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Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

The Science of Fungi

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This is a rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes from season 9! Do fungi breathe? That’s what listener Alice wants to know - and we’ll find out in our punniest episode yet! We visit the Fungarium - the largest and oldest collection of fungi in the world with curator Lee Davies, who describes himself as a “librarian” of mushrooms. We’ll explore how fungi live and die, and why there’s so many species left to discover. Watch out for the zombie fungi! And beware, Lindsay and Marshall don’t hold back on the “fun guy” puns! To support Tumble on Patreon, visit patreon.com/tumblepodcast. Our merch store is at tumblepodcast.dashery.com. Go here to get more details about Tumble's appearance at Lincoln Center this February 7th at 11 am! It's totally free to the public!

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, it is Marshall. I am back from New Year's, and we are working on our next episode of Tumble, which is going to come out in two weeks, and I'm really excited about it. I want to tell you what it's about, but I can't. It's a secret. But I do have some really awesome news to share, which is that Lindsay and I are going to be performing at New York City's Lincoln Center

0:22.1

in just a few weeks.

0:24.4

Yes, it's that Lincoln Center.

0:26.1

It's a big deal.

0:27.2

Like, seriously.

0:29.6

Anyway, the details are that we will be at the David Rubenstein atrium at the Lincoln Center

0:34.9

in New York City on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, that is this year,

0:40.4

at 11 a.m. Our show will be about one hour, and it will be about the sounds of space and science

0:47.8

and all that awesome stuff. And it is totally, totally free. Free! That's right, it is free! We can't wait to see you all there.

0:57.0

If you're in the New York City area, please do come say hello. And if you would also like to bring

1:03.0

Tumble to your own neck of the woods, to your school, your library, or literally in the woods,

1:09.4

if you want, just reach out and talk to us at Tumblepodcast at gmail.com.

1:14.3

We are booking out live performances all through the spring and summer

1:17.8

and just would love to come to your town.

1:20.6

Anyway, it's going to be a really, really fun time,

1:23.9

and now we're going to do an old story, an old episode of Tumble about a fun guy. Well,

1:32.0

fun, fun guy. It's our episode, The Science of Fun Guy. I hope you enjoy.

1:41.1

Hi, I'm Lindsay. And I'm Marshall. Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.

1:47.0

Today we're talking about fungi.

1:50.0

Fun guy? You mean guys like me? Fun ones?

1:55.0

No, I'm talking about fun gus. We're about to discover the mysteries of how fungi live

2:03.1

with help from the largest collection of mushrooms in the world.

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