Season 3 of Who Cares Wins offers a triptych of episodes that all explore how our inner landscapes shape our outer landscapes. For this third episode, Lily spoke with Merlin Sheldrake about how the leading edge of science asks us to shake up our perspectives on reality and our place and possibilities within it. They also discuss different species' perspectives, more-than-human rights, cooperation, entanglement, and just how mysterious our cosmos still is.

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist, writer, and speaker with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama. His book, Entangled Life, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, won the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin’s research ranges from fungal biology, to the history of Amazonian ethnobotany, to the relationship between sound and form in resonant systems. A keen brewer and fermenter, he is fascinated by the relationships that arise between humans and more-than-human organisms. He is a musician and performs on the piano and accordion.

Credits

Audio Editor & Designer: James Powell

Artwork : Bethan Sherwood

Music : Cosmo Sheldrake

Sponsor : Impossible

Links:

The MOTH Rights project (More Than Human Rights): https://mothrights.org/

Merlin Sheldrake in conversation with David Abram - "Honoring the Wild Proliferation of Earthly Perspectives" : https://emergencemagazine.org/interview/honoring-the-wild-proliferation-of-earthly-perspectives/

On Our Entangled Life: Merlin Sheldrake