Plant Cunning Podcast

In this episode we speak with Janet Kent about learning herbalism as a young punk, starting Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine, radical vitalism, the autonomic nervous system (and herbs for that!), and her famous "grief relief" formula (which she shared with us and is posted below!) Acute Grief Tincture Hawthorn (Berries, Flowers or both) 4 parts Peach leaf 3 parts Motherwort 2 parts Kava kava 2 parts Anemone 1 part "Also,  if people want my zines, Ease Your Mind:  Herbs for Mental Health and  Under Pressure:  Herbs for Resilience by writing me at  medicinecountyherbs@gmail or messaging me @radicalvitalism on Instagram." Radical Vitalism  essay https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/radical-vitalism-by-janet-kent-and-dave-meesters/ Herbalism in an Age of Mass Extinction, two essays https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/herbalism-in-an-age-of-mass-extinction-part-one-context-concepts-and-strategy/ https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/herbalism-in-an-age-of-mass-extinction-part-two-ecologically-minded-practice/ You are Nature essay https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/you-are-nature-working-with-the-elements-for-change/ Janet and Dave's podcast https://thebookonfire.podbean.com/ Season one we discuss Donna Haraway's Staying with the Trouble. Season two we discuss Sylvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch.

In this episode we speak with herbalist Guido Masé about consciousness, will, the beauty of science, how herbalism helps him unite his love of science with his love of spirit (and plants!) We talk about the importance of phytochemical diversity, "wild plant deficiency syndrome",  and dancing with darkness.  You can support the podcast at Patreon.com/plantcunning

In this episode we speak with Jain about growing up with a botanist in the backyard, helping folks connect to nature (even if they didn't grow up with a botanist in the backyard), herbal cakes, being a park ranger, and going off the trail.  You can find her at: https://www.champagnehillbotanicals.ca/ and on IG at @champagne.hill.botanicals

Biotunes https://mapsbolt.wixsite.com/biotunes Cannatunes https://cannatunes.wixsite.com/mysite/music Ginseng Guided meditation spa kit https://www.cimarron-maz.com/product-page/guided-ginseng-meditation Other stuff Damanhur https://damanhur.travel/ Plants Play https://www.plantsplay.com/ Cleave Baxter https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/992993.Primary_Perception       Loretta "Maps Bolt" Hord is an artist,  innovator, technoshaman, and paradigm changer focused on interspecies  collaboration. After studying environmental law at the SUNY College of  Environmental Sciences and Forestry she began trying her hand at  biodynamic farming, environmental education, and geo locative coding.  Since then, Maps Bolt creates  realistic pathways for humanity to manifest deeper connections with the  natural world through animistic perspectives and technology.   Maps Bolt looks to be eclectic in her  experiences and use them to facilitate her work. Constantly learning new  skills in coding, alternative artistic methods, and AR/VR development,  she works to connect all of these disciplines into the pioneering of  plant music applications and provides a unique user experience that  makes plant vitality evident through sound.        As founder of Biotunes, she  uses multi-media, multi-sensory applications that translates  bio-rhythmic energy of the plant into musical notes and a cymatic visual  projection. Her strongest influences has been the works of other  researchers and scientists such as Monica Gagliano, author ot "Thus  Spoke the Plant", Cleave Baxter who first transmitted data from plants,  or Jeremy Narby who stated in his 2012 Bioneers presentation “The way  the shamans describe it, the spirits of nature, or the essences, are  themselves melodies. When they perceive these different entities, if you  pay careful attention, they vibrate out a melody. And the work of the  shaman is to pick up the given melodies of each species.”   This  statement best expresses the core of Maps work with plants and creating  immersive experiences that engage the public. Her work is also  influenced by the notion of "hikoi", a Maori term for pilgrimage.    Through the engagement of making  music with plants by translating the electrical impulses into musical  notes, questions about who gets to belong, who makes the decisions, and  what is considered valuable in the conservation world arises. Combining  plant generated soundscapes with geolocative tools, allows for the  creation of “songlines” - geo-triggered audio tours of ethnobotanical  communities .  When the music made by plants are connected to gps  location, the plants song will automatically play through a mobile app  when approaching each individual plant species. The placement of the  songlines are often in in publically accessible forests and gardens.

In this episode we dive deep into flower essences with Sara Artemisia; what they are, how to make them, how to use them. We also talk about Akashic Records and money! You can find Sara at SaraArtemisia.com and you can support this podcast at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

In this episode we speak with Richo Cech of Strictly Medicinal Seeds about how he first started germinating seeds as a young lad, how he visited East Africa as an older, but still young lad, and came back with seeds! We dive deep into Tulsi, talk about direct seeding, how to thin plants, and how you shouldn't always listen to Mandrake! 

In this episode we talk with one of my mentors, Art Ticknor, about Self-Realization, meditation, confrontation, celibacy, and the legacy of his teacher, Richard Rose. You can find him at SelfDiscoveryPortal.com and you can find out about the June TAT meeting at: TATFoundation.org. You can support the podcast at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

A little duo-cast with AC & Isaac!

We have a great time talking with Kami McBride about growing up in Northern California, learning to fish and forage with her grandfather, meeting Rosemary Gladstar at 22, and finding her inspiration of working with herbs. We talk about her book The Herbal Kitchen and how you can bring herbs into your everyday life by utilizing them in recipes. We talk about carminitives and gut health. And we have a great conversation about plant communication, and how she has helped her students remember and rediscover their inherent connection to the natural world and to plants, and how easy, natural and intuitive plant communication is. You can find her at https://kamimcbride.com/ And you can find our Patron at Patreon.com/plantcunning

In this episode we speak with Isaac's permaculture teacher Darrell Frey, of Three Sister's Permaculture, and the Permaculture Institute of North America about growing up drinking out of springs, snacking on cucumber root and trout fishing in the forests of Pennsylvania, of meeting Bill Mollison and getting inspired to start his own permaculture project, building a bioshelter (and what that is.) We also talk about finding a fungus that eats thripps, aphids and whiteflies, and how he would culture it to keep the bioshelter free of pests. We talk about ecological succession, and how Goldenrod can keep a prairie in a holding pattern for decades by inhibiting the germination of tree seeds. We also talk about the amazing, ancient forest gardens of French Creek in NW PA, and about forest gardening. He's got two wonderful books out, one is Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm, and the other is The Food Forest Handbook with co-author Michelle Czolba.  You can find our patreon at Patreon.com/PlantCunning