Fungi Academy Podcast

🍄Support this podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member Tradd Cotter is the author of the best-selling book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation (2014) and has won numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious 2013 Clemson University Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the 2011 EPA GRO-U Fellowship Award, and the 2021 Gary Lincoff Award at the Telluride Mushroom Festival. His ongoing re...

🍄Support this podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member Kit Ondaatje Rolls is a mycologist, artist, and writer whose debut book, Fungi, Creatures and Cultures , releases July 21st. With a background in social anthropology and a master's in biodesign, she has worked at Bristol Fungarium, a medicinal mushroom company, where she lived in a cabin in the woods immersed in cultivation, extraction, and ferm...

🍄Support this podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member 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...

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 che...

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 ultimat...

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, h...

🎙️Support this Podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member 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 connected...

Psychedelic entrepreneur Martijn Schirp explores the future of consciousness, capitalism, and community. From retreats in the Netherlands to Buddhist‑inspired practice, this episode dives into how psychedelics can help us navigate collapse and build new ways of living together. In this episode of the Fungi Academy Podcast , Martijn Schirp serial psychedelic entrepreneur, co‑founder of High Existen...

🎙️Support this Podcast by becoming a Mushroom Member 🚀 Get 60% OFF our Online Courses until December 3rd In this conversation, ethnomycologist Cullen Taylor Clark shares his journey of uncovering the rich traditions of mushroom use among tribes in South Africa. He reflects on the transformative power of psychedelics, the wisdom of traditional healers, and the urgent need to document indigenous kn...

🎙️ Episode 1 – The Fungi Academy Podcast: Mushrooms, Motherhood & Community In the very first episode of the Fungi Academy Podcast , Jasper Degenaars sits down with his sister from another mister, Fungal Partner in Crime, Karena Beana. For a heartfelt and expansive conversation about mushrooms, motherhood, and the power of community. 🌱 Together they explore: Karena’s journey from despising mu...