Joey sees an integral and resilient piece of an ecosystem. I've been breaking relatively unimpactful laws my whole life. Come along. As a child, Santore took an interest in science early, visiting Chicagos Field Museum with his mother and propagating elm trees from seeds in their yard. Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't: Created by Joey Santore. Yesterday. Then there are people who got sucked in because of one of those viral videos. But if [the video] gets people to smile a little bit, that's cool. You got a Tecate Cyprus, a Santa Cruz Cyprus, and a Guadalupe Cyprus. I was like, I feel like an ignoramus. And, uh, Joey Sentore is like mentioned, you know, in terms of this plant. Santore: There's something to be said for keeping something like this around, you know, it's, it's a part of this, this interwoven fabric that supports it, supports the life that's been here for millions of years and is part of the bigger picture. Uh, he has one that says plant milkweed or get fucked. We don't get that here. Check out our Patreon page for more info. We spoke to Santore about his complicated feelings on his newfound fame, how the natural world can be abalm for modern anxieties, and why he plays up his Chicago accent for the camera. It makes the nausea a little bit easier to deal with. Last fall, two very different approaches to addressing climate change unfolded in the Bay Area. Add to that the threat of invasive buffelgrass, which is fast outcompeting this important little weed. All right. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Theyre extremely opportunistic, theyre extremely intelligent animals, so they do whatever they need to do to seek resources. The tragedy here is we're destroying a lot of this as our population grows, so I guess that's where my misanthropy comes up. Earlier this month, WTTW Channel 11 profiled him (using the name Joey Santore) and though he does have a noticeable Chicago accent, it's not nearly as heavy as what you hear in his nature. Santore was born in Chicago; his mother was an elementary school teacher and his father left on his first birthday. You can hit the Explore button [in. ] I just don't think what you're doing is safe behavior. Botanist Joey Santore. Some of his trees are now over 30 feet tall! Larsen: But you also get the feeling that botany gave him a way to make sense of the world, and of humans' place within it. WARNING: This video includes foul language. Magazines, Digital It's everyone from dope growers to amateur science geeks to viewers who just stumbled onto his YouTube. There's another one just coming up right in the middle of the road, it's a goddamned big prostrata. To find enough real estate to survive, these prostrata often end up finding their home in the middle of the road. He went on to say that his friend who works at a wildlife rehab facility told him to keep the coyote in a cool, dark and quiet place and try to give it some food and water. And, and when I talked to him on the phone, he's he's like, yeah, I know where some populations of that are, you know, I'm going to go look for some new ones. This blend of well-informed science, minor lawbreaking, and humorous rants about the ills of society is what draws people to Joey's YouTube channel, as well as his Instagram account, and his podcast. Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher who first studied with Plato and then became a disciple Im in absolute awe of the sheer depth of his accent, Twitter user @kevinefarrell commented. The Landscape Architecture Podcast. And I, my friend's pilfered scooter. Then, in 2012, he officially appropriated space in the park for rare trees, including Baker, Tecate, Santa Cruz, and Guadalupe cypresses, along with lodgepole pines, coast (aka California) evergreen live oaks, and incense cedars. But again, we always say that people should not pursue, chase, corner or attempt to capture wildlife because it places the person and the animal at risk.. Will: Uh, he has one that says plant milkweed or get fucked. About that Chicago accent: He lays it on thick for the camera. By Saturday morning, the clip more than 6 million views and hundreds of thousands retweets and likes. Joey Santore @JoeySantore Recently finished filming our 1st piece for a show encouraging people to kill their lawns & replace with low-maintenance native - or at least non-invasive - gardens. He's on your level. Santore: Being, uh, important members of the natural ecosystem, you know, you don't want to see them, uh, get, get smacked. This episode was brought to you by Mississippi, a wonderland for outdoor adventurers. Anyway guys, here we are once again. But on Thursday, the Chicagoland native went viral when a profanity-laden clip of him comforting a sick coyote pup surfaced on Twitter, garnering upwards of 8 million views. Trees that can hack it without pruning and summer watering. So I put all this narration through this voice of a 50-year-old Chicago mook from the West Side. Think Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers dialed to 11. I realize maybe I shouldnt have done that because it probably stressed it out, but again this thing was covered in parasites, he says. I remember reading about spectroscopy there and that was what really blew my mind was how you could take the light that's reflected off of a star or a planet and put it through a prism and then you'd get a spectral signature of whatever the atmosphere was composed of or whatever the star was composed of. Let's see. Joey sees an integral and resilient piece of an ecosystem. Listen to me. content language. By Cirrus Wood Apr 27, 2020 West Oakland resident Joey Santore is often on the lookout for neglected medians or public spaces where he might secretly plant a tree. Here's Joey pointing out a colony of the quarter-sized gray-green buttons in the video he made about the day. No, it's not like that. It's this squat plant. Santore, who also goes by Joe Blowe and Tony Santoro online (none are his real name, for privacy reasons), grew up in La Grange and lived there until he went to college in California. Hes published 492 videos, and has over a quarter million subscribers. Just enter the code pod25 at checkout. The Chicago vernacular is kind of dyin out, especially as cities get more gentrified and you get more dog day care and coffee boutiques moving into these old Chicago neighborhoods. So a lot of them just kind of look like shit, right. Larsen: As it happens, the particular species of milkweed that Joey wants to find here in South Texas is especially rare. Larsen: Off the clock, Joey began growing rare conifers from seed. Will: When you speak to them in person that accent gets dialed way back down. Along his routes, he would stop at libraries and gain free access to academic papers with the help of pirate websites. But Joey doesn't see a weed. Learn to spot shallow conformity in social circles and don't waste your time on them, study plants and geology instead. Larsen: Using a stick that does not seem nearly long enough to me, Joey herds the snake out of harm's way as it flicks its tongue ominously, seeming to tolerate -- just barely -- this loud, swearing man trying to save it. He was kicked out of military school and got into graffiti and the punk scene. We don't get that here. It makes the nausea a little bit easier to deal with. A few years ago I wrote about the Chicago accent and its near total disappearance from TV and film, though you can still reliably hear it on the radio: WXRTs Marty Lennartz has been doing his Going to the Show with a Regular Guy movie reviews since 1984; like Santore, he has a Chicago accent but its not nearly as thick as the one he uses in character. I like the ambiance of railroads. But it's his voice that's the real star of the show. Okay. you're seeing people that comment and say things like this, guys, the reason why I got interested in plants. I got [the coyote pup] Saturday and I was going to take it Monday on my way back down south to Oakland because I was in northern California, he told TIME. Shhh, what appened to yer fokes?. Joey was interested in science and growing things from an early age: he recalls trips to the Field Museum and propagating elm trees in his backyard. Plants, Redwing boots, dogs. You got to get out of the road. We don't know what would happen if it disappeared completely, but Joey says that he doesn't want to find out. You'll see guys posting photos of dead coyotes they shot over the weekend. I did a couple videos where I talked in my normal voice, but it just didnt feel right, says Santore. Larsen: Joey had always liked railroads. Off the clock, Joey began growing rare conifers from seed. I thought, "Oh, shit!" I don't know, six or seven years give or take. In addition we have many gardens here that are maintaining endangered plant species, especially Lotusland. As his online handle suggests, botany doesnt cover the bills. And then, uh, of course these are a couple of mine as well. Joey was born in Chicago and yet --. Santore: The way my mind works, I just obsessed on fix that on something I probably got fucking add or some sort of neurological disorder, you know, that at one point served our species of evolutionary benefit. Amidst mild profanity, general irreverence and a thick Chicago accent, Joey examines plant life and the nature of the rocks and soil they grow on, as . Releasing a coyote pup or a juvenile coyote after rehab as a single animal is not going to achieve a successful outcome.. Which brings us to a big question: If Joey can get thousands of people invested in the fate of a scraggly weed, what kind of impact can he have on science and conservation at large? And maybe you have a better likelihood of accepting. As for the thick Chicago accent which wasnt nearly as pronounced when TIME spoke to him on the phone Santore says that he uses it to try to get people invested in his nature videos. A botanist is just someone who studies plants, which is what I doI do it solely because I want to learn.. I just want to create a more pleasant place to go, he says, and provide some sort of food or benefit to birds, bugs, and shit like that.. Santore works a day job driving diesel locomotives. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. But also, I grew up knowing guys like that, you know? (Photo by Jesse Will) I called Joey Santore just as he'd returned from a botanizing trip to South Africa. He is an ex-punk and a former freight train engineer who has been self-taught in his field. Although he doesnt have a degree in botany, Santore tells TIME that nature is his true passion. In real life, his lilt isnt nearly so exaggerated. Especially young, sick or injured wildlife. 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And in particular, that pup being in thinner body condition and being possibly hungry, that wouldnt be unexpected to see it at different times of day or night, she explains. Santore: I like the ambiance of railroads. Right now Im in Sonora, Arizona. You gotta go to a rehab facility or sometin You need help, you know? Larsen: And so, an ex-punk, former-train-hopper-turned-engineer who doesn't have a college degree is getting hundreds of thousands of people excited about botany using just a camera and his voice. Suddenly I'm able to zoom out and see how the world around me works and how I fit into it and, and observe these relationships that different organisms have with each other. He admits to being borderline contemptuous of maples and rosebushes. Joey travels around the world and takes you on plant walks, with colorful commentary. Volo Bog near Crystal Lake is another great resource. Larsen: Jesse's assignment was to cover Joey's search for a local plant called lophophora williamsii: otherwise known as peyote. That's one of mine. Jesse's assignment was to cover Joey's search for a local plant called lophophora williamsii: otherwise known as peyote. A lot of people [who] find that YouTube page seem really upset to find out that Elwood Blues is not really a botanist. Using a stick that does not seem nearly long enough to me, Joey herds the snake out of harm's way as it flicks its tongue ominously, seeming to tolerate -- just barely -- this loud, swearing man trying to save it. Apr 29, 2020 - Guerrilla gardener Joey Santore has planted more than 300 trees, encouraging a new appreciation of our habitatand one another. Joey Santore, based in Oakland, California, specializing in Cupressaceae, currently studying native California Cypresses. It's totally fascinating stuff, man. So maybe it'll be okay. Aside from the hits, Santores long-form videos offer a panoramic botanical and geological breakdown of a location, explaining current topics like plant speciation and biogeography, alongside profane rants about climate change and the state of things in general. So he decided that he'd see the U.S. by hopping freight trains. Unfortunately when I found her, I was so far out in the middle of nowhere and I didnt really realize how sick she was until later that night when I brought her home, he says. According to the man behind the video Joey Santore, an Oakland-based, self-taught botanist who runs the YouTube channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesnt the pup died two nights after he discovered it in the northern California countryside in June. When I was a kid, a lot of my friends had dads like that. I would probably say the same thing to somebody cause theres a lot of jackaes out there, he says. This shits connected., Theres a parallel between Santores efforts and the present plight of his city. Guerrilla gardener Joey Santore has planted more than 300 trees, encouraging a new appreciation of our habitatand one another. The attention is somewhat unwanted. It's just the way it is. It plays into some of the more gross elements of human nature. Well, hopefully people will hear this and, you know, chase down this stuff. Total Photos Contributed: 339 [View all photos] or [See a list of all photos] or [View most recent photos] Collection: Private I mean, on some level it looks, it looks like a weed. I guess I view all those videos as kind of a long-running piece of sketch comedy. The video captivated peoples hearts and went massively viral, with people applauding Santore for his commitment to trying to help the coyote and loving the thicker than normal Chicago accent that he puts on for his videos. The Field Museum is great too. The video, he said, is from late June when he was in small Siskiyou County, California, in the northern part of the state. You get, for instance, a cactus that's native to the Chicago area. All right, not that quietly. Painted on the side of an eight-story building, the fiery teenager looks determined and unbowed, gazing down at pedestrians and traffic with eyes the size of windscreens. But she was covered in fleas and ticks and mites and also had some nasal discharge. He has lots of tattoos and no college degree and is known for illegal tree-planting projects. Larsen: In other words, as the ecosystems around us erode under humanity's touch, understanding the ways they fit together is more crucial than ever. During an AFC wild-card . Jesse Will interviewed Joey Santore. Looking back, she was really sick. Just imagining the possibilities of like planting something that would get bigger or, you know, dwarf your lifetime and your physical size. 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