Oh, hey, okay, so it's me. I'm from the future. I'm from the final breaths of 2020 giving you not one, but two episodes this week.

I told myself I would take a couple weeks off and so instead of doing that, I just created a couple bonus episodes because I'm just very bad at resting and I like my job too much. So deal with it.

Okay, so there's this one and a bonus update episode to the Dundrology episode that's coming out the same day.

Okay, so listen to both. Here's the deal. This is a refreshed encore of a May 2018 interview that turned out to be just a runaway fan favorite.

It's probably the most recommended allergies episode ever in the history of allergies. So listen again or for the first time if you've never heard it and then close out this year on a tree huffing high note because I love this topic.

I adore this. I'll just so much that your cue also has a bonus interview. I just did last week with Casey clap. It's so good. He's just pure joy.

There are so many updates about his life and like Winston has a new podcast launching in a week. I didn't even know about and so I want you to hear all about it.

So there's this one and then the bonus episode. Okay, let's go. Are you ready? Okay, here's the probably scenario. This is what I'm thinking is happening.

You either fucking love trees and that's where you're here or you're like good lord podcast dad. What is this long as episode about trees?

Even going to cover. I'm going to dive in but only if it's full of infectious enthusiasm. This episode will make you so pumped about trees.

You're going to be bummed about having skin and blood. You're me so jealous of bark and sap and you'll have new scrabble words and you'll start questioning if you should just string a hammock up in the backyard.

And live outside like a big ape squirrel. But first let's get some business out of the way. I'll speak fast. Okay, it's important business like telling you you can be an allegyte who proselytizes with an allegy shirt or pin or toats.

If you wear toats at allegysmurch.com. Thank you all for buying and wearing merch. Patreon.com slash allegies is a portal through which you can also ensure that this podcast exists.

Patrons, I love you. I want to put you in the front pocket of some overalls and hug you so much. Also here in December 2020, allegies this week number two in the science podcast number two.

So rating and subscribing and reviewing this week. This week might just bump hit brain. Add the number one spot if only for a fleeting moment.

And also I read all your views such as this fresh one from old rat wizard who said I have been using Ali's mom's trick to fall asleep ever since the some knowledge episodes and it works like a charm.

I appreciate how you learned big facts and small day to day tricks from this delightful host. Oh rat wizard stop. Also, if you want to learn that fancy Nancy and somebody a buster trick, listen to both some knowledge episodes. It will change your life. Thank you mom.

Okay now on to dendrology. Okay, this trees you ready for trees. Okay, so dendro comes from ye old Greek meaning tree. And if you're like that, why does that remind me of brain stuff? Well, that's because the dendrite is a part of a nerve cell that looks a lot like a tree. So dendra, there you go.

So you've got trees in the brain. You're going to have trees on the brain after this. I'll tell you that much. You're going to be pining for more arborist facts. Okay. So the term dendrologist is a little funky. So technically it's anyone who studies trees, which this human being I interviewed has done.

I have never met anyone with such a raw zeal or deep knowledge for an of trees. You will love him. He's been studying tree biology and dendrology since 2007. And he's currently a tree inspector for the city of Portland, Oregon. And he gives talks all over the world about trees. He teaches sold out classes. I was like, so yeah, so you're a dendrologist, right? And he demured at the title of dendrologist.

I'm like, dude, this is like when I was goth. I didn't realize I was a goth until I look back at pictures. And I was like, Oh, I was definitely a goth. You study trees. You're a damn dendrologist accepted. But he was like, we'll get to that. So I was headed to Seattle for a day to shoot this show called Innovation Nation. That's one of my other jobs. And I thought, I bet there's got to be tree people up here. There's so many trees. So I did a little googling. And I said, I'm going to go to the gym.

I did a little googling. And I saw there was a sold out tree workshop. The day I was there led by this Portland based dude. And then I began very gingerly stalking him online to try to get in touch. The only social media I could find was a Facebook account. And after following like a few leads, I emailed his bosses and then presto. The next day I creepily invited him to hang out in my hotel room.

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