Setting Fire to Suburbia w/ Gerould Wilhelm
Gerould 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...
13 Sep 20232h 30min
Paleobotany with Fabiany Herrera
Fabiany 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...
6 Sep 20231h 6min
CHICAGO CONFLICT & GLACIAL TILL SUMMER BASH
A one hour rant about Glacial Till, Kankakee Mallow, Sand Prairies, Stiff Designs for Native Plant Landscapes, Emulating the "Beautiful Chaos" of the prairie, etc.
4 Sep 20231h 1min
How Ancient Glaciers Affect Peyote - a Conversation with Keeper Trout from Cactus Conservation Institute
Keeper 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 ...
24 Aug 20232h 27min
Philippines Botany, East Texas Yucca Pollination, etc w/Adam Black
In 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), Dipterocarpacea...
19 Aug 20231h 27min
Fighting with City Hall, Star Cactus Mortality, et
Rants 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-Kindne...
17 Aug 20231h 26min
New Age Massage Parlors, Philosophical Coping, etc
Rants 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.
13 Aug 20231h 2min
A Conversation About Cactus Poaching with Jared Margulies
Listen to this podcast ad-free on the Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntJared Margulies is the author of the upcoming book "The Cactus Hunters", a book focusing on cactus an...
11 Aug 20231h 49min
