Paul Stamets: Can mushrooms heal the planet? | The Stream

[@aljazeeraenglish]

Thank you for watching everyone. Tell us what you think in the comments below. You can find our extended conversation with Paul on our Instagram channel: instagram.com/ajstream

[@rinnin]

Couldn’t find your extended stream on Instagram. Has it been taken down? could listen to Paul for hours!

[@mysterymaverick1982]

Great interview Paul was so right when he was saying about why it's under studied. I studied behavioural ecology and never paid much attention to mushrooms I mean I knew they kept the trees alive through degrading but that was it. I've recently heard about mycology and Paul's work and I think its it's absolutely amazing.

[@creativ.medium]

can we get paul stamets again for more questions ?

[@eddiespears8016]

Paul, ever since I took my girlfriend Morel hunting and she turned me on to Fantastic Fungi, my mind has been obsessed with watching you speak on the subject of mushrooms and mycelium. You give me so much hope for human kind and our beautiful mother earth!

Paul Stamets could talk for days and still not cover everything he has learned about fungi. Fascinating discussion!

[@maxpower78-15]

Paul is right that mushrooms can bring people with different ideologies together. In fact, i think humans are so divided and angry, mushrooms may be the only thing that has the possibility of uniting us.

[@aflockofbeagles8219]

Exactamundo

[@dineshthangaveloo1446]

Yeah, agree. Saw that discussion on JRE

[@nathansamson8798]

This is amazing, hope you do more interviews internationally Mr. Stamets!!

[@lesliewheeler7071]

I wish I could give this interview 10 likes, -not just one.

[@aljazeeraenglish]

Thanks, Leslie. We're so glad we could host him.

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Good information

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

Without even watching. I know the power of fungi. Paul Stamets rocks.

[@aljazeeraenglish]

Hope you watched regardless, Nancy : )

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

@@aljazeeraenglish loved it.

[@mytinyketolife6797]

I am absolutely obsessed with fungi. I just grew reishi lions mane and maitake.... alas cordyceps evade me.. making it into tincture now. Mush love to all

[@Zulanderr]

Ive been bitten too since stumbling on Pauls work- growing lions mane and some special ones. Also trying to clone japanese matsutake. Havent come across a more supportive and friendly community as the mushroom people

[@HonorineS]

I am surprised that we do not grow more for food and for the environment. I really like mushrooms in my dishes.

[@saksija1987]

mushrooms are hard to digest and you shouldnt eat them too often.I love them also mind you.

[@mysterymaverick1982]

You know they do really cool grow bags you can buy online you can easily grow all types of mushrooms yourself at home.

[@mysterymaverick1982]

I'm obsessed with mushrooms now I've always been a naturalist but since watching Paul's works and discovering the amazing subject of mycology I am blown away. We could literally save the planet with these things or will it be too late.

[@insideoutbeauty3170]

Love love love Paul Stamets , a pionneer and a healer of the planet

[@tristanwatson9432]

Thanks Paul! Always ready to listen to your talks.

[@tonylucky5719]

mushrooms saves my life, when getting to the hospital was difficult

[@chaisepomme4070]

Paul Stamets, the mycologist's name is the inspiration for the character of Lt. Commander Paul Stamets, the engineer in Star Trek Discovery who utilizes the mycellium network in space for ultra-fast space travel.... the writers must be a fan of fungi science.

[@paulgoodall_]

Great connection. I knew I heard the name somewhere else.

[@kenocken]

The buddha Siddhartha ingested his last meal of rice with unknown mushrooms offered by a 'follower' who didn't know it was poisonous. Buddha knew the scenario would transpired but he took it anyway because it was his destiny. And he left us with so many valuable information and teachings.

[@MrMichaelStangl]

Regenerative Ag builds soil diversity, bringing back the fungus for the return of dense nutrition in our foods for medicine as Nature intended.

[@anthonytumadre61]

What if Paul stamets is just possessed by mycelium like the zombie fungus trying to convert us all lol

[@davidewing9088]

What a fantastic interview!

[@adebimpesaliu2110]

how can we differentiate poisonous mushrooms from non poisonous ones?

[@HonorineS]

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview.💫👏🏽👏🏽

[@aljazeeraenglish]

Appreciate you watching!

[@tonyanthony5582]

I REALLY REALLY Don't like how he kept cutting Paul off. IDC how it all works. It's Simple, EDIT IT RIGHT so it works and fits. Paul is and hassss changed this planet. I'm going to as well.

[@jedediah7772]

After getting some little blue dried caps earlier this year, I’ve become so fascinated with mushrooms and not just the “magic” ones, I love all of them lol, my 20 year old self wouldn’t know what to think lol Mushrooms are really cool and I can see how Paul Stamets loves them so much and all this makes sense. It’s a great hobby and I dig it👍🍄

[@victoriashroom5526]

Omg, same here, started with the magic one's 4 years ago, now my love for mushrooms has grown and I know will keep growing, that's the beauty of this, I keep been blown away by their power, mushrooms will save humanity if we wake up to them, they are our teachers and we forgot about them, I feel sorry for those who have not been or seen their potential but I myself feel so blessed and grateful for being introduced to them ❤ 💙 🍄🍄💯💫💕

[@cherylbutler6055]

Ty for teaching me the way of life an helping me to connect to divine mother Earth 🌎 I enjoy foraging for medici e plants an mushroom an has open so many beautiful doors in nature places an I'm truely happy an feel like singing with the birds

capitalism is a death cult, nothing can fix it, it has to be abolished, magic mushrooms can help to make people sane and step out of the death cult, but that is why they made such mushrooms illegal and spread so many lies about them

[@allenanderson4911]

I live in the Sonora Dessert for 25 years and only seen one type of mushroom ever. It comes up out of our rocky sandy ground. Why just one type only?

[@irmawesterback2930]

Thank you for your very interesting program😀.

[@Fifi-um8nr]

josh Rushing what beautiful eyes

[@psychedelicsociety80]

Man did that seem short...

[@jacobcastro8026]

I wounder if fungi can survive in the soil on mass farms because of all of the repellants used

[@penelopemargaretjones]

Have you seen the doc, Kiss The Ground, on Netflix? I think it gets us closer to connecting these topics. Mush love

[@cherrolbibby3117]

Mushrooms are one of god's finest creations and it as been proven they clean and heal the planet .... And so many species ! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Devotee777]

Magic Mushrooms are fallen angel technology.

[@Giatros89]

Put the live stream on KZbin!

[@mantraandmeditationmusic]

“Solution to climate change, is build soil, grow fungi”

[@wendiesel2606]

Can anyone tell me what type of mushroom appeared at the end of the intro footage please? I had some grow in my garden where I let logs rot.

[@GreyView]

At one point the doc. - "our ancestors find Psilocybin on poop, get stoned and kaboom the awakening!!

[@THISDICFOO]

That's where they grow

[@mohamedtarmizi9641]

Can fungi be used to destroy plastic materials and solve the problem of plastics contaminations. I had observed that in hot humid tropical climate the plastic materials tends to degrade faster which never happen in temperate countries.

[@skepticalgenious]

I could be incorrect however I think there are some that do this and some that have been found to specialize certain plastics or oil's. They can also kill certain bugs. So yeah they could be extremely useful in multiple ways. I can only imagine the things it could be applied letting living being's do what they love.

[@robwilke2453]

Can fungi help fight COVID-19?

[@dungjichinke8896]

HELLO, I REALY ENJOYED YOUR PROGRAM ON FUNGI AND MUSHROOMS, A FRIEND OF MINE ONCE INTRODUCED ME TO THEM... ONE QUESTION THAT COMES TO ME RIGHT NOW IS; HAVE THERE BEEN ANY EXPERIMENTS ON HOW WELL FUNGI DO IN SPACE?

[@Sancsentity]

why not just continue it here good lord what a bummer

[@patriciabeasley7932]

Amazing

[@staceywuyts8222]

Dose Paul conduct or have any educational classes that we all can learn from?

[@ChromatophoneNature]

Wait, fungi eat rocks!?

[@meredithdavis3539]

can mushrooms help with cov-19?

[@maremacd]

Who is the interviewer?

[@aljazeeraenglish]

That is Josh Rushing, a big Paul Stamets fan! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Rushing

[@note_finger]

bruh I thought that dude was Russell Crowe lmaoo

[@irishelk3]

More like George Carlin.

[@peneloperoseleckie4981]

If you are allergic to mushrooms, can you use supplements with mushroom mycellium in it?

[@bertilhjalmarsson9369]

3 variables of important temperature pressure atmospheric gas content, we know this on earth but what about mars, would it be possible for fungi or likens to survive? what’s the range for these variables for fungi’s or in general the environment

[@gabrielahimsa4387]

wow "i will not interupt you" that shonorable

[@dillonnikolausmatteusl3075]

Are they a superhero group related to The Fantastic Four?

[@arshidwani5062]

Mushrooms are wonderful creatures happening on the planet.l have a lot of reasons,but let me tell you just one. Since my teenage I get hooked to mushrooms wherever they grew in my way.i would like to crush them in my hands.it would give me a lot of pleasure. I was addicted to the aroma that I realized acted as a lovely aphrodisiac.

[@andethidialbubabibub3261]

If all humans decide to kill themselves with a fungus, then yes..

[@Rahimitheking]

U r talking about MUSHROOM today but our beloved Prophet MUHAMMAD PBUH said 1400 years ago not only mushroom 🍄 but Mellon and some other vegetables and fruits

[@niazbahram4755]

Lol

[@BornGam3r]

I don’t know what you’re trying to say.

[@niazbahram4755]

@@BornGam3r he is trying to say that they discovered it before 1400 year ago. Lol, They use this phrase after every invention.

[@dogzer]

I'm a fun guy

[@dpmike1189]

I don't have Instagram

[@cybercel164]

I'm a branch from a tree...

[@cybercel164]

...not a rib...

[@meilinchan7314]

22 people couildn't find badgers, or were confronted by snakes before they could smash that +like button.

[@Rt2comments]

This is why ppl lol Joe… rushing the guest and video and it didn’t even sound like u appreciated the mind blowing stuff he’s talking about

[@kevinstory872]

isnt fungus the dominant life form on the planet?

[@ironiironi6347]

Excuse me I don't understand good English, can someone make it clear for me? Is he talking about magic mushrooms?

[@bradleedenney]

No. He was speaking about the whole species and the benefits to soil. The last 2 minutes he spoke of psychedelic mushrooms.

[@PurrsMom]

Vegans 💯💯💯

[@LuchoCajiga]

Way too short, kind of a pity

[@jimtakahashi4638]

If you talk/care about the wellbeing of the planet (environments and animals), it’s not just mushrooms, for crisis sake! What is indispensable is to go vegan.

[@tiagobaltazar2196]

depends what type of mushrooms you're talking about

[@kalahusseinismail]

How are you doing Femi oke

[@angelawho9083]

#AlJahzeera? #ImOnTheAkashicRecord. @#FunGuys @#ChereeHoffmyers

[@dvibe21]

Amazing for me this intelligence design is God work.

[@Jesusisthe1way]

@@Khalid.F95 The God of gods. Yahweh. Reference Psalm 82 in the original Hebrew.

[@asepheleleshabalala1352]

This sounds like some Ork git. #WarHammer40K Also mushroooms are awesome #MarsFood

[@durgathirdeye2929]

🙏🙏🙏😛😛😛😂😂😇😅it can also reduce mankind if it goes wrong 🌷🌹💐💐💐💐💐🎶🎵🎶🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@peggymattie5191]

No,mushrooms cannot save the world, only Yeshua/Jesus can. Repent of sin and believe in him.

[@Zulanderr]

God gave us tools to maintain our planet, mushrooms is one of them. We have already done a lot of damage, lets start restoring Gods creation and praise His name

[@GLBlackestNight]

Jesus isn't here lady he ditched us. Maybe jesus was just a psychedelic vision anyway. Psychedelics have been used for thousands of years way before jesus. Who are you to say jesus wasn't a mushroom vision?

[@peggymattie5191]

@@GLBlackestNight Yeshua is the only way to Heaven.

[@MrToontuber]

@@peggymattie5191 look for: The Mushroom and the Cross. by John Allegro. look for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

[@kevinway1031]

We are talking mushrooms, not religion. Stay in your lane.

[@BR00TALPEGGY]

Weed will make u skitzo ....but shrooms are the new black... 🤷‍♀️🧐

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

Meh, gay

[@milesteg8627]

Paul Stamets does an interview to the Islamic world...from his bedroom. 😂😂😂 Religious folk sure need to stay outta bedrooms.