Mushroom Revival Podcast

By Alex Dorr

What's Mushroom Revival Podcast about?

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.

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Mushroom Revival Podcast episodes:

04.15.2024
Mycelial Buildings with Christopher Maurer
Today we sit down with Christopher Maurer to talk about building mycelial homes in Namibia, Cleveland and even Mars. Transforming invasive plants into homes in Namibia, toxic construction waste into homes in Cleveland, and high tech materials into astronaut homes...
04.10.2024
Mushroom Virtual Reality with Nanotopia
What happens when you make mushroom music and generate virtual reality with mushroom signals? We sit down with nanotopia to dive into an alternate reality to explore the weird world of mushroom signals and the explorative landscapes they create. Here are...
03.27.2024
Mushrooms of New Zealand with Liv Sisson
Today we travel to New Zealand with Liv Sisson to talk about the fungi of Aotearoa better known as New Zealand. We chat about the folklore and indigenous uses of various mushrooms and her newest book all about the topic....
03.14.2024
Mushroom Music with Tarun Nayar
Today we sit down with the musician and biologist Tarun Nayar to dive into the mystical world of mushroom music. Did you know we can hook up sensors to mushrooms and turn their electrical signals into music? Learn how to...
03.06.2024
Oregon Psilocybin Services with Angie Allbee
Today we sit down with Angie Allbee, the Oregon Psilocybin Services section manager, to discuss how the first state in the USA has paved the way for legal psilocybin services in the state. Just in 2023 alone they've given over...
02.28.2024
Mushroom DNA Sequencing with Kyle Canan
Today we sit down with the robin hood of mushroom DNA sequencing, Kyle Canan, founder of the Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab, which offers free mushroom DNA sequencing to the public. We chat about the process of DNA sequencing, finding new...
02.22.2024
Pikilo Mushroom Protein in Finland with Simo Ellilä
Today we travel to Finland to take a history lesson on the foundations of fungal protein developed in 1963, having coined the name "Pikilo". Finnish researchers in the 60's were growing edible fungi on agricultural wastes and feeding livestock with...
02.12.2024
Bisexual Death Caps with Yen-Wen Wang
Invasive deadly poisonous death caps are sexual deviants switching from unisexual and bisexual reproduction. We sit down with Yen-Wen Wang to dive into the sexual reproduction strategies of fungi and what makes these death caps so unique in California. Sign...
02.07.2024
The Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi with Marcel van der Heijden
Today we are joined by Marcel van der Heijden who recently just co led a paper demonstrated how mycorrhizal fungi can increase crop yields up to 40%. In an age of modern chemical abundant agriculture destroying our soil and poisoning...
01.29.2024
Fungi make Ice and Snow with Konrad Meister
Today we travel to Antarctica with Konrad Meister to look into the fascinating phenomena of how fungi make ice and snow. Beyond further ecological understanding this science can be applied to making fake snow, or even cryo-preserving everything from food...
01.22.2024
Traditional Chinese Herbalism and Daoism with Mason Taylor
Today we dive into the wealth of knowledge that is Mason Taylor, a thought leader, professional speaker, tonic herbalist and writer who inspires and teaches people to once again become enchanted with their body, life and health. Having spent over...
01.10.2024
Mycomaterials with Jessica Dias and Catherine Euale
Today we sit down with the two bio babes, Jessica Dias and Catherine Euale, from Fungal Matters, who have their hands deep in the world of mycomaterials. Their work spans across various projects such as mycelial surfboards, to bacterial electricity,...
01.02.2024
Psilocybin for Women with Jennifer Chesak
Today we sit down with Jennifer Chesak, newest author to the book "The Psilocybin Handbook for Women" (2023). We cover questions such as: Does psilocybin affect women differently?Does it matter where I am in my cycle when I use psilocybin?Can psilocybin help...
12.28.2023
Mushroom Mommas with Mikaela De La Myco
Today we sit with the magical Mikaela De La Myco to talk in depth about using mushrooms in pregnancy and motherhood, navigating healthy psychedelic spaces, how to hold space as a practitioner, healing sexual trauma, and more. We lean both...
12.21.2023
Wind Turbines Made from Mycelium with Valeria La Saponara
In an age with an alarming increasing demand for energy consumption, we need more sustainable solutions if we're going to continue as a human race. Today we sit down with Valeria La Saponara, an Italian-American mechanical and aerospace engineer, who...
12.18.2023
Fungal Biodiversity of Hawaii with Nicole Hynson
Today we get an auditory transport to Hawaii to sit down with Nicole Hynson to chat about the fungal biodiversity of Hawaii. We focus on the importance of mycorrhizal fungi on the island and the relationship between these rare tropical...
12.08.2023
Growing a Mushroom Farm with Max Goransson of Golden Mushroom Co
Today we sit down with Max Goransson of Golden Mushroom Co. from Ocean Beach San Diego sunny California to chat mushroom farming, surfing, creating a mushroom community, encountering bears and gorillas, philosophy and more. Sign up for our podcast giveaway...
12.05.2023
Transforming Fungal Pathogens into Symbionts with Kei Hiruma
By influencing a gene in Colletotrichum tofieldiae researchers like Kei Hiruma are able to turn the root mold from a damaging parasite into something that actually supports plant development. This could save hundreds and millions in food waste and lower...
11.27.2023
Mushrooms on Madagascar with Mauro Rivas-Ferreiro
Today we take a trip to Madagascar with Mauro Rivas-Ferreiro to discover the biodiversity of fungi on the island. From mycorrhizal fungi to more, we talk optimal ecosystems, rare plants, and future research needed on the island. Sign up for...
11.17.2023
Mushroom Architecture with PLP labs
The future of architecture is partnering with fungi. Even beyond this, it's partnering with nature as a whole, a stance that is referred to as going from the athropocene to the symbiocene as a human race. We sit down with...
11.13.2023
Treating PTSD of Veterans with Psilocybin with Lauren Myers
We sit down today with Lauren Myers to talk about her work with VETS, an organization that helps veterans and their spouses access treatment with psychedelic therapies including iboga/ibogaine, ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA, 5-MeO-DMT, and ayahuasca. What's it like being in...
11.06.2023
How to Become a Psilocybin Therapist with Dr. Erica Zelfand
Oregon was the first state in the United States to legalize psilocybin for medical use. We sit down with Dr. Erica Zelfand, the lead educator in the nation's first HECC-licensed training program for psilocybin facilitators to talk about what it...
10.20.2023
Fireproof Mycelial Wallpaper with Tien Huynh
What if we can fireproof our home with mycelium? Just in the US alone around 358,500 homes experience a structural fire and 3,000 people die each year. We chat with Dr. Tien Huyn, an associate professor in the School of...
10.13.2023
Degrading plastics then curing cancer using Aspergillus nidulans with Berl Oakley
Berl Oakley and his team are using Aspergillus nidulans to degrade plastic and then using the secondary metabolites to then cure cancer, make antibiotics, statins, antifungals and more to save people's lives. Talk about killing two birds with one stone....
10.06.2023
Mushroom Embroidery with Amanda Cobbett
Amanda Cobbett is an award-winning textile artist with over 25 years’ experience making realistic three dimensional embroidery sculptures of mushrooms and lichen. They are so life like it will be hard for your brain to process they aren't real. We...
09.29.2023
Mushrooms in Hawaii with Malama Mushrooms
In our fourth ever in person podcast episode we sit down with Ben and Amanda, the super rad brother and sister duo at Malama Mushrooms. We chat about what it's like throwing a mushroom festival, the ins and outs of...
09.26.2023
Running a Mushroom Farm with Erik Lomen of Maine Cap N' Stem
Maine Cap N Stem Started in 2014 cultivating a variety of gourmet mushrooms from spore to store, then became the first national producer and distributor of Certified Organic Mushroom Substrate for small and large farms across the continental USA. We...
09.20.2023
Legal Psilocybin Therapy with Hadas Alterman
How does one get accredited to become a psilocybin facilitator? What are the rules and regulations currently in place in Oregon? What does the legal future look like for psilocybin assisted therapy? We chat with Hadas Alterman, JD from Berkley...
09.11.2023
Treating Anorexia with Psilocybin with Dr. Stephanie Knatz Peck
Anxiety can wreak havoc on people and develop into more serious disorders including Anorexia nervosa. We chat with UCSD Associate Clinical Professor & Psychologist, Psychedelic clinician and researcher, Dr. Stephanie Knatz Peck, to dive deep into this topic and explore...
08.28.2023
Mushroom Hunting For Kids with Melany Kahn
Are you a current or aspiring parent and want to teach your kiddos about mushrooms? This is the episode for you. We chat with Tedx speaker and published author Melany Kahn about teaching little humans about the wonderful world of...
08.18.2023
How Temperature Makes Fungi Kill us or Heal us with Dr. Arturo Casadevall and Dr. Radames J. B. Cordero
When an astroid hit earth and fungi took over, warm blooded mammals were able to survive better than cold blooded amphibians because their higher temperature gave them better resistance to fungal diseases. Since then fungi have been evolving and new...
08.14.2023
Psychedelic Satire with Dennis Walker of Mycopreneur
The psychedelic green rush is here with venture capitalists, health gurus, life coaches, neo shamans, biohackers, and spiritual narcissists lining at the doors to get a piece of the pie. Of course we need a court jester to poke fun...
08.03.2023
Bat Killing Fungus Taking Over with Alyssa Bennett
The white-nose syndrome is a deadly fungus killing bats around the world and is quickly spreading in North America. We sit down with Alyssa Bennett who's dedicated her life to researching this phenomenon and help these endangered bats. Sign up for...
07.28.2023
Oomycota and fungal biotech with Mitch Roth
Today we sit down with almost pro hockey player turned fungal laboratory scientist Mitch Roth. We chat about plant pathogens, DNA sequencing, genetic engineering, fungal biotech, Oomycota, and more. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will...
07.21.2023
Mushroom Dyes and Pigments with Julie Beeler
Nature is filled with an incredible array of colors, some of which can only come from mushrooms. We chat with artist Julie Beeler, who has dedicated her life to studying the dyes and pigments from mushrooms, and even created an...
07.06.2023
Psilocybe science with Doma Nunzio
We step into a mad scientist's laboratory to dive deep into the world of magic mushrooms. Doma Nunzio is the founder of MagicMyco, MycoCoil, The Cultivar Cup and has won the Psilocybin Cup. He is a master of magic mushroom...
06.28.2023
Mushroom Sculptures with Chris Ritson
Normally people put posters or paintings on their wall but Chris Ritson is opening up the possibility for people to put living mushroom art in their home. Bioart is the process that people work with biology to make art, and...
06.07.2023
The Secret Electrical Language of Mushrooms with Yu Fukasawa
Are mushrooms communicating with each other using electricity? Are we one day able to crack this secret code and decipher this language so one day we'll be able to talk to fungi and mushrooms? Well... quite possibly. Today we sit...
05.25.2023
Mushroom Spores in Prehistoric Poop with Dunia Urrego and Felix Pym
Prehistoric animals pooped out mushroom spores as far back as 23,000 years ago and we are now today finding them and learning about what life was like back then. Peat bogs, the bottom of lakes, frozen areas, and amber are...
05.17.2023
Quit Your Job and Dedicate Your Life to Mushrooms - John Michelotti
We sit down with a longtime dear friend and man of many talents, John Michelotti. Founder of Catskill Fungi, past president of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association (MHMA) , co-founder of the Catskill Regional Mycoflora Project as well as the Gary...
05.10.2023
Beetles Team with Fungi to Eat Trees - Jonathan Gershenzon
Bark beetles have decimated millions of hectares of conifer forests in Europe in recent years and are attracted to trees that have a certain partner fungi already eating the tree. When the certain fungi starts metabolizing the spruce resin compounds...
05.03.2023
Magic Mushroom Testing with Ian Bollinger from Hyphae Labs
Ever wondered what was inside magic mushrooms that made them work? Are some varieties more potent than others? Do you grow your own and wondering how the potency stands up against others out there? We're joined by Ian Bollinger of...
04.24.2023
Fungal Conservation with Gabriela D'elia from Fungal Diversity Survey
Some scientists estimate we've only described around 120,000 out of the 5,000,000 undescribed species waiting to be discovered. During the destructive anthropocene, we are losing biodiversity at an alarming rate, fasting than we can discover them. Citizen scientists and groups...
04.13.2023
Finding New Species of Fungi with The Kew Fungarium
This week on the Mushroom Revival Podcast, Alex Dorr is joined by lead mycologist Tuula Niskanen and Alyona Biketova of Kew's Fungarium. Holding over 1.25 million dried specimens, Kew's Fungarium collection is the largest, one of the oldest and most...
04.03.2023
Mycelium Meat with Kinoko Tech
Kinoko-Tech is an Israel-based B2B company developing high-quality protein plant-based foods by “harnessing fermentation to elevate healthy food to superfood”. Today we sit down with co-founder and CEO, DR. JASMIN RAVID, Ph.D. in plant sciences, B.Sc. in Nutritional Sciences. How...
03.22.2023
Commercial Spawn Production with Kasper Moreaux from Mycelia
Any mushroom farm in the world starts their process with mushroom spawn. Mycelia is one of the largest spawn producers in the world suppling some of the largest mushroom producers in the globe. We chat about challenges, innovations, finding and...
03.15.2023
Psilocybe azurescens with Hamilton Pevec
The rare and illustrious Psilocybe azurescens is the most potent magic mushroom in the world and also happens to be one of the most evasive species to find. We sit down with Hamilton Pevec who just released a multiple award...
03.08.2023
Mushrooms in Guatemala with Jasper from Fungi Academy
If you've never heard of Fungi Adademy, you're sleeping on one of the greats. Based on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, they've been hosting mushroom events for years and now recently online with their new courses. We break it down with...
03.01.2023
Mushrooms in Alaska with Alannah Johnson
We're traveling to cold Alaska on this episode to geek out with Alannah Johnson of New Earth Fungi, to talk about mushrooms in Alaska. We cover everything from starting and running a mushroom farm, ethnomycology of Alaska, navigating the mushroom...
02.22.2023
Medical Psilocybin with Carlton Spotswood, PMHNP-BC
Carlton Spotswood, PMHNP-BC, aka “EntheoNurse” is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who treats children, adolescents and adult patients at Winthrop Family Medicine, and also recent author of “The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual to Improve Your Physical and...

What's Mushroom Revival Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Mushroom Revival Podcast episodes:

Mycelial Buildings with Christopher Maurer

Mushroom Virtual Reality with Nanotopia

Mushrooms of New Zealand with Liv Sisson

Mushroom Music with Tarun Nayar

Oregon Psilocybin Services with Angie Allbee

Mushroom DNA Sequencing with Kyle Canan

Pikilo Mushroom Protein in Finland with Simo Ellilä

Bisexual Death Caps with Yen-Wen Wang

The Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi with Marcel van der Heijden

Fungi make Ice and Snow with Konrad Meister

Traditional Chinese Herbalism and Daoism with Mason Taylor

Mycomaterials with Jessica Dias and Catherine Euale

Psilocybin for Women with Jennifer Chesak

Mushroom Mommas with Mikaela De La Myco

Wind Turbines Made from Mycelium with Valeria La Saponara

Fungal Biodiversity of Hawaii with Nicole Hynson

Growing a Mushroom Farm with Max Goransson of Golden Mushroom Co

Transforming Fungal Pathogens into Symbionts with Kei Hiruma

Mushrooms on Madagascar with Mauro Rivas-Ferreiro

Mushroom Architecture with PLP labs

Treating PTSD of Veterans with Psilocybin with Lauren Myers

How to Become a Psilocybin Therapist with Dr. Erica Zelfand

Fireproof Mycelial Wallpaper with Tien Huynh

Degrading plastics then curing cancer using Aspergillus nidulans with Berl Oakley

Mushroom Embroidery with Amanda Cobbett

Mushrooms in Hawaii with Malama Mushrooms

Running a Mushroom Farm with Erik Lomen of Maine Cap N' Stem

Legal Psilocybin Therapy with Hadas Alterman

Treating Anorexia with Psilocybin with Dr. Stephanie Knatz Peck

Mushroom Hunting For Kids with Melany Kahn

How Temperature Makes Fungi Kill us or Heal us with Dr. Arturo Casadevall and Dr. Radames J. B. Cordero

Psychedelic Satire with Dennis Walker of Mycopreneur

Bat Killing Fungus Taking Over with Alyssa Bennett

Oomycota and fungal biotech with Mitch Roth

Mushroom Dyes and Pigments with Julie Beeler

Psilocybe science with Doma Nunzio

Mushroom Sculptures with Chris Ritson

The Secret Electrical Language of Mushrooms with Yu Fukasawa

Mushroom Spores in Prehistoric Poop with Dunia Urrego and Felix Pym

Quit Your Job and Dedicate Your Life to Mushrooms - John Michelotti

Beetles Team with Fungi to Eat Trees - Jonathan Gershenzon

Magic Mushroom Testing with Ian Bollinger from Hyphae Labs

Fungal Conservation with Gabriela D'elia from Fungal Diversity Survey

Finding New Species of Fungi with The Kew Fungarium

Mycelium Meat with Kinoko Tech

Commercial Spawn Production with Kasper Moreaux from Mycelia

Psilocybe azurescens with Hamilton Pevec

Mushrooms in Guatemala with Jasper from Fungi Academy

Mushrooms in Alaska with Alannah Johnson

Medical Psilocybin with Carlton Spotswood, PMHNP-BC