Herbal Radio

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are joined by our good friend and mastermind mixologist of the musical realm, Kevin Cole. Join Thomas and Kevin for a sometimes (mostly) silly, sometimes serious conversation surrounding their shared profound love for music and the surprising connections between two unassuming entities—music and tea! As always, we thank you for joining us...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are featuring the esteemed herbalist, fellow podcaster, and self-proclaimed tree hugger, Mel Mutterspaugh . Join Thomas and Mel for a fun-loving conversation surrounding Mel's long held dream for every family to have a well-equipped herbal apothecary in their homes and her passion for teaching children how establishing relationships with...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are resharing an excerpt from our 2021 Virtual Spring Free Herbalism Project. The Mountain Rose Free Herbalism Project is an interactive community event with lectures from expert herbalists, music, and community--all free of charge! This is one of the ways in which Mountain Rose Herbs hopes to give back to herbalists and our local communi...

This week on Tea Talks with Jiling, we are joined by the author, naturalist, and former pro-boxer, Vanessa Chakour . Vanessa fosters intimacy with inner and outer wilds through writing, herbalism, martial arts, and land stewardship. She is the author of  Awakening Artemis , a memoir told through the lens of 24 medicinal plants, and Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature , which delves into the pa...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we joined by the award-winning author who is on a literary mission to amplify the voices of the women combatting climate change through regenerative agriculture, Stephanie Anderson . Tune in as Stephanie shares what it means to be a women working within our industrialized food system, inspiring stories from diverse female farmers who are rid...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are celebrating our passion for plants in honor of Valentine's Day with the profoundly knowledgeable educator, author, "herbal matchmaker", and Director of the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine , CoreyPine Shane (RH). Tune in as Thomas and CoreyPine explore how herbalist practitioners utilize matchmaking tools to recommend botanicals t...

This week on Tea Talks with Jiling , we are joined by Kat Maier RH, (AHG) . Kat is the founder and director of Sacred Plant Traditions, a center for herbal studies in Charlottesville, Virginia. One of her greatest accomplishments has been to train many clinical herbalists who have gone onto to begin other schools, apothecaries or open practices. In clinical practice for over 30 years,  Kat teaches...

This week on Tea Talks with Jiling, we are joined by Yuma 'Docta Yew' Bellomee. Docta Yew is a Certified Holistic Health Consultant, herbalist, educator, and musical artist, who has been featured in numerous radio programs, natural hair, health & beauty expos, magazine articles, and community and school programs as a speaker and workshop facilitator on wholistic wellness & herbal medicine. He is a...

Greetings, Herbal Radio family! We're popping into your feed on this fine Monday with a surprise episode we feel is particularly important and relevant to share with our listeners. As many of you are likely aware, the  2025 Los Angeles wildfires  that rampaged throughout this past January have devastated the lives and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of LA area residents. Our esteemed host of th...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the esteemed Programs Coordinator at Herbal Academy , Lindsey Feldpausch. If any of our listeners are unfamiliar, Herbal Academy is an online herbalism school that prides itself on offering accessible and affordable herbal education to budding herbalists to-be. Tune in with us as Lindsey and Thomas di...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we are joined by the renowned Clinical Herbalist, wellness mentor, and our long-time friend, Erika Galentin. Join Thomas and Erika as they share a wholesome and lasting conversation on the natural healing intelligence of the human body, the externalization of power associated with Western medicine, the troubling misconception that herbs are...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are joined by a true seasoned expertise of the natural product and dietary supplement world, Holly E. Johnson. With a Ph. D. in pharmacognosy and an accumulated 25+ years of experience in botanicals research, Holly holds the esteemed role of Chief Science Officer for an organization that is very near and dear to Mountain Rose's heart— Ame...

Happy New Year to all you plant-enthusiast listeners! For the first episode of Herbal Radio in 2025, we'll be shaking things up a bit from the usual herbal adventure we find ourselves embarking on each week. After a busy year filled with interviews and the exciting launch our new series,  Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we're bringing the whole Herbal Radio team to the table to recap...

🏵️ Anjali Deva is an Ayurvedic practitioner currently residing in the mountains of Southern California. Her private practice, Rooted Rasa , specializes in an integrative and trauma-informed approach to Ayurveda. Anjali founded Mādhya Way , a school for Ayurveda in 2020 to provide education in trauma-informed care. She is the co-author of " From Stressed Out to Stress Wise " published in July 2023....

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are joined by the Plant Priestess, herbal explorer, environmental steward, and founder of Full Circle Herbals , Erin LaFaive. Listen in as Erin and Thomas discuss looking beyond analytic perspectives to strength our understanding of plants, the benefit of blending scientific and intuitive ideas together, and how using our five senses can...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are sharing the part two special episode in acknowledgment of the annual Buy Nothing Day movement with the award-winning author of The Zero-Waste Chef , Anne-Marie Bonneau. Join us as Anne-Marie and Thomas explore what motivated her plastic-free journey, the ever-growing planet's plastic pollution problem, where most of our day-to-day tra...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we're releasing a very special episode in acknowledgment of the annual Buy Nothing Day movement with the author, influencer, and Founder of Going Zero Waste , Kathryn Kellogg. Listen in as Kathryn and Thomas discuss what it truly means to be zero-waste, the problem with mass consumerism and its negative effects on environmental and mental h...

Austere Medicine (pronounced aw-steer) – the practice of remote field medicine in wilderness, post-disaster situations and emergency situations.  This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are featuring the best-selling author, US Army and US Special Forces Medic Veteran, clinical herbalist, austere medicine specialist, wilderness survival expert, and all-around badass, Sam Coffma...

This week on  Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we are featuring the passionate writer, fellow podcaster, seed-saver extraordinaire, and owner of Small House Farm , Bevin Cohen. Listen in as Bevin and Thomas explore the art of growing plants from harvested seeds, and how this timeless practice can deeply enhance our relationship with the plant allies that surround us. If you want to dig...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we are joined by our long-time dear friend that will likely be no stranger to many of our listeners—Shana Lipner Grover! As a highly acclaimed clinical herbalist and educator, Shana joins us for a conversation on the upsides and downsides of plant identification apps, and the advantages of leaning on regional herbalists to gain knowledge on...

In this Tea Talks Roundtable , Jiling discusses Herbal Oracle Decks with herbalists  Maia Toll  and  Jesse "Wolf" Hardin . Listen in as Maia, Wolf, and Jiling explore: What oracle decks are, and how they might help deepen our relationships with plants, ourselves, and the world Maia and Wolf's processes for creating their oracle decks Oracle cards as doorways into the collective unconscious Art as...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we are featuring a dynamic duo wife-husband team on a mission to enhance the human connection with the natural world, Allison Poklemba and Michael Kauffman. Allison and Michael are the Founders of Backcountry Press , an independent publishing company that explores books on natural history, ecology, and the western landscape. Today, Allison...

In this Tea Talks Roundtable , Jiling discusses mobile herbal clinics with the Herbalists Without Borders |  Healing Project Mobile Clinic Coordinator, Carolyn Jones, and Botanical Bus Co-Founder and community leader, Jocelyn Boreta.  Carolyn and Jocelyn share how mobile herbal clinics work, how they can help increase access to healthcare, and what role education plays in their work. They share ab...

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism , we are featuring the passionate leader of a non-profit organization that is very near and dear to our hometown, right here in Lane County, Oregon: Sonya Carlson of BRING Recycling . In this episode, Sonya and Thomas dive into how waste reduction goes far deeper than simply recycling alone, and by bringing communities together, we can all ta...

In this Tea Talks Roundtable , Jiling discusses  Asian American Herbalism with herbalists Erin Masako Wilkins and Zoey Xinyi Gong. We explore: East Asian medicine views of food as medicine Eating through the seasons — from an East  Asian medicine perspective How to integrate herbs into food Everyday recipes for everyday healing Current trends in East Asian medicine in popular culture Learn more ab...