Mycopreneur

Chris Aaron drops by the podcast to share insights from 26 years of mushroom cultivation and professional research. We tap into genetics, the future of mushroom grow bag technology, the current state of mushroom research in academia, the burgeoning psilocybin mushroom industry, potency testing, and more.Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louie Schwartzberg is a filmmaker like no other. His 2019 masterpiece Fantastic Fungi helped audiences around the world to see fungi like never before, and he's back with another transcendental cinematic experience titled Gratitude Revealed. Today Louie and I dialogue about his 40 plus year career in motion pictures, the essence of visual storytelling, the health benefits of gratitude, Appalachian moonshine and chance encounters in Baghdad among many other wonderful angles of life. Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danielle Ryan Broida returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to talk about her new book Healing Adaptogens that she's co-written with her colleague Tero Isokauppila, Founder of Four Sigmatic. Danielle draws from her decades of studying herbal medicine and the traditions of Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine to compile a framework for combining ancient healing modalities with our stressful modern lifestyles. We dive into some lesser known adaptogens like Rhodiola and Tulsi as well as Chaga, Lion's Mane, and Cordyceps and discuss the ethics wild harvesting herbs vs. lab cultivation, wellness industry mislabeling of products, and how to source the most potent adaptogens possible.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wumbo Myco is a myco educator and genetics specialist. We dive into the world of psilocybin mushroom genetics, potency testing, afro jazz music, and more throughout this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte James is Co-Founder of The Ancestor Project and a force for collective liberation.She joins us today to discuss nakedness as a tool for self-liberation, her recent Ibogaine retreat experience, the importance of community in ceremony and vice versa, and ways that the psychedelic community can embrace anti-racism in practice. Please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lulu Tsui is the Co-Founder of On The Revel and the User Experience & Research Head of Oakland Hyphae.Lulu joins us to describe how the principles of User Experience design can be leveraged to create a more inclusive and community-driven psychedelics ecosystem - an aesthetic that she knows well via her time advocating for inclusively and equity in the cannabis space.In this episode we dive into her experience monitoring microdose protocols for various groups, studying mushroom strain potency, and organizing community events across the United States. Please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Farmboy Slim is a viral anonymous Tik Tok influencer who educates people around the world about psychedelic mushrooms.He joins us on the podcast today to drop intel on his journey into the limelight, the value of anonymity as a highly visible influencer, his musical craft, mushroom experience insights, and more -Please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mrs. Vicius is the Founder of Decrim Nature Hazel Park, and knows a thing or two about how to successfully organize a campaign to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. She joins us today on the podcast to speak about her experience successfully convincing the city council of Hazel Park to decriminalize mushrooms, and to share her backstory about how she came to embrace magic mushrooms as a tool for radically transforming her mental health.Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening, and share it with a friend ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Langevin and his wife were busy professionals in Toronto's bustling film & television industry when the pandemic suddenly shut down their livelihoods and forced them to get creative. While experimenting with growing oyster mushrooms in their basement, a call to share the fruits of their labor with their local community led to the founding of Nature Lion Mushrooms -- and in the next two years, their pandemic side-project home mushroom grow has turned into an impressive mushroom business with industrial scale operations. Andrew swings by the podcast to share the story of how Nature Lion Mushrooms came to fruition, including best practices for bootstrapping & streamlining a mycopreneurial venture into a competitive player in a rapidly growing industry. Please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James from Baystaters joins us on the podcast to share insights from the collective's successful legal crusade to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms in multiple Massachusetts counties - He brings his expertise as a professional in the political arena to challenge our nation's draconian drug policy head on, with tangible results drawn from an effectively organized grassroots response to war on drugs. We learn about the origin story of Baystaters, where they're headed as an organization, and why local political action still matters in a country that has largely lost faith in it's political system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.