Ted Lasso · Season 2, Episode 11, "Midnight Train to Royston"
Beard's fungus book: Entangled Life
Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) · Office
Ted Lasso · S2 E11Sleuthed by @shelfsleuth
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What it tells you
Beard reads Merlin Sheldrake at his desk while Nate complains that Ted gets credit for his ideas. Beard answers with Suzanne Simard's research on trees sharing sunlight. Wikipedia's page on the book credits the scene to Midnight Train to Royston.
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake · 2020 · nonfiction
Sheldrake's 2020 book argues fungi connect most of life on Earth through underground networks. He grew oyster mushrooms on a copy of his own book and ate them. Beard used it to explain teamwork to a man who was about to defect.
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