199 episodes
Ep. 201: Hiro Technologies - Plastic-Eating Fungi & Nature's Favorite Diaper (feat. Tero Isokauppila)
2026/06/05 | 54 mins.GUEST:
https://www.instagram.com/iamtero/?hl=en
https://hirodiapers.com/
MENTIONS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pestalotiopsis_microspora
MUSHROOM HOUR:
https://welcometomushroomhour.com
https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast
https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour
Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/
TOPICS COVERED:
Raised around Regenerative Ideology
Diapers as Ubiquitous Household Waste
Fungi Decomposing Plastic
Training Mushrooms to Eat Different Foods
Ligninolytic Enzymes
Challenges of Weather and Competition
Researching, Developing and Testing Mushroom Species
Regulations in Waste Management or Lack Thereof
How does the Hiro Diaper Work?
Working with Existing Industries
Gene Editing and Ethical DilemmasEp. 200: Mycorrhizal Community Assembly, Soil Carbon and Fungal Necromass (feat. Dr. Peter Kennedy)
2026/04/14 | 1h 12 mins.GUEST:
https://cbs.umn.edu/directory/peter-kennedy
https://cbs.umn.edu/kennedy-lab
MENTIONS:
https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/people/tom-bruns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizopogon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_sibiricus
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26365785/
MUSHROOM HOUR:
https://welcometomushroomhour.com
https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast
https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour
Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/
TOPICS COVERED:
PNW Mushroom Foraging & Panama Research
Community Assembly of Mycorrhizal Fungi
Fungi as Rulebreakers
Latitudinal Gradient of Diversity & Tree Density
Deterministic vs Stochastic Assembly
Seed Banks & Spore Banks
Saprotrophs vs Decomposers
Gadgil Effect - Impact of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Soil Carbon Cycling
Ushering in Next Generation of Ecologists & Scientists
Fungal Necromass
Ancient Carbon Made of Microbes – Especially Fungi!
Melanin and Decomposition of Dead MyceliumEp. 199: Natural Navigator - How to Read Trees, Water and Sky Footprints (feat. Tristan Gooley)
2026/04/04 | 1h 1 mins.GUEST:
https://www.naturalnavigator.com/books-and-library/
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/thenaturalnavigator
MENTIONS:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow
MUSHROOM HOUR:
https://welcometomushroomhour.com
https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast
https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour
Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/
TOPICS COVERED:
The Art of Navigation and Shaping a Journey
Relying on the Natural World for Navigation
Planning Grand Expeditions
Journeys and the Path of Personal Development
Navigation in Historical Accounts and Stories
Sky Footprints
How to Read Trees
Creating Maps from Nature’s Systems, Organisms and Inanimate Objects
Navigation as a Fundamental Human Skill
Routine and Mindfulness
Visualizing a Natural Navigator’s Mental Map
How to Read Water
Nothing is Random and Everything is ConnectedEp. 198: Red House Architecture – Pioneering Mycelium Materials in Namibia, Cleveland & Outer Space (feat. Christopher Maurer)
2026/02/20 | 1h 2 mins.GUEST:
https://www.redhousearchitecture.org/
https://www.instagram.com/redhousestudioarchitecture
MENTIONS:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A6Ud3q0AAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.namibian.com.na/meet-the-trees-of-namibia-the-black-thorn-tree-acacia-mellifera-subsp-detinens-part-1/
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:
Mycohab – Turning Namibia’s Blackthorn Bush into Food and Housing
Fungal Architecture and Mycotecture
Adjusting Substrate, Species, Environment
Melanin-Rich Fungi
World’s First Structural Mycelium House
Strength of Mycoblocks vs Concrete
Biocycler – Mycelium Design for the Redeveloping World
Fungi Recycling Demolished Homes and Growing New Structures
Fungal Remediation After Disasters
Getting Mycelium Materials Accepting into Building Codes
Processes to Create Red House’s Mycelium Materials
Inflatable Mycelium Structures Colonizing Space
Mycelium Aerogels with Cyanobacteria as SubstrateEp. 197: Mycocosmic - Underworlds, Hope, Poetry & Fungal Intelligence (feat. Lesley Wheeler)
2025/11/23 | 54 mins.GUEST:
https://lesleywheeler.org/mycocosmic/
https://www.wlu.edu/profile/wheeler-lesley
MENTIONS:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Venus-of-Willendorf
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:
Everyone is Becoming an Eco-Poet
Fungal Narratives
Poetry as a Process of Listening and Observing
Washington and Lee University
Into the Underworld
Good Things Come Through Fire
Mycocosmic
The Under-Poem
A World of Hope
Healing and Transforming Trauma in a Productive Way
Escaping the Digital through Fungi
Impact of AI on College Education
Authenticity Will Always be Valuable
Inspiration through Fungal Intelligence
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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
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