Mushrooms

Mushrooms have captured people’s attention for centuries. They pop up in…

Episode 4 of the Canned Peaches podcast, hosted by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau, Janet Saidi, Lauren Hines-Acosta, Yasha Mikolajczak, Alex Cox, titled "Mushrooms" was published on December 13, 2023 and runs 26 minutes.

December 13, 2023 ·26m · Canned Peaches

Summary

Mushrooms have captured people’s attention for centuries. They pop up in ancient Chinese art, Celtic fairy tales and today’s Indigenous medicine. And over the last few years, mushrooms have rapidly increased in popularity. We’re going foraging for mushrooms with Missouri’s state botanist, we’re making mushroom hash with a chef who’s turned his fungi passions into a mushroom-production business, and we’re talking about the many characteristics of mushrooms that make them a new symbol of queer community. Our “Shroom Boom” episode takes us through some new avenues where communities are connecting through fungi.

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