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  • 'Little Miss Sunshine' teaches us to accept our absurd existence, and in this acceptance, we can find joy. In this video, I bring in concepts from Albert Camus, Friedrich Nietszche, and Marcel Proust to illustrate that the suffering we feel should not be resisted, but accepted, a powerful concept to anyone who’s gone through a dark time in their life.


    My other videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbE

    https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268K

    https://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25


    Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/

    Email: [email protected]

    Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcast

    Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books


    0:00 - Sisyphus

    1:20 - The Power of Acceptance

    3:40 - Channel Intro

    4:22 - Dwayne; or Do What You Love & Fuck the Rest

    9:14 - Frank; or Forgive Yourself

    11:42 - Richard; or It's Okay to Lose

    14:47 - Sheryl; or Accept What You Cannot Control

    16:31 - Olive; or Embrace Yourself

    19:18 - Accepting the Absurd


    Sources

    'The Myth of Sisyphus' by Albert Camus

    'The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietszche

    'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietszche

    'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pDUxth5fQ


    #philosophy #camus #nietzsche #videoessay #proust #filmreview #acceptance #mentalhealth #sisyphus


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  • In part 2 of my 'Crime & Punishment' analysis, we will take a look at Dunya, and how she shows strength in the face of patriarchal dominance and ideals


    #crimeandpunishment #feminism #Dostoevsky #philosophy #classics #literature #russianclassics #videoessay #patriarchy


    My other videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzqZOPxcIfc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKBdxYqavCw

    https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfds

    https://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25


    Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/

    Email: [email protected]

    Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcast

    Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books


    Sources

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbweDNPP_Ak&t=1s

    ‘Sonya, Silent no More: A response to the woman question in Crime and Punishment’ by Elizabeth Blake

    https://youtu.be/F1KKNKHJsuY?si=9IGHRsfxIeAAk7gM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpf6KcWYyw

    Dostoevsky and Women by M. https://dostoevsky-bts.com/blog/dostoyevsky-and-women/

    Dostoevsky on Feminism by Thinking Housewife https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2013/08/dostoevsky-on-feminism/

    Svidrigailov and the "Performing Self" by R.E. Richardson


    Art used:

    Raskolnikov, DĂŒnya, and Svidrigailov: https://carcinogenical.tumblr.com/

    Sonya: https://medium.com/@premiumeth/femininity-in-fyodor-dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-7970cb924de1


    Timestamps:

    0:00 - Intro

    4:14 - Svidrigailov: Patriarchy as a Weapon

    16:58 - Luzhin's Miscalculated Risks

    25:10 - Dunya, Sonya & Feminism


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  • Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbE


    Unpacking Raskolnikov’s Egoistic Utilitarianism and Sonya’s love as a savior in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.


    #CrimeAndPunishment #Dostoevsky #philosophy #classics #literature #russianclassics #Raskolnikov #Sonya #videoessay #utilitarianism #egoism


    My other videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKBdxYqavCw

    https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfds

    https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268K

    https://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25


    Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/

    Email: [email protected]

    Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcast

    Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books


    Sources

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbweDNPP_Ak&t=1s

    ‘Sonya, Silent no More: A response to the woman question in Crime and Punishment’ by Elizabeth Blake

    https://youtu.be/F1KKNKHJsuY?si=9IGHRsfxIeAAk7gM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpf6KcWYyw


    Timestamps:

    0:00 - Intro

    4:44 - Raskolnikov | Egoistic Utilitarianism

    17:26 - Sonya | Moral Integrity and Love

    23:24 - Love as a Savior


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  • VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBE


    Mindfulness, space, absurdism & writing.


    You don't have to be anything. You only have to be.


    #meditation #mindfulness #absurdism #nature #buddhism #space #philosophy #camus #sisyphus #videoessay


    My other videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810

    https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfds

    https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268K

    https://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25


    Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/

    Email: [email protected]

    Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcast

    Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books


    Sources:

    https://bigthink.com/hard-science/the-universe-may-be-a-giant-neural-network-heres-why/

    https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270

    'The Art of Living' by Thich Nhat Hanh

    'The Myth of Sisyphus' by Albert Camus

    'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietzsche


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  • FULL VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBE!


    The greatest art makes you question. Question who you are, what you believe. Question the assumptions you make about the world around you. Question the fabric of reality, the nature of being. Question free will or fate. Question systemic influences of behavior, or intrinsic human desires.

    It does not answer, because in answers we find a more shallow understanding of ourselves and of the world’s complexity.


    The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is one of these great pieces of art. Its questions are not concerned with your preexisting notions of the Vietnam War, nor will it dichotomize the opposing sides into good and bad, right and wrong. The complexities of the War are not simplified, and our American-centric perspective is challenged at every turn. If you read closely and mindfully, you may finish the book having examined the very nature of your way of thinking, our collective desire to neatly place thought into ideological boxes that give us an easy position on any issue.


    #vietnamwar #books #booktube #ideology #videoessay #zizek #slavojzizek #capitalism #philosophy #vietnam #literature #thesympathizer #propoganda #hollywood #communism #consumerism #vietnamesebooks


    0:00 - Intro

    1:12 - A Man of Two Faces

    7:50 - Asian-American Rage

    14:44 - Independence and Freedom

    21:31 - Question Everything

    32:45 - Conclusion


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  • THIS EPISODE IS AVAILABLE AS A VIDEO ESSAY ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL


    The Iron Giant and Spirited Away's No-Face have more in common than you might think. I'll explore how their identity is shaped by empathy, and how this relates to my own struggles with identity.

    #film #studioghibli #theirongiant #ghibli #filmreview #videoessay


    Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/

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    0:00 - Intro

    1:00 - Finding Identity

    5:31 - It Came from Outer Space

    9:45 - Xenophobia

    14:46 - Full Circle


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  • EPISODE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE!!!


    Vanity masquerades as individuality. Selfishness masquerades as acheivement. Pointless pursuits masquerade as progress.


    Victor Frankenstein embodied these ideas when he devoted years of his life to merciless toil in the name of science. He was vain, selfish, and pursued great accomplishments, not for the sake of improving the world or helping people, but for his own ego and legacy. The cruel twist of irony in Frankenstein is that exactly this arrogance doomed him to a life of vicious misery.


    Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the 1818 classic of gothic horror and science fiction, in the age of—and largely in response to—the Industrial Revolution, a time of great human “progress” and “achievement”. It is a harrowing tale of a scientist that goes too far and creates a monster in his desire to learn “the secrets of heaven and earth”. And although he occasionally frames this thirst for knowledge as a driver, the much greater desires, by his own admition, are glory and power. Frankenstein says, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs.”


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  • Director CĂ©line Sciamma decided upon two key omissions early in production of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). First, that there would be few smiles from the all-female cast in what became the first 70 minutes of runtime. Second, that there would be no music, save two scenes where it crystallizes with the power and emotion of a thunderstorm. “
you will have to find the musicality of the film elsewhere,” Sciamma said in an interview with IndieWire. “In the rhythm of the scenes, in the bodies of the actors.”


    The film follows Marianne, a french painter commisioned to secretly make a portrait of HĂ©loĂŻse, the daughter of an aristocrat who resides in a castle on the island where the film takes place. The painting must be created secretly because HĂ©loĂŻse refused to pose for the previous painter in protest of her upcoming arranged marriage. She is quite literally trapped, her anger an everpresent flame beneath a steely expression.


    Over the course of the film, desire between Marianne and HĂ©loĂŻse swells like the tumultuous ocean which they gaze upon while stealing longing glances at each other, until the swells coalesce into a grand wave of passionate hunger, a necessity for each other’s touch. Portrait portrays the yearning and desperate lust of an early relationship better than any film I’ve seen, all upon the tragic backdrop of the lovers’ knowledge that what they’ve captured cannot last. For HĂ©loĂŻse is betrothed to another, a Milanese aristocrat who she barely knows.


    The lack of music in most of Portrait is jarring, and requires magnificent performances from the actors who play HĂ©loĂŻse (AdĂšle Haenel) and Marianne (NoĂ©mie Merlant) to provide rhythm to the love that we experience through them. Sciamma pulls off her unconventional approach, which she describes as purposeful, “to put the viewer in the same physical condition and frustration” as the forbidden lovers.


    Sciamma meticulously establishes the two characters, draws out their building desire through furtive glances and suppressed smiles. Indeed, we don’t see them kiss until nearly 80 minutes into the film. That’s not to say there is no intimacy, but rather points to the mastery of the craft that Sciamma exhibits in showing such intimacy outside of traditional means. The tender framing, the lush sound design, the warm cinematography, the careful dialogue. All of it adds to a tension which grows so tight that by the time they finally embrace and commit to their love, emotion pours out like a gushing river in which the viewer cannot help but be swept away.



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  • Spirited Away & the importance of identity in a rapidly changing world

    We all know a No-Face. Someone who has no true identity, who mirrors their environment in order to fit in, who doesn’t possess the ability to think for themself. Someone who parrots whatever opinion or hot-take is popular on Twitter that week. Someone who is addicted to external validation and consumption. Lonely and insecure, these No-Faces crave connection or purpose, and think the best way to achieve their goal is to loudly conform to societal expectations.


    I know this because I was No-Face for a time in my early 20s. I think back on certain periods of 2020 and cringe at the performative nature of my chronically-online presence. What did I have to offer as a nobody white-guy with nothing of value to say? Why did I feel the need to weigh in on every issue?


    It was a strange time in my life. I had moved back to Chicago after school, surprised when very few of my high school friends did the same. I was left stranded in the land of employment, realizing far too late that the future I chose would leave me empty and unfulfilled.


    So I lapsed into vice and distraction.


    I drank on weeknights, gambled incessantly on sports, and mindlessly scrolled Twitter and Reddit. I struggled with tremendous health challenges, which only compounded my misery. Really, though, I was desperate for connection.


    Lacking any outlet for true connection, and feeling unfulfilled with work and love, I turned to social media. You know social media? That everpresent, unregulated cancer that plagues the strong and tears down the weak. I turned to online communities as a replacement for real community, which exists, but damn if it isn’t hard to find these days.


    And why shouldn’t I have? Shouldn’t social media serve to connect and unify, rather than enflame and divide? No, of course not. Because social media, just like the bathhouse in Spirited Away, is driven by one power alone: capitalism.


    Social media giants design algorithms to manipulate and control, to enslave your attention and use it as currency. They discard your soul and ignore your mental health.


    In Spirited Away, the character of No-Face acts as a mirror, taking on the essence of his environment. In the bathhouse, a microcosmic representation of any capitalistic society, all the power and money is concentrated at the top, while those at the bottom scrap and claw for every bit of leverage they can. We see this in the way Chihiro is first treated by workers at the bathhouse, who see her as a burdensome risk who might jeapordize whatever power they may have. So they take advantage of their rare bit of authority and treat her like filth, commenting on her smell, naivety and laziness.


    Thus, when No-Face enters the bathhouse, he ineviatably becomes a gluttinous monster, terrorizing its workers and reflecting the greed and consumerism that coarses through every step on the bathhouse’s hierarchal ladder.


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  • The Next Chapter of Blog, Podcast, and More


    This podcast is an exploration of my personal growth through books and film. It’s a way of educating myself on the complexities of our world, and organizing my views, through a study of art. I won’t promise I’ll present PhD level arguments, succinct, poignant, and revelatory. But I will be honest. Truly great writing comes from deep within, the parts of one’s psyche that they’d rather suppress. My best writing has come when I take a hard look at myself or reveal hidden truths about my identity


    Already, my post about Spirited Away has resonated with people, vulnerable and embarassing as parts of it were to share. People value truth above all else, even if my specific circumstances are foreign to them.


    My passion for writing has been hidden in plain sight all my life. This is now my fourth blog, and I’ve written all sorts of things in my spare time. I want to figure out how to turn writing into a career eventually, but for now, I am content to work on my craft and figure out what I actually want to say.


    I am working on a novel right now. It’s my first creative writing project outside of short stories, and boy is it a challenge. I’m 62,000 words into it, but I’ve taken a break over the past week or two to really think about how I want to push it across the finish line. Likely, the first draft is going to be an incoherent mess, but that’s okay. Neil Gaiman personally told me that the most important part of creative writing is finishing, not starting.


    Creativity is something I’ve felt was better left to others. I can’t draw or paint to save a baby’s life, and I’ve desperately failed every instrument I’ve tried. I figured my mind was logical and analytical, rather than imaginative and cerebral. However, I’ve discovered my view of creativity was far too narrow. Really, creativity just means the ability to form something novel & valuable—to create. I’ve created a podcast, I’ve created stories, I’ve created a world in which to set one of these stories, I’ve created this blog and many others, I’ve created a side-venture. I’ve created my identity.


    You may be asking yourself if this is just another in my long line of ADHD hyperfixations. A fair question, but I don’t think it is. And this is because it can encompass all my ADHD hyperfixations in one place. I can explore a topic that interests me, unpack it, and move on with a deepened sense of self. Books and films have engaged me for as long as I can remember, and writing about them simply seems the logical thing to do. I’ve done it in the past on Letterboxd, in fact, though I hope that these reviews will be more focused and well-researched.


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  • Greg Sanchez is a self-taught ethnomycologist who has been president of the Colorado Mycological Society for 20 years.

     

    Today, we delve into the topic of ethnomycology: what it is and why it's crucial to understand and have respect for the historical and spiritual uses of mushrooms.

     

    Specifically, we will talk about Mesoamerica, where much of ancient mushroom knowledge comes from, the ecology of the region, and some of the dark history of indigenous exploitation.

     

    We'll also talk about the so-called 'mushroom moment', and exciting developments in using fungi for medicinals, food, materials, mycoremediation, and psychedelic therapy.


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  • Myco-materials is an emerging field that uses mycelium and fungi to solve a vast array of problems--from sustainable design, to biodegradable packaging, to home + construction, and architecture + design. Companies like Ecovative and Loop (s/o Marc Violo) pioneered this industry, but there are hundreds of startups and entrepreneurs expanding on the solutions in the space.

     

    Jessica Diaz & Catherine Euale have been partners in all things mycelium for many years now, and their most recent project is called Fungal Matters--an online myco-materials design course. Catherine comes from a textiles and fashion design background, and Jessica comes from an architecture background, so they bring a wide mix of knowledge and experience to their collaboration

     

    In this episode, we'll touch on

    Mycelium design courseWhat kinds of mushrooms they use in myco material makingEthnomycological uses of mycelium and mushrooms - aka how it has been used for centuriesNew projects for Catherine and Jessica, like:3D printing in myco materialsMushroom material surfboardMyco-leather research

    Timestamps

    0:00 - Intro4:40 - What are myco-materials?5:37 - Myco-Materials design course (Fungal Matters)10:22 - What mushrooms to use in myco-materials?13:45 - Ethno-mycological (historical) uses of myco-materials18:23 - How to prevent fruiting19:20 - 3D Printing in myco-materials22:00 - How Jessica and Catherine got into mycology29:53 - Myco-Materials Design Course - Mycology 10134:07 - Innoculation + Incubation 36:10 - Substrates, Composites + Membranes41:47 - Digital Fabrication, Finishes + Fungal Futures44:55 - What comes next?47:50 - Other projects they're working on54:00 - Outro

    Resources

    Fungal Matters InstagramCatherine's InstagramJessica's InstagramCatherine's Myco-leather researchJessica's Myco-surfboard project and Ongo Boards instagram

    Theme Music: Lacuna (ft. Sunsquabi) by Cloudchord


    My info

    Website: https://www.remarkablemushroomemporium.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remarkablemushroomemporium/


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  • The global fungi industry is expanding like wildfire right now.


    Innovation is happening in every which way, from companies using fungi to remediate toxic soil, to mycelium-based meat replacements, to myco-materials used to create leather and packaging replacements, medicinal mushroom supplements, and of course, psilocybin-assisted therapy.


    And if there's one person on this earth that knows more about the great entrepreneurs leveraging fungal solutions to unique problems, it's my guest on today's show, Marc Violo.


    Marc saw a need to consolidate and visualize all the different arenas of fungal innovation, which led him to creating the MycoStories Fungi Industry Map.


    We’ll discuss the map and how Marc created it, tips for keeping track of the industry, and resources for further learning. Marc also talks about his current “Fungi World Tour”, in which he is traveling around the globe to meet entrepreneurs and see the innovations they’re creating. Finally, we’ll delve into the future of the fungi industry, and what needs to happen for companies to produce impactful solutions at scale


    Timestamps

    0:00 - Intro3:45 - MycoStories Fungi Industry Map9:07 - Resources and tips for tracking the industry13:00 - Fungi World Tour16:00 - Theoretical investment strategy18:24 - Future of the Fungi Industry26:44 - Psilocybin and Psychedelics32:39 - Collaboration in Fungi Industry37:38 - Connections in Myco-sphere42:30 - Marc’s journey to MycoStories48:35 - Future of MycoStories53:50 - Outro

    Resources


    Download the MycoStories Fungi Industry Map

    MycoStories on Instagram

    MycoStories on LinkedIn


    Theme Music: Lacuna (ft. Sunsquabi) by Cloudchord


    My info

    Website: https://www.remarkablemushroomemporium.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remarkablemushroomemporium/


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  • Langdon Cook was minding his own business, picking burn morels in his cute lil' wicker basket, when he encountered a sight that spurred his curiosity--two people with massive crates filled to the brim with morel mushrooms--making his measly collection look puny in comparison.


    Where did these people find such a bountiful harvest, and what can recreational pickers take away from their secrets??


    That's exactly the question Langdon set out to answer when he wrote The Mushroom Hunters, and it turned into an even more revealing and wacky story than he could've imagined.


    In this episode, we explore Langdon's journey on the "mushroom trail", the zany characters he encounters when researching the wild-foraged mushroom market, tips that you can bring into your own foraging, and recipes/applications of fresh or dried mushrooms that you find.


    Timestamps


    0:00 - Intro

    4:15 - How The Mushroom Hunters came to fruition

    8:30 - The Mushroom Trail

    10:37 - Morels in the Midwest

    12:45 - Meeting a picker in the PNW

    13:57 - History of foraged mushrooms

    18:08 - The buyer's side of things

    21:05 - Commercial vs. Recreational pickers

    24:20 - Demographics of the industry

    29:28 - Burn morels & foraging tips

    38:40 - Ecological Conditions to look for

    47:39 - Grading Porcini and Matsutake

    55:30 - Mushroom trade as a globalized business

    58:00 - Culinary tips for dried mushrooms

    1:02:30 - Recipes for fresh foraged mushrooms


    Resources

    Langdon's website

    The Mushroom Huntersï»ż


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    My info

    Website: https://www.remarkablemushroomemporium.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remarkablemushroomemporium/


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  • When Hernan Castro's father suffered three consecutive strokes and doctors said his brain could not recover, Hernan didn't take that lying down. Instead, he threw himself into researching and learning about medicinal mushrooms, specifically Lion's Mane, and how it might help his dad.


    Listen to this inspiring story and how it launched a wild-foraged mushroom extract company called Desert Alchemist on the latest episode of Ryan's Remarkable Mycology Podcast.


    Hernan and I discuss his unique extract-making process, fueled by a background in chemistry and an intense devotion to trying out-of-the-box approaches for his extracts. We also go over some tips for extract making, the wild mushrooms of Arizona, hot debates amongst the mycology community, foraging stories, and more! Enjoy.


    Timestamps

    0:00 - Intro

    5:08: Starting with Lion's Mane

    11:50: Extract making process

    14:00 - Hernan's father's miraculous recovery

    16:30 - Getting involved with medicinals + foraging

    19:26: Unique Medicinal Mushrooms of Arizona

    23:30 - Cultivating Wild Mushrooms

    25:20 - Brain Boost Formula

    28:08 - Myceliated Grain vs. Fruiting Body

    32:00 - Wild Mushrooms vs. Cultivated Mushrooms

    36:08 - All about making extracts

    44:15 - Mushroom coffee

    47:10 - Other tincture ingredients

    48:45 - Foraging + Forays

    56:50 - Hernan's future projects

    59:14 - Outro


    Resources:

    Desert Alchemist's websiteInternational Journal of Medicinal Mushroom ResearchFungal Pharmacy

    Theme Music: Lacuna (ft. Sunsquabi) by Cloudchord


    My info

    Website: https://www.remarkablemushroomemporium.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remarkablemushroomemporium/


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  • Have you ever wondered what happens when you make an entire business off of parasitic fungi that infect the larvae of ghost moths and grow from the head of a dead caterpillar? No? Well, too bad. This episode's guest is Alex Dorr of Mushroom Revival - a functional mushroom farm and extract producer, specializing in cordyceps militaris (aka "Zombie Fungus), along with Reishi, Lion's Mane, and more.


    Alex and I talk about psilocybin mushrooms and the state of the psychedelic industry, the challenges of running a functional mushroom company, cool topics he's learned about on his own podcast, sustainability, and much more.


    Timestamps

    0:00 - Intro + foraging fun fact!

    5:05 - Alex's mushroom journey

    11:25 - The booming psychedelic industry

    16:25 - Microdosing psilocybin

    21:57 - Monoculture lawns & relationship with nature

    25:30 - The story of Mushroom Revival

    28:30 - All about Cordyceps

    37:08 - Other favorite mushrooms

    39:05 - Sustainability (not all sunshine + rainbows!)

    45:00 - Where to go with Mushrooms

    48:45 - The Mushroom Revival Podcast & favorite episodes

    56:00 - The Little Book of Mushrooms

    1:00:55 - Wrap up


    Alex's Stuff

    Mushroom Revival PodcastThe Little Book of MushroomsFunctional Extracts at MushroomRevival.com

     

    Resources

    Cordyceps Cultivation Group on Facebook

    Episodes of Alex's Podcast

    How Fungi & Bacteria InteractThe Secret Electrical Language of Mushrooms with Yu Fukasawa

    Theme Music: Lacuna (ft. Sunsquabi) by Cloudchord


    My info

    Website: https://www.remarkablemushroomemporium.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remarkablemushroomemporium/

     


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  • Episode 1 is finally here! I know you've all been waiting with bated breath.

    In this inaugural episode, I talk with Henri Carignan, who has been growing mushrooms since he was 16, and runs his own consulting business helping people with their mushroom cultivation.

    We had a great chat, going over a range of topics from Mycology + Mushroom Cultivation 101, tips for beginners, common mistakes, our favorite mushrooms and methods of growing, and much more! See below for timestamps if you want to skip around a bit, and some resources/links that we talk about.

    Timestamps
    0:00 - Intro and about Henri
    4:28 - Cultivating on weird substates (agricultural waste, cigarette butts, etc.)
    8:02 - Mycology 101 and the mushroom lifecycle
    11:47 - Mushroom Cultivation steps
    18:27 - Tips for beginners and common mistakes
    30:12 - Favorite Mushrooms
    33:16 - Mushroom Foraging + Mycological Societies
    37:50 - Other Resources (books, podcasts, youtube creators, etc.)
    42:35 - Cultivating with Instant Pots!
    44:19 - Monetizing Mushrooms
    49:48 - Future Developments
    55:00 - Favorite/Least Favorite parts
    57:20 - Closing Thoughts

    Music Credits: Lacuna (ft. Sunsquabi) by Cloudchord

    Resources

    Henri's Website: https://www.fungalfruitiontrading.com/
    Henri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/henricarignan/
    Fungal Fruition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fungalfruitionconsulting/

    Books

    Entangled Life by Merlin SheldrakeMycelium Running by Paul StametsGrowing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul StametsRadical Mycology by Peter McCoyHow to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

    Field Guides for foraging

    All That the Rain Promises and More by David AroraNational Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms

    Organizations + Misc.

    Join your local mycological society!Urban Ecology CenterHenri offers free 30-minute consultations!True Blue Genetics (place to buy liquid culture) - https://truebluegenetics.org/Innoculate the World: https://inoculatetheworld.com/Fungi Academy: https://fungiacademy.com/

    Video Content

    FreshCap Mushrooms (aka FreshCap Tony): https://www.youtube.com/@FreshCapMushroomsApex Grower: https://www.youtube.com/@ApexGrowerPhilly Golden Teacher: https://www.youtube.com/@PhillyGoldenTeacherHow to Change Your Mind on Netflix

    Other Podcasts

    Mushroom Revival PodcastMycotrophic PodcastMycopreneur

    My info
    Website: https://www.remarkablemushroomemporium.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remarkablemushroomemporium/


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