Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer. He received a Ph.D. in Tropical Ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He is a musician and keen fermenter. Entangled Life is his first book.

In Episode 5 we look at the role of that most useful group of fungi : natural yeasts in fermenting, baking and brewing, and how the fungi that live in our bodies may hold the key to our health and provide resistance to disease if we allow them to proliferate.

Entangled Life
Written and Read by Merlin Sheldrake
Abridged by Isobel Creed
Produced by Lizzie Davies and The Waters Company for BBC Radio 4
Music: Islands by Cosmo Sheldrake Show less