You got your coryphantha, you know, and it all just coming up in the dappled light, the understory of, of the thorn scrub, which of course is getting cleared away at an increasing rate to make room for the fucking Panda express uh, tumor of modern society. Perhaps our favorite botanist to watch and learn from, Joey Santore offers us a bit of a different spin on the world of botany with his informative and hilarious (often PG-13) YouTube channel. Joey was interested in science and growing things from an early age: he recalls trips to the Field Museum and propagating elm trees in his backyard. It was crossing a road on like a 90-degree day at 2 p.m, he says. Anyway guys, here we are once again. Sorry. To see this whole thing being paraded around as a cute clickbait video kind of bummed me out. You'll see guys posting photos of dead coyotes they shot over the weekend. You know, and I kind of like seeing trees. When you speak to them in person that accent gets dialed way back down. Magazines, Or create a free account to access more articles, 'It Just Kind of Struck Me.' First he delved into various sciences and then focused, increasingly, on botany. The self-taught botanist sounds off on going viral, preserving the natural world, and the story behind that accent. Which brings us to a big question: If Joey can get thousands of people invested in the fate of a scraggly weed, what kind of impact can he have on science and conservation at large? His appeal is all about sounding nothing like the stereotypical botanist. "I dont know, the whole thing kind of messes me up thinking about it because it was pretty sad she died that morning when I was due to bring her south to the wildlife rehab that was on my way back to Oakland., "It looked grossly malnourished. There's something to be said for keeping something like this around, you know, it's, it's a part of this, this interwoven fabric that supports it, supports the life that's been here for millions of years and is part of the bigger picture. Joey is standing in the middle of a road in Central California, filming with his phone as he has a heart-to-heart with a very distressed looking Northern Pacific rattlesnake. Santore: They planted a lot of these roses, which are dying and they planted a bunch of trees that are native to the Eastern U.S. A good read? He says that working as a freight train operator rather than spending his time in school has allowed him to pursue that passion. Shhh, what appened to yer fokes?. Meanwhile, across the bay, Tony Santoros Guide to Illegal Tree-Planting debuted. Transcript. Which is to say: sometimes what it takes to get us to give a shit about the natural world is a foul-mouthed amateur scientist. Learn more about all the adventures to be had across Mississippi at visitmississippi.org. As it happens, the particular species of milkweed that Joey wants to find here in South Texas is especially rare. And this is a problem. Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa wasn't happy with the officials on Saturday night. and he says that accent as a joke, like it just makes him laugh. Although Santore was worried about this pup being out during the day, Monroe says thats not actually out of the ordinary. Meet the Misanthropic Chicago Italian Who Charmed Twitter, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website, I try to always encourage people to download Wikipedia and, onto their phones as a resource. And, uh, Joey Sentore is like mentioned, you know, in terms of this plant. That's just my personal take. Editors Note: Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio. Larsen: After hearing Joey talk about milkweed, I'm personally in the mood to go plant a whole shit ton of it maybe even in places where I'm not supposed to. I mean, on some level it looks, it looks like a weed. After hearing Joey talk about milkweed, I'm personally in the mood to go plant a whole shit ton of it maybe even in places where I'm not supposed to. I've been breaking relatively unimpactful laws my whole life. And then, uh, of course these are a couple of mine as well. A lot of folks think that coyotes in particular are purely nocturnal or even crepuscular, which is like dawn, dusk, night. He's on your level. Larsen: He was kicked out of military school and got into graffiti and the punk scene. Learn more about all the benefits of membership at outsideonline.com/podplus. My yard now looks a little different from the neighbors next thing you know, it's going to be all milkweed. But if it gives me a chance to get more people excited about botany and plants and viewing the world outside of this depressing human infrastructure in society that I think is killing so many of us slowly, then I guess its good then I guess the clickbait coyote video served a purpose and its all part of my grandiose plan to get more people interested in science and ecology and I guess, this sounds corny, the natural world in general.. But if [the video] gets people to smile a little bit, that's cool. Joey is standing in the middle of a road in Central California, filming with his phone as he has a heart-to-heart with a very distressed looking Northern Pacific rattlesnake. And Jesse's with me. And maybe they'll look at the plants in their backyard in a different way, or maybe they'll yank out some of those plants and replant something. Santore: It's, it's like this, recently born into consciousness, species of primate is now able to figure out the world, dissect the world around it and figure out how it fits in. Look at that beautiful bastard, not flowering yet may not flower this year at all. You have to reach almost a critical mass, like a minimum number of coyote pups of similar age in a rehab situation to rear so that way theyre positioned for success when you release. His priority is making habitats, not only leaves and pretty flowers. But she was covered in fleas and ticks and mites and also had some nasal discharge. It starts in Chicago, where he was raised by a single mother who was an elementary school teacher. Santore: Being, uh, important members of the natural ecosystem, you know, you don't want to see them, uh, get, get smacked. You're ob-, obviously a NorPac. One Atmosphere commissioned a 60-by-30-foot mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg for San Franciscos Union Square. it's still there. Amidst mild profanity, general irreverence and a thick Chicago accent, Joey examines plant life and the nature of the rocks and soil they grow on, as . And this is a problem. As a child, Santore took an interest in science early, visiting Chicagos Field Museum with his mother and propagating elm trees from seeds in their yard. Uh, he has one that says plant milkweed or get fucked. She was really sick, I could tell. Joey is a botanist & producer of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't YouTube channel. Asclepias prostrata is just one species, native to one relatively small ecosystem. Larsen: Allow me to introduce you to Joey Santore. I, of course, would let my common sense and care for an animal in need override their recommendation if it happened again, but I understand why they have to say that.. Earlier this month, WTTW Channel 11 profiled him (using the name Joey Santore) and though he does have a noticeable Chicago accent, its not nearly as heavy as what you hear in his nature videos (or his voice memo to me). Monroe says she hopes the popularity of the video helps spread an important message about human contact with wildlife especially with the recent increase in human-coyote interactions in California. Then, in 2012, he officially appropriated space in the park for rare trees, including Baker, Tecate, Santa Cruz, and Guadalupe cypresses, along with lodgepole pines, coast (aka California) evergreen live oaks, and incense cedars. My aim is to give people a context in which to place [the nature] they see around them. It's botany 101, mashed up with expletive-laced tirades about consumerist, car-based American culture. JASON HENRY This plant has adapted to lie dormant in its underground rhizome for years until conditions are right. (Face-to-face, the 37-year-old Santore softens his accent to about 8.) I thought you was a gopher snake at first. Like the most unofficial citizen scientist possibly you could think of is now one of the researchers,being noted on the, the government paper of record on this stuff. This plant has adapted to lie dormant in its underground rhizome for years until conditions are right. Uh, where you get summer rain. This modern Johnny Appleseed would have preferred to have been out planting when we met, but some corrective shoulder surgery has him temporarily sidelined. You know, maybe not being seen for, for God knows how long. The video captivated peoples hearts and went massively viral, with people applauding Santore for his commitment to trying to help the coyote and loving the thicker than normal Chicago accent that he puts on for his videos. All English Franais. Oh, what's going on here? Larsen: And they did find some. and he says that accent as a joke, like it just makes him laugh. Learn more about all the fun to be had across the state at visitmississippi.org. And maybe you have a better likelihood of accepting. I'm Joey Santore: a Connecticut-born, Brooklyn-living, nonprofit-working, cooking-loving, playlist-making, lucid-dreaming, karate-coaching, twenty-something. He's gonna, I'm sure he'll return it once he's done. I would rather hear science communication spoken to me from someone like that, than from the super-vanilla, watered down NPR voice that you normally hear.. But Joey doesn't see a weed. But the truth is that Joey has this sense of raw and unbridled enthusiasm thats elusive to a lot of professionals, says Michael Eason, who runs the Rare Plant Conservation Department at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Outsides longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life inaudio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. Milkweed is a favorite of many botanists because of its critical importance to the endangered monarch butterfly. And his science is good., The promised land of Southern Utah where the rednecks dance on cancerous housing developments, the cows (poo) chocolate and Pediocactus sileri grows on nearly barren gypsum hills. You got to get out of the road. Most important is the Garfield Park Conservatory, which is free and features plants from all over the world. Larsen: This is journalist Jesse Will, who profiled Joey for Outside Online. Pinterest. Larsen: But you also get the feeling that botany gave him a way to make sense of the world, and of humans' place within it. Larsen: But Joey's influence goes beyond just getting laypeople to care about the things growing in their neighborhoods. Will: It looks like a weed. And it's it's, uh, that kind of grated me. Take it easy, buddy. It was recently proposed for the Endangered Species list, and is only observed a few dozen times a year in a handful of locations near the Rio Grande. 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