John Staniszewski

The Mush Room 🍄

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Johnny Staniszewski should not be alive. Twenty Norcos a day, two Adderall, a Soma to sleep, and a grief he had no language for. Then four grams of mushrooms sitting in his closet for six months gave him a come-to-God moment that ended two years of opiate dependency overnight. The Mush Room is what came after. Part confession, part field report, part manifesto, this show covers the full spectrum of what mushrooms can do: healing addiction and chronic illness, rewiring habits from the ground up, rebuilding the food system, and exposing an entire supplement industry built on mycelium on grain an...

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John Staniszewski

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The Mush Room Ep 4: Ketamine vs. Mushrooms & Medical Maintenance Engineering w/ Dr. Alex Paziopolous 09.07.2026 1:06:18

Johnny sits down with Dr. Alex Paziopolous of the Pazio Institute for a deep dive into the real differences between ketamine and mushroom journeys, why intention and integration matter more than the molecule, and how his background studying ecology and tamarind monkeys led him into medical maintenance engineering. They cover mushroom rotation protocols, the five fibers your microbiome craves, how...

The Mush Room Ep 3: The Psil*cybin Movement: Why State Regulated and Community Access Models Must Coexist with Joe Robinson, founder of PsiloSafe 01.07.2026 45:14

🍄 Is psychedelic prohibition finally coming to an end? In this episode of The Mushroom Podcast, Mr. Fungitarian sits down with Joe Robinson, founder of PsiloSafe and a 20-year veteran of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, to discuss the future of psilocybin, psychedelic legalization, safe access, and why the movement needs transparency now more than ever. Joe shares his journey from Bi...

The Mush Room Episode 2: Sober, Stacked, and Still Running: A Conversation with Johnny Chase 24.06.2026 39:12

What does it really look like to rebuild your life after rock bottom? In this episode, Johnny sits down with Johnny Chase, founder of Dry Culture, for one of the most raw and honest conversations about sobriety, identity, and discipline you'll hear anywhere. These two have history, and it shows. No filters, no fluff, just two people who've lived it. Johnny Chase opens up about what it felt...

The Mush Room Episode 1: The Come-to-God Moment That Started All of This 18.06.2026 23:20

Eight years ago, Johnny Staniszewski was a personal trainer and nutrition coach who got caught in the medical system, handed a prescription, and ended up in a two-and-a-half-year opiate addiction. One night, alone with a handful of mushrooms that had been sitting in his closet, everything changed. He woke up the next morning sober. He has not looked back since. In this first episode, Johnny sits d...