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Can Yeast Save Endangered Psychedelics?
Jun 14, 2026
1h 13m 14s
Inside the Front Lines of Psychedelic Journalism
Jun 1, 2026
1h 13m 19s
Terence McKenna, Psychedelics, and the Philosophy of Knowledge
May 18, 2026
1h 14m 01s
Dark Fairy Tales, Museum of Curiosities & Spirit-Filled Expeditions
May 4, 2026
1h 00m 10s
Decoding the Divine: The Shared LSI Secret of the Greek Kykeon and Vedic Soma
Apr 20, 2026
1h 07m 40s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/14/26 | ![]() Can Yeast Save Endangered Psychedelics? | As the psychedelic renaissance surges, wild sources are collapsing under demand—peyote takes decades to grow, safrole extraction is destroying Southeast Asian forests, and Sonoran Desert toads are being overharvested. In his book Bioengineering Enlightenment, Prof. Jeffrey Gerst proposes a radical solution: engineer yeast or fast-growing plants to produce psychedelic compounds sustainably. But at what cost? Dennis McKenna warns this could strip these substances from their cultural and ecological roots, veering into biopiracy. Together, they debate biotech vs. tradition, exploring alternatives like community-led agroforestry, symbiotic rights, and the “Om Fund” to return profits to Indigenous stewards. They also revisit Terence McKenna’s “Stoned Ape” hypothesis, asking whether paleogenomics could experimentally probe the evolution of human consciousness. - - - Jeffrey Gerst, born and raised in New York, is a Professor of Biology with over three decades of academic experience. He began his career at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and has since held a long-standing position at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where he serves as the Besen-Brender Chair of Microbiology and Parasitology. His research focuses on how proteins are correctly localized within cells, particularly through the trafficking of messenger RNA (mRNA), a process essential for normal cellular function and disease prevention. Among his key contributions, Gerst’s work has demonstrated that mammalian cells can transfer mRNA between one another, revealing a novel form of intercellular communication. His lab is now exploring this mechanism as a potential gene therapy approach to treat rare genetic disorders such as Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and Gaucher’s disease by enabling targeted RNA delivery within the body. In addition to his biomedical research, Gerst advocates for the sustainable production of psychedelic compounds using genetic engineering. He is the author of Bioengineering Enlightenment and has presented this work at major scientific conferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 13m 14s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | ![]() Inside the Front Lines of Psychedelic Journalism✨ | psychedelicsdrug policy+4 | Mattha Busby | VICEWIRED+7 | — | psychedelicsayahuasca+6 | — | 1h 13m 19s | |
| 5/18/26 | ![]() Terence McKenna, Psychedelics, and the Philosophy of Knowledge✨ | psychedelicsepistemology+4 | Mandi Astola | Stoned Ape theoryTimewave | — | psychedelicsepistemology+7 | — | 1h 14m 01s | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() Dark Fairy Tales, Museum of Curiosities & Spirit-Filled Expeditions✨ | dark fairy talesmuseum curiosities+5 | Viktor Wynd | Museum of CuriositiesViktor Wynd's Cabinet of Wonders+1 | Papua New Guinea | dark fairy talesmuseum of curiosities+7 | — | 1h 00m 10s | |
| 4/20/26 | ![]() Decoding the Divine: The Shared LSI Secret of the Greek Kykeon and Vedic Soma✨ | psychoactive plantschemistry+3 | Matthew Stahl | kykeonSoma+4 | — | psychoactivekykeon+5 | — | 1h 07m 40s | |
| 4/6/26 | ![]() Herbalism, Citizen Science, and Ancestral Knowledge✨ | herbalismcitizen science+5 | Rebecca Lazarou | Kew GardensUCL School of Pharmacy | — | herbalismethnopharmacology+7 | — | 53m 49s | |
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Rewiring the Muse to Restore Creative Flow✨ | storytellingcreativity+4 | Greg Hemmings | Hemmings House PicturesRevival+2 | — | storytellingcreativity+5 | — | 54m 16s | |
| 3/9/26 | ![]() Books, Human Creativity and "humble", a Graphic Meditation Tool for Openness✨ | graphic meditationopenness+5 | OpticMystic | McKenna AcademyCWays Home+3 | — | graphic meditationopenness+5 | — | 1h 13m 11s | |
| 2/23/26 | ![]() Remarkable Amazonian plants that shape human consciousness✨ | sacred plant medicinespsychedelic science+4 | Dennis McKenna | Amazon Conservation TeamPlants of the Gods+2 | Amazon | DMTayahuasca+5 | — | 1h 16m 31s | |
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Honoring Dennis McKenna’s Lifetime of Enduring Plant Wisdom, Mentorship, and Inspiration to the Next Generation✨ | ethnobiologyayahuasca+4 | Michael Coe | Tarleton State University | — | Dennis McKennaMichael Coe+5 | — | 53m 21s | |
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| 1/28/26 | ![]() Psychedelics, Baltic Traditions & Rethinking Mental Health in Latvia✨ | psychedelicsmental health+5 | Una MeistereDennis McKenna | ayahuascapsilocybin mushrooms+5 | LatviaBaltic region | psychedelicsmental health+8 | — | 1h 01m 29s | |
| 1/12/26 | ![]() Pacha Nishi Project, Ayahuasca Cultivation, and Amazonian Restoration✨ | ethnobiologysustainable agriculture+4 | Michael Coe | Tarleton State UniversityCOE LAB+1 | Peruvian AmazonAmazon basin+1 | ayahuascaethnobiology+5 | — | 55m 44s | |
| 1/5/26 | ![]() Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna✨ | philosophypsychedelics+4 | Dennis McKennaGraham St John | McKenna Academy of Natural PhilosophyMIT Press+4 | — | Terence McKennapsychedelics+5 | — | 2h 40m 02s | |
| 12/29/25 | ![]() It's Going to Get Weirder: The Terence McKenna Story✨ | documentaryTerence McKenna+3 | Sharon McKenna | International Documentary AssociationFilm Independent+6 | — | Terence McKennadocumentary+3 | — | 1h 07m 13s | |
| 11/25/25 | ![]() From Conventional Medicine to Plant Dietas and Spiritual Growth | Nissan started his career as a medical doctor and began his work as a general practitioner in an urban community clinic system. He then specialized in ophthalmology and practiced in a small town for 36 years. He became dissatisfied working strictly on the physical level and received training in Gestalt psychotherapy and had a small private practice. He became interested in the field of Natural Vision Improvement which combined his interest in vision with present moment, embodied presence. A reading from a tarot card reading psychic suggested the need for working in and with the spiritual realm to facilitate the Natural Vision work and suggested there were some gifts for him in shamanism. His wife had had a powerful experience in a ceremony with Don José Campos and encouraged him to explore Ayahuasca as a method to open himself spiritually. He had two very different , but powerful experiences with Don José and participated in a plant dieta in the Amazon in 2005 with Don José. He received what he interpreted as an initiatory experience and felt called to be trained as a vegetalista. He embarked on the training under Don José and Don Lucho’s guidance and began leading ceremonies in the US in 2009 and in 2011 began leading plant dietas in the Amazon. He continues to lead ceremonies in various locations in the US and occasionally Canada and leads dietas in the Amazon twice a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 07m 15s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | ![]() The Faerie Rings, a Magical Tale of Healing and Rebellion. | Zina Brown is the writer and director of The Faerie Rings, an upcoming narrative feature filmabout the promise of visionary plant medicines, and the cruelty of those who would outlawthem.Zina’s unique visual and narrative style has been awarded in film festivals across the world,including the Barcelona International Environmental Film Festival, Kyiv Film Festival inUkraine, Mexico City International Film Festival, Amsterdam International Film Festival, SanAntonio Film Festival, and the Woods Hole Film Festival.He has over 25 years of writing and directing experience, including numerous music videosand festival favorite short films. His short film, Dreams of the Last Butterflies, was screenedat 50 Film Festivals in 13 countries, as well as winning many awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 48m 45s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | ![]() Entheogen Stewardship Project—Protecting Sacred Plants and Indigenous Wisdom. | Kevin Reed, founder and president of the Entheogen Stewardship Project, a vital new nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting culturally significant plant and animal species sacred to indigenous communities worldwide.Kevin brings a remarkable 45-year journey as a student of psychedelic science and culture to this crucial conservation work. His path began in 1984 under the mentorship of legendary researchers Sasha and Anne Shulgin, followed by profound connections with iconic figures including Wavy Gravy, Jack Herer, Timothy Leary, Rick Strassman, and many others who have shaped the modern psychedelic renaissance.Kevin's hands-on expertise spans an impressive range of fields: from teaching cannabis extraction in the mountains of Jamaica in 1985, to large-scale indoor cultivation in the Netherlands, to designing and successfully opening a state-of-the-art Type 7 cannabis manufacturing facility in California. His diverse interests encompass mycology, conservation biology, indigenous traditions, accelerated learning, transpersonal psychology, and ethical wildcrafting—principles that now support his conservation philosophy.The Entheogen Stewardship Project represents the culmination of Kevin's decades-long commitment to both psychedelic wisdom, indigenous rights and environmental protection. The organization combats illegal trafficking and exploitation of endangered entheogenic species while fostering respectful collaboration with all indigenous communities whose ancestral knowledge have safeguarded these sacred plant and animal spirits for millennia.Kevin's work addresses one of the most pressing issues facing our community today: how do we honor and protect the plant and animal teachers that have guided human consciousness for thousands of years, while ensuring their survival for future generations? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 54m 55s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | ![]() (2nd Installment) Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna | Graham St John, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist and historian of transformational events, movements, and figures. His forthcoming book Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna (MIT Press, Oct 7, 2025) is the latest among his ten books, which also include Mystery School in Hyperspace: A Cultural History of DMT (North Atlantic Books 2015). Graham is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Media, Humanities and the Arts at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 45m 35s | ||||||
| 7/28/25 | ![]() Creating Human-Centered, Ethical AI Inspired by Nature | Tony Ācworth (pronounced Ayk-worth) is a visionary herbalist, psychedelic advocate, forest guide, and self-described “wily wizard” living with his wife and five-year-old son amid the coastal rainforests of Brentwood Bay, Vancouver Island. For 15 plus years, Tony has walked the plant (and mushroom) path, logged over 5,000 clinical hours doing comprehensive intakes with patients, helping them untangle what truly plagues the mind, body, and spirit. Under the mentorship of herbal elder and prolific author and mycologist Robert Rogers, Tony deepened his reverence for the fungal world and its wisdom. In 2015, he was hired to work in Pacific Rim College’s herbal dispensary. Soon after he created and began teaching their first medicinal mushroom materia medica. From here, Tony began offering herbal clinics, nutrition courses, herbal therapeutics and mycological exploration weekends for students in the community herbalist, nutrition, and permaculture programs at the College. At home, he spent a decade developing his own ritual for psilocybin ceremonies, immersing himself in shamanism from Iquitos to the moss-laden forests of Vancouver Island.This led to guiding individuals and men’s groups through the ritual experience, facilitating deeppersonal explorations for those who participated. Tony is also the creator behind DelOs, his heart-led line of herbal-supported mushroom microdose blends, with the expressed purpose of supporting the human body and nervous system with herbal medicine to help rewire stagnant, disserving patterns and improve overall well-being. In 2026, he will expand his offerings by launching a dedicated Psychedelic Therapy Training Program at Pacific Rim College, further bridging ancestral plant wisdom with modern integration practice.Recently, Tony blends mushroom intelligence with machines as a mycelial-minded systems tinkerer building ethical, living AI ecosystems designed to help people recalibrate and remember who they truly are. His work guides both personal recalibration and scalable AI solutions for human-centered collaboration, ensuring that advanced technology uplifts humanity. He’s a father, a leatherworker, a Raspberry Pi hobbyist and if he appears in your life, chances are, the mushrooms arranged it. Tony Ācworth is a techno-mystic wizard: part forest guide, part quantum gardener, part mycelial ambassador – all heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 23s | ||||||
| 7/14/25 | ![]() The Buddhabrot - Unlocking the Mathematical Code of Consciousness | Dr Harry Shirley has a PhD in organic chemistry and research experience at theUniversity of Oxford. His research focussed on the synthesis of biologically active chemicalsof marine origin. Having left academia some years ago, he now holds a deep passion forJungian thought. He recently published his paper “the Buddhabrot and the Unus Mundus” inthe International Journal of Jungian Studies, which explores the role of the Mandelbrot set inmind and matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 00m 49s | ||||||
| 6/30/25 | ![]() Exploring the DMT Realm and the Nature of Reality | Dr. Andrew Gallimore is a computational neurobiologist, chemical pharmacologist, and writer, living and working in Tokyo. He has a master’s degree in chemical pharmacology and a PhD in biological chemistry from the University of Cambridge and has held postdoctoral research fellowships in computational neuroscience at the Universities of York, Oxford, and Okinawa. He has been fascinated by the neuropharmacology of psychedelics for more than two decades and is the author of three books: Alien Information Theory -- Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game; Reality Switch Technologies -- Psychedelics as Tools for the Discovery and Exploration of New Worlds.; and the forthcoming Death by Astonishment -- Confronting the Mystery of the World’s Strangest Drug, which focuses on the history of DMT and science’s continuing struggle to understand how such a simple naturally-occurring molecule can have such astonishing effects on the human mind. His current interests lie in implications of DMT in understanding the nature of reality, and how it might be developed as a tool for extended communication with non-human intelligences inaccessible to normal waking consciousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 16m 55s | ||||||
| 6/16/25 | ![]() Psychedelics and Brain Mapping for Trauma Healing | Luke served in the Marine Corps for six years and two years in the National Guard, deploying to Afghanistan with an Airborne infantry unit. After his deployment, he faced severe PTSD, a loss of purpose, and a transformative “dark night of the soul.” Seeking healing, Luke explored various modalities, eventually traveling to the Amazon basin in Peru to experience Ayahuasca. This profound encounter brought him personal healing and a spiritual awakening, revealing the vast, interconnected nature of the universe. Inspired by this experience, Luke delved into shamanism, including rediscovering lost Northern European traditions. Along his spiritual journey, he encountered neurofeedback and QEEG brain mapping, recognizing their transformative potential for healing and spiritual growth—what he calls “spiritual neuroscience” or “electronic yoga.” These tools became central to his evolving vision. In 2019, Luke met Dr. Richard Soutar, whose mentorship profoundly deepened his understanding of consciousness, healing, and the neurological foundations of spiritual development. Since December 2023, Luke has been leading retreats in Peru’s Sacred Valley, combining diverse healing modalities into a unique and transformative experience. He has also conducted groundbreaking research using QEEG brain mapping to study plant medicines, including the first longitudinal study on Ayahuasca and the first brain imaging study of Huachuma. Through these studies and future research, Luke hopes to deepen humanity’s understanding of plant medicines, consciousness, and spirituality. His work aims to inspire a greater recognition of our spiritual nature and the boundless potential for personal and collective transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 50m 37s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | ![]() Mushrooms, AI, and the Human Spirit | Paul Stamets, speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi: habitat, medicinal use, and production. He lectures extensively to deepen the understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on this path of life. His presentations cover a range of mushroom species and research showing how mushrooms can help the health of people and planet. His central premise is that habitats have immune systems, just like people, and mushrooms are cellular bridges between the two. Our close evolutionary relationship to fungi can be the basis for novel pairings in the microbiome that lead to greater sustainability and immune enhancement. Paul’s philosophy is that “MycoDiversity is BioSecurity.” He sees the ancient Old Growth forests of the Pacific Northwest as a resource of incalculable value, especially in terms of its fungal genome. A dedicated hiker and explorer, his passion is to preserve and protect as many ancestral strains of mushrooms as possible from these pristine woodlands. His research is considered breakthrough by thought leaders for creating a paradigm shift for helping ecosystems survive worldwide.Paul´s most recent book (2025) is called "Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats".oms in Their Natural Hbin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 25m 39s | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | ![]() Psychedelics, Dissociation & Trauma | Steve Elfrink, a pioneer with over 40 years of experience in psychedelic medicine and integrative healing, is the founder of OmTerra (www.omterra.org). In this podcast, Steve focuses on his groundbreaking hypothesis of Psychedelic Iatrogenic Structural Dissociation (PISD), which was recently published in Frontiers in Psychology (co-authored by Leigh Bergin). Drawing from his own deeply personal journey—from a transformative yet destabilizing ayahuasca ceremony in a sacred Southern Wisconsin valley to years of navigating dissociative trauma—Steve shares how these experiences led him to explore how psychedelics can deconstruct dissociative processes and potentially release trauma too quickly. With his expertise in legal psilocybin facilitation in Oregon and Psycholytic Somatic Integration Therapy (PSIT) using low-dose ketamine for PTSD and C-PTSD, Steve offers unique insights into the importance of cautious, titrated psychedelic sessions and somatic integration. Join him as he recounts his personal story, unpacks the science behind PISD, and discusses the transformative yet sometimes challenging nature of psychedelic therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 22m 57s | ||||||
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