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The Widowmaker (Coulter Pine)
Episode 10
The tree that’ll kill you back, the Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri) is our topic this week, and we bring in special guest Tobin Mitnik, a Jew who loves…
4 years, 4 months ago
Old, But Still Lit (Bristlecone Pine)
Episode 9
A god of a tree, blessed with near immortality, this week we discuss the bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), who from its high mountain home has dilig…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Return of the King (American Chestnut)
Episode 8
A true tale of love and loss, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is this week’s subject and we discuss its renown, majesty, and stature, and ul…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Milkshake Analogy (Western Red Cedar)
Episode 7
The western redcedar and all its glory today, along with our first interview (!) with Sam Stewart, a guitar craftsman and musician who tells us all ‘…
4 years, 4 months ago
Nurse! (Western Hemlock)
Episode 6
When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? We don’t know! But it sure does make a lovely habitat for a pl…
4 years, 5 months ago
Tree of Hell (Tree of Heaven)
Episode 5
INVASION! In this episode we discuss the morality of tree invasiveness, and find ourselves debating the question: who’s invading whom?
Completely Arbo…
4 years, 5 months ago
Ulmus De Niro (American Elm)
Episode 4
An American legend whose time was cut too short, this week we discuss the American elm and its momentous rise and historic fall in the mean city stre…
4 years, 5 months ago
Under(dog)story (Japanese Maple)
Episode 3
A tree that didn’t ask for the praise, but certainly earns it, this week it’s the Japanese maple and we chat about the undergods of the forest, the u…
4 years, 5 months ago
iSpread (Quaking Aspen)
Episode 2
What is it to be a tree? What is a trees? What are a tree? The quaking aspen has it all figured out, and they (it?) have (has?) been doing it since t…
4 years, 6 months ago
C-Men (Bradford Pear)
Episode 1
Is it the perfect tree, as close to ideal as possible, or is it a scourge upon the exotic soils to which it was brought? This week we talk the infamo…
4 years, 6 months ago