Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't

By: Tony Santore
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  • A show about plants as viewed through the lens of evolution and ecology with a side of deranged ranting, crass humor, occasional profanity, & the perpetual search for the filthiest taqueria bathroom.

    Plant ecology, systematics, taxonomy, floral chemistry, biogeography and more.

    Joey Santore was a degenerate railroader for 15 years during which he taught himself Botany by reading textbooks and research papers in the cab of the locomotive while stealing time from work. He has traveled to 11 different countries studying plant communities. He is the host of the YouTube channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't and the host of the show Kill Your Lawn on EarthX TV.
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  • Birdsong Landscapes

    Birdsong Landscapes
    Jan 11 2025
    Austin 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 Agirculture Complex, injecting native plant awareness into popular culture, lawn-killing, freshwater mussel diversity in Eastern North American rivers, vigilante-killing Bradford pears, hotricultural atrocities, feral pigs, the biosphere as a "living machine", and a lot more.
    Check him out on instagram @birdsonglandscapes

    Ad-free versions of every episode are available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt
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    2 hrs and 37 mins
  • Potential Problems with Blight-Resistant Chestnuts

    Potential Problems with Blight-Resistant Chestnuts
    Jan 6 2025
    For 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 Federation. 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
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Better Living Through Reptiles

    Better Living Through Reptiles
    Jan 2 2025
    In 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, self-education, embracing the living world as a side-hobby, coping with habitat loss, naming milk snakes,, the glory of tin, getting bit by copperheads, being attacked by africanized bees, teaching organic chemistry, and more.

    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
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    2 hrs and 19 mins

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Love the constant sense of humor!

I can listen to every episode because they’re all so entertaining and educational. Top of the line information from someone that knows what they’re talking about and is also funny!

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