Karma Koala Podcast

Sarah Strickler and her husband founded Grown Rogue over a decade ago. Operating out of southern Oregon the company is expanding nationwide. The koalas speak to Sarah about growing a company in Oregon and building it organically throughout the country while no overacrching federal regulatory system exists. An interesting conversation and certainly one that illustrates how legislatures across the c...

I noted via Linked In that Kimberly had written a paper on mushroom churches in the US. She’s just started her study but initial findings are interesting ( and not that surprising) In the main churches appear to operate as businesses, there’s little or no link to indigenous history and the majority of shamans appear to be just someone deciding they are a shaman. The conversation told me one thing....

As the koalas have spent hours speaking to Steve De'Angelo we thought we should also talk to his younger sibling Andrew who has also been involved with the plant for the last 40 or so years as well. He might not have the same public profile as his older brother but that doesn't mean he's not been as involved in both the business and political side of changing pereceptions towards the plant in the...

Thato & I discuss his work on cannabis testing in the South African workspace We discuss his research of other jurisdictions around the world,  Canada, UK, Australia & New Zealand and how some of their solutions / approaches may work in the South African context. Thato will be talking about his research at the Cape Town International Cannabis Symposium 25-27 on the following panel Learn Mo...

The koalas love a chinwag with a psychedelic lawyer because there’s always tangents but they fundamentally all they all return to the same place, respect & humanism. Amongst the things we discuss are Applying law mindfullyTalking about what psychedelic lawyering might meanThe embodiment of learning in lawWorking toward new outcomesLawyer as healer What counsellor at law might meanInternational...

In episode 4 Steve comes across a new concept, airport security …. and with $USD27K in his case + some thai sticks things got a bit serious. Hear about his first experience of incarceration and dealing with the US legal system. We also learn about the life of a Yippe in the 1970’s and activism vs the Grateful Dead culture permeating the SF side of the bay. In the conversation we also take in Nelso...

This episode was recorded and broadcast the morning of Good Friday (3 April) 2026 the day that Trump sacked Pam Bondi & Hesgeth cleaned out the existing military hierarchy of the US military so as to appease his boss and work towards his  bizarre dream of a radical right Christian warrior ethos within the US military. Meanwhile christians of many sects around the world remember Jesus of Nazare...

In a world of Trumps, Hesgeths & Millers it is sometimes hard to remember that the real voice of American exceptionalism still exists at the grassroots. Ken is one of those voices and i’ll be listening to this conversation of mine with him  every time the news drives me crazy , which is about daily at the moment. We discuss the current us industrial agricultural environment, the food crisis in...