America's Dumbest Crop
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We love you lawn. Check out Peak Design for great gear (the discount code is over but they've still got good stuff). https://www.peakdesign.com/climatetown Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ClimateTown sUbScRiBe FoR mOrE ViDeOs: https://www.youtube.com/c/climatetown?sub_confirmation=1 Want to support us and also get access to behind the scenes videos, discounted live show tickets, and a secret phone line you can call and talk to Rollie? Well then you’ll be shocked to find that’s exactly what our Patreon offers: https://www.patreon.com/ClimateTown We have an official Climate Town store where you can buy 100% plastic-free hats from Rustek ( https://www.rustek.co/ ) and 100% cotton shirts with a fully trackable supply chain from TS Designs ( https://tsdesigns.com/ ): https://merch.climatetownproductions.com/ We also have a podcast! It’s called The Climate Denier’s Playbook and you can listen to it right here: https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook And good lord we have a newsletter too! You can check it out here: https://www.climatetown.news/ EPISODE SOURCES & CITATIONS: http://climatetownproductions.com/youtube/lawns A lot of the research for this episode (and a lot of the other stuff you read about lawns) came from these three books: The Lawn by Virginia Scott Jenkins: https://www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/aviation-military-history/the-lawn-a-history-of-an-american-obsession/ American Green by Ted Steinberg: https://bookshop.org/p/books/american-green-the-obsessive-quest-for-the-perfect-lawn-ted-steinberg/9c2fe23bac0bfe8d Lawn People by Paul Robbins: https://bookshop.org/p/books/lawn-people-how-grasses-weeds-and-chemicals-make-us-who-we-are-paul-robbins/e45c6cb239d316e6 And if you’re looking for organizations to help you move beyond a chemical-fueled front yard monoculture: Re:wild Your Campus: https://www.rewildyourcampus.org/ Wild Ones: https://wildones.org/ Plan It Wild: https://www.planitwild.com/ WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN GOOD MERCH? Check out: TS Designs (high-quality, responsible apparel from the Carolinas): https://tsdesigns.com/ Rustek (plastic-free hats from Canada/Oregon): https://www.rustek.co/ Ethix Merch (our knowledgeable and thoughtful merch partner): https://ethixmerch.com/ Oh what's that? We’re also on the larger Internet? Discord server: https://discord.gg/yPpfgSaZeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatetown/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatetown Website: https://www.climatetownproductions.com/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ClimateTown Make a tax-deductible donation to Climate Town: https://www.climatetownproductions.com/support Creator/Host: Rollie Williams Writers: Rollie Williams & Matt Nelsen Director: Matt Nelsen Editor: Rollie Williams Executive Producers: Rollie Williams, Matt Nelsen, Ben Boult, & Daniella Philipson Cinematography: Ben Boult Producer: Miranda Manganaro & Daniella Philipson Additional Directing: Ben Boult Assistant Editor: Paul Ramsdell Archival Research: Ryan Martin Brown Colorist: Nicholas Lareau Intro Animator: Ian MK Cessna (https://ianhasawebsite.com/) Theme music by: Gratis (https://www.youtube.com/@gratis3241) Special thanks: Mackenzie Feldman & Re:wild Your Campus Special thanks to the Civil Liberties Defense Center (https://cldc.org/) for their continued support.