In the Company of Trees

Nov 17 2023 8

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Tobin Mitnick, aka JewsLoveTrees on TikTok and Instagram, has a deep love for--you guessed it--trees. With his signature unbridled enthusiasm and dry comedy, he'll show listeners that our weird and beautiful experiences with nature continue long after the hike ends. He'll feature weekly conversations with remarkable people both in and out of the nature space, solo segments like "This Week in Trees", and oddball excursions like "Bonsai Obituaries" and the listener Q and A, "Tree Therapy". "In the Company of Trees" will be the go-to podcast for any listener who likes to laugh on their mountain sojourns but also shed a tear while counting the rings on the tree stump out back. Thank you, trees. Email: [email protected] Make sure to subscribe, rate, review, and share "In the Company of Trees"!

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12. An Honest Conversation with a Redwood

Nov 17 2023 18 mins

Tobin and a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) engage in an honest, thought-provoking, and, at times, uncomfortable conversation about what it's like to be the tallest tree in the world.Follow Tobin @jewslovetrees on Instagram and Tiktok.Get Must Love Trees: An Unconventional Guide.Questions? Comments? [email protected]

11. What is the Horniest Tree?

Nov 10 2023 25 mins

Tobin sets out on a quest to discover the world's horniest tree--using empirical data, that is. Works cited:"Wood for the Trees", by Harriet Nix"Branching Habit and the allocation of reproductive resources in conifers", by Andrew B Leslie"Pollen production of the genus Cupressus", Hidalgo et al."Pollen production in anemophilous trees", Molina et al."Pollen production for 13 urban

10. Gabrielle Cerberville Loves Foraging. Chaotically, that is.

Nov 07 2023 54 mins

Gabrielle Cerberville, who you may know as @chaoticforager on social media, is a wild person. In addition to her intense and borderline disturbing level of knowledge and excitement when it comes to mushrooms and foraging, she is a musician and an artist and so many other things that Tobin doesn't have time to type here.Gabrielle and Tobin talk about why mushrooms look like wieners

9. On Visiting the 9/11 Survivor Tree

Nov 02 2023 13 mins

Tobin reads his essay, "On Visiting the 9/11 Survivor Tree: The Limits of Living Memorials in Times of Grief" and gives some context as well. It was originally published on his substack, the JewsLoveTrees Newsletter. Please subscribe!Follow Tobin @jewslovetrees on Instagram and Tiktok.Get Must Love Trees: An Unconventional Guide.Questions? Comments? [email protected]

8. David Allen Sibley wrote the book on Trees. And Birds.

Oct 30 2023 60 mins

Casey Clapp from Completely Arbortrary joins Tobin to chat with the man, the myth, the Sibley. David Allen, that is! David is a world-renowned ornithologist and author of The Sibley Guide to Birds and many other birding books, but also the author of Casey and Tobin's favorite tree guide, the inimitable Sibley Guide to Trees. Tobin, Casey, and David cover the reasons for foliage int

7. Jon Kung almost died on Influencer Mountain

Oct 25 2023 58 mins

Chef Jon Kung, who is prepping next week's launch of his first cookbook, "Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third Culture Kitchen", has led one of the more interesting lives on planet earth. And, in between advocating for induction stoves and new ideas about cultural and culinary identity, he still manages to scandalize the old-timers on the Detroit River with his aggressi

6. This Week in Trees 10-19

Oct 19 2023 21 mins

Tobin provides history, context, and commentary on three news stories this week: the person(s) who chopped down the Sycamore Gap Tree remains at large, the White House has selected its Christmas Tree, and dendrochronology shows us that a massive solar flare took place 14,300 years ago.Follow Tobin @jewslovetrees on Instagram and Tiktok.Get Must Love Trees: An Unconventional Guide.Q

5. Justin Davies prefers his Trees with a side of Nudity

Oct 16 2023 60 mins

Justin Davies, the Tiktok phenom who has chosen to craft the entire world out of the trees that grow in each part of it (starting with his legendary state tree map), is in denial that he was completely nude during a particularly meaningful experience atop a Utah Juniper. But that's ok, because he's still a great conversationalist who loves trees just as much as--or perhaps even mor

4. Bonsai Eulogies

Oct 12 2023 26 mins

Tobin opens by addressing a difficult question: how can nature possibly comfort us when faced with horrors like this past weekend in Israel? And the horrors to come for those in Gaza? He concludes the opening with a recitation of the Hebrew prayer "Eitz Chayim" (The Tree of Life).He then speaks directly to four bonsai trees that he lost this past summer, with sentiments ranging fro

3. Casey Clapp once broke up with his Girlfriend for a Tree

Oct 09 2023 69 mins

Casey Clapp, master arborist and co-host along with Alex Crowson of the inimitable Completely Arbortrary: the podcast about trees and other related topics, joins us to discuss the ways in which the natural world invades our personal life.This includes romantic intrusions, being unable to enjoy film and television because of arboreal mistakes on-screen, and leaving behind a promisin