Mycopreneur

Alexandra Plesner is the Founder of Psychedelics Design, a media and community platform exploring the integration of the principles of psychedelics—into design; whilst also offering design knowledge for the psychedelic industry.We talk about her path from growing up in a tiny village in the Austrian Alps where psychedelics were completely stigmatized, to her graduate studies in London and journey into the world of professional design, on through her first psychedelic experiences and up to today where she has established a globally reputable platform for the intersection of Psychedelics + Design.Please rate and review wherever you're listening ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill Chioffi is a mushroom supplement industry veteran who joins us on the podcast today to discuss the meteoric rise in popularity of mushroom supplements in North America and Europe, the company culture behind industry pioneers Real Mushrooms, and much more.Please consider rating and reviewing this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oli Genn-Bash is The Fungi Consultant, a steward of the UK mushroom and psychedelic community who joins me today to discuss a number of different juicy topics on the intersection of mushrooms and society.Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin and Melissa are the Founders of Twisted Tree Nursery , a Southern California based company that makes substrate for mushroom cultivation among many other myco projects. Twisted Tree has quickly become one of the most trusted vendors and community builders in the mushroom space, and today we take you on a tour of their backstory and current projects in the mushroom world.Please rate and review wherever you're listening ( : and share with a friend or two Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jashid and Prithvi are the founders of Nuvedo, the leading mushroom startup in India. They return to the Mycopreneur Podcast to share updates from their mycopreneurial journey over the last year since I joined them at Shroom Sabha, the first mushroom festival in India. Their recent achievements include appearing on Shark Tank India, being featured in Condé Nast, producing a documentary on fungi in remote Northeastern India in collaboration with the world renowned Fungi Foundation, and much more.Please rate and review wherever you're listening ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Latin is the founder of Healing Herbals , purveyor of legal entheogens. Today Rob joins us on the podcast for the second time to discuss his recent acquisition of a Kava bar on Long Island, New York, as well as to detail the extensive selection of legal entheogens available on the Healing Herbals website. We discuss the trials and tribulations of navigating compliance in the plant medicine space, the role of various entheogens across cultures, and much more.Pleas rate and review this episode wherever you're listening ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Hoffman is a professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and an editor / peer-reviewer of various academic journals. We dive into the history of Reishi in China, it's reference in ancient Chinese Pharmacopeias, the etymological origins of Reishi, and much more.Please rate and review the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Carroll is the lead herbalist at Real Mushrooms, pioneers in the functional mushroom industry with 40+ years experience. Lee joins us for the second time to discuss the nutritional benefit of mushrooms in regards to fighting inflammation in the body and reducing cellular stress. He discusses the often overlooked importance of Ergothioneine, an amino acid found mainly in mushrooms, as well as the importance of honoring tradition in our relationship with mushrooms.Use code Lee for a discount on your purchase from Real MushroomsPlease rate and review the podcast wherever you're listening ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Molly Hickey is a psychedelic neuropsychopharmacologist with experience working at one of the biggest psychedelic drug developers in the world. We discuss the clinical applications of psilocybin as an 'asset' in a biopharma company portfolio, her career arc into science communication, and her ongoing workin Madagascar.Please rate and review this episode ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kat Murti is the Executive Director of SSDP, Students For Sensible Drug Policy, an advocacy org working to end the War On Drugs and ensure access to research and civil liberties. She joins us today to raise public awareness of the proposed scheduling of DOI and DOC by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. DOI and DOC are two research chemicals that are vitally important to psychedelic research - SSDP is taking the DEA to court to ensure that these two chemicals remain unscheduled, a process which we discuss on the episode today in addition to covering a lot of ground around drug policy reform and the War On Drugs history and aims at large. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.