{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TreeActions","title":"Ian McDermott","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5273,"description":"Summary\nIan McDermott joins Dwayne and Tony for a wide-ranging conversation about trees, arboriculture history, education, humor, and the human side of working in and around forests. The episode moves from his personal path into tree work to bigger reflections on safety, training, and how trees shape culture, religion, and community.\nTimestamps\n00:00 - Welcome to the Human Forestry Podcast and introduction of Ian McDermott\n01:11 - Retirement on the Isle of Man and returning to work\n02:34 - First connections to trees through childhood woods and The Forest Ranger\n03:44 - Olive harvesting in Crete and ancient trees\n04:24 - Muir Woods and the emotional power of giant trees\n04:54 - Growing up around Wally Woods and playing in the woods\n07:03 - Isle of Man heritage, Viking identity, and tree symbolism\n08:27 - Yggdrasil and trees of life in religion\n09:05 - Wind, storms, and the loss of trees on the Isle of Man\n10:07 - Traditional olive harvest methods and Ian’s affinity for olive trees\n12:14 - From teaching ambition to park department work and horticulture training\n14:02 - Early arboriculture education, branch walking, and old gear\n16:43 - The first arboriculture book and how pruning ideas have changed\n18:00 - Old pruning experiments, tree wounds, and cauterizing cuts\n19:57 - Fire seasons, arson, and the role of forest management\n21:02 - Tree paint, wound dressing, and old job-site habits\n25:35 - Shigo, flush cuts, and why old traditions were challenged\n27:33 - Working with Alex Shigo and Judy and the impact of his teaching\n28:12 - The decline of arboriculture education in the UK\n31:21 - Teaching as stimulation, edutainment, and keeping energy up\n33:33 - Humor, religion, and the perspective joke about a penguin and a nun\n36:42 - Trees in major religions and Ian’s Christmas talk on the subject\n40:48 - From tree work into crew management and the ISA connection\n42:14 - The famous “it’s a dog turd” misdiagnosis at a TRACK panel event\n45:38 - Overthinking tree work and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/te1VwI2obiEwxo_J0yfjS-olpVqUE55R4wtG5Vs0URo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3MTgwLzE2NzE1/Mzg0NTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}