{"id":1298,"date":"2020-02-10T23:03:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T07:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2021-08-24T21:28:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T04:28:03","slug":"248-nicholas-p-money-the-mycologist-leads-us-through-the-potential-path-for-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/248-nicholas-p-money-the-mycologist-leads-us-through-the-potential-path-for-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"248: Nicholas P. Money | The Mycologist Leads Us Through The Potential Path For Humans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NicholasPMoney.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1302\" width=\"278\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NicholasPMoney.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NicholasPMoney-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NicholasPMoney-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Department of Biology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Dr. Nicholas P. Money brings his expertise to teaching about the world of fungi\/mushrooms, as well as related organisms like yeast and microbes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book, <em>The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction, <\/em>Dr. Money leads us through some of what has led humans to where they currently are, and as well, to our potential positive or negative paths down the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>how Dr. Money got into mycology in the first place, and what kind of work he has done with fungi and mushrooms in recent decades<\/li><li>the way that fungi and mushrooms relate with the lives of humans, and what kinds of takeaways we can take from their evolution<\/li><li>what it means that food comes from entropy and ends with sugar<\/li><li>some of the evolution that has occurred in a non-linear fashion, along with features passed on for different future functions than original<\/li><li>information about some of the high-speed camera work Dr. Money worked on early on to see fungi releasing spores in slow detail<\/li><li>how we are more closely related to fungi than we are to plants or other animals<\/li><li>whether we have a potential good path out of upcoming extinction, due to global warming and related industrial pollution<\/li><li>what population growth means to the potential of human success on Earth<\/li><li>some of the scientists that Dr. Money liked or worked with<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"248: Nicholas P. 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You can check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/biology\/about\/faculty\/money\/index.html\">faculty page<\/a>, personal page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themycologist.com\/\">The Mycologist<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Selfish-Ape-Human-Nature-Extinction\/dp\/1789141559\"><em>The Selfish Ape<\/em> on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Selfish-Ape-665x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1303\" width=\"223\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Selfish-Ape-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Selfish-Ape-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Selfish-Ape-768x1183.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Selfish-Ape.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_93\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1298-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas248nicholaspmoney.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas248nicholaspmoney.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas248nicholaspmoney.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas248nicholaspmoney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=1298-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas248nicholaspmoney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tas248nicholaspmoney.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Department of Biology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Dr. Nicholas P. 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