has traveled to South America and Mexico studying the family on numerous occasions. In this episode we go deep on plant tissues, plant cells, cellular components, plasmodesmata, cell membranes and how the a plant is technically only one single cell when you really get down to it...

A reminder that the previous podcast episode on plant tissues covers some of the terminology in this episode, such as the 3 main tissue types : epidermal tissues, ground tissues (parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma) and vascular tissue (xylem and phloem). I highly suggest listening to that episode first or at least pausing the podcast if you're unclear about some of the terminology. Remember that tracheids and vessel elements apply only to xylem (which only moves water) and "sieve tubes", "companion cells" and "sieve plates" apply only to phloem (which only moves sugars and photosynthates). 

The 3 ground tissues are : parenchyma (primary walls only, large intercellular spaces, alive at maturity), collenchyma (only produces primary cell walls with thickened and re-inforced corners, alive at maturity), sclerenchyma (primary and secondary cell walls, dead at maturity).

Thumbnail photo shows the incredibly thick cuticle of Ariocarpus, with epidermis below and hypodermis below that, marked with arrows. Vertical hole on the right side is the stomatal opening in the cuticle ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62379694Wed, 16 Oct 2024 03:03:05 +0000Tony SantoreIf the ads are bumming you out, keep in mind that ad-free episodes of the podcast are available at : www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt Did you know that the distal ends and tips of roots are the only parts doing any absorption? What the hell...www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt

Did you know that the distal ends and tips of roots are the only parts doing any absorption? What the hell are cortical bundles and why did cacti evolve them? How can cactus roots grow so quickly after a rain and what do we mean by "root spurs"?  How does the South American parasitic plant Tristerix aphylla behave like a fungus when it grows inside its host plant? And if you still don't understand what the hell Parenchyma is, here's your chance for a refresher.

Dr. Jim Mauseth taught plant anatomy and botany for 30 years at UT Austin and literally wrote a textbook on the subject. He's also written a few other books and over a hundred research papers studying the anatomy of plants with an emphasis on cacti, and has traveled to South America and Mexico studying the family on numerous occasions. In this episode we go deep on plant tissues, plant cells, cellular components, plasmodesmata, cell membranes and how the a plant is technically only one single cell when you really get down to it...

A reminder that the previous podcast episode on plant tissues covers some of the terminology in this episode, such as the 3 main tissue types : epidermal tissues, ground tissues (parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma) and vascular tissue (xylem and phloem). I highly suggest listening to that episode first or at least pausing the podcast if you're unclear about some of the terminology. Remember that tracheids and vessel elements apply only to xylem (which only moves water) and "sieve tubes", "companion cells" and "sieve plates" apply only to phloem (which only moves sugars and photosynthates). 

The 3 ground tissues are : parenchyma (primary walls only, large intercellular spaces, alive at maturity), collenchyma (only produces primary cell walls with thickened and re-inforced corners, alive at maturity), sclerenchyma (primary and secondary cell walls, dead at maturity).

Thumbnail photo shows the incredibly thick cuticle of Ariocarpus, with epidermis below and hypodermis below that, marked with arrows. Vertical hole on the right side is the stomatal opening in the cuticle ]]>8314falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plant-tissue-systems-lecture--62324848
In this episode: 
We talk about the three main types of tissue systems in plants :

Dermal (trichomes, guard cells)
Ground (Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma) & 
Vascular (xylem and phloem)

What the hell are these tissues? Whatta they mean? Whatta they do?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62324848Sat, 12 Oct 2024 06:32:26 +0000Tony SantoreA reminder: the ads on this podcast (as well as most podcasts) are terrible. You can get AD-FREE versions of this podcast episode on the crime pays patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt) In this episode:  We talk about the three...
In this episode: 
We talk about the three main types of tissue systems in plants :

Dermal (trichomes, guard cells)
Ground (Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma) & 
Vascular (xylem and phloem)

What the hell are these tissues? Whatta they mean? Whatta they do?]]>3394falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chris-best-state-botanist-usfw--62315639
Christ Best is the State Botanist with US Fish and Wildlife Service for the state of Texas, a position he has held for 30 years. He has extensive knowledge of plants in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, specifically. He has worked with numerous rare and endangered plant species including Physaria thamnophila, Asclpeias prostrata, Thymophylla tephroleuca and many more. He has also worked with mycorrhizae on cactus roots, propagating rare and endangered species, and navigating the sometimes tenuous relationship with private landowners in the state. In this episode we talk about propagating rare plants, fostering symbiotic relationhips between roots and beneficial fungi and bacteria in the soil microbiome by intentionally innoculating plants in propagation, endangered plants, peyote conservation (or lack there of), how geology can affect the plant species that occur in an area, and what random but interested people can do for plant conservation.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62315639Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:31:47 +0000Tony SantoreIf the ads are bumming you out, consider joining the Patreon where all podcast episodes are uploaded ad free at : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Christ Best is the State Botanist with US Fish and Wildlife Service for the state of...
Christ Best is the State Botanist with US Fish and Wildlife Service for the state of Texas, a position he has held for 30 years. He has extensive knowledge of plants in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, specifically. He has worked with numerous rare and endangered plant species including Physaria thamnophila, Asclpeias prostrata, Thymophylla tephroleuca and many more. He has also worked with mycorrhizae on cactus roots, propagating rare and endangered species, and navigating the sometimes tenuous relationship with private landowners in the state. In this episode we talk about propagating rare plants, fostering symbiotic relationhips between roots and beneficial fungi and bacteria in the soil microbiome by intentionally innoculating plants in propagation, endangered plants, peyote conservation (or lack there of), how geology can affect the plant species that occur in an area, and what random but interested people can do for plant conservation.]]>9965falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/debunking-charlatans-posers-with-professor-dave-explains--62287153
Dave Farina is the host of the "Professor Dave Explains" youtube channel, an educational youtube series exploring a wide variety of scientific topics and offering free eduational tutorials on subjects ranging from human evolution to organic chemistry to arthropod taxonomy. In recent years, he has published a number of videos debunking pseudo-science quacks, charlatans, creationists, and flat-earthers. 

Can't stand the ads? All episodes of the CPBBD podcast are on the Patreon, ad-free, for $5 a month at: https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62287153Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:30:43 +0000Tony SantoreA reminder: the ads on this podcast (as well as most podcasts) are terrible. You can get AD-FREE versions of this podcast episode on the crime pays patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt) Dave Farina is the host of the "Professor...
Dave Farina is the host of the "Professor Dave Explains" youtube channel, an educational youtube series exploring a wide variety of scientific topics and offering free eduational tutorials on subjects ranging from human evolution to organic chemistry to arthropod taxonomy. In recent years, he has published a number of videos debunking pseudo-science quacks, charlatans, creationists, and flat-earthers. 

Can't stand the ads? All episodes of the CPBBD podcast are on the Patreon, ad-free, for $5 a month at: https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>3948falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archaeology-texas-history-and-public-land--62237062https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62237062Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:09:51 +0000Tony SantoreDavid Keller is a historian and archaeologist from West Texas who based out of Alpine, Texas.5300falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/da-tubes-lecture-shoots-and-roots--62211695
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vA_n1OWw2PpUJSqn3m5lbSOymH_aARB7/view?usp=drivesdk

as well as chapters 23,24,&25 of "Raven Biology of Plants" textbook which can be downloaded for free on libgen.is in PDF form and read on a tablet.

We cover : Apical Meristems, Lateral Meristems (and why monocots don't have any), root caps, cortex, endodermis, pericycle, , xylem, phloem and the components of each.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211695Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:56:35 +0000Tony SantoreOriginally recorded as a class lecture, this podcast episode contains information on root structures and shoots and is accompanied by the PDF found at :  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vA_n1OWw2PpUJSqn3m5lbSOymH_aARB7/view?usp=drivesdk as well as...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vA_n1OWw2PpUJSqn3m5lbSOymH_aARB7/view?usp=drivesdk

as well as chapters 23,24,&25 of "Raven Biology of Plants" textbook which can be downloaded for free on libgen.is in PDF form and read on a tablet.

We cover : Apical Meristems, Lateral Meristems (and why monocots don't have any), root caps, cortex, endodermis, pericycle, , xylem, phloem and the components of each.]]>3259falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phylogenetic-crash-course-podcast--62117983
We talk about the basic elements of plant identification, how it ties into plant evolution,  evolutionary trees aka cladograms, what "phylogeny" means and why monophyletic" and "synapomorphies" are such important terms.
 ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62117983Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:52:02 +0000Tony SantoreThis is the spoken part of a lecture that was presented for patreon subscribers and students on the patreon. To see the accompanying PDF and hear ad-free podcast episodes sign up for the crime pays patreon at patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt We...
We talk about the basic elements of plant identification, how it ties into plant evolution,  evolutionary trees aka cladograms, what "phylogeny" means and why monophyletic" and "synapomorphies" are such important terms.
 ]]>5428falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/texas-rarest-plant-caliche-gardens-crested-peyote--62047747
In this episode we talk about Paronychia congesta, one of Texas' Rarest Plants, which grows on Caliche barrens in Jim Hogg County, as well as Caliche blazing stars, the Crested Peyote of West Texas, planting native plant gardens at Amada's House in Mirando City,and plenty more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62047747Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:33:26 +0000Tony SantoreA reminder: the ads on this podcast (as well as most podcasts) are terrible. You can get AD-FREE versions of this podcast episode on the crime pays patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt) In this episode we talk about Paronychia...
In this episode we talk about Paronychia congesta, one of Texas' Rarest Plants, which grows on Caliche barrens in Jim Hogg County, as well as Caliche blazing stars, the Crested Peyote of West Texas, planting native plant gardens at Amada's House in Mirando City,and plenty more.]]>5492falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lycophytes-quillworts-the-great-dying--61869070
Jeff's IG : @jeffbenca
FB : Jeff Benca

Thumbnail is Phlegmariurus dalhousianus, photo by Jeff Benca. Other species mentioned in this episode is Lycopodium vestidum. Extinct species mentioned here that were thriving during the Permian Extinction Event and are related to Isoetes are Pleuromeia and Annalepis. 

Compounds that volcanic dykes and sills interacted with that were locked up in salt deposits and related to UV shield degradation during the Permian Extinction Event were methyl bromide and methyl chloride. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61869070Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:26:38 +0000Tony SantoreI became fixated on lycophytes because of some of the cool desert-dwelling members of the genus Selaginella, not to mention the utterly weird "clubmosses" that thrive in places as disparate as Northern Wisconsin and the slopes of volcanoes in New...
Jeff's IG : @jeffbenca
FB : Jeff Benca

Thumbnail is Phlegmariurus dalhousianus, photo by Jeff Benca. Other species mentioned in this episode is Lycopodium vestidum. Extinct species mentioned here that were thriving during the Permian Extinction Event and are related to Isoetes are Pleuromeia and Annalepis. 

Compounds that volcanic dykes and sills interacted with that were locked up in salt deposits and related to UV shield degradation during the Permian Extinction Event were methyl bromide and methyl chloride. ]]>9441falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-texas-pine-harvest-and-alternation-of-generations--61502139
Key terms to remember : 

Gametophyte (haploid), Sporophyte (diploid)
Haploid - 1 set of chromosomes aka 1 copy of the genome
Diploid - 2 sets of chromosomes aka 2 copies of the genome (one as a backup copy)
Meiosis (takes a diploid cell and produces haploid daughter cells, two of which later come together to form a diploid zygote/sporophyte)
Mitosis (Cell divides and produces cells identical to whatever the parent cell was, whether that parent cell was haploid or diploid. Mitosis doesn't reduce the chromosome number by half). Meiosis is synonymous with sex/reproduction/the production of haploid cells).

Evolutionary lineages referenced in this episode and their phylogenetic classification:

Bryophytes (An informal paraphyletic classification used to refer to the non-vascular Phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts), Marchantiophyta (liverworts), and Bryophyta (mosses) 

Lycophytes : Class Lycopodiopsida, contains 3 orders: Lycopodiales (1 Family : Lycopodiaceae; 3 Subfamilies : Huperzioideae, Lycopodielloideae, Lycopoideae), Selaginellales (1 family : Selaginellaceae), & Isoetales (1 family : Isoetaceae).

Ferns : Class Polypodiopsida.
Contains 4 Subclasses : Equisetidae (Horsetails), Marattiadae (Marratioid Bastards including Angiopteris evecta with 20' long fronds), Ophioglossidae (Whisk Ferns, Grape Ferns, Moonworts), and Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate Ferns, aka the "classic" ferns including the majority of what people think of when they think of ferns including Maidenhairs, Cinnamon Ferns, Sensitive Ferns, Filmy Ferns, Forked Ferns, Cheilanthoid "Desert" Ferns, Mosquito Ferns, Tree Ferns, Aspleniums, etc.


THUMBNAIL : Archegoniophore (haploid) and Non-photosynthetic Sporophyte (Diploid) of the Baja California liverwort Asterella palmeri, photo by Ken-Ichi Ueda]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61502139Fri, 13 Sep 2024 21:44:03 +0000Tony SantoreA rant about West Texas Pines and the sand blazing star. At the 40 minute mark we begin our dive into the convoluted, confusing but utterly cool phenomenon of Alternation of Generations we talk mostly about Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) and...
Key terms to remember : 

Gametophyte (haploid), Sporophyte (diploid)
Haploid - 1 set of chromosomes aka 1 copy of the genome
Diploid - 2 sets of chromosomes aka 2 copies of the genome (one as a backup copy)
Meiosis (takes a diploid cell and produces haploid daughter cells, two of which later come together to form a diploid zygote/sporophyte)
Mitosis (Cell divides and produces cells identical to whatever the parent cell was, whether that parent cell was haploid or diploid. Mitosis doesn't reduce the chromosome number by half). Meiosis is synonymous with sex/reproduction/the production of haploid cells).

Evolutionary lineages referenced in this episode and their phylogenetic classification:

Bryophytes (An informal paraphyletic classification used to refer to the non-vascular Phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts), Marchantiophyta (liverworts), and Bryophyta (mosses) 

Lycophytes : Class Lycopodiopsida, contains 3 orders: Lycopodiales (1 Family : Lycopodiaceae; 3 Subfamilies : Huperzioideae, Lycopodielloideae, Lycopoideae), Selaginellales (1 family : Selaginellaceae), & Isoetales (1 family : Isoetaceae).

Ferns : Class Polypodiopsida.
Contains 4 Subclasses : Equisetidae (Horsetails), Marattiadae (Marratioid Bastards including Angiopteris evecta with 20' long fronds), Ophioglossidae (Whisk Ferns, Grape Ferns, Moonworts), and Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate Ferns, aka the "classic" ferns including the majority of what people think of when they think of ferns including Maidenhairs, Cinnamon Ferns, Sensitive Ferns, Filmy Ferns, Forked Ferns, Cheilanthoid "Desert" Ferns, Mosquito Ferns, Tree Ferns, Aspleniums, etc.


THUMBNAIL : Archegoniophore (haploid) and Non-photosynthetic Sporophyte (Diploid) of the Baja California liverwort Asterella palmeri, photo by Ken-Ichi Ueda]]>6297falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-dan-hosage--61297542https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61297542Sat, 07 Sep 2024 23:54:38 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with Chemist, Genius, Botanist,, Propagator, & Madman Dan Hosage about Texas Native Plants, Texas History, and more.11150falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/convincing-mice-to-vote-for-cats--61212728https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61212728Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:54:06 +0000Tony SantoreNON-BOTANY PODCAST! This week's podcast is a conversation with my friend Jay Lesoleil,  political anthropologist and half the means behind the "Fucking Cancelled" podcast about right-wing populism, the failures of the American left, identitarianism,...4119falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oaks-are-the-beasts-of-an-ecosystem-a-discussion-with-dr-andrew-hipp--61116703
This is one of the most fun and inspiring conversations I've had in a while, and it's about one of the most ecologically important genera of plants in the Northern Hemisphere : THE OAKS (genus Quercus).

In this episode we talk about the 13,000 year old Palmer's Oak in the California Desert, what the hell "Delayed Fertilization" is (hint: it's not common but it's ubiquitous in all members of genus Quercus), Oak Evolution, we go in depth explaining oak pollination and flower morphology and how acorns develop and disperse, how acorns can stand get a bite taken out of them by a squirrel and still germinate, and what overall f*cking beasts of organisms oak tree and scrub oaks are. We also talk about the future of oaks, how oaks will deal with climate change, how oaks dealt with the incredibly hot temperatures during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), why there's so much oak diversity in Mexico, the multitude of ecological services oaks provide and the numerous ecological relationships oaks foster within a plant community, landscape and regional setting. This was a fun conversation and massively enlightening.

Pre-Order Andrew's Book at : 

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html

Oak Taxonomic Tree (as inferred from molecular genomic data)

Oak Subgenus Cerris : Eurasia
Oak Subgenus Quercus : North America

Subgenus Quercus, section Lobatae (Red Oaks)

Subgenus Quercus section Quercus
Subgenus Quercus section Virentes
Subgenus Quercus section Ponticae
Subgenus Quercus section Protobalanus]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61116703Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:37:50 +0000Tony SantoreAndrew Hipp is the director of the herbarium and Senior Sciensist and Researcher in Plant Systematics at Morton Arboretum in Chicago.  This is one of the most fun and inspiring conversations I've had in a while, and it's about one of the most...
This is one of the most fun and inspiring conversations I've had in a while, and it's about one of the most ecologically important genera of plants in the Northern Hemisphere : THE OAKS (genus Quercus).

In this episode we talk about the 13,000 year old Palmer's Oak in the California Desert, what the hell "Delayed Fertilization" is (hint: it's not common but it's ubiquitous in all members of genus Quercus), Oak Evolution, we go in depth explaining oak pollination and flower morphology and how acorns develop and disperse, how acorns can stand get a bite taken out of them by a squirrel and still germinate, and what overall f*cking beasts of organisms oak tree and scrub oaks are. We also talk about the future of oaks, how oaks will deal with climate change, how oaks dealt with the incredibly hot temperatures during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), why there's so much oak diversity in Mexico, the multitude of ecological services oaks provide and the numerous ecological relationships oaks foster within a plant community, landscape and regional setting. This was a fun conversation and massively enlightening.

Pre-Order Andrew's Book at : 

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html

Oak Taxonomic Tree (as inferred from molecular genomic data)

Oak Subgenus Cerris : Eurasia
Oak Subgenus Quercus : North America

Subgenus Quercus, section Lobatae (Red Oaks)

Subgenus Quercus section Quercus
Subgenus Quercus section Virentes
Subgenus Quercus section Ponticae
Subgenus Quercus section Protobalanus]]>5214falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/aquatic-botany-with-casey-williams--61028573
-the stresses facing plants that grow underwater, 
-being limited by CO2 availability instead of water availability, 
-the endangered Texas Wild Rice, 
-how limestone geology influences aquatic plant growth by making CO2 more abundant, 
-utilizing aquatic plants and the fungi that grow on them for bioremediation and treating sewage at the local shitplant 
-how some aquatic plants have adapted to a paucity of dissolved carbon dioxide by supplementing with bicarbonate,
-aquatic plants in deserts, and
-how one plant in particular has utilized an evolutionary strategy more frequently employed by desert plants  (CAM) as a way to cope with fluctuations in CO2 availability. 

Books referenced which can be downloaded off libgen.is : 

Wetland Plants by Cronk
Aquatic Photosynthesis by Falkowski]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61028573Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:29:48 +0000Tony SantoreCasey Williams is an botanist and plant ecologist specializing in aquatic plants - both plants that grow completely submerged and which can emerge above the water surface. In this episode, we discuss : -the stresses facing plants that grow...
-the stresses facing plants that grow underwater, 
-being limited by CO2 availability instead of water availability, 
-the endangered Texas Wild Rice, 
-how limestone geology influences aquatic plant growth by making CO2 more abundant, 
-utilizing aquatic plants and the fungi that grow on them for bioremediation and treating sewage at the local shitplant 
-how some aquatic plants have adapted to a paucity of dissolved carbon dioxide by supplementing with bicarbonate,
-aquatic plants in deserts, and
-how one plant in particular has utilized an evolutionary strategy more frequently employed by desert plants  (CAM) as a way to cope with fluctuations in CO2 availability. 

Books referenced which can be downloaded off libgen.is : 

Wetland Plants by Cronk
Aquatic Photosynthesis by Falkowski]]>9372falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rustbelt-tour-recap-ouachita-orogeny--60932735https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60932735Tue, 06 Aug 2024 03:22:28 +0000Tony SantoreVernonia lettermannii and other cool plants of Western Arkansas Novaculite, Ouachita Mountain Orogeny, Chert Glades of Western Missouri, the most obnoxious cicada species in the world, Detroit Rustic, Pittsburgh Museums, Shared Mountain Ranges of...7255falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mycology-catch-up-w-alan-rockefeller--60626806
Website on Alan's DNA Barcoding Basics:

https://wiki.counterculturelabs.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60626806Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:42:36 +0000Tony SantoreAlan Rockefeller is a mycologist and educator who has been studying mushrooms all over the world for the past 20 years and recently helped described two new species of Psilocybin mushroom from South Africa. He has helped numerous "citizen scientists"...
Website on Alan's DNA Barcoding Basics:

https://wiki.counterculturelabs.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing]]>7006falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-daniela-zappi-brazilian-plant-ecology--60592562
In this episode of Crime Pays, we discuss the different biomes and plant communities of Brazil, what "ecological islands" are, the biogeography of the cactus family, bat pollination in Pilosocereus, edaphic endemism in "ironstone" habitats of Northern Brazil and how iron-rich soils affect the evolution of the plants that grow on them, and why truckstop food in Brazil is not only tasty but also so damn healthy. ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60592562Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:02:17 +0000Tony SantoreDr. Daniela Cristina Zappi is a Brazilian botanist, plant collector, and research scientist at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew noted for studying and describing Neotropical flora, Rubiaceae, and Cactaceae. She has described over 90...
In this episode of Crime Pays, we discuss the different biomes and plant communities of Brazil, what "ecological islands" are, the biogeography of the cactus family, bat pollination in Pilosocereus, edaphic endemism in "ironstone" habitats of Northern Brazil and how iron-rich soils affect the evolution of the plants that grow on them, and why truckstop food in Brazil is not only tasty but also so damn healthy. ]]>6656falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zoe-schlanger-author-of-the-light-eaters--60521512https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60521512Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:23:12 +0000Tony SantoreZoe Schlanger is the author of newly released book "The Light Eaters", which shines a new light on researchers studying plant "intelligence" and behavior.6357falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/texas-botany-with-michael-eason--60492912
This episode is a conversation with botanist and author Michael Eason from San Antonio Botanic Garden about plant conservation in Texas, why the Edwards Plateau is so special, walking the sometimes tenuous line between conservation and coordinating with private property owners in a state where 96% of the land is private, Texas Native Plant Landscaping, and a bunch more.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60492912Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:32:40 +0000Tony SantoreThe state of Texas is one of the most diverse states for plants (and geology) in the US, and contains a large number of plant species that can't be found anywhere else in the United States, yet at the same time an enormous amount of land and plant...
This episode is a conversation with botanist and author Michael Eason from San Antonio Botanic Garden about plant conservation in Texas, why the Edwards Plateau is so special, walking the sometimes tenuous line between conservation and coordinating with private property owners in a state where 96% of the land is private, Texas Native Plant Landscaping, and a bunch more.

]]>6835falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-the-arborist-conboy--60429044https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60429044Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:15:11 +0000Tony SantoreIn this we talk with Andrew Conboy about street trees, urban forestry, habitat restoration, getting stoked on native plant life and how it's practical more than puritanical, Philly, botanic gardens, and more.5469falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guanajuato-mexico-recap-part-2-floristic-affinities-biogeography--60367438
Why the genus Garrya (the silktassels) is so cool,
A new Astrolepis sp. (Undescribed)
Stevia pyrolifolia (Asteraceae) - it's waxy-as$ leaves at 10,000 feet
Dyscritothamnus filifolius (Asteraceae) and the limestone cliffs and sketchy roads it inhabits

Vallesia glabra (Apocynaceae)
Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae)
Strombocactus disciformis (Cactaceae)
Lophophora diffusa (Cactaceae)
Mammillaria perezdelarosa ssp andersoniana 
Arctostaphylos pungens (Ericaceae)
Comarostaphylis polifolia (Ericaceae)
and a ton more ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60367438Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:36:37 +0000Tony SantoreTwo hours of rants about wonderful plants in Central Mexico. A follow-up to the previous episode and a description of plant species, taxonomic affinities and habitats encountered in the mountains of Querétaro and Guanajuato States, Mexico. Also a...
Why the genus Garrya (the silktassels) is so cool,
A new Astrolepis sp. (Undescribed)
Stevia pyrolifolia (Asteraceae) - it's waxy-as$ leaves at 10,000 feet
Dyscritothamnus filifolius (Asteraceae) and the limestone cliffs and sketchy roads it inhabits

Vallesia glabra (Apocynaceae)
Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae)
Strombocactus disciformis (Cactaceae)
Lophophora diffusa (Cactaceae)
Mammillaria perezdelarosa ssp andersoniana 
Arctostaphylos pungens (Ericaceae)
Comarostaphylis polifolia (Ericaceae)
and a ton more ]]>6944falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/central-mexico-recap-habitat-summary--60354345
A long, winding rant through the mountains of Querétaro about habitats and species encountered at elevations between 6,000' and 10,000' including:
Karwinskia humboldtiana (Rhamnaceae)
Baccharis conferta (Asteraceae)
Penstemon campanulatus (Plantaginaceae)
 Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Cactaceae)
Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele (Cactaceae)
Isolatocereus dumortieri (Cactaceae)
Opuntia stenopetala (Cactaceae)
Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae)
Quercus crassipes (Fagaceae)
Agave salmiana subsp. crassispina (Asparagaceae, Agavoideae)
Dasylirion longissimum (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae)
Various Stevia sp.  (Asteraceae)

featuring mountains made out of marble, seafloors made out of calcium-rich muck, and much more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60354345Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:43:39 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode sponsored by Fiberpad, where you can glue duct-taped wheatgrass and fiberglass to your face in order to clear up any blemishes nice. What can limestone do for you and how does it form? A long, winding rant through the mountains of...
A long, winding rant through the mountains of Querétaro about habitats and species encountered at elevations between 6,000' and 10,000' including:
Karwinskia humboldtiana (Rhamnaceae)
Baccharis conferta (Asteraceae)
Penstemon campanulatus (Plantaginaceae)
 Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Cactaceae)
Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele (Cactaceae)
Isolatocereus dumortieri (Cactaceae)
Opuntia stenopetala (Cactaceae)
Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae)
Quercus crassipes (Fagaceae)
Agave salmiana subsp. crassispina (Asparagaceae, Agavoideae)
Dasylirion longissimum (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae)
Various Stevia sp.  (Asteraceae)

featuring mountains made out of marble, seafloors made out of calcium-rich muck, and much more.]]>6354falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pollination-systems-bird-pollination-with-jeff-ollerton--60175003https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60175003Tue, 28 May 2024 13:57:29 +0000Tony SantoreJeff Ollerton is a pollination biologist and researcher based out of the EU and currently working in KunMing, Yunnan Province, China. He has written two excellent books - one entitled "Pollinators and Pollination" and another entitled "Birds and...7767falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rio-grande-valley-botany-with-ernest-herrera--60172722
Ernest Herrera is a botanist, herper, and field biologist born and raised in South Texas.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60172722Sat, 25 May 2024 20:21:31 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with field botanist Ernest Herrera about the rich floristic diversity of the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas and Northern Mexico. We talk about a variety of cool plant species as well as the cultural history and...
Ernest Herrera is a botanist, herper, and field biologist born and raised in South Texas.]]>7094falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/central-texas-orchids-limestone-sinkholes-new-aster-species--60135405
In this episode we talk about why plant "rescue" is a bullshit term, how Epipactis is probably pollinated hoverflies that it dupes, whats up with this new species of Asteraceae discovered in the Chihuahua desert, why people who don't know much about botany or ecology initially prefer non-native plants orver native ones, best place to get a Texas toast waffle machine, stealing a bus bin from Olive Garden, etc

Note : I mistakenly say Deb "described" this new species of composite. I meant to say "discovered". Blame my sleep deficit gfy]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60135405Wed, 22 May 2024 18:28:34 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about why plant "rescue" is a bullshit term, how Epipactis is probably pollinated hoverflies that it dupes, whats up with this new species of Asteraceae discovered in the Chihuahua desert, why people who don't know much about...
In this episode we talk about why plant "rescue" is a bullshit term, how Epipactis is probably pollinated hoverflies that it dupes, whats up with this new species of Asteraceae discovered in the Chihuahua desert, why people who don't know much about botany or ecology initially prefer non-native plants orver native ones, best place to get a Texas toast waffle machine, stealing a bus bin from Olive Garden, etc

Note : I mistakenly say Deb "described" this new species of composite. I meant to say "discovered". Blame my sleep deficit gfy]]>6691falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-valley-botany-with-matt-berger--59686610https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59686610Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:13:38 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with Botanist Matt Berger about Death Valley Plants, discovering new species, Limestone endemic plants, Dune Beetles, Desert Shrimp, specifist.ecology and more.7247falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-99-of-life-on-planet-earth-couch-microscopy-with-dr-julia-van-etten--59618533
Dr. Julia Van Etten (of the @Couch Microscopy Instagram page) talks about what the hell a Protist is and where you can find them (everywhere). We reveal how Protists are the fine particles that weave within and throughout our world."The Tree of Life is Really a Web".

The paper that the thumbnail is from can be found at : https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/figures?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002395]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59618533Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:12:53 +0000Tony SantoreThis conversation will make you want to buy a microscope and will make you rethink the way you envision the Tree of Life, where animals, plants and fungi are just a tiny speck on the overall tree of life. Dr. Julia Van Etten (of the @Couch Microscopy...
Dr. Julia Van Etten (of the @Couch Microscopy Instagram page) talks about what the hell a Protist is and where you can find them (everywhere). We reveal how Protists are the fine particles that weave within and throughout our world."The Tree of Life is Really a Web".

The paper that the thumbnail is from can be found at : https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/figures?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002395]]>8417falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/western-railroading-sobriety-male-archetypes--59610984https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59610984Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:05:56 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we take a break from botany-related content to talk with my friend and fellow former locomotive engineer and railroader Lance Jenkins about railroading, sobriety, sad male archetypes in the US, stealing overtime, precision scheduled...8022falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diatomaceous-earth-horse-cripplers-leaf-blowers--59563852https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59563852Sat, 20 Apr 2024 04:21:58 +0000Tony SantoreSouth Texas Sandsheet, Uvalde County Botany, Using a Leafblower & Diatomaceous Earth to rid yourself of crabs, what the sh*t is a Heterokont aka Stramenophile, Texas Men Will Be Able to Admit Having Feelings in 2028, and more 5004falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hunter-martinez-aka-cactus-quest--59427365https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59427365Sat, 13 Apr 2024 04:44:19 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with Hunter Martinez of the Cactus Quest YouTube Channel about how he got into growing cacti from seed and lurking on them in habitat. We discuss the spirituality of loving plants and deserts, the pros and cons of the collector...6281falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/riding-trains-in-mexico-contagious-native-plant-gardens-etc--59233546https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59233546Sat, 30 Mar 2024 20:48:21 +0000Tony SantoreA series of extended rants about "F*ck the Honeybees", trying to settle beefs between friends, Male Primate Rivalry, Riding Trains in Mexico in 2005 & Brakemen with gold fronts, spreading the cult of native plant gardening via demonstration by...4726falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/instagram-drug-bros-cactus-poaching--59142280habitat just as, if not more important than the plant itself? How is the ecological context in which a plant evolves inseparable from the plant itself? Can we get Instagram Drug Bros ™️  to start studying and collecting data on things like native solitary bees? What are the means through which Instagram Drug Bros™️ can expand their scope of interest to include things like phylogenies, breeding systems, pollination ecology, and geologic substrate? Why are so many cacti obligate out-crossers? Why is peyote self-fertile? Why do so many angiosperms produce bisexual flowers and what the hell is a breeding system?

Also includes a nice rant about  a vestigial population of Agave unvittata found growing on a limestone cliff face above a freeway in San Antonio. Was there ever a basement in the Alamo or was that just a BS story that that huckster psychic conjured up in order to milk PeeWee out of cash?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59142280Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:55:28 +0000Tony SantoreA long-winded rant about the social media phenomenon known as Instagram Drug Bros™️ and trying to encourage them to seek spiritual refuge (como se dice nice) in education about plant ecology and evolution rather than just the hoarding and collecting...habitat just as, if not more important than the plant itself? How is the ecological context in which a plant evolves inseparable from the plant itself? Can we get Instagram Drug Bros ™️  to start studying and collecting data on things like native solitary bees? What are the means through which Instagram Drug Bros™️ can expand their scope of interest to include things like phylogenies, breeding systems, pollination ecology, and geologic substrate? Why are so many cacti obligate out-crossers? Why is peyote self-fertile? Why do so many angiosperms produce bisexual flowers and what the hell is a breeding system?

Also includes a nice rant about  a vestigial population of Agave unvittata found growing on a limestone cliff face above a freeway in San Antonio. Was there ever a basement in the Alamo or was that just a BS story that that huckster psychic conjured up in order to milk PeeWee out of cash?]]>4016falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/desert-ferns-with-dr-michael-windham--59019846

"Cheilanthoid Ferns" are a remarkable group of ferns - they grow in habitats where ferns seemingly shouldn't be able to grow - out of cracks in rocks and cliff faces in regions that are both usually very hot and very dry. Genera like Astrolepis, Myriopteris, Notholaena, Argyrochosma, Pellaea (the "coffe fern" in California), Cheilanthes, and more have been blowing my mind years as I frequently encountered them co-occurring in habitats with Cacti and spiny legumes. To the East, Myriopteris alabamensis grows all over drier rocky "microsites" throughout the Eastern half of North America. 
These ferns are often either fuzzy as hell or blue, chalky-mint-green, and waxy with a wirey rachis. It'd be hard for anybody who takes a look at them to not be taken with how cool they look. 

But how do they get it done? What are some of their adaptations? What is the evoutionary age of the family and where is the origin of diversity? What the hell is a "gametophyte" and are they unisexual or the fern equiavelent of being protogynous (and what the hell does "protogynous" mean anyway?). Why is molecular sequencing (looking at the DNA) so important for figuring out how all these plants are related to each other? What is convergent evolution and why have so many genera in this subfamily evolutionarily converged on the same strategies to cope with life in a dry environment? How do you identify species when so many of them look superficially alike and don't produce flowers (what we normally use to identify plants)? How long can their damn spores last (answer : centuries, in some cases). 


We cover it all in this two hour podcast.  If there's a term we use that you're not familiar with, look it up or join the Crime Pays patreon and send me a message. A brief list of topics somewhat sloppily-arranged in an "episode map" is below. Note: until I can alienate the casino advertisers, they seem to be especially herpetic on this episode. Ad-free episodes can be found on the Patreon.

apomixis : 1 hour 20

evolutionary age ; 75 ya

synapomorphies : revolute margins and pseudo-indusia

convergent evolution

center of diversity indicates center of origin

no farina in Notholaena, but flavonoid compounds on capitate hairs resembling cotton-candy

talking about cheilanthoid ferns to explain convergent evolution and how dna can resolve evolutionary relationships 

difference between eusporangiate ferns and leptosporangiate

age of viability of fern spores

alternation of generations

antheridiogen

dispersal vs. vicariance 1:31

apomixis 1:36]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59019846Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:11:43 +0000Tony SantoreThis is a science-heavy episode with Dr. Michael Windham, specialist in Cheilanthoid Ferns curator at Duke Herbarium. Even if you're not interested in this group, they're a great case study in numerous fascinating phenomena including convergent...

"Cheilanthoid Ferns" are a remarkable group of ferns - they grow in habitats where ferns seemingly shouldn't be able to grow - out of cracks in rocks and cliff faces in regions that are both usually very hot and very dry. Genera like Astrolepis, Myriopteris, Notholaena, Argyrochosma, Pellaea (the "coffe fern" in California), Cheilanthes, and more have been blowing my mind years as I frequently encountered them co-occurring in habitats with Cacti and spiny legumes. To the East, Myriopteris alabamensis grows all over drier rocky "microsites" throughout the Eastern half of North America. 
These ferns are often either fuzzy as hell or blue, chalky-mint-green, and waxy with a wirey rachis. It'd be hard for anybody who takes a look at them to not be taken with how cool they look. 

But how do they get it done? What are some of their adaptations? What is the evoutionary age of the family and where is the origin of diversity? What the hell is a "gametophyte" and are they unisexual or the fern equiavelent of being protogynous (and what the hell does "protogynous" mean anyway?). Why is molecular sequencing (looking at the DNA) so important for figuring out how all these plants are related to each other? What is convergent evolution and why have so many genera in this subfamily evolutionarily converged on the same strategies to cope with life in a dry environment? How do you identify species when so many of them look superficially alike and don't produce flowers (what we normally use to identify plants)? How long can their damn spores last (answer : centuries, in some cases). 


We cover it all in this two hour podcast.  If there's a term we use that you're not familiar with, look it up or join the Crime Pays patreon and send me a message. A brief list of topics somewhat sloppily-arranged in an "episode map" is below. Note: until I can alienate the casino advertisers, they seem to be especially herpetic on this episode. Ad-free episodes can be found on the Patreon.

apomixis : 1 hour 20

evolutionary age ; 75 ya

synapomorphies : revolute margins and pseudo-indusia

convergent evolution

center of diversity indicates center of origin

no farina in Notholaena, but flavonoid compounds on capitate hairs resembling cotton-candy

talking about cheilanthoid ferns to explain convergent evolution and how dna can resolve evolutionary relationships 

difference between eusporangiate ferns and leptosporangiate

age of viability of fern spores

alternation of generations

antheridiogen

dispersal vs. vicariance 1:31

apomixis 1:36]]>7412falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-undescribed-psilocybin-sp-in-the-desert--59009897https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59009897Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:32:17 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode consists of a rant about code-switching and friendship/cordiality through friction and being a pain in the ass, along with why dissecting flowers (and not just taking them at face value) with a razorblade or knife is important for...3882falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-invasive-buffelgrass-in-arizona-restoring-desert-ecosytems--58923385https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58923385Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:30:31 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with Tony Figueroa, Senior Manager for the Invasive Plant Program at the Tucson Audubon Society (no affiliation with the National Org) about preventing Buffelgrass and Stinknet from smothering fragile Desert Ecosystems in Arizona. We...5532falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-closing-of-duke-herbarium--58891692
We also touch on the cheilanthoid fern genus Gaga, named after both Lady Gaga and a section of the roughly 1500 base-pair-long MatK plastid gene region and why cheilanthoid ferns (aka desert ferns) are so damn cool.

Listen to this episode Ad-Free on the Crime Pays Patreon.

Abandon your pre-med or law studies, tell your parents to get bent, and study plant & fungal science, evolution and ecology instead.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58891692Fri, 01 Mar 2024 18:54:15 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with Dr. Kathleen Pryer (Director, Duke University Herbarium) and Dr. Michael Windham, (Curator of Vascular Plants, Duke University Herbarium) about the University's Decision to cut costs by closing the herbarium as well as the general...
We also touch on the cheilanthoid fern genus Gaga, named after both Lady Gaga and a section of the roughly 1500 base-pair-long MatK plastid gene region and why cheilanthoid ferns (aka desert ferns) are so damn cool.

Listen to this episode Ad-Free on the Crime Pays Patreon.

Abandon your pre-med or law studies, tell your parents to get bent, and study plant & fungal science, evolution and ecology instead.]]>5839falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/baja-buckwheats-railroad-stories-prosopidastrum--58855035
Includes a select reading from an old book of railroad stories I wrote ten years ago starting around 1:05:00]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58855035Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:38:36 +0000Tony SantoreRants about encountering a cool new legume species in the fog deserts and giant cactus landscapes of Baja California, the diversity of perennial raaaaagweeds in the deserts, Gabbro soils, a buckwheat that produces flowers along the ground, Arugula...
Includes a select reading from an old book of railroad stories I wrote ten years ago starting around 1:05:00]]>4566falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/annotated-profanity-laden-dichotomous-keys-the-fungal-ecology-of-baja-chaparral--58810309https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58810309Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:10:52 +0000Tony SantoreA long, disjointed rant about using and writing Dichotomous Keys and why it's sometimes a process of grasping for straws or throwing a bunch of stuff to a wall to see what sticks, what an ideal floral key might look like if it were written by a...5464falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/javelina-mngmnt-restoration-peyote-vultures--58616993https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58616993Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:27:55 +0000Tony SantoreMore Deranged Rants, this time about Javelina Management, Getting City Approval for Cactus Restoration and Street Trees, growing endangered plants from seed, Eocene Sandstone, growing xeric ferns from spore, working the Ozol Local and running freight...4746falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/limestone-desert-ferns-montezuma-cypress-on-the-border--58528692https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58528692Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:58:47 +0000Tony SantoreRants about Montezuma Cypress on the Rio Grande, Cool Desert Ferns in West Texas and the Subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the fern family Pteridaceae, DEA permits for Peyote, Mountain Lions vs. Auodads, kind Caucasian Birders behaving at the Mexican...3887falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watering-before-a-freeze-goliad-gravels--58298963https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58298963Sun, 14 Jan 2024 19:53:37 +0000Tony SantoreRants about South Texas Geology, Geologic Timeline Apps for your D@mn phone, why its better to water before a freeze, being dragged by a freight train leaving Ft. Worth Texas, how much self-hate someone must have in order to lower themselves to the...4401falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tucson-again-agaves-freezing-in-nm--58215034
Thumbnail pic is Pellaea truncata (Pteridaceae)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58215034Sat, 06 Jan 2024 04:50:33 +0000Tony SantoreRants about freezing while trying to sleep in the back of a truck in Lordsburg, New Mexico, why Agaves are monocarpic, the importance of having a "target list" should you ever get diagnosed with a terminal illness, fruit dispersal in Frankenia...
Thumbnail pic is Pellaea truncata (Pteridaceae)]]>5585falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flower-that-looks-like-a-bird-especially-if-you-re-high-other-rants--58066757https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58066757Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:02:11 +0000Tony SantoreA roughly 77 minute rant about how an Australian plant in the legume Family named Crotalaria cunninghamii "looks a like a bird" but only to humans who have smoked copious amounts of weed and certainly not as a product of natural selection, how...4910falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-do-chollas-bang--58010610https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58010610Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:37:19 +0000Tony SantoreMichelle Cloud-Hughes is a Cactus researcher, botanist and Desert Rat who specializes in one of my favorite cactus genera - Cylindropuntia: the genus of the dreaded Chollas. She has described a new species of Cholla, Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis, and...7446falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plant-anatomy-with-jim-mauseth--57986408https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57986408Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:59:47 +0000Tony SantoreJim Mauseth is a wizard with a microscope and a retired professor of plant anatomy at UT Austin, where he taught for 30+ years. Jim is an expert in Plant Anatomy with an emphasis on Cacti. In this podcast we talk about anatomical adaptations of cacti...5656falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-to-jail-for-botany--57920537
This conversation was fun as hell, and we talk about why nomenclatural change-ups and classifications of this sort are important, and how they tell a story about how organisms (including humans) move and migrate across continents and landscapes, and how the environment (which consists of geology, climate, presence of certain animals, etc) SELECTS for various traits in plants.

We also talk about DNA and transcriptome analysis, and how it clears up some of the evolutionary relationships between plants and how transcriptomes can actually change depending on what habitat conditions an individual plant is in.

We talk about the remarkable genus Pediocactus, a genus of the frigidly-cold high desert in the American Southwest and the radiation that it has had there, as well its ability to pull itself into the ground during the dormant season, effectively "hiding".

LAstly, we clear up some of the confusion around the extremely bizarre and endangered Mexican genus Pelecyphora and how it's related to plants in the genus Escobaria that grow all over North America, including in some very cold climates.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57920537Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:45:39 +0000Tony SantoreDr. Peter Breslin is a Botanist out of Tucson Arizona specializing in Cacti, and recently did time in Brewster County Jail for "trespassing" to photograph some rare endemics that only grow on Novaculite (ancient biogenic silica) soils in West Texas....
This conversation was fun as hell, and we talk about why nomenclatural change-ups and classifications of this sort are important, and how they tell a story about how organisms (including humans) move and migrate across continents and landscapes, and how the environment (which consists of geology, climate, presence of certain animals, etc) SELECTS for various traits in plants.

We also talk about DNA and transcriptome analysis, and how it clears up some of the evolutionary relationships between plants and how transcriptomes can actually change depending on what habitat conditions an individual plant is in.

We talk about the remarkable genus Pediocactus, a genus of the frigidly-cold high desert in the American Southwest and the radiation that it has had there, as well its ability to pull itself into the ground during the dormant season, effectively "hiding".

LAstly, we clear up some of the confusion around the extremely bizarre and endangered Mexican genus Pelecyphora and how it's related to plants in the genus Escobaria that grow all over North America, including in some very cold climates.]]>7162falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-peyote-with-leo-mercado--57811931https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57811931Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:02:13 +0000Tony SantoreA discussion about Peyote conservation being done by Morningstar Conservancy in Tucson, Arizona and the ethnobotany of the Peyote Meeting, as well as what it means to "listen to the plant".4828falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dallas-plant-rescue-west-texas-dunes--57768574
Rescuing and digging thin-soiled limestone prairie plants from a soon-to-be-destroyed site in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area weeks before the bulldozers come by to erect a data center or some other obscenity.

Moth pollination in deserts, the chemistry and familiar smell of moth-pollinated flowers.

West Texas sand dunes

Limestome endemic plants like Encelia scaposa and Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Limestone cacti in Southern Arizona, which is a landscape composed almost entirely of volcanics or intrusive igneous rock]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57768574Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:49:21 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we rant about : Rescuing and digging thin-soiled limestone prairie plants from a soon-to-be-destroyed site in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area weeks before the bulldozers come by to erect a data center or some other obscenity. Moth...
Rescuing and digging thin-soiled limestone prairie plants from a soon-to-be-destroyed site in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area weeks before the bulldozers come by to erect a data center or some other obscenity.

Moth pollination in deserts, the chemistry and familiar smell of moth-pollinated flowers.

West Texas sand dunes

Limestome endemic plants like Encelia scaposa and Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Limestone cacti in Southern Arizona, which is a landscape composed almost entirely of volcanics or intrusive igneous rock]]>5856falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nuevo-leon-tamaulipas-cactus-blitz--57668734https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57668734Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:16:06 +0000Tony SantoreJeremy Spath (owner of Hidden Agave nursery @hiddenagave) and Kevin Krucher (@crazy4cactus) talk about a recent trip through the states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila to document and explore desert plants and their ecology, including tons of...4192falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poison-ivy-doesn-t-wanna-hurt-you--57654164
In this episode we talk about the active compound in Poison Ivy, Urushiol, as well as some of the cool adaptations that dryland and desert-adapted members of the family have evolved to cope with their unique environments. We mention a ton of cool plants species you've never heard of before, some edible and some toxic, and spend 80 minutes discussing how cool this family of plants is.

Plant in the thumbnail is Actinocheita potentillifolia from Puebla, Mexico.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57654164Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:55:56 +0000Tony SantoreThis entire podcast is about the Poison Ivy & Mango Family, Anacardiaceae. Susan Pell , Executive Director of the U.S. Botanic Garden & John Mitchell from the New York Botanic Garden both specialize in the systematics and phytochemistry of...
In this episode we talk about the active compound in Poison Ivy, Urushiol, as well as some of the cool adaptations that dryland and desert-adapted members of the family have evolved to cope with their unique environments. We mention a ton of cool plants species you've never heard of before, some edible and some toxic, and spend 80 minutes discussing how cool this family of plants is.

Plant in the thumbnail is Actinocheita potentillifolia from Puebla, Mexico.]]>5305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-conspiracy-to-drain-the-great-salt-lake--57621902
More info at :

www.4200GSL.org

and

www.UtahRivers.org]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57621902Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:12:42 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with Zach Frankl from www Utahrivers.org about the (intentional ) crisis afflicting the Great Salt Lake and why one of the largest inland bodies of water in the world may soon cease to exist, all to enrich lobbyists and feed a...
More info at :

www.4200GSL.org

and

www.UtahRivers.org]]>5833falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-doug-tallamy--57533766
Check out www.homegrownnationalpark.org to learn more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57533766Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:07:05 +0000Tony SantoreDoug Tallamy is an entomologist, professor, and the author of a number of books, including "Bringing Nature Home" & "The Nature of Oaks". He has been instrumental in educating people about Native Plants and why removing lawn to plant native plants...
Check out www.homegrownnationalpark.org to learn more.]]>3997falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/make-your-own-soil-kill-your-lawn--57444704https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57444704Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:01:15 +0000Tony SantoreJeremy Tidd runs Bona Terra Nursery, a native plant nursery in the DC area that grows native plants and also does native landscape installations for people looking to kill their lawns. In this episode we talk about making your own potting soil and...5450falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dc-botany-ghost-plant-seeds-invasion-bio-etc--57400895https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57400895Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:48:38 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we rant about DC / Baltimore area botany, filming kill your lawn season 2, the glory of Texas leaf cutter ants, the seeds of ghost plant and the whole friggin' phylogeny really, invasion biology and why it's stupid to say "humans are...6830falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kill-your-lawn-recap--57347750https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57347750Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:38:08 +0000Tony SantoreVery little botany-related content in this session with Al Scorch during an interim during the shooting of Kill Your Lawn Season 2 in College Park, Maryland3959falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/native-bee-ecology-with-sam-droege--57292663
Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc/science/native-bee-inventory-and-monitoring-lab]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57292663Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:21:30 +0000Tony SantoreSam Droege is a scientist who studies bees and bee behavior based out of Maryland. In this episode we talk bee ecology, how to attract them to your yard, their nesting and habitat requirements, why the honey bees are the least of our concerns, what...
Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc/science/native-bee-inventory-and-monitoring-lab]]>7203falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kill-your-lawn-make-it-the-law--57244560https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57244560Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:44:23 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode is an interview with Jeff & Janet Crouch, who sued their Maryland HOA in 2019 and ended up changing state law. Legislation that was enacted in 2021 now makes it illegal for HOAs in the state of Maryland to force people to have lawns...3797falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ethnobotany-plants-you-ve-never-heard-of-w-anthony-basil-rodriguez--57169024https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57169024Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:23:59 +0000Tony SantoreAnthony Basil Rodriguez is an ethnobotanist from the Bronx, New York that has traveled the world studying wild bananas. In this episode we talked about his travels all over the world and other notable and incredible plants he has encountered, as well...7489falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/butterflies-and-border-walls--57146001https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57146001Sat, 07 Oct 2023 20:31:08 +0000Tony SantoreMarianna Wright is the director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, which provides critical habitat for wildlife in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. The National Butterfly Center was targeted by extreme right-wing activists and...6479falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cornell-herbarium-brooklyn-cactus-va-buckwheat--56994937https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56994937Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:44:21 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode consists of a 90 minute rant about the wonders of Cornell University Herbarium (1 million specimens you schmuck), how a cactus came to grow in Brooklyn, Botanizing a filthy industrial creek in Queens New York, the enigmatic Appalachian...5685falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/floral-scents-pollination-systems-w-dr-rob-rugoso-cornell-university--56961984https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56961984Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:35:44 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode with Dr. Rob Rugoso from Cornell University we discuss the chemistry of floral scents, how scent evolves (ie Clarkia breweri), night pollination, flowers that trap their pollinators, floral mimicry & more.6730falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prairie-rants-the-herbaceous-perennial-habit--56813626
Other included rant subjects are cigars, killing 16 lawns during the month of September including 4 for a revision series, issuing a fatwa against Midwestern Landscaping and horticultural atrocities, and more]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56813626Sat, 16 Sep 2023 18:42:40 +0000Tony SantoreA rant about how prairie soils get built, what exactly a "herbaceous perennial" is and why this habit is so relevant and important to remember when talking about the prairie, how important prairie grasses like big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) and...
Other included rant subjects are cigars, killing 16 lawns during the month of September including 4 for a revision series, issuing a fatwa against Midwestern Landscaping and horticultural atrocities, and more]]>3422falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/setting-fire-to-suburbia-w-gerould-wilhelm--56790619
Please check out his long list of essays, research articles, and publications at www.conservationresearchinstitute.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56790619Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:33:57 +0000Tony SantoreGerould Wilhelm is one of the two authors of Flora of the Chicago Region - A Floristic & Ecological Synthesis. In this episode we talk about a number of topics, from prairie hydrology, native American belief systems, civilizational ethos and how...
Please check out his long list of essays, research articles, and publications at www.conservationresearchinstitute.com]]>9007falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paleobotany-with-fabiany-herrera--56688969
Many of the plants we talk about in this episode HAVE NO LIVING OR EXTANT RELATIVES - they represent fantastical lineages of plants whose base branches that simply got clipped off the tree of life either during mass extinctions events or gradually during climatic changes. Umaltolepis - a ginkgo relative - is an exception to this, but still an equally bizarre plant.

This was a really fun conversation and it could've gone on much longer but we ran outta time. Hope you enjoy.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56688969Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:55:44 +0000Tony SantoreFabiany Herrera is a paleobotanist specializing on a diverse array of time periods and paleofloras, including the Mazon Creek Flora from the Carboniferous when Lycopods were friggin' trees, as well as the utterly bizarre Jurassic and early Cretaceous...
Many of the plants we talk about in this episode HAVE NO LIVING OR EXTANT RELATIVES - they represent fantastical lineages of plants whose base branches that simply got clipped off the tree of life either during mass extinctions events or gradually during climatic changes. Umaltolepis - a ginkgo relative - is an exception to this, but still an equally bizarre plant.

This was a really fun conversation and it could've gone on much longer but we ran outta time. Hope you enjoy.]]>3999falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chicago-conflict-glacial-till-summer-bash--56687137https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56687137Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:58:06 +0000Tony SantoreA one hour rant about Glacial Till, Kankakee Mallow, Sand Prairies, Stiff Designs for Native Plant Landscapes, Emulating the "Beautiful Chaos" of the prairie, etc.3671falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-ancient-glaciers-affect-peyote-a-conversation-with-keeper-trout-from-cactus-conservation-institute--56580398
In this episode we talk about a broad range of subjects from the history of laws regarding Native American use of Peyote, the impact that melting glaciers in New Mexico may have had on the soils of South Texas, how the history of religion has dictated plant-based religions for centuries, and how fungal and bacterial organisms in the soil and in the plant itself might enable various cactus species to tolerate extreme conditions such as freezes and extreme heat spells.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56580398Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:30:54 +0000Tony SantoreKeeper Trout is one of the founding members of Cactus Conservation Institute and a research scientist who - along with Dr. Martin Terry - has studied a number of the cactus species in South Texas for 3 decades in an understudied and underappreciated...
In this episode we talk about a broad range of subjects from the history of laws regarding Native American use of Peyote, the impact that melting glaciers in New Mexico may have had on the soils of South Texas, how the history of religion has dictated plant-based religions for centuries, and how fungal and bacterial organisms in the soil and in the plant itself might enable various cactus species to tolerate extreme conditions such as freezes and extreme heat spells.]]>8845falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/philippines-botany-east-texas-yucca-pollination-etc-w-adam-black--56521640https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56521640Sat, 19 Aug 2023 19:12:24 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about the botany of the Philippines (influenced by a remarkable tectonic setting), volcanic activity, ultramafic soil, "ant-plants" like Myrmecodia (Rubiaceae), Dipterocarpaceae, cloud forests and lowland rainforest) , the...5266falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-with-city-hall-star-cactus-mortality-et--56503306https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56503306Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:38:25 +0000Tony SantoreRants about Fighting with City Hall over Native Plant Gardens & Tree Planting, Creepy New Age "Healers", mortality in Star Cactus (Astrophytum asterias) from the recent drought and heat, Loving-Kindness-Meditations-and-what-the-sh*t, Nasally...5170falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-age-massage-parlors-philosophical-coping-etc--56443299https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56443299Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:05:18 +0000Tony SantoreRants about New Age Massage Parlors, Philosophically coping with "the human tumor" & habitat destruction, acid abstinence & 40 year old virgins, black nectar in the genus Melianthus, etc.3740falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-cactus-poaching-with-jared-margulies--56442597
https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

Jared Margulies is the author of the upcoming book "The Cactus Hunters", a book focusing on cactus and succulent poaching around the world using a number of case studies from different regions and species. His book is available for pre-order in September, 2023.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56442597Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:52:38 +0000Tony SantoreListen to this podcast ad-free on the Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Jared Margulies is the author of the upcoming book "The Cactus Hunters", a book focusing on cactus and succulent poaching around the world using a...
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Jared Margulies is the author of the upcoming book "The Cactus Hunters", a book focusing on cactus and succulent poaching around the world using a number of case studies from different regions and species. His book is available for pre-order in September, 2023.]]>6572falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catching-up-with-kyle-lybarger-of-the-native-habitat-project--56171560https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56171560Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:01:48 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we catch up with Kyle Lybarger of the wildly popular Native Habitat Project and talk about seed-collecting, lawn-killing, burn regimes, the benefits and necessity of hunting and much more.5705falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-tabernanthe-iboga--56169058https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

This 1 hour and 40 minute episode covers the ethnobotany, pharmacology, & phylogeny of this psychoactive, potentially-therapeutic member of the Apocynaceae which has recently gained attention for its efficacy treating addiction & PTSD.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56169058Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:51:49 +0000Tony SantoreIntro ends at 8:00. Reminder all episodes can be listened to ad-free by subscribing to the Crime Pays Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt This 1 hour and 40 minute episode covers the ethnobotany, pharmacology, &...https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

This 1 hour and 40 minute episode covers the ethnobotany, pharmacology, & phylogeny of this psychoactive, potentially-therapeutic member of the Apocynaceae which has recently gained attention for its efficacy treating addiction & PTSD.]]>6727falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brazil-atlantic-forest-cerrado-vegetation-rants--56071628
Rants about Brazilian Atlantic Forests and Cerrado (Seh-Haddo) vegetation, seasonal dryness caused by the ITCZ and Earth's Axis of rotation, converge traits of sclerophyll leaves among unrelated plants families, bizarre members of Asteraceae, Tree Vernonias, Xeric Aroids and Bromeliads, and much more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56071628Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:38:27 +0000Tony SantoreFirst 30 minutes occur on a winded, 900 meter elevation-gain hike. A more thorough, less distracted rant starts at 30:00. Rants about Brazilian Atlantic Forests and Cerrado (Seh-Haddo) vegetation, seasonal dryness caused by the ITCZ and Earth's Axis...
Rants about Brazilian Atlantic Forests and Cerrado (Seh-Haddo) vegetation, seasonal dryness caused by the ITCZ and Earth's Axis of rotation, converge traits of sclerophyll leaves among unrelated plants families, bizarre members of Asteraceae, Tree Vernonias, Xeric Aroids and Bromeliads, and much more.]]>5716falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/geologic-german-chocolate-summer-bash-basalt-flows-with-nick-zentner--54840540
Nick Zentner is a professor of geology at Central Washington University and host of a in-the-field geology YouTube Channel. He has numerous lectures available online at www.NickZentner.com and is based out of Ellensberg Washington.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54840540Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:20:51 +0000Tony SantoreIntro ends at 6:30 Nick Zentner is a professor of geology at Central Washington University and host of a in-the-field geology YouTube Channel. He has numerous lectures available online at www.NickZentner.com and is based out of Ellensberg Washington.
Nick Zentner is a professor of geology at Central Washington University and host of a in-the-field geology YouTube Channel. He has numerous lectures available online at www.NickZentner.com and is based out of Ellensberg Washington.]]>5686falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-notable-remarks-on-new-zealand-s-flora--54502065https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54502065Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:09:15 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode is basically a 90 minute rambling rant about New Zealand plants & plant ecology, where by a repeated fascination and fixation is expressed with the evolutionary selection pressures produced by a flora that co-evolved with 9 species of...6039falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-new-zealand-fungi--54502060https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54502060Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:23:46 +0000Tony SantoreA 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 the weird complexity in the genus Psilocybe.4291falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heteroblasty-anonymous-a-conversation-about-new-zealand-plants--54307165
An interesting paper to read about heteroblasty and divaricating branch patterns :

Howard, Jarden. "New Zealand divaricate plant species: Tensile strength and Remote Island occurrence." Journal of Austral Ecology. 2022]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54307165Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:11:34 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 divarication, co-evolution with the now-extinct...
An interesting paper to read about heteroblasty and divaricating branch patterns :

Howard, Jarden. "New Zealand divaricate plant species: Tensile strength and Remote Island occurrence." Journal of Austral Ecology. 2022]]>7960falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-of-peyote-conservation-in-south-texas--54011242
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 Peyoteros, Land Clearance, Habitat Destruction as a result of sprawl, and obstacles conserving what is becoming a rapidly diminishing cactus species in the only place in the United States where it grows - the state of Texas.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54011242Fri, 26 May 2023 21:05:36 +0000Tony SantoreIntro 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 Peyoteros, Land Clearance, Habitat Destruction as a...
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 Peyoteros, Land Clearance, Habitat Destruction as a result of sprawl, and obstacles conserving what is becoming a rapidly diminishing cactus species in the only place in the United States where it grows - the state of Texas.]]>6820falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chonkosaurus-chicago-river-botanical-survey--53863040
To purchase Chonkosaurus shirts go to

www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.myshopify.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53863040Sun, 14 May 2023 23:55:42 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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 Museum and the Plant Systematics Dungeon/Welwitschia...
To purchase Chonkosaurus shirts go to

www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.myshopify.com]]>4025falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/90-minutes-of-aroids-with-tom-croat--53672370https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53672370Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:56:29 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 diversity in it, including their evolution,...5723falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kill-your-lawn-release-sweat-ceremony-chicago-museum-scam-etc--53658419https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53658419Wed, 26 Apr 2023 23:49:58 +0000Tony SantoreRants 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, pissing off prestigious turds in academia, etc.4307falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-florida-panhandle-plants-in-a-longleaf-pine-forest--53565572https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53565572Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:43:12 +0000Tony SantoreLillium 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.3999falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-margaret-behan--53443697https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53443697Wed, 05 Apr 2023 03:06:38 +0000Tony SantoreMargaret 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 connection to plants and to the land they live on, hope...2707falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paintbrush-the-genus-castilleja-w-mark-egger--53406502
"Paintbrushes", aka the genus Castilleja, are seemingly everywhere in the Americas, especially in the more arid and montane parts of these continents. Containing 200 species, the genus is highly diverse and broadly distributed, working on the them of being a partial parasites of other plants and producing wildly flamboyant and colorful inflorescences, due in large part to showy bracts that subtend each individual flower.

Mark Egger is a specialist in this genus, and today we talk paintbrushes with him for over an hour - their often confusing flower morphology, their ecology, their diversity, and their pollinators. What are some of the rarest species? What are some of the weirdest? We answer a bunch more questions in this 80 minute long conversation about one of the coolest and most ubiquitous plant genera in North (and South!) America.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53406502Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:17:56 +0000Tony SantoreIntro 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 200 species, the genus is highly diverse and...
"Paintbrushes", aka the genus Castilleja, are seemingly everywhere in the Americas, especially in the more arid and montane parts of these continents. Containing 200 species, the genus is highly diverse and broadly distributed, working on the them of being a partial parasites of other plants and producing wildly flamboyant and colorful inflorescences, due in large part to showy bracts that subtend each individual flower.

Mark Egger is a specialist in this genus, and today we talk paintbrushes with him for over an hour - their often confusing flower morphology, their ecology, their diversity, and their pollinators. What are some of the rarest species? What are some of the weirdest? We answer a bunch more questions in this 80 minute long conversation about one of the coolest and most ubiquitous plant genera in North (and South!) America.]]>7051falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-soil-crusts-with-corey-nelson--53314774
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 the role they must be playing in the ecosystem - from providing a nurse substrate for a variety of cactus seedlings to germinate in to stabilizing the soil to adding organic material to what is otherwise rocky terrain to nitrogen fixation. It's an exceptional thing to suddenly realize that the entire ground beneath your feet is actually ALIVE.

In this episode we talk with microbiologist Dr. Corey Nelson about the living soil crusts in arid environments and what the hell is going on with the multiple species of bacteria, fungi, archae and protists involved in this complex community of organisms that thrives where few other things can.


]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53314774Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:02:20 +0000Tony SantoreIntro 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 the role they must be playing in the ecosystem -...
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 the role they must be playing in the ecosystem - from providing a nurse substrate for a variety of cactus seedlings to germinate in to stabilizing the soil to adding organic material to what is otherwise rocky terrain to nitrogen fixation. It's an exceptional thing to suddenly realize that the entire ground beneath your feet is actually ALIVE.

In this episode we talk with microbiologist Dr. Corey Nelson about the living soil crusts in arid environments and what the hell is going on with the multiple species of bacteria, fungi, archae and protists involved in this complex community of organisms that thrives where few other things can.


]]>5333falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/relict-oaks-sky-islands-austin-texas-botany-texas-madrones--53226322https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53226322Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:52:09 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 hard to grow 'Texas" Madrones, how silty sandy...4278falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/f-cking-cancelled-w-jay-lesoleil--53150485
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 deranged ideological path that some elements of modern leftism have taken, 12-step programs, sobriety, identitarianism, how to actually create change, and the effect that social media has had on both left and right wing political movements.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53150485Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:53:31 +0000Tony SantoreIntro 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 deranged ideological path that some elements of...
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 deranged ideological path that some elements of modern leftism have taken, 12-step programs, sobriety, identitarianism, how to actually create change, and the effect that social media has had on both left and right wing political movements.]]>5245falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gesneriads-with-dr-john-clark--53114538
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 brilliantly colored often epiphytic tropical plant family and some of the wild sh*t that occurs in it (like poricidal anthers, you say?)...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53114538Mon, 06 Mar 2023 22:17:31 +0000Tony SantorePodcast 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 brilliantly colored often epiphytic tropical plant...
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 brilliantly colored often epiphytic tropical plant family and some of the wild sh*t that occurs in it (like poricidal anthers, you say?)...]]>7467falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-is-going-on-with-north-american-railroads--52839421
Check out www.railroadworkersunited.org for updates and more information.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52839421Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:30:39 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 Companies in the past five years and what effect it has...
Check out www.railroadworkersunited.org for updates and more information.]]>5046falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ricardo-ramirez-aka-lizardskinn--52792805
Thumbnail photo by Ricardo Ramirez

*note : when referring to which Sierra Madre is primarily composed of limestone, I stated Sierra Madre occidental (West) when I meant to say Oriental (East). Important to not f*CK this up! Much more volcanic geology than limestone in the West than the East! Sorry for the confusion!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52792805Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:07:52 +0000Tony SantoreRicardo 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 has seen and documented many incredibly rare...
Thumbnail photo by Ricardo Ramirez

*note : when referring to which Sierra Madre is primarily composed of limestone, I stated Sierra Madre occidental (West) when I meant to say Oriental (East). Important to not f*CK this up! Much more volcanic geology than limestone in the West than the East! Sorry for the confusion!]]>5012cactus #cactaceae #nuevoleon,naturaleza #plantasnativas,obregoniafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kill-your-lawn-rehash--52791542
In this episode we do a quick rehash of recent filming of Kill Your Lawn in New Orleans, wrapping up eight episodes. We also discuss the difference between too much paht and a lot of paht, "embracing the swamp" and planting for clay-rich, water-logged soil and some of the species that will thrive in such conditions. We also discuss the leg wear known as Zubas, Mardi Gras parades, the Legendary Locomotive Engineer known as "The Commodore" of the Oakland Terminal and more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52791542Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:09:30 +0000Tony SantoreTRIGGER 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 filming of Kill Your Lawn in New Orleans, wrapping up...
In this episode we do a quick rehash of recent filming of Kill Your Lawn in New Orleans, wrapping up eight episodes. We also discuss the difference between too much paht and a lot of paht, "embracing the swamp" and planting for clay-rich, water-logged soil and some of the species that will thrive in such conditions. We also discuss the leg wear known as Zubas, Mardi Gras parades, the Legendary Locomotive Engineer known as "The Commodore" of the Oakland Terminal and more.]]>2268falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-printmaker-artist-roger-peet--52704178
Link Page/store for ordering prints :
https://toosphexy.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaaRBHW1j1gc6TJgIdRdjPOudw6KjimonyoNXCYGe_GH-vS1S5iiwbz_IYI

Episodes can be listened to ad-free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52704178Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:25:13 +0000Tony SantoreRoger Peet is an artist, printmaker, organizer, & naturalist. IG = @toosphexy Link Page/store for ordering prints : https://toosphexy.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaaRBHW1j1gc6TJgIdRdjPOudw6KjimonyoNXCYGe_GH-vS1S5iiwbz_IYI Episodes can be listened to...
Link Page/store for ordering prints :
https://toosphexy.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAaaRBHW1j1gc6TJgIdRdjPOudw6KjimonyoNXCYGe_GH-vS1S5iiwbz_IYI

Episodes can be listened to ad-free on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]]>7734falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peyote-ceremony-esenbeckia--52654196https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52654196Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:09:50 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 out over the rare Esenbeckia berlandieri (Rutaceae)...6944falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-hour-plant-biology-ecology-crash-course-w-scott-zona--52497058https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52497058Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:24:38 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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, cyanide in plants, the bizarre weirdos that are Cycads,...7480falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/south-florida-monologues--52486930https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52486930Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:14:32 +0000Tony SantoreThe 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 dungeon inside a cypress dome, OOOOOOOlitic Limestone, why...4607falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/south-florida-native-plants-w-lillium-byrd--52418306https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52418306Thu, 12 Jan 2023 02:52:05 +0000Tony SantoreAn 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 also talk about trying to cultivate native plant...4681falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pyracantha-death-obscene-birders-western-interior-seaway--52343528https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52343528Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:47:08 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 Western North America, why shallow oceans produce...5143falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tasmania-rants--52252417https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52252417Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:49:55 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 floral trait known as an operculum, the taxonomic...7996falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-tasmania-w-matt-berger--52200011
In this episode Matt Berger and I talk about Tasmanian Botany and filming Tasmanian endemics, the Paleoendemism of the West half of Tasmania vs. the mainland Australian floristic affinities of the East.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52200011Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:33:46 +0000Tony SantoreTo 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 vs. the mainland Australian floristic affinities...
In this episode Matt Berger and I talk about Tasmanian Botany and filming Tasmanian endemics, the Paleoendemism of the West half of Tasmania vs. the mainland Australian floristic affinities of the East.]]>7506falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/miguel-de-salas-tasmanian-botany--52089567https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52089567Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:34:04 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 like 30 million years ago before it froze over....7243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-mycology-psilocybe-diversity-citizen-science-with-alan-rockefeller--52025830https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52025830Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:51:10 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 sedan into a DNA lab, teaching cops about fungal...7014falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cultivating-peyote-as-a-means-of-ex-situ-conservation-a-conversation-with-the-peyote-lorax--51918278
Ex-situ cultivation of Lophophora williamsii - Peyote - is a means of preserving it for use by the Native American Church.

As many botanists in the US and Mexico who study Chihuahua Desert ecology already know - populations of the plant in habitat are declining due to poaching - and to a greater extent - land clearance.

Leonardo aka "The Peyote Lorax" informs us of his cultivation methods, his history with the plant, and the ceremonial use of the plant by indigenous peoples of North America for the past 6,000 years. We talk about his work with the Morningstar Conservancy, his efforts to teach his fellow indigenous users of Peyote how to establish and grow Peyote in states like Arizona and New Mexico where the plant is not native but where it can be grown in the ground with winter protection, etc.

This was a great conversation and I'm thankful to Leo for making it happen.

Your continuing support helps enable this podcast.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51918278Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:16:48 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 plant from seed as a form of ex-situ conservation and to...
Ex-situ cultivation of Lophophora williamsii - Peyote - is a means of preserving it for use by the Native American Church.

As many botanists in the US and Mexico who study Chihuahua Desert ecology already know - populations of the plant in habitat are declining due to poaching - and to a greater extent - land clearance.

Leonardo aka "The Peyote Lorax" informs us of his cultivation methods, his history with the plant, and the ceremonial use of the plant by indigenous peoples of North America for the past 6,000 years. We talk about his work with the Morningstar Conservancy, his efforts to teach his fellow indigenous users of Peyote how to establish and grow Peyote in states like Arizona and New Mexico where the plant is not native but where it can be grown in the ground with winter protection, etc.

This was a great conversation and I'm thankful to Leo for making it happen.

Your continuing support helps enable this podcast.]]>8918botany,lophophora,nativeamerican,peyotefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-3-hour-conversation-with-hamilton-morris--51897122
Thanks to Hamilton Morris for editing this and cleaning it up so the sound quality wasn't as rough as my original recording. Please support him and the work he's doing by joining his Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/HamiltonMorris

Your contributions - as well as your tolerance for the shitty ads that occur during it - help support this podcast. Thank you]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51897122Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:47:00 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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, Apocynaceae) ethnobotany, chemical synapomorphies of...
Thanks to Hamilton Morris for editing this and cleaning it up so the sound quality wasn't as rough as my original recording. Please support him and the work he's doing by joining his Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/HamiltonMorris

Your contributions - as well as your tolerance for the shitty ads that occur during it - help support this podcast. Thank you]]>11214falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-forager--51840275https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51840275Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:46:54 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 botanizing the rustbelt.7405falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peyote-gardens-killer-bees--51787947https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51787947Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:33:51 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 species concepts, Chihuahua Desert blooms, getting...6771falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-texas-october--51717860https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51717860Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:25:46 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 Central Texas, making love to Tucker Carlson's...5647falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/southern-california-landscaping-nightmare-cholla-as-a-weapon-borderwall-botany-etc--51614491https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51614491Wed, 19 Oct 2022 01:40:13 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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 to kill their stupid lawns, the endangered Baja...4353falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-york-city--51478506https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51478506Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:40:42 +0000Tony SantoreIntro 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 Vents, etc4581falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bromeliads-to-blow-your-mind--51300640
In this Episode We speak with Tom Givnish, an expert in the Family Bromeliaceae who has done extensive fieldwork and research studying these plants in the diversity of habitats in which they grow. This episode is akin to a plant systematics class on this extremely cool group of plants.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51300640Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:15:48 +0000Tony SantoreEndemic 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, Mesic Forests. In this Episode We speak with...
In this Episode We speak with Tom Givnish, an expert in the Family Bromeliaceae who has done extensive fieldwork and research studying these plants in the diversity of habitats in which they grow. This episode is akin to a plant systematics class on this extremely cool group of plants.]]>9902falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cactus-evolution-carribean-cactus-forests-tree-prickly-pears--51257966
A conversation with Dr. Lucas Majure from Florida Natural History Museum about evolution in the Cactus Family, Hummingbird-Pollinated Tree Prickly Pears, why one genus of Cactus wears a damn Fez (just like the shriners), the subtle nuances of Dogtooth Karst, Weird-Ass plants from Cuba that only grow on a certain soil type, and much more.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51257966Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:24:00 +0000Tony SantoreInitial 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. Lucas Majure from Florida Natural History Museum...
A conversation with Dr. Lucas Majure from Florida Natural History Museum about evolution in the Cactus Family, Hummingbird-Pollinated Tree Prickly Pears, why one genus of Cactus wears a damn Fez (just like the shriners), the subtle nuances of Dogtooth Karst, Weird-Ass plants from Cuba that only grow on a certain soil type, and much more.]]>7116cacti #cactus #evolutionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cactus-forests-of-puebla-cloud-forests-of-oaxaca--51177582https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51177582Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:12:34 +0000Tony SantoreA 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.7044falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oaxaca-cloud-forests-the-entheome-project-part-2--51143681https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51143681Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:32:48 +0000Tony Santore6025falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/genome-sequencing-magic-mushrooms-democratizing-science-oaxaca-cloud-forests--51143627https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51143627Mon, 05 Sep 2022 01:26:07 +0000Tony SantoreIn 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, plants and microbes that also grow in the ecosystems...2941falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/aug-25th-rants-about-mexico-botany-news-rain-lilies-dosing-the-rnc-etc--51029496https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51029496Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:57:37 +0000Tony Santore4230falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-kyle-lybarger-from-the-native-habitat-project--50926513
I've admired this guy's work for a while and I love what he's doing so I figured we'd sit down and have a two hour conversation about everything from growing native plants, collecting seed, discovering species once thought extinct and having a reverence and awareness for the land, for the plants and for the life that depends on them.

Chicago Meditative Cassette Tape Intro by AL Scorch.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50926513Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:58:25 +0000Tony SantoreOut 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 which encourages people to consider doing things a...
I've admired this guy's work for a while and I love what he's doing so I figured we'd sit down and have a two hour conversation about everything from growing native plants, collecting seed, discovering species once thought extinct and having a reverence and awareness for the land, for the plants and for the life that depends on them.

Chicago Meditative Cassette Tape Intro by AL Scorch.]]>7473plants botany ecologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/restoring-the-american-chestnut--50899351https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50899351Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:35:05 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about using transgenic technology to fight the invasive pathogenic fungus that has decimated the American Chestnut tree and made it functionally extinct in the region where it was once a cornerstone of the ecosystem. We also...6741falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/da-sticky-plant-episode-nice-pleistocene-ground-sloth-turds--50843190https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50843190Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:42:32 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode (after a 35 minute rambling rant about West Texas Archaeology, the joy of holding 31,000 year old ground sloth shit, obscure Chihuahua Desert Sunflowers, and rich freaks, we talk with Dr. Eric Lopresti about sticky plants and the...7176glandular #trichomesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fake-name-at-the-er-kill-your-lawn-installing-native-plant-gardens-etc--50831862https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50831862Sat, 06 Aug 2022 01:16:19 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we discuss the glory of lawn killing, using a fake name at the ER since our Healthcare system sucks, facilitating the use of an auger for installing native plant gardens, and a whole other series of rants.3689falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-lost-candelaria-solar-farm-apocalypse-peyote-country--50775008joeblowe.podbean.com/f81c39dc-454b-3dd9-aa74-448f286b366dFri, 15 Jul 2022 22:09:10 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about the long lost population of Euphorbia antisyphylitica, thornscrub getting destroyed for a solar farm, moth pollination and night blooming plants in the Chihuahua Desert, and the Catholic Materialism Death Cult of South Texas.3842falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/desert-plants-west-texas-horticulture-with-patti-manning--50775078joeblowe.podbean.com/cf7310b6-dd6c-36c0-a4d0-d82b13f27ea2Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:42:16 +0000Tony SantoreAfter a thirty minute rant about how the epic desert crucifixion thorn (one of the 6 different plants with that annoying common name), Holacantha stewartii needs to be placed in the genus Castela (Majure, 2022) among other topics, we talk with...6334botany,crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt,texasnativeplantsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-velcro-leaf-family-fake-names-at-the-er-christian-taliban-etc--50775073joeblowe.podbean.com/21583441-1e3f-3ad4-a14e-a86ef8a9fa49Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:14:40 +0000Tony SantoreRambling intro ends at 47:00, Conversation about Velcro Leaf Family Loasaceae begins at 48:00.6940falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-peyote-conservation-in-south-texas--50775155My guest today is Joe Ben Walker from the indigenous peyote conservation initiative and we talk all things peyote in South Texas. We discussed the Peyotero System, How licenses are monitored, how the DEA keeps track of licenses, how habitat is being severely threatened and destroyed by land clearance, and how peyote came into use among modern Indigenous Americans (not just the tribes that lived where Peyote grew). This was a very enlightening conversation and one that needs to be listened to by anybody interested in the long term conservation of this threatened plant. ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/bb1ef2b7-ef43-3d66-8414-89994d69a10cWed, 15 Jun 2022 18:07:00 +0000Tony SantoreIntro ends and conversation starts at 43:00. My guest today is Joe Ben Walker from the indigenous peyote conservation initiative and we talk all things peyote in South Texas. We discussed the Peyotero System, How licenses are monitored, how the DEA...My guest today is Joe Ben Walker from the indigenous peyote conservation initiative and we talk all things peyote in South Texas. We discussed the Peyotero System, How licenses are monitored, how the DEA keeps track of licenses, how habitat is being severely threatened and destroyed by land clearance, and how peyote came into use among modern Indigenous Americans (not just the tribes that lived where Peyote grew). This was a very enlightening conversation and one that needs to be listened to by anybody interested in the long term conservation of this threatened plant. ]]>5719falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-evolution-cloud-forests-nightshades--50779156joeblowe.podbean.com/70fbd4bd-13e1-3d1d-a923-cb0f40dc09b6Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:09:25 +0000Tony SantoreA Conversation with Dr. Stacy Smith from University of Colorado Boulder about the genus Iochroma and Plant Evolution. A 24 minute intro followed by 90 minutes of talk about evolution, selection pressures and why plants evolve the way they do. I...7041falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-interview-with-carlos-aztekium-velazco--50775055 
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/3e7184e6-a70b-373b-89bc-a93964612eadWed, 25 May 2022 19:03:49 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk Northern Mexican Botany with the wonderful Carlos Velazco, author of numerous papers describing the floristic relationships of Northern Mexican Plants as well as the Nuevo León field guide to plants. The last thirty minutes we... 
 ]]>7334falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/namibia-resurrection-plants-welwitschia-caucasians-in-south-africa--50775172joeblowe.podbean.com/f24fff25-86dd-3e99-8b33-483c53f27dd7Thu, 19 May 2022 23:25:21 +0000Tony SantoreA long rant about Namibian Botany, Dark Humor, Myrothamnus flabellifolius the resurrection plant, Welwitschia habitat etc.5777falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nuevo-leon-botany-gypsum-endemics-cactus-poaching--50775061joeblowe.podbean.com/ba74e765-5d04-38c3-b8c2-8efd7506d560Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:06:12 +0000Tony SantoreOne long rant about Nuevo Leon plant communities, gypsum endemics, cactus poaching, high elevation "sky islands", Mall Security Guards at US Customs, Herbarium vouchers, etc5995falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-kerry-knudsen-lichenologist--50775211joeblowe.podbean.com/7c8d0abe-fa13-3b84-86f7-ceacbb118fbcWed, 06 Apr 2022 21:15:27 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with Kerry Knudsen, a  blue-collar-construction-worker turned lichenologist. We spend a good first half of the podcast talking lichens and the last half of the podcast talking philosophy, and why it's important to be aware of...5694falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/texas-sandsheet-sand-endemics-twitter-fights-with-furries--50775185joeblowe.podbean.com/685ce060-3b00-31d7-bf06-a146bebafe57Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:32:58 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we discuss the rare and endangered Texas Almond, a sand endemic. We also discuss the trough urinal at Taqueria Jalisco by the Pilot Station in Falfurrias, whether Tetragonotheca rrpanda can be grown in West Texas, and being kicked in...4352falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/undescribed-buckwheats-kill-your-lawn-limestone-erotica-rod-blagojevich-etc--50775056joeblowe.podbean.com/7ae99bbd-750c-3f4d-8025-365be0e29645Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:25:52 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about the notorious Bristol Mountains Buckwheat which is still formally undescribed despite being known of for a decade and a half. We also talked about limestone geology of the Mojave Desert as well as why people should kill...5023falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-do-fungi-bang-and-evolve--50775027joeblowe.podbean.com/2239c46c-f3ad-3677-9cfd-e03df015180bSat, 19 Feb 2022 20:40:53 +0000Tony SantoreGeneric Recombination is the means through which mutations (and evolution/speciation /phenotypic variation) occur, leading to changes in an organism's adaptation to and tolerance of its environment. In flowering plants, meiosis occurs in megaspore...4813falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lichens-are-weirder-than-helll--50775237joeblowe.podbean.com/9481f48d-b4e4-3cdc-8482-1b63e83190a3Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:45:22 +0000Tony SantoreA ninety minute conversation just scratching the surface of the bizarre-ass phenomenon of lichens, with Matt Berger aka Sheriff Woody. This is a talk about fungi enslaving/farming algae and cyanobacteria and the extremely weird shit that these...5639falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rants-about-peyote-conservation-cryptogamic-crusts-perithecium--50775034joeblowe.podbean.com/10ac13be-0a6b-3f8c-a167-8549aefa8b92Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:52:24 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we listen to a 50 minute rant about peyote conservation in South Texas, the importance of the hundredth Meridian and the humidity differential and the differences in habitat it causes, as well as what the hell a Perithecium is and some...3044falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/legume-phylogeny-dungeon--50775162joeblowe.podbean.com/a1ba4472-facc-31b7-adfe-eb5168ce19d4Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:14:16 +0000Tony SantoreThe family Fabaceae is one of the most ecologically successful and diverse plant families in the world, especially in arid and subtropical regions. In this episode we talk Legumes - their ecology, floral morphology and evolution - with Marty...6679falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mycoheterotrophy-resurrection-plants-orchid-biogeography--50775194joeblowe.podbean.com/f79980be-0e8f-30dc-878f-aa777ff04a12Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:19:52 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with Tom Givnish, a well-known research botanist at UW Madison about a diverse number of topics including plants that can completely dry out and not die, how orchids came to be the most diverse and largest plant family on...10025falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/orchid-crash-course-phylogeny-taxonomy-morphology-what-the-sh1t--50775052joeblowe.podbean.com/a90e4da5-36c5-360e-8f04-19513ca6987eTue, 21 Dec 2021 19:53:16 +0000Tony SantoreAfter a 40 minute opening rant, we explore the nuances of the Orchid Family - the most species-rich and diverse family of flowering plants, and we touch on a few of the things that make this family so ecologically successful. This is a good crash...8973falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elusive-milkweeds-of-south-texas--50775069joeblowe.podbean.com/4f98adc7-d949-3a9a-a476-1e2d0c6adaafThu, 09 Dec 2021 17:02:55 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we rant about Asclepias prostrata, the rare and elusive prostrate milkweed of South Texas Thornscrub, as well as obscure subfamilies of the Legume Family, Cops & Dildos, and Old Peyotes. What exactly does the New Legume Phylogeny...5081falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/psychedelic-therapy-and-its-practical-applications-for-society--50775082 
He has authored a book due out in April entitled "The Psilocybin Connection : Psychedelics, the Transformation of Consciousness, and Evolution on the Planet - An Integral Approach". For more information, visits Jahan's website at www.PsychedelicEvolution.org
 
For more information on Psilocybin Therapy, visit the website www.psilohealth.co
 
For MDMA information and test kits visit the website www.dancesafe.org
 
For more information on current legal status and research regarding psychedelic therapy, look up Rick Doblin or visit his website at www.maps.org
 
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/e9d347f9-ba03-315f-b613-2e637822ea31Sat, 04 Dec 2021 03:46:48 +0000Tony SantoreJahan Khamsehzadeh, Ph.D. is a psychedelic therapist who's been actively conducting legal, guided Psilocybin sessions in Jamaica for the past 4 years. He's trained within the Mazatec mushroom tradition and mentored for a year at the Center for... 
He has authored a book due out in April entitled "The Psilocybin Connection : Psychedelics, the Transformation of Consciousness, and Evolution on the Planet - An Integral Approach". For more information, visits Jahan's website at www.PsychedelicEvolution.org
 
For more information on Psilocybin Therapy, visit the website www.psilohealth.co
 
For MDMA information and test kits visit the website www.dancesafe.org
 
For more information on current legal status and research regarding psychedelic therapy, look up Rick Doblin or visit his website at www.maps.org
 
 ]]>6792falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-sh-t-is-mrna-how-d-it-get-into-my-nanoparticles--50775047In this episode we discuss the ever-annoying American culture war and then move on to the science behind mRNA vaccine technology and why viruses are so cool in regards to watching evolution in action (vaccines themselves will act as a selection pressure on viruses, but can the viruses cope and evolve or will they become extinct? Tengo miedo! ).
 
We talk about the history of this technology and just what the hell "mRNA" is and how you can pick it up at jewel-osco along with your ipass for the Illinois toll roads nice. This is a great conversation and hopefully people are inspired to spend a little less time looking at pictures of asses and food on their smartphones and instead spend a couple minutes or more reading about genomics. GFY Bye 😘]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/aaf3e802-f73a-329e-b775-64fdfab92e21Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:34:42 +0000Tony SantoreIntro music by etsywitch. In this episode we discuss the ever-annoying American culture war and then move on to the science behind mRNA vaccine technology and why viruses are so cool in regards to watching evolution in action (vaccines themselves will...In this episode we discuss the ever-annoying American culture war and then move on to the science behind mRNA vaccine technology and why viruses are so cool in regards to watching evolution in action (vaccines themselves will act as a selection pressure on viruses, but can the viruses cope and evolve or will they become extinct? Tengo miedo! ).
 
We talk about the history of this technology and just what the hell "mRNA" is and how you can pick it up at jewel-osco along with your ipass for the Illinois toll roads nice. This is a great conversation and hopefully people are inspired to spend a little less time looking at pictures of asses and food on their smartphones and instead spend a couple minutes or more reading about genomics. GFY Bye 😘]]>6132falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-the-wild-sh1t-going-on-in-south-african-daisies--50775212Recording quality on first 9 minutes of interview is lousy but improves after there after so sit still and wait it out ya schmuck.
 
The sunflower family, Asteraceae, does some wild things - morphologically, evolutionarily and ecologically speaking - in the Southern Part of the African continent, especially in the tribes Calenduleae (think trichomes & stinky, oily glands), Gnaphalieae (paper daisies), and Arctotideae (the infamous "beetle daisies"). 
 
In this episode, I speak with Nicola Bergh, the curator for the family Asteraceae at the Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in Cape Town, to explore just what the hell has gone on with this family in the evolutionary past and how various tribes and subfamilies have dispersed and radiated in Southern Africa.
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/dabe55c8-891d-3c43-9f97-55729756b844Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:56:05 +0000Tony SantoreNote : Interview starts around minute 24:00 Recording quality on first 9 minutes of interview is lousy but improves after there after so sit still and wait it out ya schmuck.   The sunflower family, Asteraceae, does some wild things - morphologically,...Recording quality on first 9 minutes of interview is lousy but improves after there after so sit still and wait it out ya schmuck.
 
The sunflower family, Asteraceae, does some wild things - morphologically, evolutionarily and ecologically speaking - in the Southern Part of the African continent, especially in the tribes Calenduleae (think trichomes & stinky, oily glands), Gnaphalieae (paper daisies), and Arctotideae (the infamous "beetle daisies"). 
 
In this episode, I speak with Nicola Bergh, the curator for the family Asteraceae at the Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in Cape Town, to explore just what the hell has gone on with this family in the evolutionary past and how various tribes and subfamilies have dispersed and radiated in Southern Africa.
 ]]>6500falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-the-naked-botanist--50775122joeblowe.podbean.com/8beae226-95aa-3730-af83-f28fcb720588Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:14:48 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we spend 150 minutes talking with David Gwynne-Evans covering some of the epic highlights of the Cape Floristic Region's Flora. Even if you are unaware of, oblivious to, or disinterested in this region of South Africa's plant life you...9772falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-having-nothing-to-do-with-plants--50775231 
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/cd01b8ae-6ca5-36ee-ae99-b5d7008b5a3bWed, 27 Oct 2021 15:38:09 +0000Tony SantoreMike Brodie is a photographer, truck driver, artist, freight train rider, and diesel mechanic. In this episode we sit down with him to talk about modern American culture, youth subcultures, travel, and the human condition.     
 ]]>7946falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/south-africa-follow-up-rantings-etc--50775145joeblowe.podbean.com/7b05387e-d7d1-37fa-a747-86aa797e9031Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:57:13 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about some of the plant families found in South Africa and the ecological success of the Mesembryanthemaceae, as well as what the hell is going on with the mess of valvate tepals, adnate anthers, and pollen presenters that is a...5472falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-hours-of-south-africa-ranting--50775250joeblowe.podbean.com/a73a3f5b-8611-3442-a5d4-2364462f79edSun, 26 Sep 2021 08:58:25 +0000Tony SantoreOne long disjointed rant between three filthy botanists covering the past three weeks of botanic surveys/rectal exams in the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. 6674falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/monocot-taxonomic-clusterf-ck--50775161joeblowe.podbean.com/4d0e1b3d-1824-3301-b053-375c9d9126f2Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:21:30 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk with Chris Pires, Chief Science Officer at the New York Botanic Garden, about the taxonomic clusterf*ck that is the order Asparagales - the order of the Iris Family, the Orchid Family, the Agave Family, the Onion/Amaryllis...7242falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/deconstructing-taxonomy--50775233This episode sponsored by Decolonial Colon Cleanse, the at-home kit for decolonizing Colo-rectal and gastrointestinal issues. Order online at www.DecolonialRectum.com]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/49a2983a-5b20-351e-b29d-32d0a49115f8Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:00:56 +0000Tony SantoreToday's episode is inspired by the bRaVE individuals (all of us) who participated in the massive back-and-forth online shitposting last week regarding the inherent colonialism of using the binomial naming system of taxonomy, plant systematics and the...This episode sponsored by Decolonial Colon Cleanse, the at-home kit for decolonizing Colo-rectal and gastrointestinal issues. Order online at www.DecolonialRectum.com]]>4267falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/intro-to-the-rise-of-flowering-plants--50775156joeblowe.podbean.com/178573da-ca2d-30dc-a0b6-b64b5ed7738fSat, 31 Jul 2021 19:23:55 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we speak with Peter Raven, former director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, about our current understanding of the rise of angiosperms and what the floristic landscape may have looked like prior to their appearance in the fossil record. 4560falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wyoming-rare-plants-with-walt-fertig--50779425joeblowe.podbean.com/0a18dd95-d49f-3a1d-a6b4-00dbd1eb25eaSun, 18 Jul 2021 22:24:24 +0000Tony SantoreA criminally underrated state for rare plants and plant ecology, Wyoming has a number of rare taxa and bizarre habitats. In this episode we talk with a botanist who spent twenty years in the state documenting, inventorying and becoming acquainted with...8052falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yellowstone-botany-wyoming-rare-plants--50775181joeblowe.podbean.com/ebeccad9-f341-31ff-8952-17cb86cc61b8Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:12:18 +0000Tony SantorePlants that grow on sinter (silica) and travertine (calcium carbonate) deposits of hot springs, a really bizarre  central Wyoming endemic known from only two locations (Yermo xanthocephalus) whose closest relatives occur in the prairies of the...6153falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hiking-through-the-great-basin-w-matt-berger--50778743Follow Matt on Instagram @sheriff_woody_pct and on Inaturalist via username Sheriff_Woody_PCT]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/500eaa84-bfd5-3d3a-8b05-95b2267ff84bMon, 05 Jul 2021 04:48:49 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we have an hour long conversation with Matt Berger about a loop "trail" (there actually was no trail save for that created by wild horses) created through the mountain ranges of the Great Basin in Central Nevada and the plans seen...Follow Matt on Instagram @sheriff_woody_pct and on Inaturalist via username Sheriff_Woody_PCT]]>6343falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/buckwheats-and-bail-bonds--50775163joeblowe.podbean.com/6e6d8ca9-06af-3231-aecf-7d0c274e2608Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:49:56 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode begins with a 56 minute rant concerning the crime spree caused by the meeting of the Eriogonum Society in Elko, Nevada, followed by rants on the silica "sinter" deposits occurring throughout Nothern Nevada as a result of the intermittent...6140falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nitty-gritty-of-dna-sequencing-to-understand-plant-evolution--50775138 
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Thanks, GFY.]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/8c2eedd3-f539-3d4c-b36a-79a160c0e5dbTue, 22 Jun 2021 01:40:50 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we speak with Bruce Baldwin about sequencing the DNA of plants to understand how closely we're distantly related they are and how they have evolved. At least an initial understanding, no matter how small, of how DNA is structured will... 
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To purchase stickers, venmo twelve bucks to "societyishell" and leave your address in the comments. 
 
Plants ID questions or reading list suggestions can be sent to crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com 
 
Thanks, GFY.]]>8401falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-minutes-of-rambling-and-60-minutes-of-melastomataceae--50775244joeblowe.podbean.com/ece2c79e-1075-3acf-a38b-7fbee0f263d5Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:22:07 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we speak with Darin Penneys, Ph.D about his work with an incredibly diverse plant family that few in the temperate zones are familiar with - Melastomataceae. I first fell in love with this family when seeing some of the incredible...5401falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arrests-at-the-buckwheat-conference-chicago-west-side-heroin-dissuasion-lithium-sleazebag-deli-platters--50779310joeblowe.podbean.com/1957a1e7-4f9f-3c54-bc43-51fc079ba5a6Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:08:16 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't we talk with Naomi Fraga about the devastation to be imposed on 90% of a rare plant's population and the mining company sleaze bags who are trying to greenwash it. We also talk about the BLM...5183falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/milkweeds-that-dupe-insects-greenhouse-conservation-customer-service-hell--50775189joeblowe.podbean.com/41376363-118f-37f0-aa0f-e9b2e8c57b62Thu, 20 May 2021 20:22:38 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we talk about milkweed plants that dupe kleptoparasitic flies into pollinating them, greenhouses and conservatories as bastions of ex-situ conservation, floral mimicry and bat pollination among members of the coffee family, and why...4895falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evolution-ecology-of-psilocybin--50779222www.entheome.org]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/24468c65-3a03-37f9-917b-36f6525926d4Wed, 05 May 2021 21:58:56 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we speak with Dr. Jason Slot, Associate Professor at Ohio State University, who is a mycologist currently studying the evolution of psilocybin production in Fungi. The last half hour of the conversation focuses largely on mycorrhizal...www.entheome.org]]>7689falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-inna-bay-volcanic-carrots-of-oregon-a-conversation-with-damon-tighe--50779358joeblowe.podbean.com/193daf8b-7c0f-3698-befa-c08dfe513716Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:25:05 +0000Tony SantorePsilocybin Therapy, Woody tells us about Apiaceous endemics of the high desert, Damon Tighe tells us about observing fungi and insects and sexually transmitted ladybug diseases, growing oyster mushrooms on everything, and studying weordarine organisms...7959falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/baker-cypress-research-natural-areas-a-conversation-with-julie-kierstead--50775210joeblowe.podbean.com/529fb958-9ec9-3928-832b-d9c54c742715Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:27:18 +0000Tony SantoreIn this episode we ramble about a rare Northern California Cypress species known only from twelve populations and figure out just what the hell that spot on the map that says "Research Natural Area" means, with a bit of insight from Julie Kierstead,...6838falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-hours-with-peter-raven--50775166joeblowe.podbean.com/d961950c-e1e5-3d69-9100-bf9d84219825Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:45:37 +0000Tony SantoreA 2 hour conversation with one of the most prominent botanists of the 20th Century, Peter Raven, in anticipation of his new autobiography, Driven By Nature. 7605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hidden-agave-a-conversation-with-jeremy-spath--50775151joeblowe.podbean.com/5e91a1a2-f12d-3dc2-9111-8fac9c8d4f08Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:49:57 +0000Tony SantoreJeremy Spath has spent the past twenty years growing - and propagating from tissue culture - species in the genus Agave. He's traveled throughout Mexico in all kinds of habitats - from desert scrub to subtropical cloud forest - exploring the...5796falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-texas-cacti-desert-brassicas-al-scorch-pollinator-apocalypse--50779279joeblowe.podbean.com/6c9ac03a-bd95-3ab2-a47b-29c2f0e4d1d6Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:17:20 +0000Tony SantoreTwo hours of rambling conversations about Desert Brassicas, West Texas Cryptic Cacti, Dust Storms, Pollinator Poisoning via Agriculture, Al Scorch personal injury lawsuit scams, etc. 7653falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/texas-blackout-cloud-forest-blueberries-tropical-mistletoes--50775213joeblowe.podbean.com/b5e98d53-e3ea-3e2e-8d95-ce78cd997524Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:16:12 +0000Tony SantoreRants about hating Ted Cruz, Pine Forests of Hispaniola, Watching Plants Melt during the Texas Blackouts, etc8212falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/baby-i-wanna-be-your-karstic-dog--50775063joeblowe.podbean.com/06a8b377-b400-3c9e-acd7-c6d4f4b1b0f7Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:23:48 +0000Tony SantoreRecorded in the Dominican Republic while exploring Dogtooth Limestone Karst formations and contracting urushiol-induced atopic dermatitis, here we rant about the endemic Flora of the Dominican Republic, why Dominicans drive like maniacs and why it's ...7720falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mycorrhizae-ericoid-roots-orchids-meathead-psychology-etc--50775147joeblowe.podbean.com/23a4ba7a-3565-394e-a01c-a6c183642f10Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:43:18 +0000Tony SantoreListen to 80 minute rant on Ericoid roots and fungal symbiosis with a guest appearance by Peter Bernhardt. We also briefly talk about the germination of orchid seeds, the huge importance and understudy of the Fungal Division Glomeromycota, and why a...5486falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plant-systematics-with-michael-simpson--50775274 
Taxonomy, Evolution, & Diversity of Plants on Earth? What are phylogenetics? What is a "biogeography dungeon" and why is it fascinating as shit to be trapped inside? What causes one to go down a wormhole of obsession with the various forms that plants can take?
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/d084dd68-36e0-39a8-ba7b-ee187f056b2bWed, 20 Jan 2021 07:42:20 +0000Tony SantoreMichael Simpson is a Professor Emeritus of Botany who is the Author of one of the best textbooks available on the evolutionary history, grouping and Identification of plant species - Plant Systematics.    Taxonomy, Evolution, & Diversity of Plants on... 
Taxonomy, Evolution, & Diversity of Plants on Earth? What are phylogenetics? What is a "biogeography dungeon" and why is it fascinating as shit to be trapped inside? What causes one to go down a wormhole of obsession with the various forms that plants can take?
 ]]>6586falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/geologist-robert-madden--50775180joeblowe.podbean.com/d393a4f8-48bb-3c1a-ab40-dfc94b3b13b9Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:11:07 +0000Tony SantoreDr. Robert Madden is a geologist and teacher based out of Perth, Western Australia. 6733falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/evolution-speciation-and-child-labor--50775141joeblowe.podbean.com/0575a575-2606-391f-b6fb-94940284e4bfMon, 11 Jan 2021 18:13:38 +0000Tony SantoreRants on the wonders of plant evolution, ecotypes, speciation, and whether an awareness and fascination with such could have prevented some members of the mayonnaise militia from being radicalized. Plenty of book recommendations and other disjointed...5348falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-railroads-mexico-with-linda-niemann--50775252joeblowe.podbean.com/2bcb4012-6511-3fdf-84a4-edcb28544481Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:18:56 +0000Tony SantoreLinda Niemann is an author, ex-railroader/brakeman and former English professor at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of the books Boomer, Railroad Voices, Railroad Noir and Cosas: Folk Art Travel in Mexico. 5178falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blazing-east-to-south-texas--50775030joeblowe.podbean.com/30c28d95-4188-3626-81ce-cfc2a1aa12b8Sat, 19 Dec 2020 19:48:42 +0000Tony SantoreRants on Cactus Phylogeny, Teddy Bear Cholla, Neobuxbaumia Dungeons of Oaxaca, transporting plants in storage bins, over-crowded hiking/wilderness areas, how idiotic the word "natural" is, crazy cat ladies and cat colonies on ecologically-sensitive...7269falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-w-climatologist-daniel-swain--50775049 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/c14ffebb-abfb-3767-931e-38c520658253Thu, 10 Dec 2020 07:08:13 +0000Tony SantoreA fascinating and educational 68 minutes that breaks down the mechanisms of California's weather and where it might be headed in the future.   ]]>4110falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/california-dystopia-butano-cypress-seed-collection-edibles-trash-tvetc--50775057joeblowe.podbean.com/c60de806-eff7-3d39-91f6-e8c6cb1de272Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:31:53 +0000Tony SantoreRants about California Dystopia, Proper Seed Collection, Drought, Butano Cypress (biogeography rant), etc7432falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/underground-orchids-australian-botany-proteaceae-floral-morphology--50775262joeblowe.podbean.com/06a560f1-16d8-3789-bfc6-a7ce115e0466Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:03:56 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with my friend the Professor and Author Dr. Peter Bernhardt about the floral morphology of many of Australia's incredible terrestrial orchids and members of the ancient angiosperm family, Proteaceae. Two hours of un-edited conversation...8704falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/texas-flora-a-conversation-w-michael-eason--50775160joeblowe.podbean.com/4cafe1aa-b3c8-39c3-8e5d-d8eff1a34d4dSun, 22 Nov 2020 05:52:00 +0000Tony SantoreA 2 hour conversation with Michael Eason about Texas Flora. Michael Eason is a botanist, author, photographer, and Texan. 9454falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rhyolite-fuckface--50778800joeblowe.podbean.com/08f888ac-0b71-3968-8ca3-3f207fe0b6cbMon, 16 Nov 2020 03:00:46 +0000Tony SantoreFrom West Texas to the Mojave the entire Southwest is in a drought in mid November of 2020 oh, but that does not stop us from doing some vegetative botany and fucking around with the wonders of the volcanic rock known as rhyolite, builder of numerous...6986falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/south-texas-soliloquy-cactus-rescue-tough-broads-etc--50775176joeblowe.podbean.com/e58bd902-c54d-3f74-87d8-2a25f2d7e710Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:08:20 +0000Tony Santore Long disjointed rants on native plants of South Texas, plant propagation, rescuing cacti that are in the path of the proposed border wall, ppeyote gardens, indigo snakes, Etc6607falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/160-minutes-of-sunflowers-w-bruce-baldwin--50775154Probably the episode I'm most excited about so far - a talk with the kind, humble and brilliant Bruce Baldwin, an expert in the largest (second in number of species only  to the Orchid Family) and most ecologically successful plant family in the world, the Asteraceae, also known as "composites" because of their composite flowerheads, consisting of many tiny "florets" (which are the true flowers).
 
We cover a lot of stuff here, and the last five minutes of the episode seem to wrap up a potential answer to the modern human predicament that we're in. But prior to that, we of course cover the incredible ecology and evolution (and genetics!) of the most successful plant family on Planet Earth.
 
 
 
 
Photo in the thumbnail is one of the "dinosaur sunflowers", Leucheria runcinata, from the High Andes of Chile. ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/8ccdcde7-427f-3162-b3d7-464040d0a58bThu, 22 Oct 2020 13:28:07 +0000Tony Santore(Re-upload because the first file was corrupted and cut out at 3 min...)  Probably the episode I'm most excited about so far - a talk with the kind, humble and brilliant Bruce Baldwin, an expert in the largest (second in number of species only  to the...Probably the episode I'm most excited about so far - a talk with the kind, humble and brilliant Bruce Baldwin, an expert in the largest (second in number of species only  to the Orchid Family) and most ecologically successful plant family in the world, the Asteraceae, also known as "composites" because of their composite flowerheads, consisting of many tiny "florets" (which are the true flowers).
 
We cover a lot of stuff here, and the last five minutes of the episode seem to wrap up a potential answer to the modern human predicament that we're in. But prior to that, we of course cover the incredible ecology and evolution (and genetics!) of the most successful plant family on Planet Earth.
 
 
 
 
Photo in the thumbnail is one of the "dinosaur sunflowers", Leucheria runcinata, from the High Andes of Chile. ]]>9625falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-interview-with-tom-givnish--50775179joeblowe.podbean.com/dd5a60f5-15bf-3913-ba72-0060dd77f43dWed, 14 Oct 2020 00:05:24 +0000Tony Santore2 hrs of conversation about Adaptive Radiation, Hawaiian Lobeliads, & Calochortus Evolution 6828falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/east-texas-sandy-coastal-plain-ft-worth-dry-prairies--50775168joeblowe.podbean.com/a7158da2-901c-3406-8177-815bdc726520Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:18:40 +0000Tony SantoreEast Texas botany, Ft Worth Botanic Garden /Home Depot Garden Center, Longleaf Pine Forest, Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sleaze, Limestone Dry Prairie Endemics, Complaining about the heat, etc. 6835falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michigan-upper-peninsula-geology-missouri-prairie-texas-limestone-remnants--50775170In this episode, CPBBD traverses 20 degrees of latitude to bring you lognwinded rants on the following topics :
-stromatolites
-banded Iron formations & the Great Oxygenation Event of the Proterozoic 
-Michigan Serpentine 
-"conservative species" and the Floristic Quality Assessment
-Silphium albiflorum
and much more. 
 
Feel free to email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com with plant ID questions and reading recommendations, fuckface. 
 
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/e230df7e-1e5b-3efa-82df-3db2e805160aTue, 29 Sep 2020 18:17:12 +0000Tony SantorePSA - your donations enable this here content. If you can throw a couple bucks to venmo address "societyishell", I would appreciate the hell out of it. The tank is running low at the moment and could use some re-ups.  In this episode, CPBBD traverses...In this episode, CPBBD traverses 20 degrees of latitude to bring you lognwinded rants on the following topics :
-stromatolites
-banded Iron formations & the Great Oxygenation Event of the Proterozoic 
-Michigan Serpentine 
-"conservative species" and the Floristic Quality Assessment
-Silphium albiflorum
and much more. 
 
Feel free to email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com with plant ID questions and reading recommendations, fuckface. 
 
 ]]>5274falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-80-cross-country-botany-maskless-rednecks-ambrosia-exploration--50775204 
 ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/86abdd17-ba68-3639-8394-a2c77f6f7ed5Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:55:40 +0000Tony SantoreA brief week-long trip East after fleeing the state of California (which is all on fire again) brings us into contact with a cast of prairie species and the unique nature of the Ambrosia dungeon (subtribe Ambrosiinae of the Heliantheae tribe of the... 
 ]]>6380falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/illegal-garden-meets-a-karen-random-rants-monarch-migration-etc--50775264joeblowe.podbean.com/d93b0a47-f645-3f1d-a18f-7ea4cf4b1f10Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:02:10 +0000Tony Santore6666falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/botanist-michael-dillon-south-american-nightshades--50775241joeblowe.podbean.com/49ae0ba7-b4ad-36dd-a824-e3ee46b2a05bSun, 02 Aug 2020 21:33:53 +0000Tony SantoreA 90 min conversation with retired Field Museum botanist Michael Dillon about the genus Nolana and South American botany. 6858falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversationabout-mycology-with-christian-schwarz--50775243joeblowe.podbean.com/e2400341-29eb-3c1b-bbcf-d8529cbb5239Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:53:34 +0000Tony SantoreA forty minute profanity-laced trade on the flux of events and garden destruction by semi-conscious contractors followed by a graceful interview concerningmmycological affairs with the wonderful Christian Schwarz. This episode more than most is filled...7730falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/darlingtonia-flu-klux-klan-illegal-gardening--50775265joeblowe.podbean.com/de8b0b4f-741e-5adf-9064-a3d6cc22ea7eSat, 18 Jul 2020 22:54:53 +0000Tony SantoreThe focus today is on Darlingtonia, trolling the Flu Klux Klan, Social Justice Warriors attacking science by obsessing about racist Eugenics programs from 100 years ago, and Illegal Gardening. 6048falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coral-pink-sand-dunes-milkweed-southern-utah-botany-vertic-limestones-shitting-in-kyle-s-firepit--50775186Coral Pink Sand Dunes Milkweed, Southern Utah Botany, Vertic Limestones, Shitting in Kyle's Firepit.
Ten days studying the Floristics of the Colorado Plateau and Jurassic Sedimentary Rocks, we take a look at the genera of Fabaceae here including Pediomelum, Sophora, Peteria, etc. We also enjoy some time in Central Nevada with a milkweed named after renowned botanist Alice Eastwood (a botanical gangster if the ever was one) ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/9335bf43-e661-5935-9b48-1921fea4db48Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:55:25 +0000Tony Santore(the intro song recording quality is horrible. Skip to 2:30 rather than leave me an obnoxious comment about it Fuckface).  Coral Pink Sand Dunes Milkweed, Southern Utah Botany, Vertic Limestones, Shitting in Kyle's Firepit. Ten days studying the...Coral Pink Sand Dunes Milkweed, Southern Utah Botany, Vertic Limestones, Shitting in Kyle's Firepit.
Ten days studying the Floristics of the Colorado Plateau and Jurassic Sedimentary Rocks, we take a look at the genera of Fabaceae here including Pediomelum, Sophora, Peteria, etc. We also enjoy some time in Central Nevada with a milkweed named after renowned botanist Alice Eastwood (a botanical gangster if the ever was one) ]]>7078falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phantom-orchids-sneaking-to-the-botanic-garden--50775235 
This podcast sponsored by Eucerin. ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/226c037e-0ab6-58d2-b7f8-37a966df4b25Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:59:09 +0000Tony SantoreRants about Cephalanthera austiniae, the phantom orchid, and disjunct populations of Opuntia fragilis. Sneaking in to the Botanic garden after hours.    This podcast sponsored by Eucerin.  
This podcast sponsored by Eucerin. ]]>6058falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/propagation-as-a-means-of-refraining-from-homicide--50775215joeblowe.podbean.com/b5efcf41-d71a-56da-aa81-e2e106a9b573Sun, 17 May 2020 00:10:22 +0000Tony Santore90 minutes of ranting on plant propagation, metabolism, and Chiranthodendron pentadactylon from the chocolate subfamily of the Mallow Family. 5961falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-matt-candeais--50775111joeblowe.podbean.com/b4f161d8-3571-515d-9074-d398db6c7333Fri, 01 May 2020 21:48:23 +0000Tony SantoreMatt Candeais is a botanist from Buffalo, New York, currently residing in Illinois and working on his PhD. He is the man behind the In Defense of Plants "podcast.8218falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-was-a-teenage-eco-fascist--50775190 
Email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com to complain or send unsolicited, un-pleasant nudes. ]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/ca2a68e6-8592-5aad-a524-df04cf1c0c40Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:06:34 +0000Tony SantoreA thirty minute rant mocking the "eco-fascist" chant among science-blind social theorists and leftwing bloggers (why do fellow lefties not criticize these nitwits?), Sonoran Desert Parasites, Mojave Euphoria during a pandemic, Desert Tortoises,... 
Email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com to complain or send unsolicited, un-pleasant nudes. ]]>8167falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pandemic-southwest-botany--50775268joeblowe.podbean.com/372e2e8a-4608-5a23-bd2a-89c8643a9ea2Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:42:11 +0000Tony SantoreJoin us as we take a look at some limestone endemics of Death Valley and then Gypsum endemics of Nevada and Utah. Learn why the state of Arizona is akin to a "people of Walmart" calendar. Arctomecon humilis, Pediocactus sileri, Astragalus...5482falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-with-matt-ritter--50775267joeblowe.podbean.com/98403e26-d67e-5c82-b12f-7693ed89a63dWed, 11 Mar 2020 21:26:45 +0000Tony SantoreA real nice conversation with Matt Ritter, an author and professor at California Polytechnic State University about botany, plant ecology, human society in which we also wax philosophical about a wide variety of topics and what the shit. 6463falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coronavirus-sunflowers--50775266joeblowe.podbean.com/8e9900c8-27f2-5393-83d3-6d5eda09e65bSat, 07 Mar 2020 06:03:46 +0000Tony SantoreAn astute comparison of adaptative radiations in Asteraceae with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Plus, Carl Zimmer kicks Mike Pence in the cock. 90 minutes of rambling with Isaac Lichter, and why coming out of the closet drives the quality of one's...6870falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coronavirus-sunflowers--50775245joeblowe.podbean.com/1b6b7c4a-4dc2-526a-8d1e-92e29161374eSat, 07 Mar 2020 06:03:46 +0000Tony SantoreAn astute comparison of adaptative radiations in Asteraceae with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Plus, Carl Zimmer kicks Mike Pence in the cock. 90 minutes of rambling with Isaac Lichter, and why coming out of the closet drives the quality of one's...6870falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parasitic-conifers-amborella-new-caledonia-2--50775240joeblowe.podbean.com/7d10d9ce-8c44-5f3d-a6df-dc6a46da28fcThu, 13 Feb 2020 23:05:00 +0000Tony SantoreThis is the second episode on New Caledonian botany, with continued fanatic ranting on the wonders of ultramafic geology and botany as well as musings on the futility of eating jackfruit and the pondering of what Dengue Fever must feel like. 5728falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-caledonia-disjointed-ranting-conifer-dungeons-biogeography-of-southern-hemisphere-lineages-mosquitoes--50779524joeblowe.podbean.com/310c0d68-788d-54e3-84cb-2ab3ea1351c2Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:45:07 +0000Tony SantoreDid I contract Dengue Fever yesterday on Moo Mountain whilst hiking to a relict population of Araucaria humboldtensis? Was New Caledonia submerged for 20 million years and then recolonized by numerous ancient lineages of plants? Will I be broke after...5920falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plant-breeding-fern-sex-dark-humor-south-africa-a-conversation-with-martin-grantham--50775175joeblowe.podbean.com/6d0024fb-889d-5bbe-905e-34ea95fa1d1eThu, 02 Jan 2020 06:19:55 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with a botanical wizard, explorer, conservationist, and plant propagator, my friend the illustrious Martin Grantham. 3 hrs long but worth a listen. We explore comedic misanthropy, a brief analysis of the human condition, our behavioral...10962falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chilean-fog-deserts-biogeographical-islands-nolana-diversity-candy-diets--50775184joeblowe.podbean.com/cc764b26-26eb-5251-95e3-6893a71b5823Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:51:29 +0000Tony Santore2 hours of pontificating on the beauty of fog deserts plus pondering how the fuck Sheriff Woody is able to hike 1,000 miles on a diet of candy and potato chips. Eriosyce recondita and cactus poachers, lomas formations, Fog islands brought to you by...7987falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/botanizing-deserts-on-foot-with-sheriff-woody--50775247joeblowe.podbean.com/botanizing-deserts-on-foot-with-sheriff-woody-4d688fa13b9a1e994c4328bf9a995183Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:41:19 +0000Tony SantoreA conversation with an expert plant explorer in a fleabag hotel room in Arica, Chile. 5823falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mushrooms-mushrooms-mushrooms--50775158joeblowe.podbean.com/mushrooms-mushrooms-mushrooms-be8fa0537e87d2b53919e16f69126ea5Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:59:32 +0000Tony SantoreA 20 minute disjointed and profane rant followed by a 90 minute conversation with mycologist Alan Rockefeller. Oooooh how bout Dat. 7527falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/short-run-podcast-in-a-can--50775251joeblowe.podbean.com/short-run-920973956e2dacac945ca2de327c4124Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:23:37 +0000Tony SantoreI fucked this episode up by using the wrong mic setting, so it sounds like I recorded it in the public shower stall in the Honk Kong Airport bathroom. Meh, whatever, it's still a decent rant. You'll be fine. 3187falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/biogeography-death-of-a-milkweed--50775202joeblowe.podbean.com/biogeography-death-of-a-milkweed-157abfb61a7642cd0396175d9822c488Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:53:29 +0000Tony SantoreAssorted ramblings on biogeography, a work ethic for Anthropocene, Irreverence for modern society, Biophilia, "Woke" Leftism vs Sociopathic right-ism, and the silly and idiotic destruction of a population of the endangered prostrata milkweed. 6882falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/southwest-australian-flora-cameo-by-foot-rot-m4a--50775187 
For some nice reading on this subject matter, including a free textbook ON SW Australia plant diversity, check out :
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1140CFj-8oTS9PtOcnQIpVx2dg7V9I2_i]]>joeblowe.podbean.com/australian-flora-cameo-by-foot-rotm4a-714a230243a89a1f4e328011732d75bdThu, 17 Oct 2019 01:35:45 +0000Tony SantoreRants about why it's OK to cry, Foot Rot, Plants that smell like hell and the combination of Continental annexation to Antarctica and extremely nutrient-poor, ancient soils that have led to an exquisite species richness in the Australian Flora.    For... 
For some nice reading on this subject matter, including a free textbook ON SW Australia plant diversity, check out :
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1140CFj-8oTS9PtOcnQIpVx2dg7V9I2_i]]>7976falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/climate-deniers-rio-grande-milkweeds-and-cartel-biospheres--50775313joeblowe.podbean.com/climate-deniers-rio-grande-milkweeds-and-cartel-biospheres-7cb26de15627901bf4de6851a1e1dcfbWed, 02 Oct 2019 02:41:49 +0000Tony SantoreRants on Climate Deniers, Obsolete Racist Grandfathers, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Foxtail Pines, the Hong Kong Airport and many more. 2.5 hours worth of profane pontifications on evolutionary biology, the human condition and bad air days. 9081falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gypsophiles-rare-sumacs-societal-jabs-arguing-with-morons-etc--50775254joeblowe.podbean.com/gypsophiles-rare-sumacs-societal-jabs-arguing-with-morons-etc-93a4c5c0ad4fa41c31281012381c13aaTue, 10 Sep 2019 17:54:15 +0000Tony SantoreA long episode dedicated to rare Sumacs of West Texas, brutal heat, gypsophiles, refugial canyons in obscure mountain ranges, the phenomenon of arguing with idiots, trolls and shit-posters, and the wonders of Taquerias in South Texas. 10017falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rock-daisies-peyote-sky-islands-and-taqueria-palenque--50775198joeblowe.podbean.com/rock-daisies-peyote-sky-islands-and-taqueria-palenque-e1a610a65110fcfc98ec8aa2051f9b84Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:19:59 +0000Tony SantoreA gentle, sweaty meander through the Southwest in August, ending in a bath in the salsa bar at Taqueria Palenque in Beautiful Mission, Texas.8892falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/southside-chicago-sonora-mexico--50775253joeblowe.podbean.com/southside-chicago-sonora-mexico-00366a023cea8c131c34487612c4cd43Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:28:13 +0000Tony SantoreKankakee Mallow, Chiggers, Southside Prairies and Railroad Botany... At minute 45:00 starts a long diatribe on Sonoran Sky Islands (recorded in-situ inthe camper of ye Olde shit-box truck) and the wonders of the Legume Family, with multiple...9877falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extinct-redwood-forests-and-sensitivity-training-for-rude-geologists--50775261joeblowe.podbean.com/extinct-redwood-forests-and-sensitivity-training-for-rude-geologists-22a8fe1414831510c3ebf8df67c226a5Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:42:57 +0000Tony SantoreGeologists laughing at Earthquakes, Coyotes as Redneck Antidotes, Extinct Redwood Forests of Nevada and Oregon, Tony flowers in volcanos, Heat Stroke, Calochortus Lily Bonanza, White Sensitivity, and Rico's Tacos.7690falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/redwood-lilies-midwest-botany--50775255joeblowe.podbean.com/redwood-lilies-midwest-botany-3846860b7f152c0979ffec9209385474Sun, 30 Jun 2019 04:31:15 +0000Tony SantoreLong rants about redwood lilies, a dip into Northern California geology as cross-dissected by Interstate 5, pontificating on lunatics of the left and the right, and a finale about Prairie Botany and the encouraged destruction of the American Lawn.7755falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-milkweed-dungeons-in-nevada-and-utah--50775173joeblowe.podbean.com/thunderstorms-and-neon-signsm4am4a-aabba00445676d3614c3bba1b4c41651Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:50:23 +0000Tony SantoreMilkweed Morphology and an exploration of the passive-aggressive liberal "white voice"8020falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-long-disjointed-rant-b-w-milkweeds-and-sclerocactus--50775203joeblowe.podbean.com/one-long-disjointed-rant-bw-milkweeds-and-sclerocactus-544c0308f64969850dcb3c90429b18baMon, 03 Jun 2019 23:00:23 +0000Tony Santore5102falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/convergent-evolution-carnivory-and-the-milkweed-from-serpentine-barrens--50775236joeblowe.podbean.com/convergent-evolution-carnivory-and-the-milkweed-from-serpentine-barrens-b4acff27dfa1c9449c340028ad383d27Tue, 28 May 2019 23:14:13 +0000Tony SantoreReal nice and quick banger Intro to Carnivory and the Piney Woods of the North Carolina Acidic Coastal Plain, plus a cameo by the mysterious and elusive Serpentine Milkweed from Northern California Coast Ranges4417falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-valley-limestone-invasive-species-herbal-enemas--50775220joeblowe.podbean.com/death-valley-limestone-invasive-species-herbal-enemas-1cd92857dc28bc2678fb27eafdf42505Fri, 17 May 2019 00:07:33 +0000Tony SantoreA trip to Death Valley Limestone , an herbal poultice for  invasive species  long-winded rambling and the longest attempt to exit the podcast so far. 6910falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assaulted-by-stinkbells-and-obsessed-with-monkey-flowers--50775258joeblowe.podbean.com/assaulted-by-stinkbells-and-obsessed-with-monkey-flowers-dd8f66635aaff539a67050c7ed4ffcf5Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:48:27 +0000Tony SantoreStinkbells Lilies,  Fritillaria agrestis, the Futility of Life in Modern Civ, Calico Monkeyflowers, etc6708falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rare-manzanitas-the-best-taqueria-in-the-salinas-valley--50775263joeblowe.podbean.com/rare-manzanitas-the-best-taqueria-in-the-salinas-valley-867973cc8fd9f2441a52eeeadf42906dWed, 03 Apr 2019 00:46:23 +0000Tony SantoreA trip to Pinnacles National Park, confused European tourists, the hemorrhoid of differentiating between two morphologically-identical genera of annual tarweeds, and the best goddamn taqueria in the Salinas Valley (Soledad Brother).5602falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/superblooms-are-relicts-understanding-invasive-species--50775287joeblowe.podbean.com/superblooms-are-relicts-understanding-invasive-species-b7b2b722a44b0569fd0dd3f89c4cf620Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:43:29 +0000Tony SantoreBut for real - how could you not like The Spinners? 4103falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mojave-snow-laterites-salvia-funerea--50776612joeblowe.podbean.com/mojave-snow-laterites-salvia-funerea-3d19279ea770e8173e14fff7dffe3692Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:57:36 +0000Tony SantoreA week long jaunt into the Mojave during a freakish weather event and a list of the floristic characters encountered b/w moderated profanity and the joy of being slapped around with Placidium Lichen. 7967falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/neonicotinoids-molecular-phylogeny-relict-populations--50775200joeblowe.podbean.com/neonicotinoids-molecular-phylogeny-relict-populations-0a4148dac89c4bf1d67a390a6a61792aThu, 14 Feb 2019 00:08:34 +0000Tony SantoreThis episode contains rants about the anomaly of working-class republican-ism, molecular phylogenetics, a new population of Funeral Sage, and a relict population of Alaska Cypress5079falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kick-me-inna-asteraceae--50775238joeblowe.podbean.com/kick-me-inna-asteraceae-44c8145d11174818da57e9a0426a5919Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:20:25 +0000Tony SantoreA Very Brief, Low-Brow Approach to the Sunflower Family with frequent cameos by an inopportune Yukele, with frequent digressions into Palo-Endemics, Refugia, Botanical Speciation , Disjunct Populations and Molecular Phylogenetics. 4707falsefull