Episode Transcript: #1385 - Paul Stamets
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Two, one, and we're live.
Hello, Paul.
Hey there.
It's happening.
How are you, sir?
Very well.
How are you?
And you have newfangled mushroom hats.
These are surprisingly durable.
So think about these mushroom hats there that you would think,
oh, it's going to fall apart in your fingers.
But no, it's got like, it's quite pliable.
It's quite pliable and it's known as German felt.
And this allowed the Iceman, Otzi,
to be able to travel into the Alps.
It was a fire starter mushroom.
Really?
And this actually revolutionized warfare
because it helped flint-spark guns ignite the gunpowder.
Really?