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Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't

Written by: Tony Santore
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Why do some plants grow where they do? How can geology cause new plant species to evolve? Why are some plants pollinated by flies, some by bats, some by birds, and others by bees? How does a plant evolve to look like a rock? How can destroying lawns soothe the soul? This is a show about plants and plant habitat through the lens of natural selection and ecology, with a side of neurotic ranting, light humor, occasional profanity, & the perpetual search for the filthiest taqueria bathroom.


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Episodes
  • Bolivia Rants

    Bolivia Rants
    Oct 4 2026
    2 hours of rants - recorded from a filthy motel room in Miami, Florida during an intermittend layover - about the route from Santa Cruz dela Sierra, Bolivia West into the dry Inter-Andean Valleys and up to the Altiplano, and the many plants encountered along the way :
    Onoseris acerifolia,
    Deuterocohnia meziana,
    Neoraimondia herzogiana,
    Schinus mollis,
    Puya glomerata,
    Schinopsis lorentzii,
    Cereus hankeanus,
    Harrisia tetracantha,
    Blossfeldia liliputana,
    Puya humilis,
    Trichocereus tunariensis,
    Trichocereus bridgesii,
    Zanthoxylum coco,
    Koeberlinia holacantha, and more.
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Nonhuman Teachers presents Joey Santore - _Kicked Outta the Botanic Garden_

    Nonhuman Teachers presents Joey Santore - _Kicked Outta the Botanic Garden_
    Oct 1 2026
    Originally recorded June of 2026 in Los Angeles California.
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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • Paleobotanical Origins of The Reflecting Pool Disaster

    Paleobotanical Origins of The Reflecting Pool Disaster
    Sep 16 2026
    In this episode we talk with Chuck Delwiche about the early evolution of land plants, photosynthetic bacteria, what Earth may have looked like 4 billion years ago, what some of the first land plants look like, why bioluminescent dinoflagellates (Pyrocystis) "light up", and the species of algae responsible for the reflecting pool disaster that nearly have the president an aneurysm over the summer.

    Chuck Delwiche is a professor of biology at University of Maryland who studies green algae, archaea, and the early evolution of plants.
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    2 hrs and 8 mins
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