If a tree falls

The wonderful world of mushrooms! Join Harriet on a very rainy walk through the Harford woods with Nick Phillips from Grown Up Mushrooms. Nick supplies the very best mushrooms to restaurants and those lucky enough to live in Dorset and Devon. He leads walks, talks and classes to educate people about one of the most misunderstood wild foods. In Part 1 of their conversation, they talk about the myce...

Join Harriet and ethnobotanical food researcher Robin Harford in Part 2 as they continue their walk through the Exeter countryside. They explore the importance of brain nourishment, finding passions and purposes in life, the somatic knowledge of foraging, dopamine release and ancestral hand me downs, this week on If a Tree Falls.   The episode was hosted and produced by Harriet Mansell. The a...

This week, Harriet is joined by fellow plant forager and ethnobotanical food researcher Robin Harford. Since establishing his renowned wild foraging food school in 2008, Robin has published several best-selling foraging books and released his successful wild food podcast, Eatweeds. Their walk takes them through the Exeter countryside as they discuss the importance of learning from Indigenous knowl...

In this episode, Harriet and theoretical physicist Felix Flicker continue their discussion in Felix's home. They explore the subjectivity of the sense to individuals, Felix’s brilliant book on how science explains things previously thought of as ‘magic’ and Japanese tea ceremonies, all culminating in an attempt to answer the podcast’s namesake question, “If a tree falls in the forest when no one i...

In this first episode, Harriet goes on the hunt for wild garlic (allium ursinum) in the Devon countryside with theoretical physicist, author, science communicator and old pal, Felix Flicker. They discuss the importance of correctly identifying plants, martial arts, English wine, pine tree sorbet and the connectivity of physics in the wider world.   The episode was hosted and produced by Harri...