Psychedelic Spotlight Podcast

Filament Health produces non-synthetic psychedelic substances for research and treatment. They’re known as the first lab to have non-synthesized psilocybin for clinical trials and hope to show the efficacy of naturally derived psychedelics. Benjamin explains some current clinical trials as they test out the difference between oral and sublingual administration of psilocybin. We also dive into the...

Edward Crowe is a music industry executive, photographer, and psychonaut. He is the manager of the internationally acclaimed rapper Yelawolf and has collaborated with some of the most prolific artists in the music industry.  He joins us on the podcast today to share insights about how his relationship with psilocybin mushrooms helps him to navigate his personal and professional life, and to dive i...

Jack Savage is the Founder and CEO of Everyday Dose mushroom coffee. He joins host Dennis Walker on The Spotlight Media podcast to speak about his journey as a mushroom entrepreneur and to share insights about the benefits of adapting a functional mushroom routine into one’s life. Jack and Everyday Dose recently acquired a 10,000 square foot warehouse space in Austin, Texas, which will serve as th...

Andrew and Sacha take a look at some the surprising aspects of running a psychedelic retreat, the kinds of staff that offer combined therapeutic methodologies, 4 weeks of aftercare, and why some folks choose to do DMT as well as psilocybin when at the Sayulita Wellness Retreat Centre. Andrew also speaks to some of the amazing transformations he’s witnessed as a facilitator and the very special kin...

Matt Zemon is the co-founder of Happy and author of Psychedelics for Everyone. In this episode, they unearth deeply personal stories. David opens up about his childhood with an alcoholic father, while Matt discusses losing his mother at a young age and discuss how these formative moments impacted them while growing up.  You can keep in touch with Matt Zemon on Instagram at @matt.zemon or on his we...

Dave Hodges is the founder of Zide Door Church, an entheogenic Church in Oakland, California that uses cannabis and mushrooms as it’s primary sacraments. The church was raided by the Oakland Police Department of August 2020 and had $200,000 of sacraments taken, sparking an ongoing high profile legal battle that’s only precedent is marked by the 7 year, 7 million dollar legal battle of the ayahuasc...

Victor Mifsud is a citizen scientist, biohacker, natural vision educator, psychedelic advocate, and filmmaker. He has recently completed a very personal feature-length documentary called “My Neuroplastic Adventure”. His journey takes him from the cutting edge of neuroscience to the most ancient forms of tribal healing. He has interviewed doctors and scientists who are using technology and wisdom i...

Cannara Biotech is a Canadian cannabis company located in Quebec. Delivering a premium quality product at an accessible price is at the heart of their ethos. This principle has guided them since from the onset, and has allowed their company to emerge as one of Quebec's fast-growing licensed producers.  They are committed to delivering exceptional product quality and strive for operational excellen...

Cesar Marin is the founder of Cultivating Wisdom, a freshly minted collective and e-commerce store dedicated to cultivating a buffet of wisdoms to elevate every individual on a plant medicine journey.  Cesar talks a bit about what life was like before discovering magic mushrooms, and how his life has totally transformed through the power of integration. Starting over after 50 is no easy feat! Howe...

Mikaela de la Myco was born into a first-generation Italian, Afro-Caribbean and Detribalized Mexican family who lived in unceded Tongva territory, Los Angeles. Her education comes from years walking the paths of sacred intimacy work, temple arts, circle  keeping, Mexican ceremony, and womb care facilitation, all under the care of teachers and guides. Mikaela now practices in occupied Cahuilla and...

In this in-depth conversation with Dr. Westrum, we discuss how he has carefully and responsibly incorporated psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy into his practice to help inspire meaningful and progressive breakthroughs with the individuals he works with and in their respective journeys of healing and enlightenment.  We also take some time to talk about how, in some cases, psychedelics c...

Aaron Paul Orsini is the co-founder of AutisticPsychedelic.com and the author of the book Autism on Acid: How LSD Helped Me Understand, Navigate, Alter and Appreciate My Autistic Perceptions.  Listen to Aaron Paul Orsini & Dennis Walker go deep on the music theories & approaches that went into creating “Psychedelic Symphonies” — which is, by the way, intentionally timed out to sync up with medicin...

Nick Gay is the Head of Product Development at Ousia Labs, a manufacturer of affordable CO2 extraction technology based in Loveland, Colorado. Extraction has become the focus of many entrepreneurs operating in the psychedelic gray market. The ability to test biomaterial and measure out exact doses when producing mushroom and cannabis products is an increasingly important aspect of being a mycopren...

In this conversation, we hear from Healing REIT Founder and CEO, Ty Zakovich who is bringing his several years of real estate knowledge and expertise to this project and with the intent of helping to expand the availability of psychedelic treatment in cities across the US. We also hear from Daniel Carcillo who is the COO of Healing REIT and also the CEO of Wesana Health, a data-driven life science...

TRIPP is a public service organization located in southern Arizona, the traditional homeland of the Tohono O’odham peoples and its mission is to provide psychotherapeutic psychedelic mentorship and research opportunities for female and BIPOC scientists and to expand access to safe and ethical psychotherapeutic psychedelic services to underserved peoples in our community. In this conversation, Swat...

After sharing publicly about the benefits that microdosing brought into her life in a time of profound personal struggle from losing her profitable and fulfilling business overnight, Tracey Tee discovered that many more moms in her community were interested in exploring the value of microdosing for themselves. Tracey then started Moms On Mushrooms to help empower a community of moms to learn about...

Welcome to an exciting episode of Spotlight Media Podcast.  In this episode, Spotlight Media CEO David Flores talked to James Lanthier, CEO of MindSet Pharma, to learn more about the Company's 2022 milestones, their competitive advantage, and future plans.  You can stay in touch with James Lanthier and Mindset Pharma over at: Twitter: @JamesLanthier and @MindsetPharma Instagram: @mindset_pharma As...

In this episode, we speak with Paul Karasik, founder of The Psychedelic Institute, which is dedicated to making information and safe access available to anyone and everyone who is seeking to awaken their consciousness. He's also the principal organizer of the Awakening of Consciousness Conference, the inaugural session of which occurs on Friday, September 30th in Los Angeles. Paul has decades of e...

This week on the Psychedelic Spotlight Podcast, we welcome Arrowyn Ambrose of Lumos Transforms. She is a Certified Teaching Artist and a Certified Race Equity and Healing Justice Facilitator, having studied Viola Spolin’s long-form organic improvisation, creative writing, addiction, and group dynamics. With a background in the performing arts, Arrowyn believes in the healing power of story and is...

In this episode we talk with Jenalle Dion, founder of Wakeful Travel, a ceremony-companion company that works with retreat centers, psychedelic clinics, therapists, and other wakeful brands to provide tools that aid in transformation and self-exploration. She is also Head of Creative Partnerships at Third Wave and is a MAPS Canada Volunteer in Vancouver. After studying holistic nutrition, Jenalle...

Alli Schaper is an entrepreneur, community builder, speaker, mental wellness advocate, and enthusiast for all things mushrooms and psychedelic medicine. She is currently the CEO & Co-Founder of Into The Multiverse, an education-first ecosystem for all things fungi with the mission to rebrand functional mushrooms and encourage collaboration amongst the psychedelics industry. Her and her team create...

Christi Myers is the founder and CEO of Flow Integrative ketamine clinic, which she formed from a place of passion for the potential of psychedelic wellness.  She has over 20 years of experience as a paramedic and is formerly a professor of Emergency Medical Services.  She focused her training credentials around her vision to “help the help” and provide supportive services for front-line workers a...

Jahan Khamsehzadeh, Ph. D. completed his dissertation on psychedelics in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. His dissertation ultimately became a book titled, The Psilocybin Connection: Psychedelics, the Transformation of Consciousness, and Evolution of the Planet—An Integral Approach, and was published by No...

Myriam Barthes is the Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer at Journey Clinical, a telehealth platform that empowers licensed mental health professionals to offer psychedelic therapies in their own practice. She has over 10 years of experience as a management consultant in strategy & performance improvement at Ernst & Young and led the Impact team at an artificial intelligence startup in New York....

This week on the Psychedelic Spotlight podcast, we spent some time chatting with Colette Condorcita of Condor Medicine. She is an entrepreneur, shamanic coach and regenerative designer, with over 20 years of experience in permaculture and herbalism. She has also been working and apprenticing with traditional curanderos in Latin America for over a decade, and is the founder of Decriminalize Nature...