Videos

Entangled Life

Oyster mushrooms sprouting from a copy of Entangled Life with song by Cosmo Sheldrake. All sounds apart from voice and double bass are recordings of the fungus devouring the book (more info). Stream the song here.

Merlin eats mushrooms sprouting from his book, Entangled Life.

The sound of Entangled Life being devoured by a fungus – with piano accompaniment (more info).

Merlin Sheldrake on BBC Breakfast talking about the film Fungi: Web of Life, February 2nd 2024

Merlin Sheldrake talks about fungi to the UK Parliament Science, Technology & Innovation Committee, February 7th 2024

Merlin’s Q & A at BFI IMAX, London, after the premiere of Fungi: Web of Life, February 3rd 2024

Merlin’s keynote at Bioneers conference, April 2024

Merlin in dialogue with Sir Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project, at an event at Christie’s, November 2022.

Merlin’s closing remarks at Breaking Convention, June 2022

Merlin Sheldrake on the ZOE podcast in conversation with Tim Spector and Jonathan Wolf

Merlin talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Startalk.

Video profile of Merlin by Deutsche Welle

Merlin at Art Basel, 2023, in conversation with Es Devlin, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Lionheart

Merlin wins the Royal Society Book Prize, November 2021

Merlin on Swedish TV show, Skavlan

Entangled Life has inspired a couture collection by Iris van Herpen. "For this collection, Iris van Herpen notions towards the miraculous lacer of interconnectedness from the natural 'wood wide web', weaving a dialogue between the terrestrial and the underworld."

Merlin talks about fungal life with Stella McCartney

Merlin and Sophie Strand in conversation

Merlin in conversation with Freddy Sayers, at UnHerd

Merlin at the Jaipur Literary Festival, 2023, in conversation with Janice Pariat

Merlin in dialogue with David Abram as part of the ‘Magic & Ecology’ conference at Cambridge University.

Merlin discusses Entangled Life with Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk.

Merlin discusses Entangled Life with Michael Pollan, author of How To Change Your Mind.

Merlin discusses electrical signalling in fungi with Andrew Adamatzky, Director of the Unconventional Computing Laboratory at the University of the West of England.

Merlin discusses termites, ecology and fungi with James Fairhead, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex.

Merlin suggests that thinking about fungi makes the world look different.

Merlin discusses Entangled Life with Maurizio Benazzo from Science and Nonduality.

The Lives of Fungi