Mushroom Revival Podcast

Alex Dorr

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. read less
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Finding New Mushroom Species in Colombia with Dr. Adriana Corrales
2d ago
Finding New Mushroom Species in Colombia with Dr. Adriana Corrales
Today we travel to Colombia with Dr. Adriana Corrales to explore biodiverse cloud forests to search for new species of fungi. We dive into her research on the endangered mycorrhizal associations with the elusive Colombian Black Oak (Trigonobalanus excelsa), a day in the life of a fungal expedition leader, how to find and analyze new species of mushrooms, and so mush more. Tune and and Shroom in to today's episode to learn more.Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on January 18, 2025 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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
Music For Mushrooms with East Forest
27-11-2024
Music For Mushrooms with East Forest
Join us today as we sit down with the wise and talented East Forest to talk about his new film - Music For Mushrooms. We chat about what it takes to shoot a movie, build a mushroom retreat center, what creative rituals go into playing music, how important music is for ceremony, and how to stay a loving force while dealing with the complex heavy world we're apart of. Tune in and Shroom in. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on December 18, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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
Mushrooms on Empathy with Cory R. Weissman
14-11-2024
Mushrooms on Empathy with Cory R. Weissman
Do mushrooms make you more empathetic and social? Today we sit down with Cory Weissman to discuss his latest paper "The effect of psilocybin on empathy and prosocial behavior: a proposed mechanism for enduring antidepressant effects". We talk about the general benefits of mushrooms, some people who this might not have an effect on, suicidality, and more. Tune in and Shroom in to today's episode!Here is a link to their research pre-screen ( Most of their trials is in brain stimulation): https://psychiatry.ucsd.edu/research/programs-centers/interventional-psychiatry-research/research-trials.htmlSign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on November 25, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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
Cultural History Of Shrooms with Andy Letcher
25-10-2024
Cultural History Of Shrooms with Andy Letcher
Today we sit down with Andy Letcher to dive into the ethnomycological history of humans and psychedelic mushrooms. Andy published the book "Shroom: a cultural history of the magic mushroom"  in 2006 and we chat about common myths and stories that have been circulating around magic mushrooms, shedding light on their veracity. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on November 25, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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
Meet the 9 Year Old Genius - Sean the Science Kid
19-09-2024
Meet the 9 Year Old Genius - Sean the Science Kid
Sean the Science Kid is a 9 year old genius with a 160 IQ, who is an inspiring neurocardiosurgeon, a STEM educator, a mensa member since he was 4 years old, and overall fun guy. Come geek out with us, celebrate Sean's birthday and support all the inspiring work he does in this world! Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on September 25, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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
Ethnomycology in South Africa with Cullen Taylor Clark
09-09-2024
Ethnomycology in South Africa with Cullen Taylor Clark
Today we travel to South Africa to sit down with Cullen Taylor Clark to talk about two species of Psilocybin mushrooms (Psilocybe ingeli and Psilocybe maluti) that were newly scientifically described first the first time. Cullen Taylor Clark, a citizen mycologist and co-author on this new paper, worked with Mamosebetsi Sethathi, a Mosotho traditional healer, to document the use of P. maluti (locally known as koae-ea-lekhoaba) in traditional healing practices. We dive into more ethnomycology instances in southern Africa from first hand stories, to cave art, and more. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on September 25, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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
How Psilocybin Helps us Learn with Andrea Casanova
21-08-2024
How Psilocybin Helps us Learn with Andrea Casanova
Today we sit down with Andrea Casanova who recently published a paper exploring the influence of psilocybin on subconscious and conscious emotional learning. Does eating magic mushrooms help us grow intellectually and emotionally as humans? Does it depend on the dose, set, and setting? Tune in and shroom in to find out more.Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on September 25, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
How Plant Fungicides are Affecting Humans with Marin T Brewer
08-08-2024
How Plant Fungicides are Affecting Humans with Marin T Brewer
When we spray fungicides on plants, these fungi are adapting and becoming resistant to anti-fungals when they go and infect humans later down the line. We sit down with Marin T Brewer to talk about these developing super microorganisms and our race to come up with a solution to save humanity. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on August 21, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
Marine Fungi with Massimo Pernice
31-07-2024
Marine Fungi with Massimo Pernice
Dive into the deep ocean to explore ecosystems of fungi with Massimo Pernice. Learn how fungi can adapt to extreme environments with ease, how they can breathe underwater, scavenge for food, reproduce, and mush more. Marine mycology is an under-appreciated and under-researched treasure trove of new discoveries and opportunities that lay beneath us. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on August 21, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
Cooking Mushrooms with Alan Bergo
26-07-2024
Cooking Mushrooms with Alan Bergo
Alan Bergo, the chef better known as forager chef leads us on a gastronomic journey of the senses into the mushroom world. We talk about local foraged and farmed food, tips and tricks on how to cook mushrooms, notable varieties people should try before they die, and lots more. Tune in, shroom in and get your taste buds ready. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on August 21, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
How to Improve Your Sex Life With Psychedelics with Tommaso Barba
11-07-2024
How to Improve Your Sex Life With Psychedelics with Tommaso Barba
Today we sit down with Tommaso Barba to chat about how we can improve our sex lives with mushrooms and psychedelics. Did you know making love and doing a psychedelic ceremony are wildly all too similar, from set and setting, integration/aftercare, to altered states of high emotions and breakthroughs. Tommaso studied the sex lives of those who take psychedelics and found it's probably a great thing to do to spice up your life in the bedroom and increase your overall satisfaction, pleasure, and connection with your partner(s). Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on July 24, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
Double-stranded RNA Mind Controls Rust Fungi with Rebecca Degnan
26-06-2024
Double-stranded RNA Mind Controls Rust Fungi with Rebecca Degnan
Right out of a science fiction movie - what if there was a magic spray that could control living organisms to do your bidding? Well, that spray exists, and researchers like Rebecca Degnan are using it for good. Rebecca, from the University of Queensland, is taking a double-stranded RNA spray to control rust fungi that are infecting plants to cure or prevent infection. Tune in to uncover more!Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on July 24, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
Mushroom Art with Irene Antonez
21-06-2024
Mushroom Art with Irene Antonez
Irene Antonez is an artist and musician based in Prague, who specializes in bio art and botanical/mycological illustration, particularly focusing on fungi and microorganisms. Irene's work is heavily influenced by her microscopic research of fungi, mushroom hunting, ethnomycology, ethnobotany, antique scientific illustration books, and her family's deep fascination with mushrooms. Utilizing a microscope, she delves into the hidden world of minuscule organisms that are often overlooked. Her work has been featured in exhibitions in Prague and internationally.You can find more of Irene's work here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irene_antonez_art/Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IreneAntonezArt?ref=search_shop_redirectArt Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d0bcbdbd80ae/irene-antonez-art-newsletterYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgxoS6hoEAVNSRaaTnq_vwFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ireneantonezart Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on June 26, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
Unveiling the Mystery of Chaga with Ben Bohémier
13-06-2024
Unveiling the Mystery of Chaga with Ben Bohémier
Today we dive into the mysterious world of chaga with Ben Bohémier. We don't know much about chaga's life cycle, it's illusive rare fruiting body, or much of anything to say the least. Ben is one of the leading experts on the matter and the more he dives in the weirder this world becomes and the more questions arise. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on June 26, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.
Using Native Fungi to Weaken Invasive Trees with Abe Stone
05-06-2024
Using Native Fungi to Weaken Invasive Trees with Abe Stone
Today we sit down with Abe Stone from Michigan Tech to talk about his use of Chondrostereum purpureum — lab nickname “SuperPurp,” inspired by the animated TV series “Adventure Time” - to fight off invasive buckthorn trees in Michigan. We talk about how to find this fungi in the wild, how it works, how to cultivate it in the lab and how to apply it in the wild. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on June 26, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe 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.