Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
Tony Santore
4.8from 1,276 ratings
- 294
- Episodes
- 90
- Transcribed
- 1,276
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 29M
- YouTube views
About Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
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.
- Publisher
- Tony Santore
- Category
- comedy · science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 16 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
90 of 294 episodes have a transcript.
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Paleobotanical Origins of The Reflecting Pool Disaster
Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But the structure... does not, to me, look like a structure of a fungus. Little tubes don't look like fungal tubes. That's what's so perplexing. These were probably reproductive structures that we're looking at? I think that's a likely guess. They're heterotrophs, so unless they're huge fly traps or something, it seems like they must be. They weren't photosynthetic, and they're not fungus, but they got Some of them got massive, and we don't know what they are. They seem to not be related to anything that's still around. Yeah. So they're probably a snipped branch. I think so. One extinct, no living descendants. […]
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- Chuck Delwiche
- Laiken Jordahl
- Carlos "Aztekium" Velasco
- Saumithra Kelkar
- Damon Tighe
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- YouTube views
- 28,525,665
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 570 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 706 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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