Plant Cunning Podcast

In this episode we speak with our friend Lora from the Rail Yard Ghosts about becoming a witch at a young age (she actually played the young Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic), the gritty art of traveling, dirt worship, hopping trains, divination, and magic.  You can find her website here: https://loragalora.square.site/

Herbalist, homesteader and author Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm returns to spread the good word about making your own seed and nut oils at home! He's just written a new book called The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut OIls Growing, Foraging and Pressing. Oils and fats are a crucial part of every humans diet, and having healthy oils is very important. 

In this episode we have the honor of speaking with wild foods expert and author Samuel Thayer about why Into The Wild lied to you, how you can sustainably harvest ramp bulbs, how you can produce an amazing amount of healthy and tasty oil from bitternut hickory, and why temperate climates produce so much food. You can find Samuel at TheForagersHarvest.com.

In this episode we speak with our friend Amanda Breeze about the cannabis business, how to maximize the therapeutic and recreational effects of this master plant, and why it smells like skunk... You can find Amanda at https://linktr.ee/EmeraldTemple I (Isaac) will be speaking at the AstroMagia conference with is October 8-10, and you can get a 15% reduction before June 12th by using this code: AM22RISE+ at AstroMagia.org. I'll be speaking on 17th century Astrological herbalism and natural magic, and I will be joining an absolutely stacked lineup including Austin Coppock, Demetra George, Christopher Warnock, Lee Lehman and Freedom Cole among others. Also, I am offering free horary readings one last time before I start charging for them, so email me a burning question to ( info at plantcunning dot com ) before July and I will send you a free analysis. 

Lisa is a "a human being, a mother, a way  shower, an artist, a writer and an obsessive gardener. I have spent the  last 30 years working in my gardens, tending and talking to the flowers  and plants that grow there. I love learning about the plants, not just from books or classes, but directly from my connection and relationships with them." You can find her at mysoulflower.com

In this episode we speak with herbalist, entrepreneur and teacher Ben  LeVine about the science behind why and how adaptogens work, the common  chemistry behind many of these herbs, about going from dumpster diving,  to working at Celestial Seasonings, to co-founding Rasa, an herbal  company that provides coffee alternatives that are "obsessively  sustainable" - and we get into what that means, and how to actually  scale up herbalism in a way that helps heal the earth. If you're interested in attending sliding-scale priced classes on herbalism with AC this month (May 2022) visit her website, www.travelingherbfarmer.com/education to learn more and register. 

In this episode, which was first available to the Patrons, we dive into the houses in Medical Astrology, into how to identify a curse, and collective health trends reflected in the skies.  Judith is an incredible person and a wealth of knowledge and these episodes are truly gems. Check out her work at https://www.judithhillastrology.com/ and if you'd like to learn from her online astrology school, see the Academy for Astrological Medicine here, https://www.academyforastrologicalmedicine.com/

In this episode we talk about our early spring, what new plants we're starting (Udo, Chinese Licorice, Ground Plum Milkvetch, Bush Morning Glory, Baptisia tinctoria) etc, our favorite episodes since the last duocast, and how they all fit together.  Use our affiliate link to register for free, or purchase the recordings for the Women Working for the Earth Summit: https://www.womenworkingfortheearth.com/?ac=UTnGeAhy It's happening NEXT weekend, April 16-24, 2022 online with speakers like Winona LaDuke, Rosemary Gladstar, Rocio Alarcon, Linda Black Elk and Leah Penniman sharing their unique ways of working with nature and each other. 

Karen Rose has dedicated her life’s work to empowering individuals to  reconnect to their own ancestral traditions, rooted in her native land  of Guyana with a dash of desert life from her time in Arizona and her  many years in Brooklyn, NY. Regarded as a Spiritual Herbalist, Karen is  revered for being the first to teach Spiritual Herbalism, plant medicine  deeply rooted in ancestral healing and spiritual consciousness.  Offering guidance to those on the path to finding the truth, she has  trained over 400 herbalists through her Spiritual Herbalism  Apprenticeship program as an act to reclaim their own health and offer  healing to their own communities.  She's recently come out with an amazing new book: The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal & Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine. You can find her on IG and at sacredvibeshealing.com This is a rich conversation. We touched on topics like ancestral  healing, how grief can hang in the lungs, her favorite plants for heart  healing, what spiritual herbalism means to her and what apprenticing  with her may be like. It was an honor and a pleasure to learn about  Karen's life and her work. Enjoy the episode.   Upcoming Free Live Event on Earth Day Weekend: The ONE Summit or Women Working for the Earth Summit is going to be well  worth checking out for some heart soothing, inspiring and connecting  listening from some of the most incredible activists, healers, nature  lovers of our time. This event led by @natureevolutionaries is happening  the weekend of Earth Day, April 21st - 24th, 2022 and features over 30  speakers.  Use our affiliate link to check out the Women Working for the Earth  Summit here:  https://www.womenworkingfortheearth.com/?ac=UTnGeAhy  to support us if you decide to purchase the all access pass for the  recordings (it's $67 and they give us a generous half of that).  Check  out the speakers of the summit and the topics that they are going to  share with the world. It's pretty amazing. To name a few: Winona LaDuke,  Leah Penniman, Tammi Sweet, Rosemary Gladstar, Rosita Arvigo and many  inspiring plant people. Ya'all will love it.

In this episode we interview Anima Pundeer, a spiritual friend of  Isaac's. We talk about what she knows for sure, who she really is,  growing up in rural India and moving to the US where she found a group  of like minded aspirants, and answers to her deepest questions. She recently wrote a book called Always Right Behind You: Parables & Poems of Love & Completion with Art Ticknor, who was on episode 34 of the podcast.  She's also speaking at the TAT Foundation April meeting near Durham NC, if you're interested.  If you'd like to become a patron, go to Patreon.com/PlantCunning