{"podcast":{"title":"Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't","slug":"crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480","podcast_index_feed_id":244480,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5634537/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/aabef98da4722f208d0d3b834538f52f.jpg","author":"Tony Santore","episode_count":289,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480"},"episode":{"title":"Philippine Rants","slug":"philippine-rants","published_at":"2026-04-06T07:01:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480/philippine-rants","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/philippine-rants--71127140","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71127140/philippine_rants.mp3","summary":"Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt In this episode we talk Philippines Botany with Jayson Mansibang and Johnny Altomonte from Philippine Taxonomic Initiative. We talk about biogeography, Nepenthes, diversity in the genus Ficus, Dacrydium, Begonias, Dipterocarpaceae and the genus Shorea, describing new species, ultramafic areas of the Philippines, how a childhood filled with dinosaurs got us into botany, and more.","meta_description":"Episodes of the Crime Pays Podcast are available Ad-Free on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt In this episode we talk Philippines Bo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6225,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480/episodes/philippine-rants/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480/philippine-rants.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}