Mycopreneur

Chef Nikki pops by the Mycopreneur Podcast today to regale us with tales from the kitchen and life - We tap into the culinary roots of her elevated Southern cooking aesthetic, her cannabis-infused High End Affair events, food deserts, sitting with high-dose mushrooms, and much more Please consider leaving a review wherever you're listening if you're fucking with the podcast Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Today we've got our first former NFL player on the podcast, and we're going straight for the cultural jugular - Weslye Saunders experienced the high stakes 'No Pain, No Gain" culture of the NFL firsthand, and his physical and mental health paid dearly for our entertainment. After 4 seasons in the NFL, Wes had to contend with debilitating injuries that put him on the path to health autonomy and per...

Reggie Harris and Ian Bollinger of Oakland Hyphae and Hyphae Labs drop by the podcast and unleash a torrent of scientific and social upheaval in the myco space, the psychedelic community, and the world at large. We talk about psilocybin potency testing and the Hyphae Spectrum, the upcoming California Psychedelic Conference in Los Angeles on April 23 and 24, how white people and the white community...

Bienvenidos al Mycopreneur Podcast -- Esta es la primera edición del nuestro podcast en Español. Hoy, platicamos con Ksenia Klimov de Griibok Hongos Medicinales - Hablamos de el libro nuevo de recetas con hongos que Ksenia publicado recentamente, y también las orígenes de su relaciones con hongos. Ksenia también diganos de los hongos de Jaliso, Mexico. Gracias para juntarnos y disfruta ( : Hosted...

Today's pod features the inimitable Max Goransson, Co-Founder of Golden Mushroom Co in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California. Max walks us through the birth of Golden Mushroom Co and on through the company's mycelial growth strategy into it's present incarnation. We hear about obstacles overcome, Lion's Mane Recipes, Max's first psychedelic mushroom experience, and the music that shapes him among oth...

Today's pod features DoubleBlind Co-Founder & CEO Shelby Hartman talking about the origin story of DoubleBlind, the need for nuanced discourse in the psychedelic arena, her personal psychedelic initiation stories, favorite music to listen to on a trip, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's pod features our first mycopreneur with a mainstream medical background - Dr. Sam is the Founder and Director of The Myco Grow, a mushroom cultivation & education outfit that spreads the spores with a community service mindset. In this episode, we talk about The origin story of The Myco Grow The gatekeeping of science Why psilocybin potency testing might be sending the wrong message Wh...

The one and only MycTyson hops on the pod today to drop game regarding how he built one of the most reputable and heart-centered functional mushroom brands on the planet. In this episode, we dive into: The origin story of MycTyson How MycoPhilanthropy can uplift marginalized communities around the world Why MycTyson won't outsource certain parts of the company workflow Why it might be best to do t...

On today's pod we're stoked to feature Sena Maria of micro.glow Sena shares charts her personal and professional evolution from tech employee at one of the world's most renowned Silicon Valley firms to spiritual rebirth and microdosing advocacy in the form of her recently launched brand micro.glow. In this episode, we dive into: Strategies for fully embracing and benefiting from your relationship...

Eric Puro is the Founder & CEO of KÄÄPÄ  Biotech, a Finnish biotechnology company that researches, innovates, and develops novel industry solutions by leveraging the genius of fungi. Since launching in 2016, KÄÄPÄ  has established itself as a major player on the mycopreneurial world stage - In addition to securing Chinese and North American distribution agreements and establishing a...

Today on the pod we are elated to feature 18-year-old mycopreneur Hunter Vargo of Mountain View Mushrooms. Hunter took up mushroom cultivation as a hobby while looking for ways to stave off quarantine boredom, and less than two years later. he's flipped his fascination with fungi and business into a booming business with 23 corporate and restaurant accounts sourcing their fungi from him. In this e...

Benjamin Daniel is the Founder of Pacific Substrates, based in Oakland, California. Pac Subs is one of the premiere substrate and growth media suppliers for mushroom cultivators, and they are rapidly scaling towards becoming the biggest provider in North America thanks to their established distribution channels and the entrepreneurial acumen present in their leadership team. In this episode we cha...

Sophie Strand is an intersectional eco-storyteller based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Today on the pod, we dive into the fungal experiences that helped shape her worldview and that continue to color her craft. Sophie walks us through her upbringing among the vibrant ecosystems of upstate New York, where mycorrhizal fungi and bird song helped frame her thinking about humanity's place in the livi...

Jeff Chilton is a pioneer in the international medicinal mushroom industry. His career as a commercial cultivator is in it's 6th decade, and he's devoted and inspired as ever to continue his life's work with the fungi. In this episode we discuss Jeff's initial discoveries of the magical world of fungi, which included a year and a half stint living in Oaxaca, Mexico, during the early 70's while sea...

Today's pod is a different format than previous episodes -  After 5 weeks of fungi-centric travel and adventure across 3 countries and over 12 cities, I'm going to be bringing everyone up to speed on some of the highlights of my epic journey. This includes a recap of the Meet Delic conference in Las Vegas, fungi foraging expeditions in the Cocora Valley and Andean Rainforest of Colombia,...

Today on the pod we've got world-renowned fungi photographer and filmmaker Stephen Axford. Stephen first caught the attention of The BBC after one of his early time lapses of bioluminescent fungi shot in his native Australia made it's way to one of the production companies editors. The BBC went on to prominently feature Stephen's fungi time-lapse photography in Planet Earth ll, as well asseverate...

Rohhaan Gawde is the Founder and CEO of The Mushroom Company Mumbai. While many of his friends and peers were assuming the career path of engineers, Rohhaan elected to devote his life to the study and commercial production of fungi. After 10 years of research and development working with fungi genetics and optimization processes, then 5 years on a commercial farm, Rohhaan started The Mushroom Comp...

Nacarra The Mushroom Goddess is a mycopreneur, activist, and educator base in Houston, Texas. Today we learn about Nacarra's road into the mycoverse, her efforts to bring mushroom education into the curriculum of the Houston school district, her experience at the Oakland Psychedelic Conference, and the mushroom soap & skin care line she is bringing to the world. Today's episode dives into the...

In this episode we welcome Rob Roscow, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer at Mydecine Innovations Group. Mydecine has government, military, and academic research contracts across numerous countries and is heavily invested in development of a novel molecule pipeline that includes treatments intended for smoking cessation and treatment of PTSD. I had a chance to meet Rob and the Mydecine team...

Today on the pod we've got Toronto-based serial mycopreneur Peter Reitano, founder of Gwella. In this episode, we dive into the origin story of Mojo Microdose, Gwella's flagship product that is claimed to be "the world's first legal mushroom microdose" - We hear about Peter's initiation into the wild and wonderful world of mushrooms, unpack some of the controversial baggage surrounding the burgeon...

Today on the pod we’re honored to have our first repeat guest  Who’s microdose company is actively contributing to a macro shift in the cultural landscape of our world And I have first hand knowledge of the tremendous value and efficiency packed into these little capsules Everybody near and far, please welcome Adam Bramlage of Flow State Micro back to the Mycopreneur Podcast When Adam and I f...

Today on the pod we’ve got an extraordinary mycophile, filmmaker and storyteller who’s going to be regaling us with tales of hunting wild Cordyceps Sinensis in the Annapurna region of Nepal - where he had the good fortune of participating in a foraging expedition alongside local Nepali mushroom hunters who rely on these highly valued medicinal fungi to sustain the livelihoods of their entire famil...

Today on the pod we’ve got an esteemed Mexican mycologist & researcher, a mycomaterials designer and entrepreneur who is turning heads around the world and winning prestigious design competitions with his fungal biomaterial fabrications - all while publishing peer-reviewed academic papers and holding it down in academia - oh, he has a podcast about mushrooms, too, en Español, called "Entre Hon...

Que pasa mufasa,  Today on the pod we’ve got a world class mushroom cultivator and distiller of extractions - You know the podcast is poppin' when fools with codenames start coming out of the woodwork looking for that feature - My freaky deaky Fungi friends, enthusiasts, activists, culture collectors etc.  Please give a warm welcome to Dinklb3rg, in his first ever speaking appearanc...

Que pasa mufasa Velkommen to the Mycopreneur Podcast Today on the pod we’ve got our first ever guest from Deutschland (that’s Germany in the queens English) - And he is a very impressive, well-spoken and devoted mycopreneur who’s intimately involved in spreading the mushroom gospel and spearheading closed-loop, purpose-driven change in his community, his country, and beyond Fungi friends, please e...