43: The Funga Connection Between Jewish Resilience and History with Hani Portner (They/Them)
This week we chat with Hani Portner, they are located in Berlin, Germany. We recorded this in Brussels, Belgium while we were traveling to Europe. Hani is a trans queer Jewish flora and funga lover who is involved with German history. They're huge in their local community for planting mushroom memorial gardens that honor unrepresented people.
During this chat we discuss:
What are we wearing?
German non-binary pronouns
German vs. English
What does Queer mean?
What does Cis mean?
What does Trans mean?
Shout out to my queer ecology episode in the future with Kristen
Queering ecology?
What does being queer in STEM look like?
Hani in Drag
What does a flora funga walk look like with Hani?
What other communities are you apart of?
What is the fruiting bodies?
Memorial gardens of mushrooms
History and flora connections
The connections between Jewish resilience, history, and mushroom resilience
What does the ecology look like in Berlin? What does the future look like?
The sad connection between Jewish people and mycophobia
What does a typical day look like?
Why no mushroom farms in Berlin?
Resources Mentioned:
Queer walks
Ashkenazi Herbalism
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