Biologist Merlin Sheldrake chats to Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson about fungi, psychedelics and the 'Wood Wide Web'.

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Words, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures is his first book. George Monbiot called it, "A true masterpiece, a thrilling and fascinating insight into the living world".

This conversation was recorded as part of the Idler's series of weekly Zoom events on Thursday 8 October 2020.

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