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Completely Arbortrary

Goin' Thig Mode (Fraser Fir)

Completely Arbortrary

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

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 test of Casey's binomial spelling skills with The Spelling Tree. 

Completely Arbortrary is produced and hosted by Casey Clapp and Alex Crowson

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Join the Cone Club.

0:02.0

But what is the Cone Club?

0:04.0

Well, it's a botanical sticker club.

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Every month that you'll remember, you'll get sent a unique sticker of a tree, cone, flower, acorn, fruit, or leaf.

0:13.0

All very cool, obviously, and all illustrated by an exciting independent artist.

0:17.0

Plus, each sticker comes with a little info card all about the tree it's from,

0:21.6

so you can learn a little bit about that month's species. Now, these stickers are all top quality,

0:26.6

obviously, they're UV safe, they're waterproof, and perfect for wherever you stick your slaps.

0:31.6

Maybe your laptop, your journal, your water bottle, car, kayak, hell, you name it. My four-year-old niece chose her thighs,

0:38.1

her forehead, and my cheek. Though I should note that they will last longer somewhere else.

0:42.7

And they're all printed locally right here in Portland, Oregon. When you join the club,

0:47.7

you also get access to all our previous stickers, too. We have over 50 of them now. Start your

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0:56.6

to arbitrary pod.com to get started. That's A-R-B-O-R-T-R-R-Y-Podd dot com to get started.

1:09.7

What's up, Fungal Associates? Welcome to Completely Arbitrary. It's the podcast about trees and other related topics. I am one of your three hosts for the day. Hello, I'm number two. I'm Alex Crozen. The voice you just heard was Casey Clap,

1:30.2

and host number three is currently licking her paw.

1:32.6

That's right, it's a dog named Dolly.

1:34.8

Yes, this is Dolly.

1:39.1

I'm house-sitting for my friends, and this is their lovely dog.

1:41.2

Dolly is very sweet, very cute.

1:43.2

Maybe a tiny bit of anxiety here.

1:43.8

A little bit. So we are going to, because dogs are so reactive off of your energy, we are going to be have a, we're going to be have a very cool chill in conversation. I'm getting nervous about your language right now. We are going to be have a really cool chill conversation. I swear to God. I swear to God it's going to be really cool. Well, Casey, the big exciting news, of course, is that we are currently holding a pre-order pre-sale. I'm so friggin stoked about that. Me too, man. We have several new, incredible pieces of merch, and you can find pre-orders for all of them. Dolly wants to talk on Mike.

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