How Mycelium Is Disrupting Diapers: A Conversation with Miki Agrawal of HIRO

🌿 SHOW NOTES — Heal With Mushrooms Podcast: Miki Agrawal & HIRO Technologies Episode Title: How Mycelium Is Disrupting Diapers: A Conversation with Miki Agrawal Keywords: mycelium diapers, Miki Agrawal, biodegradable, fungal technology Host: Cassandra Beaumont Episode Overview In this special episode, Cassandra sits down with visionary entrepreneur Miki Agrawal, creator of TUSHY, THINX, WILD, and now HIRO Technologies — a groundbreaking diaper company using mycelium activators to help diapers break down dramatically faster in landfills. Most baby diapers take 400–500 years to decompose. HIRO is engineering an applied-mycology solution that leverages friendly, culinary-grade fungi to accelerate biodegradation to under 12 months. This conversation bridges mycology, design thinking, feminine innovation, and the future of regenerative products. In This Episode We Explore: How HIRO uses mycelium to support rapid diaper decomposition Why diapers are the #1 household plastic waste item The vision of “plastic-eating bombs” that regenerate instead of pollute How fungi naturally break down carbon backbones Miki’s design philosophy of “no compromise innovation” How inspired action and ecosystem thinking reshapes product design Why mycelium is safer than many substances in conventional diapers The future of menstrual pads, adult diapers, and other mycelium-based innovations How parents can embrace elimination communication to reduce diaper use The global impact of diaper waste in countries without landfill infrastructure About This Week’s Guest — Miki Agrawal Miki Agrawal is a visionary entrepreneur, bestselling author (Do Cool Sht*, Disrupt-Her), and the founder behind industry-shifting companies. HIRO is her fourth venture and aims to address plastic waste using nature-inspired fungal technology. Links Mentioned: 🌱 HIRO Diapers — hirodiapers.com/heal 🎙️ Miki’s work — hirodiapers.com 🍄 Become an Ambassador — join.hirodiapers.com ✨ Connect with Cassandra — @healwithmushrooms Share This Episode If you know a mama, pregnant friend, or someone raising littles — this is the episode to send her. It offers a fresh, hopeful perspective on baby care, introduces a diaper that supports both little bodies and the world they’ll grow up in, and opens the door to understanding how fungi can play a surprising role in everyday parenting. Sometimes all a new parent needs is one inspired idea, one better option, or one moment of relief — and this conversation might be exactly that. www.healwithmushrooms.com Follow us on Instagram: @healwithmushrooms 🎧 Listen & Subscribe: Subscribe to Heal With Mushrooms on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4FZvg7jiTYSWmbEQizARFK?si=5de8a99f537e43bf Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-with-mushrooms/id1796591242 Listen on Pocketcasts https://pca.st/iytnkvce