Mycopreneur

Laboratory chemist and fungi fanatic David Poplin joins us on the pod today to talk about the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Process, the science of solvents and fungi extracts, mushroom genetics, and the bigger picture of citizen science and c...

Laboratory chemist and fungi fanatic David Poplin joins us on the pod today to talk about the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Process, the science of solvents and fungi extracts, mushroom genetics, and the bigger picture of citizen science and community service through the lens of mushroom cultivation and distribution. We also explore the intersection of music and psychedelic mushrooms...

In today's episode we’re honored to host the scintillating yet unassuming Doug Bierend, mycophile and independent journalist extraordinaire. Doug has written with a special interest in science, technology, visual and interactive media, food, sustainabi...

In today's episode we’re honored to host the scintillating yet unassuming Doug Bierend, mycophile and independent journalist extraordinaire. Doug has written with a special interest in science, technology, visual and interactive media, food, sustainability and general subversiveness, for platforms like Wired, Vice, Outside Magazine, and many more. Doug has also recently been minted a first time au...

Joshua English of okom wrks labs is a regenerative materials researcher and designer who has developed the strongest mycelium composite on the planet. What does this mean, exactly? Well, it means harnessing the self-replicating wonders of mycelium in o...

Joshua English of okom wrks labs is a regenerative materials researcher and designer who has developed the strongest mycelium composite on the planet.  What does this mean, exactly? Well, it means harnessing the self-replicating wonders of mycelium in order to create 1:1 replacements for materials that have historically led to deforestation. It means building houses, furniture, boat hull...

Darren Springer is an expert on Pan African and African Diaspora legacies and traditions, especially when it comes to their initiatory and ceremonial rites. Darren travels the globe providing insight into the legacy of mushroom use and other entheogeni...

Darren Springer is an expert on Pan African and African Diaspora legacies and traditions, especially when it comes to their initiatory and ceremonial rites. Darren travels the globe providing insight into the legacy of mushroom use and other entheogenic technologies in Sub-Saharan and Kemetic Africa, Kemet being the native name of Ancient Egypt. This collective tradition of ritualized psychedelic...

Gary Heferle and his wife Addie run Fresh From The Farm Fungi LLC out of their home and have mastered the art of cultivating dozens of different rare and exotic fungi including Cordyceps Militaris, Lions Mane, Bears Head, Chestnut, Pioppini, Shiitake, ...

Gary Heferle and his wife Addie run Fresh From The Farm Fungi LLC out of their home and have mastered the art of cultivating dozens of different rare and exotic fungi including Cordyceps Militaris, Lions Mane, Bears Head, Chestnut, Pioppini, Shiitake, and over a dozen more varieties -  Gary breaks down cutting innovations in the mushroom cultivation industry, including his current experiments...

Zach Kiser is a mushroom cultivator and educator who is the founder of Mushroom Cult. Mushroom Cult is a Denver, Colorado based Mushroom Cultivation and Education outfit which has been connecting people with "First Principles" of mushroom cultivation f...

Zach Kiser is a mushroom cultivator and educator who is the founder of Mushroom Cult. Mushroom Cult is a Denver, Colorado based Mushroom Cultivation and Education outfit which has been connecting people with "First Principles" of mushroom cultivation for several years as an established business. Zach conducts online and in-person cultivation seminars and is passionate about bridging the gap betwee...

Alan Rockefeller is one of the foremost champions of Citizen Science in the world of mycology. Since 2001, he's been relentlessly photographing, researching, cataloguing, and discovering rare mushrooms around the world. He is a prolific contributor to ...

Alan Rockefeller is one of the foremost champions of Citizen Science in the world of mycology.  Since 2001, he's been relentlessly photographing, researching, cataloguing, and discovering rare mushrooms around the world. He is a prolific contributor to iNaturalist and to Mushroom Observer, with over 20,000 observations and 4300 species identified to his credit. He has contributed to numerous...

Josephine Nakakande is the Executive Director of Environmental Conservation and Agricultural Enhancement Uganda (Eco-Agric Uganda). Josephine teaches critically vulnerable and abjectly impoverished Ugandan women how to cultivate oyster mushrooms as a s...

Josephine Nakakande is the Executive Director of Environmental Conservation and Agricultural Enhancement Uganda (Eco-Agric Uganda). Josephine teaches critically vulnerable and abjectly impoverished Ugandan women how to cultivate oyster mushrooms as a source of abundant and healthy protein, and also provides them with entrepreneurship training so that they can sell their harvests at market. In her...

Jasper Degenaars is here to educate the world about mushrooms and normalize the use of Psychedelic Medicine. He is the director of the world-renowned Fungi Academy in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, and a passionate mycophile who believes that the power syste...

Jasper Degenaars is here to educate the world about mushrooms and normalize the use of Psychedelic Medicine. He is the director of the world-renowned Fungi Academy in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, and a passionate mycophile who believes that the power systems of the world can be redistributed among people and communities through appropriate leveraging of mycelial networks. Jasper and I had a chance to...

Simon Yugler is a depth psychotherapist and psychedelic integration coach from Portland, Oregon. In this episode we talk about how to navigate the emerging psychedelic therapy space, strategies for integrating a profound psychedelic experience, and the...

Simon Yugler is a depth psychotherapist and psychedelic integration coach from Portland, Oregon. In this episode we talk about how to navigate the emerging psychedelic therapy space, strategies for integrating a profound psychedelic experience, and the unscrupulous psychedelic medicine providers who peddle Neo-colonialism as new age wellness. We also wrestle with the ramifications of the liberaliz...

Eric Mueller is a professional mushroom cultivator who runs Mueller's Mushrooms. Eric is a purveyor of specialty mushrooms and has mastered the science of cultivating the neurocognition enhancing Lions Mane mushroom, as well as immunity boosters like T...

Eric Mueller is a professional mushroom cultivator who runs Mueller's Mushrooms. Eric is a purveyor of specialty mushrooms and has mastered the science of cultivating the neurocognition enhancing Lions Mane mushroom, as well as immunity boosters like Turkey Tail and Reishi. Mueller Mushrooms started in true bootstrap mycopreneur fashion -- while still in high school, Eric cloned a wild oyster mush...

Veterans Walk and Talk is a private membership group that provides free psilocybin micro dose capsules and plant medicine therapy protocols to all military veterans. As Founder and Director Colin Wells states "Our wars have been going on for so long th...

Veterans Walk and Talk is a private membership group that provides free psilocybin micro dose capsules and plant medicine therapy protocols to all military veterans.  As Founder and Director Colin Wells states "Our wars have been going on for so long that no one even talks about them anymore" Yet the most dangerous theater for our military veterans is not in Kabul or Abu Gharib, but rather ri...

Alan Lilienthal is a creative genius who takes decisive action with his unique skillset -- he is the frontman for bilingual international hip hop supergroup Tulengua as well as the host of the KPBS podcast Port of Entry. Alan and I cover a lot of groun...