Over the summer, we have been revisiting some of our favorite episodes. In this episode, from 2018, then-Ph.D. candidate Sonia Travaglini talks about how we could use fungi, of which there are more than 5 million species, to mitigate a wide range of environmental and social crises — just by letting them eat our waste. <a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/07/23/podcast-mushrooms-revisiting/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News.</a> (UC Berkeley photo by Elena Zhukova) <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

82: When the personal, political and historical collide — in our bodies

Berkeley Voices explores the work and lives of fascinating UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and visiting scholars and artists. It aims to educate listeners about Berkeley’s advances in teaching and research, spark curiosity about the deeper layers of American history and to build community across our diverse campus. It's produced and hosted by Anne Brice in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.