The Lean (Cook Island Pine)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Lazy, back problems, or just a Fonzie-esque casual attitude? Whatever the reason, the Cook Island pine (Araucaria columnaris) leans mysteriously toward the equator. Let’s discuss the possibilities! Then, we play a game about Filipino pines and oaks—The Filipineoak Affair.

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0:00.0	What's up, Fungal Associates?
0:06.0	Welcome to Completely Arbitrary's Tropical Vacation.
0:08.6	It's the podcast about tropical trees and some other related topics.
0:12.8	I'm one of your hosts.
0:13.6	My name is Alex Crowson.
0:15.3	And over there on the big green couch, we got a bit of a Casey clap on our hands.
0:18.7	It's me.
0:20.3	Hey, clap on hands.
0:22.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:24.2	Nice.
0:24.9	Yeah, thank you.
0:25.5	Very good.
0:26.2	Hi, Casey.
0:26.8	Hey, Alex.
0:27.3	I went to see the tune yards yesterday.
0:28.9	Oh, no kidding.
0:29.8	I bet they were great live, huh?
0:31.4	You know, they are.
0:32.3	I have one issue, though, and I talked about this with other people there here's my thing what's up i like a band i like a full
0:38.1	band right now's just the two it's just the two main uh main folks bassist guy and uh lead singer
0:44.7	girl yeah wonderful they they crushed it they did all the things that you'd want them to do
0:49.4	but i like a full full band did they have any, like, backing tracks?
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