Desert Ferns with Dr. Michael Windham
This is a science-heavy episode with Dr. Michael Windham, specialist in Cheilanthoid Ferns curator at Duke Herbarium. Even if you're not interested in this group, they're a great case study in numerou...
12 Mars 20242h 3min
An Undescribed Psilocybin sp. in the Desert
This episode consists of a rant about code-switching and friendship/cordiality through friction and being a pain in the ass, along with why dissecting flowers (and not just taking them at face value) ...
12 Mars 20241h 4min
Fighting Invasive Buffelgrass in Arizona & Restoring Desert Ecosytems
A conversation with Tony Figueroa, Senior Manager for the Invasive Plant Program at the Tucson Audubon Society (no affiliation with the National Org) about preventing Buffelgrass and Stinknet from smo...
4 Mars 20241h 32min
The Closing of Duke Herbarium
A conversation with Dr. Kathleen Pryer (Director, Duke University Herbarium) and Dr. Michael Windham, (Curator of Vascular Plants, Duke University Herbarium) about the University's Decision to cut cos...
1 Mars 20241h 37min
Baja Buckwheats, Railroad Stories & Prosopidastrum
Rants about encountering a cool new legume species in the fog deserts and giant cactus landscapes of Baja California, the diversity of perennial raaaaagweeds in the deserts, Gabbro soils, a buckwheat ...
27 Feb 20241h 16min
Annotated, Profanity-laden Dichotomous Keys & the Fungal Ecology of Baja Chaparral
A long, disjointed rant about using and writing Dichotomous Keys and why it's sometimes a process of grasping for straws or throwing a bunch of stuff to a wall to see what sticks, what an ideal floral...
24 Feb 20241h 31min
Javelina Mngmnt, Restoration, & Peyote Vultures
More Deranged Rants, this time about Javelina Management, Getting City Approval for Cactus Restoration and Street Trees, growing endangered plants from seed, Eocene Sandstone, growing xeric ferns from...
8 Feb 20241h 19min
Limestone Desert Ferns, Montezuma Cypress on the Border
Rants about Montezuma Cypress on the Rio Grande, Cool Desert Ferns in West Texas and the Subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the fern family Pteridaceae, DEA permits for Peyote, Mountain Lions vs. Auodads, k...
1 Feb 20241h 4min
