Merlin Sheldrake on fungi and magic mushrooms | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
  • What does Tokyo’s urban transport system and slime molds have in common? In this interview, biologist Merlin Sheldrake explains how humans can learn from fungi and talks about his magic mushroom experiences.
    Musician Miriam Bryant and cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen is also in the studio.
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Komentáře • 59

  • @lafleurproductions
    @lafleurproductions Před 2 lety +27

    This man has a really appropriate name - his discussions are always magic.

  • @StephanieLaerkeAndersen
    @StephanieLaerkeAndersen Před 2 lety +19

    My goodness, he really looks like his dad! What a charming handsome young man!
    As a Scandinavian myself living in England, I think it’s fair to say that we have the most educational talk shows in the world. I think this type of interview would be lost if shown to the wrong audience.
    Fredrik Skavlan is such a wonderful, humble and measured gentleman. He is genuinely interested in the subjects that his guests present. It’s nice.

  • @misterjib
    @misterjib Před 2 lety +66

    Merlin is one splendid fellow, very much like his dad.

    • @greatdaneacdc
      @greatdaneacdc Před 2 lety +5

      I was just thinking that’s got to be his son ! Pleasure to listen to him like his father!

    • @elizabethflynn8455
      @elizabethflynn8455 Před rokem

      He is indeed.

    • @mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598
      @mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598 Před rokem +1

      yes he is, it's really beautiful to see, the same kind of intelligence, skill of communication, sympathy and handsomeness. I remember his father especially from the discussions with Krishnanurti, Bohm and others. Beautiful, profound man. He has clearly also been a fantastic father.

    • @kingpandagodoftaste9001
      @kingpandagodoftaste9001 Před rokem

      I mean his dad is a scam artist so not really a compliment

    • @BlondeManNoName
      @BlondeManNoName Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@kingpandagodoftaste9001What an ignorant comment about a great man.

  • @turkeysandwich001
    @turkeysandwich001 Před 2 lety +21

    This is something unique about Merlin. I never heard him repeat a line in any of his responses. A lot of people (including me) do it to just emphasise their point. I find that very interesting!!

    • @heidiankers108
      @heidiankers108 Před 2 lety +2

      similar skill in his father , I'm sure he learnt at his knee

  • @barbarablasky4451
    @barbarablasky4451 Před 2 lety +34

    Such an interesting guest and topic. I’m a senior citizen who just recently discovered your site and I’m enjoying your choice of guests so much. I’m going to begin researching your past guests and I’m certain it will be an enjoyable experience.

  • @mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598

    He is so much like his father! it's really beautiful to see, the same kind of intelligence, skill of communication, sympathy and handsomeness. I remember his father especially from the discussions with Krishnanurti, Bohm and others. Beautiful, profound man. He has clearly also been a fantastic father.

  • @wernerkrautler8668
    @wernerkrautler8668 Před 7 měsíci +3

    merlin and rupert: two sheldrakes to change the world. a great family.

  • @lesleycassell
    @lesleycassell Před rokem +4

    Merlin is a great guy; I highly recommend his book Entangled Lives. His brother Cosmo makes amazing music!!

  • @littleripper312
    @littleripper312 Před 2 lety +12

    I don't know why but this guest makes me feel like I'm 8 years old but in a good way haha

  • @24starbuck
    @24starbuck Před rokem

    What a brilliant communicator Merlin is. I could listen to him all day. Like father, like son. ❤

  • @donnabaardsen5372
    @donnabaardsen5372 Před 2 lety +4

    Having lived in Norway for years (speak the language too), I really enjoy this show, the variety of guests, Skavlan. Tusen takk!

  • @vibrantscolor
    @vibrantscolor Před 2 lety +1

    I really felt years younger than him, it must be his ability to have a really interesting conversation. 💚

  • @OcultaManu
    @OcultaManu Před 2 lety +10

    Mushrooms only gave me realizations that faded when I came down. Our minds are not ours. We have a spectrum that we tap into on the collective consciousness

    • @trapd00rspider
      @trapd00rspider Před 2 lety +6

      That's interesting, I found the opposite. Weed has fleeting epiphanies but shrooms were mind changing.

    • @rys6933
      @rys6933 Před 2 lety

      "our minds are not ours" whos are they?

    • @Nikola12567
      @Nikola12567 Před 8 dny

      Its like our minds arent entirely ours. There are many things that determine how we behave (bacteria, diseases, viruses, influences)​@@rys6933

  • @fredmichaels418
    @fredmichaels418 Před 2 lety +11

    A Real World Sheldon Cooper for fungi Everywhere ! 🐱‍👤

  • @aussiebird
    @aussiebird Před 2 lety +6

    Fascinating guest thanks 🙏

  • @erin3292
    @erin3292 Před rokem

    Merlin is amazing. We are lucky to have such a brilliant mind helping us understand the natural world’s secrets 💎

  • @hankatheofeekopecka4353

    Coming from country where mushroom picking is Nr1 sport is such a treat to listen Merlin

  • @TimsWildlife
    @TimsWildlife Před 5 měsíci

    Merlin is an amazing educator!

  • @RSEFX
    @RSEFX Před rokem

    I can only repeat what the person (mister jib) directly below me in the comments section says: "Merlin is one splendid fellow, very much like his dad". This family---Rupert, Merlin, etc---are a marvel of humankind...and the "kind" part of it also seems apt, as in "kind to the world", and " kind to new ideas"!

  • @Tatycharmz
    @Tatycharmz Před rokem

    could listen to him all day, then again he reminds me of hermes....the last joke oh my, he is clever.... i wonder what they were thinking about all this. i loved the way he connects everything from the science of fungi to the life lessesnt and prerpectives. to know they existed so long before us make me even more curious about how humanity started and were we are all from years ago. id love to know what Merlin thinks of that if hes ever on again

  • @williamm8069
    @williamm8069 Před rokem

    Nice interview. Johns Hopkins university has been studying using magic mushrooms for end stage cancer patients and to help patients with addictions.

  • @juliettem-jenkins7748

    Gosh, he looks and sounds like Michael Sheen ! ❤

  • @jontz888
    @jontz888 Před rokem +2

    merlin is a genius just like his dad.

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator Před 2 lety +2

    The connection of all things. It is the truth of the universe. Perhaps 'magic' mushrooms is their attempt to get us to understand.

  • @boreallifts2042
    @boreallifts2042 Před rokem

    I too took part in this loophole in London in 2004-2005

  • @JH-lz4dh
    @JH-lz4dh Před 2 lety +2

    "They put their bodies into their food." 🤯

  • @madagaskar03
    @madagaskar03 Před 2 lety +1

    Jesus it is Sheldon!!!

  • @berhen7360
    @berhen7360 Před 2 lety +3

    I Want het fungi he's having, he look's very happy with him self ..

    • @AbductionDevlog
      @AbductionDevlog Před 2 lety

      I think he is just slightly autistic in the way most high level intellectuals are I don't think it's smugness rather he just doesn't feel compelled to disguise his enthusiasm.

  • @TheLotusMachine
    @TheLotusMachine Před 3 měsíci

    Top geezer.

  • @youandwhosearmy6339
    @youandwhosearmy6339 Před rokem

    "They" makes it sound so creepy, and although excelllent, the book is slightly unnerving at times. Especially the species that manipulates a certain ant by growing inside and spouting a long stem and head from the poor unfortunate creature. A great read though.

  • @detodounpoco37
    @detodounpoco37 Před rokem

    Fungi is Magic

  • @kapa4163
    @kapa4163 Před 2 lety +3

    He’s gorgeous. A better looking version of the young Dr Who.

  • @ericjohnson6665
    @ericjohnson6665 Před 6 měsíci

    Magic Mushrooms should definitely be legal.

  • @Stuboy
    @Stuboy Před 2 lety +3

    He looks like a fun gi

  • @premakolia
    @premakolia Před 4 měsíci

    крутой чувак!

  • @Seanus32
    @Seanus32 Před rokem

    On them, was he? ;)

  • @davidbrannon5003
    @davidbrannon5003 Před 3 měsíci

    Although a very smart lad, I'd just like to see him be the next Dr. Who...Humans aren't ready for fungi yet, the actual dominant species.

  • @ericjohnson6665
    @ericjohnson6665 Před 6 měsíci

    Oh good, a case for 'all life is intelligent.' Now we can take that next step, and having divorce intelligence from a brain, realize that mind is not a property of matter. Thus, in order for life to exist, something or someone, had to add mind to matter in order for it to become alive. Which leads to the logical conclusion that life cannot occur accidentally.

    • @ericjohnson6665
      @ericjohnson6665 Před 6 měsíci

      See The Urantia Book for more information from the Life Carriers who started life on our planet, known to them as Urantia.

  • @user-lr3uu7qd3x
    @user-lr3uu7qd3x Před 3 měsíci

    that women was lookign at the other guy trying to catch his eye to say "he's a bit odd", you can see it, she is trapped in her fragile little world of insecurities and judgement, she is not used to seeing someone so expressive, who speaks with their mind body and soul and not just with words.. pfft simpleton

  • @thepochade5992
    @thepochade5992 Před 2 lety +1

    Dolphins play with blow fish and get high on small doses of their poison.

  • @briansterenberg2979
    @briansterenberg2979 Před 2 lety +1

    They seem very afraid of the law in Sweden

  • @painmt651
    @painmt651 Před 2 lety +1

    In the first couple sentences, the whole idea of evolution is debunked. The relationships are INTERDEPENDENT. They could not “evolve” separately.

    • @thulyblu5486
      @thulyblu5486 Před 2 lety +6

      That does not debunk evolution even one bit. In evolution, organisms adapt to their environment and if this environment is full of other organisms, there will be interdependences - it's unavoidable.

  • @johnmcintyre1965
    @johnmcintyre1965 Před rokem

    The two women were just sitting there tripping on Merlin.