[Full Interview] The Inner Lives of Fungi - with Sophie Strand

08/16/22 • 62 min

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Woodchucks and bald eagles. Fungal fermentation. Compost heaps. Animism. Deviant animal sex. Disability. Jesus and Dionysus. Fungi, microbes, and the divine feminine critique.

It’s never a dull conversation with the brilliant and freewheeling articulate writer, poet and philosopher Sophie Strand.

Kick back and enjoy the ride.

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Music: Electric Ethnicity by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd

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Woodchucks and bald eagles. Fungal fermentation. Compost heaps. Animism. Deviant animal sex. Disability. Jesus and Dionysus. Fungi, microbes, and the divine feminine critique.

It’s never a dull conversation with the brilliant and freewheeling articulate writer, poet and philosopher Sophie Strand.

Kick back and enjoy the ride.

Episode Website Link: lifeworld.earth/episodes/fungisophiestrand

Show Links:

Look out for meditations, poems, readings, and other snippets of inspiration in between episodes.

Music: Electric Ethnicity by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd

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We travel through the day in the life of a fungi; how moving beyond plant and animal-centric language transforms our perception of the world; what it’s like to be on a bone-chilling fungal expedition in Patagonia; what the fungi can teach us about loneliness and rot; the perils around fungal IP, and why you should always go pee behind trees.

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“An improvisation with the natural vibrations of a certain place and time – via plant bioelectricity, latent electromagnetic radiation, and even the earth’s resonant hum...” Tarun Nayar, musician and biologist, captures the song of a mushroom’s bioelectricity, using the movement of water inside fungi and plants as electrical resistance. Like human skin, a mushroom skin possesses electrical properties which can be transposed into sound.

For more plant music, check out his page and full album.

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