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Undescribed Buckwheats, KILL YOUR LAWN, Limestone Erotica, Rod Blagojevich, etc
In this episode we talk about the notorious Bristol Mountains Buckwheat which is still formally undescribed despite being known of for a decade and a…
4 years, 2 months ago
How Do Fungi Bang (and evolve)?
Generic Recombination is the means through which mutations (and evolution/speciation /phenotypic variation) occur, leading to changes in an organism'…
4 years, 3 months ago
Lichens Are Weirder Than Helll
A ninety minute conversation just scratching the surface of the bizarre-ass phenomenon of lichens, with Matt Berger aka Sheriff Woody. This is a talk…
4 years, 3 months ago
Rants About Peyote Conservation, Cryptogamic Crusts, Perithecium
In this episode we listen to a 50 minute rant about peyote conservation in South Texas, the importance of the hundredth Meridian and the humidity dif…
4 years, 3 months ago
Legume Phylogeny Dungeon
The family Fabaceae is one of the most ecologically successful and diverse plant families in the world, especially in arid and subtropical regions. I…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mycoheterotrophy, Resurrection Plants, Orchid Biogeography
In this episode we talk with Tom Givnish, a well-known research botanist at UW Madison about a diverse number of topics including plants that can com…
4 years, 5 months ago
Orchid Crash Course - Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Morphology & what the sh1t
After a 40 minute opening rant, we explore the nuances of the Orchid Family - the most species-rich and diverse family of flowering plants, and we to…
4 years, 5 months ago
Elusive Milkweeds of South Texas
In this episode we rant about Asclepias prostrata, the rare and elusive prostrate milkweed of South Texas Thornscrub, as well as obscure subfamilies …
4 years, 5 months ago
Psychedelic Therapy and Its Practical Applications for Society
Jahan Khamsehzadeh, Ph.D. is a psychedelic therapist who's been actively conducting legal, guided Psilocybin sessions in Jamaica for the past 4 years…
4 years, 5 months ago
What the sh*t is mRNA & how‘d it get into my nanoparticles
Intro music by etsywitch.
In this episode we discuss the ever-annoying American culture war and then move on to the science behind mRNA vaccine techno…
4 years, 5 months ago