Giuliana Furci and Merlin Sheldrake

Furci is a field mycologist, foundress of the Fungi Foundation, Harvard University Associate, Co-Chair IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee, National Geographic Explorer and Dame of the Order of the Star of Italy. Sheldrake is a biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, one of TIME's "100 Must Read Books of 2020." He works with the Society for the Protection of Undergound Networks