#31 Our Mycelium Selves

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From the SAND Archives we present a conversation between SAND co-founder Maurizio Benazzo and biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake from SAND’s Wisdom in Times of Crisis Series (2020).

In this talk they discuss Merlin’s book Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures.

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist, writer, and speaker with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He is a research associate of the Vrije University Amsterdam, works with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), and sits on the advisory board of the Fungi Foundation.

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Ultimate Truth & Our Purpose on Earth

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Tiokasin ruminates on the indigenous view of consciousness and our connection as Earth herself.

#34 Conversations on Complexity (Encore)

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A discussion of Neil's new book "Notes on Complexity"

The Way is Awkward

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By the river it is cool and gray at last after a night of longed-for rain, however intermittent

Fungal Brains

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A new study claims that fungi possess great intelligence to the point that they can make decisions

A New Tribal National Marine Sanctuary

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The waters off Central California are now part of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, the result of a decades-long campaign by local Indigenous leaders

Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis

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The reshuffling of neurons during fruit fly metamorphosis suggests that larval memories don’t persist in adults

Tomb, Womb, Cocoon

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The body is a tomb

#101 Apian Wisdom

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A discussion at the intersection of cultural, spiritual, and ecological dimensions of natural honeybee life.

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