This week I touch on some recent adventures as well as some exciting things to come. I also discuss my disgust with cultivars.

Director Peter Segal (Tommy Boy, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Anger Management, Get Smart) comes in the Monkey Cage to talk about Farley, DeNiro, Nicholson...and even O.J. (yes...that O.J.)

Commonness and rarity are snapshots in time. The abundance of plant species can change drastically as conditions change around them. Over the last two years I have been investigating what makes some plant species rare while others are common. It has been an amazing journey. Join me in this episode as I explore this idea.

Lisa Arch, host of Labor Games on TLC, has had a pretty varied path through the weird world of Hollywood. Seinfeld, MADtv, Hannah Montana and Windy City Heat only begins to scratch the surface. So...we scratch a li'l deeper...

A ragtag band of SuperSnarkers have assembled to make the world safe for movies, TV, and other stuff. Jason, Brad and Larry rattle the MonkeyCage in this latest groupcast...

Novel approaches are always fun. Nowhere is this more apparent than in today's podcast. I am joined by Dr. Camille Holmgren from SUNY Buffalo State to talk about her research reconstructing ancient desert climates using pack rat middens. Join us for a fun and interesting discussion that will take you back thousands of years in the past.

Writer Alan Wenkus' circuitous path has taken him from a wacky 80s teen comedy starring Johnny Depp to the new NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton - how'd this guy get there? Listen...

In this week's episode I am joined by senior horticulturist Dave Janas of the Wilson Botanical Gardens in Las Cruces, Costa Rica. Dave is what I like to call a "plant guru." Join us for a discussion about all the wonder and beauty that is life at the Wilson Botanical Gardens.

Your current American Idol mentor, Scott Borchetta, went from race car driving and punk & hair bands in Hollywood to running Nashville's biggest label group and launching Taylor Swift. How?! Listen...

Urban ecology is a growing field of study. In this episode I sit down for a talk with ecologist Dave Spiering from Tifft Nature Center in the City of Buffalo. Dave studies succession in these man-made environments and his experience as a restoration practitioner provides unique insights into how we can manage our urban environments in better way.