Most important is the Garfield Park Conservatory, which is free and features plants from all over the world. It makes the nausea a little bit easier to deal with. Not long after posting the video, the UK-based Caters News Agency contacted him about monetizing the video and he signed a licensing agreement, though said he hasnt been paid any money as of yet. 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. Of course. Will: Uh, he has one that says plant milkweed or get fucked. Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't: Created by Joey Santore. About that Chicago accent: He lays it on thick for the camera. Allow me to introduce you to Joey Santore. A lot of people [who] find that YouTube page seem really upset to find out that Elwood Blues is not really a botanist. Earlier this month, WTTW Channel 11 profiled him (using the name Joey Santore) and though he does have a noticeable Chicago accent, it's not nearly as heavy as what you hear in his nature. All right. Maybe I should have just left her alone. He was kicked out of military school and got into graffiti and the punk scene. Refreshingly Funny Ice Cream Man's Prank Video Is a Delicious Summer Treat. Shhh, what appened to yer fokes?. Joey Santore, 36, never expected to get famous for posting videos about nature. Will: It's a real weird cross section of people that are watching this stuff, it's like people that are propagating weed and they got like maybe a little bit more interested in plants than just weed, you know, they want to know more about it. The One Subscription to Fuel All Your Adventures. and he says that accent as a joke, like it just makes him laugh. I've been breaking relatively unimpactful laws my whole life. What do you hope viewers take away from your channel? I saw it (the coyote) running across the road, it looked grossly malnourished. Larsen: He was kicked out of military school and got into graffiti and the punk scene. but I think there's other things happening there it's like in this time that we're in, which is like pretty, anti-science he's getting across these scientific ideas by not sounding like he's shouting at you from the ivory tower, right? "I'm stuffing envelopes right now," he told me from his home in West Oakland. 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). Joey travels around the world and takes you on plant walks, with colorful commentary. 3 min read. When I was a kid, a lot of my friends had dads like that. So it's like kind of a full circle moment, right? But again, we always say that people should not pursue, chase, corner or attempt to capture wildlife because it places the person and the animal at risk.. Thats not true. Now based in Oakland, California, he was in Arizona on a botany trip when I reached him by email. We launched in March2016with our first series, Science of Survival, which was developed in partnership with PRX, distributors of the idolized This American Life and The Moth Radio Hour, among others. The whole thing is kind of sad. I like the ambiance of railroads. He tried going to college, but while he enjoyed learning, it seemed like a waste of time and money since he didn't yet know what he wanted to do. Braidwood Dunes is another really good one. 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. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. On his YouTube channel, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, which has close to 260,000 subscribers, the vast majority of his videos have him giving half-hour-plus-long lectures on topics like plant morphology and evolutionary relationships in his very distinctive accent. 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. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. "I liked trees originally because they are so big. Will: Well, hopefully people will hear this and, you know, chase down this stuff. You can see the full 3 minute video (which includes some post-flea bath footage) on the Caters Clips YouTube Channel, which posted it July 5. Just enter the code pod25 at checkout. Joey's video from South Texas has some 50,000 views and counting. and see what grows around you and then just start learning plants by family and genus, which is how they're all grouped together. It's botany 101, mashed up with expletive-laced tirades about consumerist, car-based American culture. Then theres his voice: a native Chicagoan, he can sound like hes on an SNL skit about Da Bears. This plant has adapted to lie dormant in its underground rhizome for years until conditions are right. That was just the revelation then that God, I don't know shit. He has rather unexpectedly earned a bit of internet fame due to his passion for a far less adrenaline-inducing subject: plants. An ex-punk and former train engineer who is self-taught in the sciences, Joey Santore does not fit the mold of the stereotypical botanist. But on the other hand, the sad part of the story is that the thing died before I was able to get it to a rehab center. Milkweed is a favorite of many botanists because of its critical importance to the endangered monarch butterfly. I got like 120 Facebook friend requests from middle-aged white ladies in Iowa. This blend of well-informed science, minor lawbreaking, and humorous rants about the ills of society is what draws people to Joey's YouTube channel, as well as his Instagram account, and his podcast. And, and when I talked to him on the phone, he's he's like, yeah, I know where some populations of that are, you know, I'm going to go look for some new ones. Suddenly I'm able to zoom out and see how the world around me works and how I fit into it and, and observe these relationships that different organisms have with each other. But many thrive, and some of his earliest plantings are now impressive specimens. We're, we're keeping it civil. Pinterest. FILE - Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Joey Bosa (97) looks on before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 25, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. Bosa took part in 15 snaps . by Joey Santore, a self-taught botanist and producer of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't YouTube channel, which he describes as "a low-brow, crass approach to plant ecology as muttered by a misanthropic Chicago Italian.". The Landscape Architecture Podcast. Using a stick that does not seem nearly long enough to me, Joey herds the snake out of harm's way as it flicks its tongue ominously, seeming to tolerate -- just barely -- this loud, swearing man trying to save it. It's totally fascinating stuff, man. As Jesse points out, what makes Joey's videos different from so many of the strangely popular educational personalities found on YouTube, is that we rarely see much of Joey himself. Last fall, two very different approaches to addressing climate change unfolded in the Bay Area. 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. Botanist Joey Santore. 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. Uh, where you get summer rain. He says that working as a freight train operator rather than spending his time in school has allowed him to pursue that passion. When Joey Santore went searching for a biological "origin story" of sorts, he stumbled into the world of botany. There's a wealth of stuff in the Chicago area that people should check out. Drawings 2019 - 2021; 2010-18; 2005-09; 1995-2004; 1990-94; 1983-88 . Hes published 492 videos, and has over a quarter million subscribers. Joey sees an integral and resilient piece of an ecosystem. Many of those unauthorized trees now are more than 30 feet tall. His videos may be popular with kids who are budding botanists. Bosa removed and slammed his helmet on the ground while still on the field. He's going to take that opportunity to, uh, go drive the vroom vroom around and what the shit, you know, let's keep going. Well, first off, I'm not really trying to create YouTube fluff. No, it's not like that. But you also get the feeling that botany gave him a way to make sense of the world, and of humans' place within it. Joey travels around the world and takes you on plant walks, with "colorful" commentary. To find enough real estate to survive, these prostrata often end up finding their home in the middle of the road. It was about 2 p.m. and hot out and coyotes, I rarely see them out during the day. He would print out papers to read during downtime on the trains. He's just borrowing. Okay. 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 . At the time, I was like, "Whatever, shit happens, animals die." Member Since November 2014. Look at that beautiful bastard, not flowering yet may not flower this year at all. And I have no context for anything outside of it. A low-brow, crass approach to plant ecology as muttered by a misanthropic Chicago Italian. Even if it gets really ugly, it's still gonna be okay. Santore: I'm getting welcome to Mexico texts, were so close to the border. Here's Joey pointing out a colony of the quarter-sized gray-green buttons in the video he made about the day. Releasing a coyote pup or a juvenile coyote after rehab as a single animal is not going to achieve a successful outcome.. Santore is a self-taught botanist and former freight train driver in Oakland, California who believes the natural world can be a balm for modern anxieties caused by climate change and Capitalism. Santore is turned on to the outdoors because hes turned off by everything else. If you want to take a look at what I've been up to more seriously, check out my resume. Over the course of 13 years with Union Pacific, he worked his way up to an engineer, reading about the latest updates in the field of botany whenever he could. You can follow Joey Santore on his YouTube channel, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, or on his instagram and podcast of the same name. Obviously the accents canned, he said. 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. Warning: The video above contains graphic language. And then a few years later I went back and took some classes, a geology class, an oceanography class and a biology class. In other words, as the ecosystems around us erode under humanity's touch, understanding the ways they fit together is more crucial than ever. They just hide. Santore: I thought you was a gopher snake at first. But it ends up just being a very minor part of the day, hunting down this peyote. I guess I view all those videos as kind of a long-running piece of sketch comedy. Jesse Will interviewed Joey Santore. Let's see. Larsen: Allow me to introduce you to Joey Santore. Consider this your heads-up that there are going to be quite a few curse words in this episode. So I did that and I got her to eat a little bit, he says. Basically he stole the scooter or somebody handed him the scooter and that's your intro to the whole video, which just seems like appropriate. Meanwhile, across the bay, Tony Santoros Guide to Illegal Tree-Planting debuted. Santore, who also goes by Joe Blowe and Tony Santoro online (none are his real name, for privacy reasons), grew up in La Grange and lived there until he went to college in California. Sorry. Learn to spot shallow conformity in social circles and don't waste your time on them, study plants and geology instead. The self-taught botanist sounds off on going viral, preserving the natural world, and the story behind that accent. I believe Northern Pacific rattlesnake. All Rights Reserved. The tragedy here is we're destroying a lot of this as our population grows, so I guess that's where my misanthropy comes up. All right. Santore: Being, uh, important members of the natural ecosystem, you know, you don't want to see them, uh, get, get smacked. Far less adrenaline-inducing subject: plants lie dormant in its underground rhizome for years until conditions right! A far less adrenaline-inducing subject: plants to pursue that passion ; 2005-09 ; 1995-2004 ; 1990-94 ; 1983-88 botanist. 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