
"The Living World" Rant & Orchid Pollination Biology
In this episode we talk about why the word "nature" sucks; how to use the living world to avoid focusing on doom and idiocracy; why aimlessly walking along power line easements, irrigation ditches and...
9 Mar 20252h 35min

Could Peyote Be An Endangered Species One Day?
Ad-Free episodes of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't Podcast are available on the patreon at :https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntIn this episode we talk with Leo Mercado of Morningstar...
7 Mar 20251h 56min

Chicago Museums, Welwitschia Diorama, Public Urination
Rants 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 sa...
5 Mar 20251h 50min

New Plant Discovered in West Texas, Neotropical Palms, & Panama Hats
Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntRants about the New Asteraceae species discovered at Big Bend National Pa...
26 Feb 20252h 7min

Guayusa Rants
A 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 ...
20 Feb 20252h 10min

Upper Amazon Fungi w/ Alan Rockefeller in Ecuador
A 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://ww...
10 Feb 20251h 32min

Atlas Nativa de Chile - Miquel Moya
Miguel 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 Isla...
29 Jan 20252h 10min

Alerce Forests, Bog Tarantulas, & Arachnitis uniflora
In 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 mycoheterotrop...
25 Jan 20252h 37min



















