#50 - Why Plants Are Never Alone: Fungi, Soil, and Microbial Life with Marc-André Selosse
Nature based solutions, fungi, soil health, and plant microbiomes with Marc-André Selosse, author of Never Alone.Marc-André Selosse explains why plants are not single organisms, but living communities shaped by fungi, bacteria, soil, and hidden symbioses.Selosse is a French mycologist and biologist, a professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and the author of Never Alone. In this conversation, he explores the hidden microbial world inside every living plant, why fungi are essential to plant life, what popular science gets wrong about the “wood wide web,” and why humans may need contact with nature more than modern life allows.We discuss why no plant is ever truly alone, how fungi and roots exchange nutrients underground, what the “forest internet” idea gets right and wrong, why soil is living, how green space may affect human health, why children need contact with soil and nature, and how agroecology, hedgerows, bats, and microbes can reduce dependence on chemical inputs.
Chapters:
00:00 Nature based solutions, fungi, and urban health
00:37 Why plants are never alone
00:58 The hidden microbes inside every plant
04:14 BeMicro organic microgreens
05:17 Vitamins, minerals, roots, and fungi
07:27 What mycelium actually is
08:31 Is mycelium the internet of the forest?
13:17 Mushroom supplements and nutrition
15:21 Why humans have a cultural relationship with fungi
17:49 Fungi, spirituality, and sacred traditions
20:59 Stephen's experience in South America
21:59 Is psilocybin legal in France?
23:04 Microdosing, placebo, and science
25:04 Marc-André's childhood passion for fungi
27:30 The National Museum of Natural History in Paris
31:01 BeMicro organic microgreens
31:24 What happens when people disconnect from nature?
33:16 Green space, public health, and the brain
36:42 What gives Marc-André hope?
37:18 Soil, children, and the immune system
39:50 Why soil health matters
41:21 Plowing, erosion, and no-till agriculture
42:54 Glyphosate, cereals, and food systems
43:30 The best baguette in Paris
43:55 The global state of soil health
45:02 Human waste, urine, and fertilizer
46:18 Agroecology, bats, hedgerows, and pesticides
48:21 Nature is a solution
49:32 Advice for the next generation
51:47 Where to learn more about Marc-André Selosse
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