About this episode

In this episode, Jason Grechanik interviews Thoryn Stephens about plant medicines, consciousness, and the intersection of biology and technology.

Hey everybody! Episode 183 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Thoryn Stephens. Thoryn is the CEO and founder of Brain.One which is doing really interesting work in human optimization. We sat down and spoke about his life, how, as a young man, he came across huachuma in Ecuador and how that had a transformative impact on him, various other plant medicines, consciousness, BCI and AI, his work as a molecular biologist, and the future of technology. It was a really interesting conversation, and I think Thoryn has a lot of wisdom and insights to share. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe To learn more about or contact Thoryn, visit his website at: https://brain.one To learn more about our work, visit our website: https://NicotianaRustica.org To view the recent documentary, Sacred Tobacco, about my work, visit: https://youtu.be/KB0JEQALI_w I will be guiding our next plant medicine dietas with my colleague Merav…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Grechanik

Guest: Thoryn Stephens

Topics covered

• plant medicines
• consciousness
• AI
• biology
• human optimization
• technology

Keywords

• plant medicines
• consciousness
• AI
• human optimization
• molecular biology
• technology
• huachuma

Sponsors

Real Mushrooms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brain.One

Books & works: Sacred Tobacco

Places: Ecuador, Sacred Valley of Peru, Westport, Ireland

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