Episode 1 with Paul Stamets (mycologist and author) and Merlin Sheldrake (biologist and author), hosted by filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg.

What we need now more than ever is survival of the kindest, the stories of interconnections of generations of nurturing, a more feminine and less macho view of nature," says Louie Schwartzberg in this inaugural episode of the Wonder and Awe podcast. In each episode, Louie hosts a conversation that explores the intersection of art and science.

Celebrating the release of Louie's Fantastic Fungi film, this first episode features legendary mycologist Paul Stamets, who shares the mind-expanding revelations of new discoveries in the field and his vision for a better future.

He's joined by Merlin Sheldrake, the young artist and biologist who is the celebrated author of Entangled Life.