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Avi Loren Fox, Nate K. Prime, Matt McInnis, Breanna Penney, Louis GillerThe world of mushrooms explained.
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Inside the Home Lab of an Anonymous Mushroom Grower
How one cultivator uses mushrooms for food, medicine, and mental health.
I recently chatted with someone who’s knocking it out of the park growing psychedelic, medicinal, and gourmet mushrooms—I feel like this trifecta of cultivation offer...
Mushrooms for Mom
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mushroom Moms out there! I figured today would be a perfect day to talk about moms who microdose.—Nate
This year, Americans will spend roughly $38 billion on Mother’s Day gifts including flowers, brunches, spa...
Biohacking with Mushrooms
Biohacking is the practice of using science, technology, nutrition, and self-experimentation to optimize, modify, or enhance the human body and mind, typically outside of traditional medical or academic institutions. It sounds like a new tr...
The Politics of Tripping
There’s a particular image from April 18, 2026 that will take some time to fully process. Donald Trump, sitting in the Oval Office, flanked by RFK Jr., Dr. Oz, and Joe Rogan, signing an executive order to fast-track federal research into ps...
Can Psilocybin Heal the Brain?
What the latest trials reveal about psychedelics and neurodegeneration
Paul Stamets designed his famous stack because he was alarmed by neurodegeneration—the progressive loss of structure, function, and eventually the death of nerve cells...
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I'm a solo-entrepreneur passionate about incorporating creativity and self-care into my world of work.
Content creation, marketing, and social media for North Spore
Matt is a co-owner and the creative director of North Spore. He has a background in documentary photography from the Salt Institute and a BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic
Breanna is a documentary filmmaker turned mycology enthusiast and science communicator who has spent nearly five years creating educational content for North Spore’s YouTube channel.
I work with mushrooms, like to mountain bike and drink whiskey (not at the same time). At North Spore, I write and host content, grow mushrooms and facilitate many of our events.
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