In this rhizomatic episode, James is joined by Joanna Steinhardt, PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and today’s resident expert on all things mushroom! Joanna studies radical mycological subcultures, or practices relating to the appreciation of and strategic application of fungi. James and Joanna discuss the mycelial web that exists just beneath our feet, and how mycelium relates to other forms of life in the biosphere to contribute to healthy soil by recycling organic materials, purifying toxins, and in some special cases, lending itself in psychedelic fashion to the expansion of human consciousness. Are mushrooms the anthropocene’s antidote? Listen and find out! Find Joanna and check out her research on the web here.

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