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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.

Mushroom Revival Podcast Alex Dorr

    • Science
    • 4.7 • 260 Ratings

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.

    Astromycology with Marta Filipa Simões

    Astromycology with Marta Filipa Simões

    Today we travel to space with Marta Filipa Simões to talk about what fungi has been found in space, how they can survive, what tests we are doing on earth to discover their space exploration potential, and the possibility of fungal life on other planets.

    Extra information and details:
     For detailed information on astromycology research and experiments done, or even fungal species tested in both real outer space conditions and simulated conditions, you can check out the publication: https://www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHERE_14_1_13.pdf.As mentioned, me and my research team, we've done several experiments in hypergravity (10 and 15G). This was done through a project entitled "HyperSpacEx – Medical and Biotechnological potential of Fungi in Hypergravity for Space Exploration", where we had access to a large diameter centrifuge (LCD) to simulate the selected hypergravity values. This LDC is available at the facilities of the European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC), Noordwijk, the Netherlands, which we accessed through the HyperGES programme (https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/access2space4all/HyperGES/HyperGES_Index.html). HyperGES is a cooperation programme between the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), developed under the Access to Space for All Initiative. Hydrothermal vents were discovered a few decades ago and are a relatively recent discovery in the field of oceanography. Initially, these extreme environments were thought to be sterile and devoid of life. However, subsequent research revealed a high diversity of microbial life thriving there. These microorganisms are highly adapted the harsh conditions. This discovery was highly significant for astrobiology and expanded our understanding of life’s potential habitats. Furthermore, hydrothermal vents are considered terrestrial analogues for Mars. This is due to the detection of ancient hydrothermal vents on Mars, which suggests that similar conditions might have once supported life on the Red Planet.Panspermia is the theory or hypothesis that defends that life exists throughout the Universe and can be carried out into different locations, like our own planet, through space dust, meteorites, asteroids, comets, and planetoids. This is one of the theories that attempts to explain the origin of life on Earth.Where to find more information on our work: https://twitter.com/Simoes_MF, https://www.linkedin.com/in/martafilipasimoes/, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta-Simoes-3, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sm5g6nsAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&authuser=1&oi=a
    Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on May 28, 2024 and contacted via email.

    www.mushroomrevival.com
    We are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. 


    Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you’re picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.

    • 46 min
    Mycelial Buildings with Christopher Maurer

    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 on Mars is just the start. Tune in to the future of building on todays episode.

    Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on April 24, 2024 and contacted via email.

    www.mushroomrevival.com
    We are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. 


    Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you’re picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.
    Focus (Lion’s Mane):  Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion’s Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.
    Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you’ve been searching for.
    Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It’s like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. 
    Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.
    Use code ‘PODTREAT’ for a 30% discount.

    • 48 min
    Mushroom Virtual Reality with Nanotopia

    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 links to audio and video research and explorations - their work in bringing nonhuman bio-electrical activity into VR 
    Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis:Sentience


    Audio/Visual and communication research with fungal mycelium 
    Specifically Ganoderma lucidum
    Residency at SUNY Buffalo’s Coalesce Centre for Biological Art
    https://youtu.be/5AHe19pmYeA?si=IxcSUt-lAlpZgaav


    VRDays Rotterdam presentation with Euromersive 
    Sharing our research on the Resonite VR platform
    https://youtu.be/Xxi4YGlm53g?si=zpzLvIMiJGMhum7p


    Visual tests- connecting Mycelium and human touch 
    https://youtu.be/pQhgD6tXSFA?si=6XXjlGAuYJgOO0qg


    Connecting Human EEG and Fungal bio-electrical activity 
    https://youtu.be/V8iAWSLHUAQ?si=hhlhjOU8P8mQypxr


    Nanotopia’s Midnight Mushroom Music Archives 
    https://soundcloud.com/nanotopia


    Nanotopia’s fungi into Eurorack and beyond on bandcamp
    https://nanotopia.bandcamp.com/


    Follow the Sentience project - connecting humans with the shared environment/fungi 
    https://www.symbiosis-dysbiosis.com/


    Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on April 24, 2024 and contacted via email.

    www.mushroomrevival.com
    We are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. 


    Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you’re picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.
    Focus (Lion’s Mane):  Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion’s Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.
    Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you’ve been searching for.
    Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It’s like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. 
    Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.
    Use code ‘PODTREAT’ for a 30% discount.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Mushrooms of New Zealand with Liv Sisson

    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.

    Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on March 27, 2023 and contacted via email.

    www.mushroomrevival.com
    We are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. 


    Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you’re picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.
    Focus (Lion’s Mane):  Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion’s Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.
    Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you’ve been searching for.
    Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It’s like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. 
    Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.
    Use code ‘PODTREAT’ for a 30% discount.

    • 43 min
    Mushroom Music with Tarun Nayar

    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 make your own and sit back to listen to a track Tarun created himself with the wonderful red belted conk mushroom. 

    Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on March 27, 2023 and contacted via email.

    www.mushroomrevival.com
    We are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. 


    Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you’re picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.
    Focus (Lion’s Mane):  Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion’s Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.
    Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you’ve been searching for.
    Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It’s like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. 
    Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.
    Use code ‘PODTREAT’ for a 30% discount.

    • 51 min
    Oregon Psilocybin Services with Angie Allbee

    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 206 facilitator licenses, 21 service center licenses, 7 manufacturer licenses, 2 laboratory licenses, 418 worker permits and given over 24 training programs OPS curriculum approval. This is a huge landmark victory for psilocybin in the United States, and world wide, and creates a template for others to follow suite.

    Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on March 27, 2023 and contacted via email.

    www.mushroomrevival.com
    We are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. 


    Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you’re picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.
    Focus (Lion’s Mane):  Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion’s Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.
    Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you’ve been searching for.
    Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It’s like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. 
    Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.
    Use code ‘PODTREAT’ for a 30% discount.

    • 55 min

Customer Reviews

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260 Ratings

260 Ratings

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Fungi Fever!

I love this podcast and listen to it daily. It’s giving me so much inspiration to continue to dive into the wonderful world of fungi! I’m trying to personally increase my knowledge on mushrooms and fungi so that I can incorporate it more into my science curriculum at the high school I teach at. My goal would be to have an elective science class that’s just about fungi! Maybe someway I’ll be a guest on your show (ultimate dream)!

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A Myco Must

This is one of the few mushroom podcasts out there, older than most and of extremely high caliber. These folks are elevating mycology on many levels so give it a try!

The Closet Psychonaut ,

Great episode and conversation!

Your show with Ian was stellar. The conversations you guys were getting into toward the end regarding dosing, perceptual/sub perceptual, placebo etc. Super awesome! Thank you for having him on!

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