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Mushroom Revival Podcast

Alex Dorr

A podcast devoted to the wonderful world of fungi. Our eclectic show covers fungi in health & wellness, technology, science, culture and more. Welcome to the Mushroom Revival.

Episodes

20 of 227 episodes

Healing with Mushrooms: Psilocybin's Promise Against Heroin Addiction

The opioid epidemic continues to devastate families and communities across America, leaving researchers and clinicians desperately searching...

50:48Apr 11, 2025

Mushrooms in Lithuania with Tomas Baltušis

Today we travel to Lithuania to explore Dzūkija National Park and experience nugrybauti which is a lithuanian word that means to get lost in...

37:08Mar 28, 2025

Mycogastronomy of Mexico with Ireri and Joaquin

Today we travel to Mexico with Ireri Monter and Joaquin Cardoso to explore the exquisite gastronomic delicacies of the mushroom world. What...

57:48Feb 24, 2025

Fungi Breaking Down Diapers with Hiro Technologies

Today we sit down with Danielle Stevenson and Tero Isokauppila of the newly launched Hiro Technologies to talk about how fungi can break dow...

49:25Feb 6, 2025

Mycomaterials with Kim Kedem

Today we sit down with Kim Kedem of Mixing Bowl Studios to talk about transforming living spaces with mycomaterials. From mycelial lamps and...

45:59Jan 30, 2025

Mycofiltration with Sanele Michelle Mnkandla

Today we travel to South Africa to sit down with Sanele Michelle Mnkandla to talk about how we can filter toxic waste with fungi in a proces...

36:33Jan 23, 2025

Psilocybin Helps Cancer Patients Mental Health with Petros Petridis

Today we sit down with Petros Petridis to talk about his new paper "Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy improves psychiatric symptoms across m...

52:15Jan 13, 2025

Finding New Mushroom Species in Colombia with Dr. Adriana Corrales

Today we travel to Colombia with Dr. Adriana Corrales to explore biodiverse cloud forests to search for new species of fungi. We dive into h...

42:40Dec 19, 2024

Is the "Trip" Crucial for Mushrooms? - with Jack and Albert Dahan

Today we sit down with father and son duo to talk about how crucial the subjective "trip" effects of a mushroom journey are for therapeutic...

51:35Dec 16, 2024

Music For Mushrooms with East Forest

Join us today as we sit down with the wise and talented East Forest to talk about his new film - Music For Mushrooms. We chat about what it...

60:06Nov 27, 2024

Mushrooms on Empathy with Cory R. Weissman

Do mushrooms make you more empathetic and social? Today we sit down with Cory Weissman to discuss his latest paper "The effect of psilocybin...

55:39Nov 14, 2024

Cultural History Of Shrooms with Andy Letcher

Today we sit down with Andy Letcher to dive into the ethnomycological history of humans and psychedelic mushrooms. Andy published the book "...

39:47Oct 25, 2024

Mushroom Robots with Organic Robotics Lab

Could mycelium power robots to solve large scale problems? Today we sit down with Rob Shepherd & Anand Mishra of Organic Robotics Lab at Cor...

36:44Oct 14, 2024

The Death of Mycelium with Katlyn Beidler

What happens when mycelium dies in the soil? Mycelium stores up to 70% of carbon in the soil but what happens to the carbon when the myceliu...

53:37Oct 4, 2024

Meet the 9 Year Old Genius - Sean the Science Kid

Sean the Science Kid is a 9 year old genius with a 160 IQ, who is an inspiring neurocardiosurgeon, a STEM educator, a mensa member since he...

19:38Sep 19, 2024

Ethnomycology in South Africa with Cullen Taylor Clark

Today we travel to South Africa to sit down with Cullen Taylor Clark to talk about two species of Psilocybin mushrooms ( Psilocybe ingeli an...

97:00Sep 9, 2024

Mycelial Clothing with Aniela Hoitink

Today we sit down with Aniela Hoitink to talk about how to make clothing out of mycelium. The possibilities of mycomaterials are endless and...

33:07Sep 4, 2024

How Psilocybin Helps us Learn with Andrea Casanova

Today we sit down with Andrea Casanova who recently published a paper exploring the influence of psilocybin on subconscious and conscious em...

48:35Aug 21, 2024

Reishi Bonsai with Sam Shoemaker

Today we sit down with the highly creative Sam Shoemaker to chat about Reishi Bonsai, mycelial boats, cultivating stinkhorns and so many oth...

68:07Aug 16, 2024

How Plant Fungicides are Affecting Humans with Marin T Brewer

When we spray fungicides on plants, these fungi are adapting and becoming resistant to anti-fungals when they go and infect humans later dow...

58:54Aug 8, 2024