Hi there...welcome to Mushroom Hour. Listen in as we venture into kingdom fungi with unique and beautiful humans who all share a passion for mushrooms. We'll go forage for wild mushrooms, explore their potency as nature's medicines, become citizen mycologists, transform human consciousness and learn how mushrooms inspired art, spirituality and culture throughout our history. There are so many ways that mushrooms can benefit (wo)mankind - we just need to tap into the mycelium network and let ...
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"Friends. Family. Boys and Girls. All ages and all walks of life. I wish nothing but to send you pure love and positive vibrations. This is Mycoverse The Mushroom Podcast. Inspired by the work of mycologist Paul Stamets, I became deeply passionate about the field of mycology and the vast array of applications we all can easily deploy for the betterment of our environments. Healing diseases and mental illnesses, cleaning toxic waste from soil and water, being downright delicious and fun! The ...
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Life in the Soil brings you the insights and voices of some of the world’s best soil scientists. Learn about soil biodiversity, why it matters, and how we can protect it. This podcast project is a collaboration between the Rillig Lab and podcaster Anja Krieger, funded through the BiodivERsA project Digging Deeper. Matthias Rillig’s lab at Freie Universität Berlin is part of the Institute of Biology and the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB). Our research fo ...
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Ever wondered what happens when you fill a cello with bees? Or how robins have successfully colonised the outer-reaches of our universe? Or why the world is destined to be populated purely by female turtles? This podcast celebrates nature and the stories of those who care deeply for it. Join artist, actor and Woodland Trust & Wildlife Trusts ambassador David Oakes, for a series of informal, relaxed conversations with artists, scientists, creatives and environmentalists as they celebrate the ...
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Ep. 183: Cheerful Apocalypse, Biological Abstraction & Creating Art from Within (feat. Stephanie Kilgast)
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GUEST: https://www.stephaniekilgast.com/ https://www.instagram.com/petitplat MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicornia MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.band…
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Britain and its rural communities have been obsessed with Badgers for centuries. Sometimes cast as hero, sometimes as villain, tales of their behaviour can be found woven into the fabric of our nation's folk stories. They have since been immortalised in literature by the likes of Beatrix Potter and Kenneth Grahame. Their prominence in rural life co…
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GUEST: https://www.themushroomhunterskitchen.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-Hunters-Kitchen-Chad-Hyatt/dp/1732757100 MENTIONS: https://www.amazon.com/Mushrooms-Demystified-David-Arora/dp/0898151694 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_brevipes MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://in…
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Matthew Oates: A Paean to the Purple Emperor. One Man’s Passion-filled Past Devoted to Great British Butterflies
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Matthew Oates is a naturalist, nature writer, and poet with a lifelong passion for butterflies. In the short sward of the Cotswolds, Matthew takes David Oakes on a journey through his fluttery past. They discuss the writers who have inspired him, from Tolkien to Wordsworth and W.H. Hudson, and share stories of other notable butterfly enthusiasts, s…
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Ep. 181: Sage & Sovereignty - Regenerative Agriculture, Food Systems & Soil Wealth (feat. Mollie Engelhart)
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GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/chefmollie/ https://www.instagram.com/thekindsage/ https://www.instagram.com/sovereigntyranch/ MENTIONS: https://regenified.com/ https://www.dreamingofavetterworld.com/ https://whiteoakpastures.com/pages/our-team MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://…
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Ep. 180: A Quickly Changing Kaleidoscope & the Updated Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (feat. Virginia Haze & Dr K Mandrake)
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GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/themushroombible/ https://thepsilocybinmushroombible.substack.com/ https://www.amazon.com/d/Books/Psilocybin-Mushroom-Bible-Definitive-Mushrooms/1937866289/ MENTIONS: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/d.nutt https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.carhart-harris https://themicrodose.substack.com/ https://www.entheogenesis.o…
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Tim Kendall & Fiona Mathews (PART TWO): Eye spy an eco-engineer! Deep in the Forest of Dean in search of the contentious Wild Boar...
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In the second part of David Oakes' interview with Professors Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall, the mammal-enthused trio head into the Forest of Dean in search of Wild Boar! Fiona Mathews is a professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Sussex and the founding Chair of Mammal Conservation Europe; Tim Kendall is a professor of English Litera…
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Ep. 179: Fungivore - Thai Mycophagy and Mushroom Adventures in Oaxaca (feat. Zach & Kim Hunter)
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GUEST: https://thefungivore.com/index.html https://www.instagram.com/the_fungivore/ https://www.instagram.com/thisiskimqi/ MENTIONS: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/may/01/fewer-wildfires-great-biodiversity-what-is-the-secret-to-the-success-of-mexicos-forests Amanita princeps: https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9078 "undescribed purpli…
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Fiona Mathews is a professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Sussex and the founding Chair of Mammal Conservation Europe; Tim Kendall is a professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, and; their dog Charlie Brown is an especially trained labrador with the talent for locating the bodies of bats that…
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Ep. 178: Myconaut - Remediating PFAS, Regenerative Agriculture, Mycelium Technologies (feat. Ryan Iacovacci)
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GUEST: https://myconaut.space/ MENTIONS: https://advancingecoag.com/ https://www.theremediators.com/ https://zachbushmd.com/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcam…
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Ep. 177: The Plants of the Appalachian Trail with Kaydubs the Hiking Scientist (feat. Kristen Wickert)
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GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/kaydubsthehikingscientist/ https://www.patreon.com/Kaydubsthehikingscientist https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dr-kristen-wickert/the-plants-of-the-appalachian-trail/9781643260402/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_England) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophyllum_commune MUSHROO…
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Rob Stoneman: Resurrecting Rainforests, Protecting Peat and Constructing Conservation Kingdoms along our Coastlines
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Rob Stoneman wanted to make lots of money in the oil industry… and then he found peat! This episode is a deep dive into that blancmange-like substance that should be our saviour. Also, the Wildlife Trusts’ plans to grow a new rain forest in North Wales and Rob’s dream of having a mile deep nature reserve that circumnavigates the entirety of the Bri…
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GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/hyphaeprincess https://www.instagram.com/communityagproject/ MENTIONS: https://www.crcdpr.org/ https://centerformycoanalytics.org/ https://www.beacon.org/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-United-States-P1164.aspx MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https…
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GUEST: https://farwestfungi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/farwestfungi/ https://scmmfest.com/ MENTIONS: https://www.mssf.org/ https://ffsc.us/ https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1833 https://www.fieldforest.net/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_h…
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Ep. 174: All Things Fungi Festival - Myco-Culture, Slime Molds, Biofluorescence (feat. Jana Nicole & Max Mudie)
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GUEST: FESTIVAL: https://www.allthingsfungi.co.uk/ https://jananicole.com/about/ https://www.instagram.com/allthingsfungi/ MENTIONS: https://www.kew.org/ https://www.sussexfungusgroup.co.uk/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtes…
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The Horstmann Trust: Vultures in the Valleys!
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The Horstmann Trust is a brand new charity primarily focused upon breeding and ultimately releasing back into the wild four species of endangered vultures: the Bearded, Egyptian and Hooded Vultures, as well as the Andean Condor. But what makes the Horstmann Trust particularly interesting, is that these birds are Welsh Vultures! In this episode, Dav…
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Ep. 173: Forage. Gather. Feast. - Truffles, Seasonal Harvests & Uncertain Futures (feat. Maria Finn)
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GUEST: BOOK: https://www.mariafinn.com/books https://www.mariafinn.com/ https://www.instagram.com/maria_finn1/ MENTIONS: https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/The-pirates-of-Sausalito-17160156.php MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music co…
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Ep. 172: The Very Merry Mushrooms - Mycology for All Ages, Learning through Play (feat. Tess Lassman)
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GUEST: https://www.fungifreights.net/ https://www.instagram.com/fungifreights/ https://www.lulu.com/shop/tess-l-lassman-and-marina-batrak-and-richard-burzynski/the-very-merry-mushrooms/hardcover/product-8445wvm.html?page=1&pageSize=4 MENTIONS: https://www.belleisleconservancy.org/ https://buildingdetroit.org/ https://www.novel-health.com/ https://b…
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At the launch of his latest video installation at the Tate St Ives, artist Andy Holden meets with David Oakes to discuss the creativity present within the bird world. But, whilst exploring avian aesthetics, Andy's artwork - "A Natural History of Nest Building" - also explores the roles of nature versus nurture at an additional level. This exhibitio…
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Ep. 171: A Magical Dutchman's Journey - Building Community at Fungi Academy (feat. Jasper Degenaars)
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GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/jasperiuss/ https://www.instagram.com/fungi.academy/ https://fungiacademy.com/sacred-mycology-summit/ MENTIONS: https://www.retrievalpractice.org/make-it-stick https://www.mushroomexpert.com/pseudofistulina_radicata.html https://www.fungaia.life/ https://lacunamedicinals.com/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?use…
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Dr David Hetherington: Reintroducing the Lynx lynx lynx to our Cairngorms (a cat so enigmatic that they named it thrice!)
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Dr David Hetherington is an expert on the Eurasian Lynx and the beneficial links Lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) can manifest within our complicated British ecosystems. What he doesn’t know about the Lynx’s rich history across Europe is not worth knowing: Hear why Hildegard von Bingen thought drinking Lynx urine was highly beneficial; when exactly(ish) Lynx …
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Ep. 170: Oklahoma Fungi - Building Future Generations of Mycologists (feat. Jacob Devecchio)
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GUEST: https://www.oklahomafungi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/oklahomafungi/ https://www.instagram.com/okmushroomfestival MENTIONS: https://www.themycomentor.com/ https://matt-powers.mykajabi.com/r-future MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Sh…
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GUEST: Critical Consulting: https://www.critical.consulting/blog Entheome: https://www.entheome.org/team-members/ian-bollinger Hyphae Labs: https://www.patreon.com/hyphaelabs Oakland Hyphae: https://www.oaklandhyphae510.com/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_zapotecorum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panaeolus_cyanescens FunDiS: http…
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Ep. 168: The Myco Zine - Psychedelic Chemistry, Mushroom Cultivation, Mycelial Connections (Tomás Garret)
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Dr Ruth Tingay: From Birds in Boxes to Rivers of Raptors; One woman’s mission for Wild Justice against Raptor Persecution
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Dr Ruth Tingay is a conservationist and campaigner who has spent her career primarily focused upon the world’s raptor population (that’s Birds of Prey, rather than Veloci-...) Her career was inadvertently kickstarted through working at Heathrow airport’s Animal Reception Centre. Here she welcomed back the UK’s Red Kite population for their reintrod…
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Part 2 of our mind-expanding interview with William Padilla-Brown. This interview was taped after our radio interview (Episode 166) and is even more informal and loose. Hopefully there's some wisdom and new thoughts you can integrate into your reality - take what resonates and leave what doesn't! GUEST: William Padilla-Brown: https://www.instagram.…
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Hello, and welcome to a little festive bonus Trees A Crowd. Some of the eagle eared amongst you may have noticed that the regular “three final questions” were missing from this month’s interview with the artist and activist, Katie Holten. Well… …it’s because they’re here! So, before I hand you over to Katie for an additional stocking filler, I wish…
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Ep. 166: Mycosymbiote - Regenerating Ecologies, Expanding Consciousness, Being Human (William Padilla-Brown)
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GUEST: William Padilla-Brown: https://www.instagram.com/mycosymbiote Mycosymbiotics: https://mycosymbiotics.com/ CRTFD: https://crtfd.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Providing Models of Regenerative Lifestyles New Political & Economic Systems The Singularity Getting Comfortable with Chaos Living a Life Guided by Faith & Purpose Ancient Wisdom & Future Upgrade…
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Katie Holten is a visual artist and environmental activist who splits her time between Ireland and New York. She has exhibited at the Venice biennale and many galleries across the globe, with her work being described as “…an ongoing investigation of the inextricable relationship between man and the natural world in the age of the Anthropocene.” Rec…
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Ep. 165: Hongos in Patagonia - Pedomorphosis & Rethinking Evolution (feat. Dr. Francisco Kuhar)
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Today on Mushroom Hour we have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Francisco Kuhar. Dr. Kuhar is a Mycologist specialized in the fungal diversity of gasteroid and ectomycorrhizal fungi and biotechnological applications of fungal enzymes. He has a special interest in the evolutionary biology of sequestrate forms of fungi. Dr. Kuhar is an Associate rese…
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Paul Donald: Birds, Buddhists and Bypasses; Tales of Trafficking & Traffication with that Lark Sex Ratio Guy
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Senior Scientist at Bird Life International, previously the Principal Scientist at the RSPB, and before that at the BTO, Paul Donald is a world expert on things that fly. As such, it is perhaps somewhat surprising that he has focused this expertise into a groundbreaking book about roads, the things that travel upon them, and the damage they do to n…
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Ep. 164: Which Fungi - The Edibles, The Deadlies, The Wild Ones (feat. Elise Rothman)
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Hi there…welcome to Mushroom Hour. Today on Mushroom Hour we are graced by the presence of author, researcher, and mycological maven Elise Rothman. Coming to us from her hideaway in the woods and wilds of France, Elise is here to share her newest creation – a set of mushroom identification card decks that have been lovingly crafted with beautiful a…
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Ep. 163: Fruits of the Forest - Pacific Northwest Edible Mushrooms (feat. Daniel Winkler)
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Today on Mushroom Hour we have the honor of being joined once again by mycological legend Daniel Winkler. A mushroom educator, trained ecologist and award-winning photographer, he grew up collecting mushrooms in the Alps. Daniel has been foraging for more than 25 years in the Pacific Northwest, in addition to South America and High Asia, where he i…
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Ep. 162: The Flowering Wand - Rewilding the Sacred Masculine (feat. Sophie Strand)
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Today on Mushroom Hour we join in communion with the overflowing font of mythos, play and animated everything Sophie Strand. Sophie is a poet and writer with a focus on the history of religion and the intersection of spirituality, storytelling and ecology. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous projects and publications, including the Dark …
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This bonus episode was recorded live at the Global Bird Fair, and is a conversation with the Actor, Director, RSPB Ambassador and Trainspotter-turned-Birder, Samuel West. Samuel talks about his recent experiences shooting the Channel 5/PBS Masterpiece remake of “All Creatures Great and Small” in the Yorkshire Dales; how the rural connection to natu…
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Paul Vorster: The Secrets of Sanbona, or: “Hippos!” and How Best to Become an Impact Player in Conservation
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Located in the southwestern corner of South Africa's Little Karoo, the Sanbona Nature and Wilderness Reserve is an area of ex-farmland about the size of the Isle of Wight. Over the past 21 years, it has been transformed into a protected haven for a rich and varied tapestry of African flora and fauna. Seated on the ground by the edge of a Sanbona’s …
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