Tree Scum Podcast

Horrific, gory, disastrous accidents, and more eye catching buzzwords.

Does anyone read episode descriptions? If so, congrats to you. You are a hero amongst men. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Being a line holding dick is good for the tree care industry.

In this episode we go over why have high standards and calling people individually out for shotty work is good. I am a foremost asshole, call people out tactfully, and ap

The people who watch other people work

Today we explore the phenomenon of the people who watch you work. We investigate their attire, motives, and try to answer the question, “why on earth are you watching me

Weird paranormal experiences from my childhood

This episode deviates  tree talk and goes over a few weird stories from my childhood. Enjoy. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Making raisins in your lunch box and paying $300 home phone bills plus my thoughts on Mennonites and the Fourth of July.

This episode has a few stories about my buddy Randy who I used to work with in California. Randy was good tree scum and he use to brighten my day. I also talk about Menno

What I keep in my tree assessment tool bag

In this episode I talk about what tools I keep in my tree assessment kit. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

What tree work to advertise going into summer, my beef with air conditioners, and the nightmares of a 44 year old man.

Today we talk about how my stupid air conditioner broke and the tiny thing they replaced it with, what work you can sell going into summer (Oak Wilt, Dutch Elm Disease, s

Bodily injuries, herbicide damage, and the good and bad of one of my old bosses.

Today we talk about all the recent herbicide damage I have seen here in middle Missouri. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Watching a guy kick brush into a chipper but feeling totally safe about it.

Here is a story about a contact job I got where I misjudged some real Missouri mother fuckers and was pleasantly surprised by their skill and safe work. If you look mode

AI is retarded but so are we.

AI has broken search engines and is breaking some people’s arborist report when they use it wrong. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Everything is broken.

The whole world United States are seeing what it is like to be tree scum. Nothing works correctly, everything breaks, and you “must” keep moving forward. It’s so exhausti

Having a staring contest with a pooping homeless chick

This episode we talk about the dirtyness of Seattle and how ice cold I am. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

The fall of a tree scum legend

Here is a story of one of the coolest dudes I have ever worked with in tree care. This is the rise and fall of a pure tree scum champion. Never leave a man behind and nev

Spitting Oak Wilt info off the top of my dome

Unlucky podcast number 13. Here is some free information about Oak Wilt which is an oak tree killing fungus.  If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

The good and bad of volunteerism and why I am shutting off the volunteerism hose.

This is me putting my heart out there. I don't know what the future holds but always plan for the worst.  If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Free fruit tree information

Here is a ton of free information about fruit trees. Working with fruit trees is a great thing to do to stay busy in the winter so everyone should aim to be competent at

Surviving the winter as a tree care company

Here is some free information on how I run my business. It should be helpful for those going off on their own and for those trying to organize their business to stay acti

The Murder of Frank the Liberty Tree.

I had the pleasure of meeting Frank the Liberty Tree in northeast KC on January 10th, 2025. Frank was a 282-340-year-old bur oak tree that was removed after I volunteered

UPDATE: The Murder of Frank the Liberty Tree

This is an update where I react to finding out the monsters in involved with Frank's murder are selling him piece by piece. I had the pleasure of meeting Frank the

My Inability to Quantify Occupancy Ratings

I know the sound quality on this is not great but at least it is a new episode! If you look moderately hard, you will find me.