
The Mushroom Hour Podcast
Hi there...welcome to Mushroom Hour. Listen in as we venture into kingdom fungi with unique and beautiful humans who all share a passion for mushrooms. We'll go forage for wild mushrooms, explore their potency as nature's medicines, become citizen mycologists, transform human consciousness and learn how mushrooms inspired art, spirituality and culture throughout our history. There are so many ways that mushrooms can benefit (wo)mankind - we just need to tap into the mycelium network and let them share their gifts. Excited to have you along for the journey! Mush Love
Latest episodes

Jul 26, 2024 • 60min
Ep. 182: The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen & Inspiration from Catalonia (feat. Chad Hyatt)
GUEST: https://www.themushroomhunterskitchen.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-Hunters-Kitchen-Chad-Hyatt/dp/1732757100 MENTIONS: https://www.amazon.com/Mushrooms-Demystified-David-Arora/dp/0898151694 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_brevipes MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Changing Careers, Culinary Arts & Fungi Secret Spots Eating the Weird Stuff David Arora Events The Mushroom Hunters Kitchen Mushroom Careers Bringing Mushroom Recipes out of the 1950s Catalonia’s Culinary Mushroom Traditions Black Trumpet Jam, Matsutake and Fig Jam Catalon Culture Regional Spanish Food Traditions Chefs Influenced by Foraging Connecting to Where Food Comes From Mushroom Genetics

Jul 1, 2024 • 1h 7min
Ep. 181: Sage & Sovereignty - Regenerative Agriculture, Food Systems & Soil Wealth (feat. Mollie Engelhart)
GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/chefmollie/ https://www.instagram.com/thekindsage/ https://www.instagram.com/sovereigntyranch/ MENTIONS: https://regenified.com/ https://www.dreamingofavetterworld.com/ https://whiteoakpastures.com/pages/our-team MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Finding Hope in Soil Culinary Evolution Becoming a Regenerative Farmer Misaligned Incentives – Subsidies & Regulations Barriers to Becoming a Farmer Farmers as Protagonists What are “Regenerative Farming” Practices? Humans as a Keystone Species Industrial Microbiome Mycorrhizal Relationships with Corn? On-Farm and Off-Farm Soil Fertility Viability of Vegan Farm Systems Connection Between Our Gut Microbiology and Mental Health Explosive Blowback from Changing a Vegan Restaurant

Jun 25, 2024 • 57min
Ep. 180: A Quickly Changing Kaleidoscope & the Updated Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (feat. Virginia Haze & Dr K Mandrake)
GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/themushroombible/ https://thepsilocybinmushroombible.substack.com/ https://www.amazon.com/d/Books/Psilocybin-Mushroom-Bible-Definitive-Mushrooms/1937866289/ MENTIONS: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/d.nutt https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.carhart-harris https://themicrodose.substack.com/ https://www.entheogenesis.org/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Psilocybin Regulations in the UK Medical Models of Psilocybin Therapy Microdosing Mainstream Power of Placebo Evolving Cultivation Landscape Updating the Psilocybin Mushroom Bible Wood-Loving Psilocybe Mushrooms Sustainability in Mushroom Growing Synanthrope Expanding Concepts of Harm Reduction Principles of Critical Thinking Readability of Scientific Literature Open Source Science A Quickly Changing Kaleidoscope

Jun 15, 2024 • 1h 4min
Ep. 179: Fungivore - Thai Mycophagy and Mushroom Adventures in Oaxaca (feat. Zach & Kim Hunter)
GUEST: https://thefungivore.com/index.html https://www.instagram.com/the_fungivore/ https://www.instagram.com/thisiskimqi/ MENTIONS: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/may/01/fewer-wildfires-great-biodiversity-what-is-the-secret-to-the-success-of-mexicos-forests Amanita princeps: https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9078 "undescribed purplish bitter Tylopilus": https://foraging4ct.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/wild-bitter-mushrooms-by-david-arora-on-thai/ Chicatana Ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_mexicana MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Falling in Love with Each Other & with Oaxaca Cuajimoloyas Mushroom Festival Lockdown in Thailand Mushrooms in Thailand Edible Mushrooms Across Cultures Cultivated Mushrooms in Thailand Normalizing Mycophilia Diversity of Cultures Between Cities in Oaxaca The Forests Owned by the People Self-Organizing, Autonomous Communities Ecotourism Natural Dyes Mutual Exchange & Reciprocity Fungivore Tours

Jun 1, 2024 • 57min
Ep. 178: Myconaut - Remediating PFAS, Regenerative Agriculture, Mycelium Technologies (feat. Ryan Iacovacci)
GUEST: https://myconaut.space/ MENTIONS: https://advancingecoag.com/ https://www.theremediators.com/ https://zachbushmd.com/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Embracing Bioeconomy Awakening to Soil Futures Chemistry of PFAS PFAS in Agriculture & Food Systems Fungus Breaking the Carbon-Fluorine Bond AI SymbiosisAmish Technological Wisdom Bioleeching, Biosequestration, Bioremediation 3D Printable Fluorinated Biopolymers Spore-Powered Ionic Plasma Thursters Growing from a Child to an Adult Mentality Building Data for Open Source Models All About Partnership Abundance Mindset

May 21, 2024 • 57min
Ep. 177: The Plants of the Appalachian Trail with Kaydubs the Hiking Scientist (feat. Kristen Wickert)
GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/kaydubsthehikingscientist/ https://www.patreon.com/Kaydubsthehikingscientist https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dr-kristen-wickert/the-plants-of-the-appalachian-trail/9781643260402/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_England) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophyllum_commune MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Pursuing a PhD, Introduced to Instagram Moving Back to Appalachia Embracing Fungi Wild Biodiversity of Appalachian Mountains Appreciating our Local Ecology Plants of the Appalachian Trail Don’t Underestimate the Understory Social Media & Mental Health Science Communication & Making Science Real Connecting Beyond Social Media Process of Writing a Field Guide Tips for the Amateur Naturalist Find Your Local Mushroom Club Pursuing Academic Mycology

May 10, 2024 • 59min
Ep. 176: Biochar, Soil Remedation & the Community Agriculture Project (feat. Emily Davis)
GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/hyphaeprincess https://www.instagram.com/communityagproject/ MENTIONS: https://www.crcdpr.org/https://centerformycoanalytics.org/ https://www.beacon.org/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-United-States-P1164.aspx MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: From Math & Physics to Biology & Soil What is Biochar? Equestrian Waste Streams Biochar Production, “Sustainability” and Scale Lifecycle Analysis Origins of Biochar Practice & Terra PretaField Experiments on a Coffee Farm in Puerto Rico Primer on Pyrolysis Soil Bioremediation & Different Contexts Recognizing Indigenous Land Stewardship Biochar as a Microbe Reef How to Apply Biochar to Your Soil Community Agriculture Project Center for MycoAnalytics

Apr 29, 2024 • 55min
Ep. 175: Farwest Fungi & The Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival (feat. Kyle Garrone)
GUEST: https://farwestfungi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/farwestfungi/ https://scmmfest.com/ MENTIONS: https://www.mssf.org/ https://ffsc.us/ https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1833 https://www.fieldforest.net/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Growing up on a Mushroom Farm Learning from Mycophilic Cultures Farwest Fungi Mushrooms & More Art & Science of Mushroom Substrates Heat & Energy Consumption in Mushroom Cultivation Virtues of Sawdust Spawn Analytical Testing for Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms Nature & Nurture = Species & Growth Substrate Scaling Domestic Mushroom Production “California Grown” Label Initiative Resiliency & Food Security Agriculture Industry Support Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival Steam Trains in the Redwood Forest

Apr 15, 2024 • 56min
Ep. 174: All Things Fungi Festival - Myco-Culture, Slime Molds, Biofluorescence (feat. Jana Nicole & Max Mudie)
Join Max Mudie, a photographer and co-founder of the All Things Fungi Festival, and Jana Nicole, an artist with a passion for mycelium, as they delve into the enchanting world of fungi. They discuss the vibrant community around mycology, emphasizing conservation and education, especially for kids. Explore exciting topics like biofluorescence during nighttime walks, the joy of nurturing slime molds, and the creative fusion of art and science in festival planning. Their insights into macro photography and the magic of mushrooms will inspire any nature lover!

Mar 26, 2024 • 60min
Ep. 173: Forage. Gather. Feast. - Truffles, Seasonal Harvests & Uncertain Futures (feat. Maria Finn)
GUEST: BOOK: https://www.mariafinn.com/books https://www.mariafinn.com/ https://www.instagram.com/maria_finn1/ MENTIONS: https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/The-pirates-of-Sausalito-17160156.php MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED: Explosion of Mushrooms into the Mainstream Truffle Farms and Grape Vineyards Reconnecting with Natural Cycles Foraging Seasons in Northern California Reclaiming the Term “Witch” Nutritional Complexity of Wild Foods Building Living Soil Ecological Observation as the First Step in Foraging Institute for Ecosystem-Based Living Forage, Gather, Feast Economics of Ecosystems & Ecosystem Services Legality of Wild Mushrooms in California Truffle Renaissance Building a Wild Pantry