We venture past the marketing copy and into the molecules: ergothioneine, beta-glucans, erinacines — parsing fact from fiction in the medicinal mushroom industry and tracing the deep evolutionary bond between fungi and human bodies with herbalist Lee Carroll as our guide!
Emerging from the forests of Finland, entrepreneur, author, and Hiro Technologies co-founder Tero Isokauppila joins us for a journey into one of the most overlooked frontiers of fungal innovation: the modern landfill. Together, we explore the promise of plastic-eating fungi, the biology behind fungal decomposition, and how Hiro is working to rethink waste management from the ground up—starting with one of the most persistent everyday waste streams: diapers.
We head into the forest and beneath the soil to explore how mycorrhizal fungi shape ecosystems—from community assembly and symbiosis with trees, to their surprising role in soil carbon and long-term storage—with mycologist Dr. Peter Kennedy as our guide.
