Completely Arbortrary
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Completely Arbortrary
Tree advocate Casey Clapp and his tree-curious friend Alex Crowson bring you a podcast about trees and other related topics. History, culture, art, religion, science... trees affect and are affected by everything. Join Casey and Alex on their silly and educational journey to prove it.
Episodis Recents
288 episodis
Situationship (Trumpet Tree)
Originally aired 8/18/2022
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That's the Game of the Name (Nootka Cypress)
Originally aired 6/12/2023
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Pirate's Booty (Coco-de-Mer)
Originally aired 3/28/24
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Silk Road Kill (White Mulberry)
Originally aired 4/28/2022
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Das Root (Sassafras)
Originally aired 12/9/2021
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Boioioioing (Rubber)
Originally aired 2/27/2025
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Death Row Chocolate Milk (Cacao)
Originally aired 12/23/21
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Positively Petrified (Rainbow Wood)
Originally Aired 10/27/2022
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Shinto My God! (Sakaki)
Originally aired 12/07/2023
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Hades! Hades! Hades! (English Yew)
Originally aired 1/27/2022
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Episode III: Revenge of the Pith (Douglas-fir 3)
In our final mainline episode of Completely Arbortrary, we revisit the tree that started it all: the Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).
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Wood Vibrations (Wild Whiskey Cherry)
In our penultimate episode of Completely Arbortrary (as we know it), we discuss the wild whiskey cherry (Prunus serotina) and its many wooden accolade...
BONUS EPISODE: Trees of the Deserts
Alex is unexpectedly out this week so you get a bunch of ums and uhhs from Casey along with an audio essay about desert trees!
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Anastasianism (Siberian Stone Pine)
Be one with the land (and also learn teleportation) with Anastasianism, a religion centered around the Siberian stone pine (Pinus siberica).
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How Casey Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apple (Apple 3)
260 episodes and 5 years later, and Casey has found an apple he loves, (Malus hupehensis), which he dubs by far the most interesting apple in the worl...
Are You There, Fog? (Coast Redwood 2)
Fog: the coast redwood's strongest ally through a process called folial uptake.
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Reinventing the (Wheel Tree)
Don't go reinventing the wheel tree (Trochodendron aralioides), it certainly isn't.
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Even Older Growth (Western Juniper 2)
You’ve heard of old growth forest… but how about old growth woodland? For more info, ask the western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), a tree that is...
Renaissance Tree (Superb Schima)
A tree that lacks nothing… except for name recognition: the superb schima (Schima superba) (yes, that is its real name.)
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Cones on the Spectrum (Celerytop-Pine)
Forget everything you thought you knew about conifers, and make way for the celerytop-pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius) with leaves and cones like no...
Evolutionary Naïveté (Blue Ash)
When the emerald ash borer came to North America, few ashes survived. But one native species, the blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata), survived. How did...
Bird Influence (Limber Pine)
Today we discuss our flexible friend the limber pine (Pinus flexilis) and its curious co-evolutionary relationship with, you guessed it, BIRDS.
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Burning Hot Fresh Root News (Scots Pine)
Welcome to Season X of Completely Arbortrary, our final hoorah! To begin the end, we talk about senses of smell and the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)....
It's The End of Completely Arbortrary (As We Know It)
It's been 5 years of weekly tree podcasts, but after this final season, Casey and Alex will be moseying on to the next chapter for an extended hiatus....
How Water Moves Through Trees (Oyster Bay-Pine)
Turgor pressure, negative pressure, vessels and tracheids, embolisms… It’s a fact-packed Christmas Day episode of Completely Arbortrary, featuring the...
Underplanted, Underrated, Underappreciated (Japanese Pagodatree)
Underrated, underplanted, underappreciated… so why isn’t the Japanese pagodatree (Styphnolobium japonicum) a more popular as a street tree in our urba...
Ivory & (Ebony)
work together in perfect harmony (guitar reference). Today, learn all about the ebony (Diospyros ebenum), it's typical path through capitalism, and th...
The Odysseed (Lotus Tree)
Hop aboard the good ship Odyssey to make for the island of the lotus tree (Diospyros lotus). But, could this be a case of mistaken idenitree?...
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Holiday Merch Sale + Urban Trees and Racism
As we take a quick break we're here to remind you that our holiday merch sale ends ON BLACK FRIDAY, and reintroduce you to our talk on urban trees and...
BONUS EPISODE: Fungus in the Fall
As the boys take a much needed break from the wild world of modern podcasting, they present to you the audio from a 2023 livestream entitled Fungus in...
Splitting Facts (Weeping Juniper)
So many junipers, so little time. So let’s pick one! How about the weeping juniper (Juniperus flaccida)? Buckle up, it’s gonna be a bumpy one.
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Goin' Thig Mode (Fraser Fir)
The boys are joined by their first ever third host to discuss goin' thig mode with thigmomorphogenesis and the Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). Then, a tes...
Deal with the Devil (Bigleaf Magnolia)
BEEware of the bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla). This tree made such a strong alliance with beetles, that any other insect trying to get in get...
Lil' Apple Make This Horse Go Crazy (Manzanilla de la Muerte)
DO NOT TOUCH this week’s tree (Hippomane mancinella), it makes horses go crazy!
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Mummy and Me (Coffintree)
We need a tall, straight, decay-resistant, fragrant wood… call THE COFFINTREE (Taiwania cryptomerioides). Why has this tree been used consistently for...
Creature from the Black Tea Lagoon (Swamp Tupelo)
Out of the black tea lagoon comes a swamp monster! It’s the swamp tupelo (Nyssa biflora)—swollen butt and all—who has learned how to breathe… underwat...
Sectored Architecture (Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine)
What if your left foot was in charge of keeping your left hand alive? What if your right big toe was responsible for the right ear? With sectored arch...
Pavlova (The Fruit That Serves Itself)
The maracuya, the passionfruit, the fruit that serves itself (Passiflora lindeniana) produces one of the best fruits in the world (unbiased opinion),...
Zwetschgenkuchen (European Plum)
Did you save room for dessert? We're having zwetschgenkuchen, or German plum cake, made with the European plum (Prunus domestica).
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Baesuk (Asian Pear)
Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) is the centerpiece of a Korean dish called baesuk; a dessert even Frankenstein would love.
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