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In this conversation, Merlin Sheldrake and bestselling writer Michael Pollan delve into “The Wood Wide Web”: an enchanting “superorganism” whose secrets just might save the world. Merlin’s riveting first book, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures, has become an instant classic of nature and philosophy — a work of rigorous science and poetic expression, drawing us into the mystery and meaning of this most magical life form.

"What we need now more than ever is survival of the kindest, the stories of interconnections of generations of nurturing, a more feminine and less macho view of nature," says Louie Schwartzberg in this inaugural episode of the Wonder and Awe podcast.

In each episode, Louie hosts a conversation that explores the intersection of art and science. 

Celebrating the Apple TV release of Louie's Fantastic Fungi film, this first episode features legendary mycologist Paul Stamets, who shares the mind-expanding revelations of new discoveries in the field and his vision for a better future. 

He's joined by Merlin Sheldrake, the young artist and biologist who is the celebrated author of Entangled Life.