20 Minutes of Rambling and 60 Minutes of Melastomataceae
In 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 ...
11 Jun 20211h 30min
Arrests at the Buckwheat Conference, Chicago West Side Heroin Dissuasion, Lithium Sleazebag Deli Platters
In 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 g...
1 Jun 20211h 26min
Milkweeds that Dupe Insects, Greenhouse Conservation, Customer Service Hell
In 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 pollinat...
20 Mai 20211h 21min
The Evolution & Ecology of Psilocybin
In 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 o...
5 Mai 20212h 8min
Back Inna Bay,Volcanic Carrots of Oregon, A conversation with Damon Tighe
Psilocybin 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 mushroo...
22 Apr 20212h 12min
Baker Cypress, Research Natural Areas, & A Conversation with Julie Kierstead
In 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" m...
9 Apr 20211h 53min
Two Hours with Peter Raven
A 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.
28 Mar 20212h 6min
Hidden Agave - A Conversation with Jeremy Spath
Jeremy 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...
21 Mar 20211h 36min
