Mushroom Revival Podcast

Do mushrooms make you more empathetic and social? Today we sit down with Cory Weissman to discuss his latest paper "The effect of psilocybin on empathy and prosocial behavior: a proposed mechanism for enduring antidepressant effects". We talk about the general benefits of mushrooms, some people who this might not have

Today we sit down with Andy Letcher to dive into the ethnomycological history of humans and psychedelic mushrooms. Andy published the book "Shroom: a cultural history of the magic mushroom"  in 2006 and we chat about common myths and stories that have been circulating around magic mushrooms, shedding light on their ver

Could mycelium power robots to solve large scale problems? Today we sit down with Rob Shepherd & Anand Mishra of Organic Robotics Lab at Cornell University to talk about their new mycelium powered robots and all the fun things they can do. Tune and and shroom in. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner w

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 mycelium eventually dies? We explore this transformation event with Katlyn Beidler in todays episode. Tune in and Shroom in. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be

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Today we travel to South Africa to sit down with Cullen Taylor Clark to talk about two species of Psilocybin mushrooms (Psilocybe ingeli and Psilocybe maluti) that were newly scientifically described first the first time. Cullen Taylor Clark, a citizen mycologist and co-author on this new paper, worked with Mamosebetsi