Reflecting on 2021: Mycology, Eco Systems and the World Beyond Identities with Stephen VanNortwick

A State of Mind

Julian sits down with his old friend Stephen VanNortwick to reflect on the past year and explore our places in the cosmos within, without, and right here on Earth.

*this is episode 93 of A State of Mind podcast*

Music: 'Through the Dark' by Ruby Begay with Jon Sousa: rubybegay.com, Instagram @Ruby.Begay

Relevant Links:

Star Trek Discovery | Lieutenant Stamets Succed To Quickly Create Spore Drive

USS Discovery Enters the Mycelial Network To Save Tilly | Star Trek: Discovery

https://ifst.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ijfs.13522

https://fungi.com/blogs/articles/beta-glucans-and-the-seven-pillars-of-immunity

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59473960

Paul Stamets:

https://instagram.com/paulstamets?utm_medium=copy_link

http://paulstamets.com/news/society-for-the-protection-of-underground-networks-spun

Topics (in chronological order):

0:00 Introduction and holiday wishes

6:02 Music: 'Through the Dark' by Ruby Begay with Jon Sousa

10:20 Conversation with Stephen begins

• Mycology, university research

12:20 Myco-remediation, energy

15:20 Environmental purpose for mushrooms, causes and human impact on resources, biofuels vs electrics

18:00 Cultural supply vs demand, environmental cost

19:00 Soil, horticultural, farm practices, food preservation

22:00 Bacteria, fermentation and probiotic process

24:00 Digestive systems, processed vs nutrient dense food

26:00 Mushroom connections and as a medicine

27:00 Foraging morels and other wild mushrooms

28:00 Fungal connection to trees

30:00 Gourmet mushrooms and cultivation

32:00 Garden integration with mushrooms

33:00 Mycelial networks and communication within nature

35:00 Gourmet vs medicinal

37:00 Ideas of centralized vs de-centralized intelligence

38:00 Flow, present moment, and surrender

39:00 Appreciation of nature

40:00 Global anxiety, hope perspective, nihilism

44:00 Mycology and information eco-systems

45:00 Star Trek

46:00 Space, science, and networks

49:00 Cycles of nature, symbiosis of mycology

51:00 Nutrition, health, and mis-information

55:00 Vaccines and polarization in society

60:00 Vaccine status

62:00 Anti-vax social party

63:00 Exploring and resetting through the pandemic

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