Mycopreneur

James Davis is the founder of Baystaters, a plant medicine education and advocacy coalition based in Massachusetts. Baystaters has been instrumental in decriminalizing plant medicines, including psilocybin mushrooms, in over a half dozen cities in the United States. James shares some of the processes for how they've been successful in doing this, and offers a message of hope for community-based an...

Preeti Simran Sethi is a journalist and advocate for the decolonization of psychedelics. We dive into exactly what that means and what a more comprehensive and empowered global psychedelic ecosystem could look like. Preeti has written for New York Times, Wired, Double Blind, and more and is currently working on a series about decolonizing psychedelics to be released by Double Blind. Please rate an...

Madison Margolin sits down with me to talk about her debut book "Exile and Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground". Madison is well-known as the Co-Founder of Double Blind Magazine and has written about psychedelics for outlets like Rolling Stone, Playboy and Vice among others. This episode was recorded live in Miami during Wonderland Conference....

Moudou Baqui is a mushroom community steward and martial artist based in Detroit, Michigan. We discuss his ongoing work with Decriminalize Nature to impact policy change around mushrooms and other plant medicines in Michigan and beyond, as well as hear about his on-ther-ground research into mushroom traditions in Africa and his learnings from the legendary Kilindi Iyi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Alex and Milica of PsilocybinSF join me today to talk about their upcoming Microdosing Mushrooms Conference. With over 500 participants currently registered and some of the world's most renowned experts on microdosing, this conference is shaping up to be a very intriguing and impactful educational one day online event on November 19.. Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur Podcast wh...

Jeff Chilton is a pioneer of the global mushroom industry and the founder of Nammex , which is one of the world's largest purveyors of medicinal mushroom supplements. Jeff has been a commercial mushroom farmer for 50 years, and is currently finding himself having to explain to other mushroom industry stakeholders and the general public exactly what a mushroom is and *isn't*. We dive deep into this...

Rosalind Stone and Dr. Reanne Crane are the creators of Semantrix Sessions, an education and media platform that focuses on the interplay between psychedelics and language. The semantics of language are the machinery of meaning-making in our worlds, and we dive into this duo's unique framework for exploring and deciphering the linguistic structures coding psychedelic culture and the human experien...

Firstman & Steve DeAngelo join me live in Denver to discuss the Rastafari Indigenous Village in Jamaica and their new venture called Life Is A Ceremony that helps people connect with the Rastafari culture and way of life. We learn about the cosmology of the Rastafari and how they view plants and fungi, and get a peek into life in an authentic Rastafari indigenous village in Jamaica. Please con...

Raad Seraj is a technologist, psychedelic medicine advocate, and angel investor working at the intersection of impact investing and mental health. He is the host of Minority Trip Report podcast and the co-founder of Mission Club, as well as an all-around truly amazing and empathetic human being. He joins me for the second time on the podcast to catch us up to speed on the investment landscape in t...

Jacob DeVecchio is the Founder of Oklahoma Fungi, the premiere supplier of mycology products in Oklahoma. Today we tune in with Jacob to learn about the evolving mushroom culture of the Sooner State, and to hear about the forthcoming first Oklahoma Mushroom Festival that Jacob and his team are organizing. Please rate and review the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Tomas Garret is the founder of Mycozine, a physical zine that maps out the mushroom entrepreneurs, activists, and current events in the United States myco community. He joins us today to talk about his path to building the Mycozine, why it might make sense for people to take a full time job and stack u while they're building their mycopreneurial venture, and how his experience helping to coordinat...

Brandon Deroche is the founder of Propeller, a platform that harnesses social influence to create measurable impact. By partnering with the world's biggest musical artists and incentivizing their audiences to take action to help solve some of the greatest challenges of our era, Propeller helps create accelerate solutions to the most pressing problems facing our planet. We discuss the role of psych...

Nick Gay of Ousia Labs joins us to talk about the new Ousia Fountain extractor. This impressive piece of hardware makes CO2 extraction affordablle and available to everyone - we talk about use cases, how the machine works, and why every gardener, chef, and small botanical or fungal business owner should look into the possibilities presented by the Ousia Fountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Alan Bergo joins us to spread awareness about proposed legislation in Minnesota that would functionally prohibit the foraging of mushrooms in Minnesota State Parks. We discuss the non-science backed excesses and oversights of the proposed legislation, and receive a call to action to campaign for inclusion of local Minnesota mushroom foragers and scientists in the arbitration process to create a mo...

Paul Nolan is an internationally acclaimed music producer with a multi decade career in the music industry. He returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to drop intel on his forthcoming release titled "Dissolve" , out July 28th through Microdose Music. Order the album today: https://microdosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gina Giorgio is the Co-Founder of the North Carolina Psychedelic Policy Coalition and a policy and advocacy professional for NisonCo PR among several other notable roles in the psychedelic space. She joins us today to discuss her experience drafting and introducing House Bill 727 to fund the study of MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and depression or anxiety respectively. Gina shares her journey from...

Skye Chilton of Real Mushrooms joins us to shed light on the ongoing Citizen Petition to the fDA to ensure accurate labeling of mushroom supplements. Many companies selling mycelium products are doing so with 'mushroom' labeling, which is a completely different part of the life cycle of a fungal organism. Skye analyzes the current petition to the United States Food and Drug Administration to requi...

Marc Violo is the creator of MycoStories, a global hub for the mushroom industry. MycoStories is mapping the mushroom startup ecosystem and providing unparalleled insight into this emergent circular economy and the key stakeholders in the field. In this episode, we unpack the origin of MycoStories and discuss the state quo and the future of the multi-billion dollar mushroom industry. Please consid...

Zeus Tipado is a neuroscientist and psychedelic research PhD candidate at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He joins us today to talk about the latest research into how psychedelics impact perception and brain chemistry, to shed light on some of the differences between the psychedelic science community in Europe vs. the United States, and to share intel about the latest developments in 2C-...

Batuhan Bintas is the Founder of Cyber Mushroom, an immersive technology experience that allows users to enter an altered state and map their psychedelic experiences. We learn about Batu's trajectory from Turkish immigrant to world-renowned programmer and mycopreneur, and hear about his predictions for how immersive technology and psychedelic experiences will coalesce to shape the future of global...

Dr. Claire Malone has a PhD in High Energy Physics and is fresh off a research stint at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland.  Claire joins us today to talk about their work to create more democratized research and communication systems in the psychedelic science research community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Johnson of Mycroboost and Custom Capsule Consultants joins us to share insights from his decade long career of cannabis and psychedelic entrepreneurship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Margolies & Jaz Cadoch join us to announce the public launch of the Global Psychedelic Society. The GPS functions as a platform for connecting and empowering the various chapters of psychedelic societies in operation around the globe. From San Francisco to London to Sydney, psychedelic societies are meeting regularly to support their communities as unprecedented numbers of people explore...

Amanda Feilding is known as "The Queen of the Psychedelic Renaissance" for good reason: In her 55 year + career, she's been at the forefront of both the original psychedelic counter culture movement in the 1960's and today's psychedelic mainstreaming. In this live podcast recorded at Breaking Convention in the UK, Amanda discusses her legacy as an evangelist for psychedelics and drug policy reform...

Colin Wells is the Founder and Director of Veterans Walk and Talk, a community of veterans who hike together and explore alternative treatments for mental health in a direct action and community-based model. On today's episode, we talk about Colin's approach to community building, the role of veterans in the push to legalize psychedelic therapies, and what it's like to hotbox a $1.2 million dollar...