
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!
Latest episodes

Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 2min
Ep.108: Walking the Land with Eileen Nauman
In this episode we speak with author, herbalist, astrologer and shaman Eileen Nauman about walking the land, earth energies, plant spirits, vortexes, dowsing with a pendulum, and helping trapped dead people cross into the next realm.
Here's her website: https://walkingtheland.net/
Here's are two worksheets on walking the land from Eileen:
https://walkingtheland.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cornmeal-Protocol.pdfAnd the link for the Walking the Land worksheet is:https://walkingtheland.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Walking-the-Land-Worksheet.pdf
#earth energies, #crystal dowsing, #dowsing, #ley lines, #walking the land

Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 11min
Ep.107: Kaitlin Smith on Storied Grounds and GaiaHub
In this episode we talk with herbalist, scholar, writer and multidisciplinary educator Kaitlin Smith about the importance of stories in connecting with place, and GaiaHub, a digital tool for tracking and connecting with earth knowledge. The tool uses Notion, an amazing software that combines word documents with databases and is a great tool for project management. We explore how herbalists can use the GaiaHub for tracking their apothecary recipes and what is in stock, keeping their materia medica plant knowledge, client information and booking, and tracking whatever classes they may be taking or teaching themselves. It's pretty comprehensive and pretty amazing, but if you aren't going to use it we dive into the details around the 30:00 minute mark. You can find her at: https://www.storiedgrounds.com/about

Mar 8, 2023 • 1h 1min
Ep.106: Kira Sutherland on Medical Astrology, Homeopathy and Natural Cycles
In this episode we speak with naturopath, herbalist, medical astrologer and educator Kira Sutherland of (who you can find at https://www.astrologyofhealth.com/ ) about how she uses medical astrology in her work as a naturopath and herbalist, about homeopathy and flower essences, and about how to tap into our own natural cycles to optimize our health.

Mar 1, 2023 • 1h 53min
Ep.105: Freedom Cole on Ayurveda and Astrology
Find Freedom at https://www.scienceoflight.net/ !
In this episode we talk about Vedic astrology, or Jyotish, why it's is so important for the practice of Ayurveda, about remediation, planetary charity, the nature of karma, and the relationship between deities and planetary archetypes.
#Ayurveda #Astrology #Vedic Astrology #Jyotish

Feb 15, 2023 • 1h 3min
Ep.104: Lisa Fazio on Italian Folk Magic & Medicine, Plants, Place, & Community
In this episode we speak with Central New York herbalist Lisa Fazio about place, lineage, community, and Italian folk magic and medicine. You can find her at https://therootcircle.com/
#Italianfolkmedicine #Italianfolkmagic #Herbalism

Feb 1, 2023 • 1h 19min
Ep.103: Ben Falk on Seaberries, Homesteading, Permaculture and the Future
Honored to have permaculturist Ben Falk at @wholesystems on the show to talk about the amazing Hippophae rhamnoides (Seaberry/Sea Buckthorn), homesteading after 15 years, permaculture and what he thinks of an energy decent future.

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Jan 18, 2023 • 1h 5min
Ep.102: Earth Energies with John Michael Greer
Stone circles, the Secret of Solomon's Temple, ley lines, feng shui, radionics, cosmiculture pipes - in this episode we explore earth energies with John Michael Greer, and spill some secrets for how to grow a gangbusters garden.

Jan 4, 2023 • 56min
Ep.101: MattyB on Indigenous Microorganism (IMO) Research
In this episode we speak with aspiring farmer and researcher Mattie B on his work looking in to how Indigenous Microorganism (IMO) in Korean Natural Farming work, and how they compare to other soil amendments such as compost, mycogrow and others. Check out his work here: https://unadillacommunityfarm.org/imo/
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number FNE22-001. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dec 28, 2022 • 2h 31min
Ep.100: 2023 Year Ahead Astrological Forecast with Zamboni Funk
It's out 100th episode!!! Thanks for liking, subscribing, and commenting! In this episode we look at the upcoming year ahead astrological forecast with @zambonifunk . We talk about asking the right questions, about the cardinal ingresses, about Mars in Gemini, Saturn going into Pisces, Pluto into Aquarius, the nodes moving into the Libra-Aries axis, Venus in Capricorn, and Mercury retrogrades in earth signs.
#astrology #2023 #forecast

Dec 21, 2022 • 1h 39min
Ep.99: Winter Solstice Special with Byron Ballard
In this episode, we bring the village witch of Asheville, North Carolina herself, Byron Ballard, back on the show! We have a wonderful time chatting with Byron, and explore all sorts of topics. Grab a cup of tea and join us!