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Graveyardery (English Yew)
Episode 4
The English yew (Taxus baccata) is one of our most storied, mythological, and metaphorical trees to date. Death, disease, toxicity, warfare... it has…
3 years, 11 months ago
Mastodon! (Osage Orange)
Episode 3
What do you do when the way of life that you evolved over millions of years was rendered useless in the blink of an eye? Something very similar to th…
3 years, 11 months ago
Elven Beauty (European Beech)
Episode 2
Has the European beech (Fagus sylvatica) been man's best friend since time-immemorial, or has it just been doing it best to impress the whole time? T…
4 years ago
Trees Become Alligators (Japanese Black Pine)
Episode 1
The King of Bonsai, this week we're welcoming the new Unseason of Completely Arbortrary with a discussion of the Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergi…
4 years ago
BONUS EPISODE - We Three Drinks (Coffee, Hops, & Grapes)
Episode 48
Enjoy this BONUS EPISODE from our Patreon as a palette cleanser to this season of food trees, in which we discuss three drinks from non-tree plants; …
4 years ago
Food of the Gods (Cacao)
Episode 12
In our annual finally, we talk about the amazing cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). We discuss the sordid history of this funny little fruit, and we end t…
4 years ago
Luxuriance of Funguous Flesh (Meyer Lemon)
Episode 11
The Meyer lemon (Citrus x meyeri), named after the tiger-fighting plant explorer Frank Meyer is this week's subject, but they go way further back tha…
4 years ago
OG: Original Goop (Sassafras)
Episode 10
A tree that has been known to solve everything from rheumatism to syphilis, the sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) is a quintessential part of the hi…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Colossus (Olive)
Episode 9
The olive (Olea europaea). What more needs to be said about this historic tree? This week, we dive into how it is grown, where, and how orchards have…
4 years, 1 month ago
To Tree or Not to Tree (Filbert)
Episode 8
The nut that actually is a nut, this week we chat about the filbert (Corylus avellana) and discuss the philosophical distinction between what exactly…
4 years, 1 month ago