{"podcast":{"title":"STEMcast - McGill iGEM","slug":"stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088","podcast_index_feed_id":6511088,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/stemcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.stemcast.ca/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/stemcast/podcast_cover_20260602_020643_bbc4d832871b50cf43a6b3de50be74c1.png","author":"STEMcast","episode_count":31,"summary":"STEMcast is a McGill iGEM podcast that serves to highlight the connections between the largely varying subfields of STEM. We interview guest speakers from a diverse range of fields, bringing listeners into the loop on STEM research in biotech, AI, medicine, environment, math and much more! Contact us at: igem@mcgilleus.ca","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:17:03.968496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088"},"episode":{"title":"STEMcast Episode 28 | Plant-Fungi-Insect Interaction with Dr. Shireef Darwish: Everything About the Criminally Under-explored World of Fungi","slug":"stemcast-episode-28-plant-fungi-insect-interaction-with-dr-shireef-darwish-everything-about-the-criminally-under-explored-world-of-fungi","published_at":"2025-05-04T13:00:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088/stemcast-episode-28-plant-fungi-insect-interaction-with-dr-shireef-darwish-everything-about-the-criminally-under-explored-world-of-fungi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stemcast/2012199","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/14010/2012199/stemcast/2025_05_02_19_26_05_d64d2888-b33c-47a2-ba01-76310a5c819d.mp3","summary":"Fungi enthusiast and expert Dr. Shireef Darwish gives us a window into the third class of life on earth (after plants and animals) — fungi. After falling in love with these organisms early in his career, Dr. Darwish has experimented with all sorts of fungi-related work, including teaching, lab work, and even foraging for rare fungi (often to take home and eat!). In this episode, Dr. Darwish explains the ubiquitous role fungi play in the life cycles of both plants and animals, how these organisms can be used medicinally, and even the chemistry behind fungi-based hallucinogens.","meta_description":"Fungi enthusiast and expert Dr. Shireef Darwish gives us a window into the third class of life on earth (after plants and animals) — fungi. After falling…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3377,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088/episodes/stemcast-episode-28-plant-fungi-insect-interaction-with-dr-shireef-darwish-everything-about-the-criminally-under-explored-world-of-fungi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088/stemcast-episode-28-plant-fungi-insect-interaction-with-dr-shireef-darwish-everything-about-the-criminally-under-explored-world-of-fungi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}