

Plant Cunning Podcast
Plant Cunning Podcast
Plant Cunning Podcast brings together people wise to the ways of plants, fungi, healing practices, & the natural world to explore the mysteries of Nature. Co-Hosted by astrologer, gardener & musician, Isaac Hill and herbalist & educator A.C. Stauble. We invite herbalists, mages, mycologists, gardeners, community organizers, healers, spiritual seekers & all kinds of other interesting people to the microphone to share their wisdom. We like to bridge different worlds, make connections, inspire, and at times, have our minds blown by our amazing guests. Enjoy!
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Aug 23, 2023 • 1h 15min
Ep.124: Norio Kushi on The Cosmic Joke, What it Means to be Human, and a Macrobiotic Childhood
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Plant Cunning Conference – September 9-10, 2023
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Norio Kushi
"Throughout his life Norio Kushi followed his passion for wheels: he bicycled up to 90 miles a day as a child, drove a taxi in Boston, started a bus company in Vermont, and pursued a career driving a big rig throughout North America. While driving his truck, Norio stopped thinking for more than two weeks. Through this experience, Norio realized that the “self” we think we are does not exist. The “self” exists only in our thinking, in our internal dialogue, and is the single source of all human suffering. By recognizing the illusion of the self, Norio awakened to complete peace and unconditional love, a natural state that is humanity’s true nature. Norio now shares the insights into the human tapestry into which we’re born and how one may naturally and effortlessly experience our true nature."

Aug 16, 2023 • 58min
Ep.123: Plant Communication with Jen Frey
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Find Jen at: https://www.brigidsway.com/
Jen Frey is a Healer, Mentor, Earth Advocate and Voice of the Plants. She is the Founder of Heart Springs Sanctuary, where she helps people deepen their connection with Nature through Plant communication.
With over 20 years of experience with Plant essences, energy work, and herbal practices her private consultations and Plant based protocols are known for helping clients through emotional life transitions, physical health crises, and chronic pain conditions.

Aug 9, 2023 • 59min
Ep.122: Claudia Keel on Herbal Education, Community, and Hanging Out Your Shingle
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Arborvitae School of Traditional Herbalism: https://www.arborvitaeny.com/
Claudia is a clinical herbalist and flower essence therapist with an additional specialty in food and nutrition therapy. She has a private practice in Germantown NY (Columbia county) and in Manhattan, NY since 1999. Claudia also teaches regularly about herbs, flower essences and traditional foods in practitioner study groups, workshops and conferences and offers private mentoring for clinical practice.

Aug 2, 2023 • 53min
Ep.121: Olga Tzogas on Mycology, Culinary Mushrooms and Greece
Plant Cunning Conference: https://plantcunningconference.com/
New Moon Mycology Summit: https://www.themyceliumunderground.com/nmms
Smugtown Mushrooms: https://www.smugtownmushrooms.com/
In 2011, Smugtown Mushrooms was established because there was a need for mushrooms & growing supplies, workshops, events & community based science in her area. While learning more & embracing the never-ending, unlocked potential mushrooms & fungi have to help heal both people, planet & soul. Olga teaches workshops throughout the continent about wild mushroom identification, medicinal mushrooms, biology, and mushroom cultivation. She was a core organizer for the 2016 Radical Mycology Convergence and the MycoSymbiotics Festival from 2015-17. In 2018, Olga help co-create the New Moon Mycology Summit, a justice-focused, mycology centered event, linking many disciplines extending throughout the living world.

Jul 26, 2023 • 54min
Ep.120: Barbara Wilkinson and the Herb Society, UK
EARLY BIRD TICKETS FOR THE PLANT CUNNING CONFERENCE END JULY 28th! (find them here: https://buildwithmaple.notion.site/Plant-Cunning-Conference-Sept-9-10-2023-b7b505f1d48b414ebc02e7eb75ea54b0 )
Find Barbara and the Herb Society UK here: https://herbsociety.org.uk/
Barbara is a third-generation herbalist and runs The Springfield Clinic of Natural Healing in Cheshire. She is an advocate of cultivating the use of plants in everyday life and keen to empower people with the confidence to embrace food as medicine. She qualified as a Consultant Medical Herbalist in 2012, becoming a member of the Unified Register of Herbal Practitioners, and the College of Medicine and Integrated Health.
As well as running her own practice, Barbara has been a Trustee for The Herb Society since 2014 and has appeared as a guest speaker at numerous events and conferences. She has had an allotment for over 28 years, where she grows both food and medicine.

Jul 19, 2023 • 1h 7min
Ep.119: Astrological Magic and Medical Talismans with Brandon Michael
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Find Brandon at http://cosmicartifacts.com/

Jul 5, 2023 • 1h 11min
Ep.118: Salicrow on Psychic Development, Speaking with Spirits, Plant Devas and Earth Energies
Find Salicrow here: https://www.salicrow.com/
Her new book is "Spirit Speaker: A Medium's Guide to Death and Dying", available most places.
Last chance for Early Bird tickets for the Plant Cunning Conference here: https://buildwithmaple.notion.site/Plant-Cunning-Conference-Sept-9-10-2023-b7b505f1d48b414ebc02e7eb75ea54b0
In this episode we speak with psychic, medium and author Salicrow about growing up psychic, honoring and communicating with the spirits of the dead, working with land spirits, devas and earth energies, and a big picture look at the future.
#psychicmedium #psychic #ancestors #occult #magic #landspirits #devas

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Jun 28, 2023 • 1h 8min
Ep.117: Mychal Bryan on Mastering Traditional Astrology
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Find Mychal at: https://oraculosastrology.com/
In this episode we talk with Mychal about traditional western, tropical astrology. How he taught himself and learned from the best, why practice makes perfect, why planets are more important than signs, why he uses Regiomontanus house system, and much more!
#astrology, #traditionalastrology, #medicalastrology, #plantcunning

Jun 21, 2023 • 1h 14min
Ep. 116: Lucy Jones on Integrating Western and Tibetan Herbalism, Respecting Plants, and Mistletoe
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Find Lucy Jones at Myrobalanclinic.com
Lucy's new book A Working Herbal Dispensary is coming in July from Aeon Books.

Jun 7, 2023 • 1h 22min
Ep. 115: Ken Asmus on Growing Plants Yourself, the Nursery Business, Drive-By Botany, Wild Plums and Breeding "Wild Chicken" American Chestnuts
Plant Cunning Conference Info: https://buildwithmaple.notion.site/Plant-Cunning-Conference-Sept-9-10-2023-b7b505f1d48b414ebc02e7eb75ea54b0
In this episode we interview Ken Asmus of the legendary Oikos Tree Crops. Find him here: https://oikostreecrops.com/