Fungi Academy Podcast

The Mushroom Renaissance with Eugenia Bone

🍄Support this podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member [https://fungiacademy.com/mushroom-membership/] Eugenia Bone is the award‑winning author or coauthor of nine books on biology and food, including the category staple Mycophilia, the Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook, and most recently Have a Good Trip: Exploring the Magic Mushroom Experience. Her work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, Saveur, BBC Science, and The Wall Street Journal, and she has lectured widely at institutions including the New York Public Library, Denver Botanical Garden, and Telluride Mushroom Festival. A former president of the New York Mycological Society and faculty member at the New York Botanical Garden, she continues to teach and write on food, fungi, microbes, and psychedelics. In this episode we explore the evolution of mushroom culture and mycology over the past decade and a half. Eugenia reflects on how public interest in fungi has expanded, particularly during the pandemic, when outdoor foraging and curiosity about psychedelics converged. We talked about the growing diversity of mycological clubs, the tension between cultural enthusiasm and limited academic pathways, and the role of curiosity in driving both science and writing. Our conversation also touched on the challenges of science communication, the accessibility of amateur mycology, and how fungi serve as a gateway to ecological thinking and interconnectedness. 🪷Follow Eugenia [https://www.instagram.com/eugeniagbone/] 📝Check out her Substack [https://substack.com/@eugeniabone?] 🌋Join one of our Immersions [https://fungiacademy.com/in-person-mushroom-immersions/]

Fungal Intelligence with Taye Bright

Mycologist, artist, and scientist Tay Bright reflects on intelligence, truth, and the mysterious decision-making of fungi. From childhood curiosity in Florida swamps to discovering mycology after college, she shares how fungi reshaped her understanding of life and guided her path as a scientist and teacher. This episode explores how mycelial networks communicate, whether fungi “decide” through chemical signals, and how truth in biology is always shifting with new discoveries. The conversation weaves between the Gaia hypothesis, morphogenic fields, and the shimmering uncertainty of what is real — reminding us that science is both rigorous and endlessly open-ended. From the overlooked fungal kingdom to the possibility of bridging communication with mycelium, listeners are invited into a journey of curiosity, humility, and wonder at life’s interconnectedness. 🪷Follow Taye [https://www.instagram.com/symbiiotica/] https://www.instagram.com/hamiltonsmushrooms/ 🍄Support this podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member [https://fungiacademy.com/mushroom-membership/] 🌋Join one of our Immersions [https://fungiacademy.com/in-person-mushroom-immersions/]

Freedom, Fatherhood, and Fungi with Hamilton

Adventurer, filmmaker, and mushroom cultivator Hamilton reflects on the lessons of freedom, surrender, and responsibility. From hitchhiking across continents to farming in Nepal, this episode explores how openness to the generosity of strangers and the mystery of psychedelics can shape a life of purpose. From hitchhiking to cultivating food and medicine in Nepal, surviving earthquakes, and ultimately dedicating his life to mycology. Along the way, he reveals how surrender, intuition, and community have guided him from youthful exploration to fatherhood and entrepreneurship. 🪷Follow Hamilton [https://www.instagram.com/hamiltonsmushrooms/] 🍄Support this podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member [https://fungiacademy.com/mushroom-membership/] 🌋Join one of our Immersions [https://fungiacademy.com/in-person-mushroom-immersions/]

The Future is Grown, not Extracted with Catherine Euale

Multidisciplinary artist and innovator Catherine Euale joins us to explore the living frontier of materials and technology. From ancestral ceramics and mushroom membranes to algae‑based “electric skin” that breathes with humidity, this episode reveals how design can align with nature’s intelligence. Our conversation moves through speculative bio‑design, fungal computers, and slime mold circuits, highlighting why these organisms are more than replacements for plastics or leather. Expect insights on language, sustainability, and the profound ways fungi and microbes can reshape our relationship with technology, community, and the planet itself. 🎙️Support this podcast and get yourself some Fungi Merch [https://fungiacademy.shop/] Check out Catherine's work • 🌱 Slimy Futures (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/slimy_futures?igsh=MTk5ODM3ZDIxMHp4ZA%3D%3D] • 🍄 Fungal Matters (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/fungal.matters?igsh=MWp5bnA0OWY3dmY5dQ%3D%3D] • ⚡ Electric Skin (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/electric.skin?igsh=MWljMDRhaGYwMDN3eg%3D%3D] • 👗 Future Wardrobe Project (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/future.wardrobe.project?igsh=am03ZDhod2c4NXk1] • 🎥 Fungal Matters (YouTube Channel) [https://experiment.com/projects/exploring-self-powering-biomaterials-using-embedded-proteins/discussion] • 🔬 Exploring Self‑Powering Biomaterials [https://experiment.com/projects/exploring-self-powering-biomaterials-using-embedded-proteins/discussion] • 🌐 ElectricSkin.org [http://ElectricSkin.org] • 📹 Electric Skin Project Video [https://youtu.be/5wmdQV3dfHQ?si=8fx73NFnTxyj1e1u]

Entangled Ecologies with Dr. Sam Gandy

🎙️Support this Podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member [https://fungiacademy.com/mushroom-membership/] Ecologist and mushroom cultivator Dr. Sam Gandy dives into the hidden networks that shape life on Earth. From termites farming fungi for millions of years to the microbial multitudes inside our own bodies, this episode explores how nothing truly exists in isolation. Our conversation moves from cutting‑edge psilocybin research on nature connectedness to the cultural shifts around psychedelic mushrooms, highlighting why these organisms are more than just “psilocybin carriers.” Expect insights on ecology, community, and the profound ways fungi remind us we are part of a greater whole. 🔗 Learn more about Sam's work: * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/samwisegandy/?hl=en] * Research Gate [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sam-Gandy-4] * Chemical Collective [https://chemical-collective.com/blog/sam-gandy/] * Double Blind Magazine [doubleblindmag.com/author/sam-gandy/]