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🗓️ 2 October 2025
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What if your left foot was in charge of keeping your left hand alive? What if your right big toe was responsible for the right ear? With sectored architecture, the future is now! (Actually, it's about 2000 years ago). Join us for a discussion of the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) and remember to use coupon code BLOWOUT for 30% off everything at arbortrarypod.com/merch
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| 0:00.0 | Join the Cone Club. |
| 0:02.0 | But what is the Cone Club? |
| 0:04.0 | Well, it's a botanical sticker club. |
| 0:06.0 | 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 |
| 0:54.0 | arbitrary botanical collection today by going |
| 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? |
| 1:12.8 | Fungal Associates, welcome to completely arbitrary. |
| 1:15.9 | It's the podcast about trees and other related topics. |
| 1:19.3 | I'm Alex Krosan. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm one of your hosts. |
| 1:21.6 | And of course, our other host, catching a microphone mid-drop. |
| 1:25.4 | Whoopsies. |
| 1:26.1 | He tried to mic drop before he even said anything. I did, which honestly, killer move. That's pretty cool. Walk out on stage, look around, drop the mic, walk off stage. People like, that guy's cool. Casey clap. Mr. Cool guy. Hi, Casey. Hi, Alex. Hi, Casey. We've got something great to share, or reshare, I guess. Yes, we do. If you're listening to |
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