Mycopreneur

Jack from Everyday Dose mushroom coffee joins us to share intel on how he built the world's greatest mushroom coffee enterprise. We hear about the early days of raising funds from friends and family, the hockey stick growth of the first three months of the business, and the realities of scaling to a multiple 8-figure functional mushroom business in the Wild West of the supplement industry.Please rate and review this episode and share it with your mycopreneurial friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unkle Fungus is a boutique mushroom farm and crafter of exotic mushroom products based in Pennsylvania, USA. He joins us on the pod today to talk about the origin story and mycopreneurial evolution of the uncle Fungus brand, and to showcase the day to day realities behind running a family mushroom business.Please rate and review the episode wherever you're listening & share it with a friend ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Rob Silver joins us today on a deep dive into the emerging product landscape of functional mushroom supplements for dogs. Dr. Rob has teamed up with industry leading power players Real Mushrooms to bring a line of medicinal mushroom products for pets to fruition. Please rate, review, and share this episode if you find it compelling and interesting ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shane Mauss is a stand up comedian with a decorated 20 year career in show business. He is one of the pioneers of stand up comedy for psychonauts, an emerging art form that provides context and nuance to the mainstreaming of psychedelics.Catch him on his never-ending tour by checking dates here: https://www.shanemauss.com/tourPlease consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Ortiz of Last Prisoner Project returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to issue a call to mobilize in support of cannabis policy reform in the U.S. by way of direct action in Washington D.C. on April 18th, 2024.On April 18th, 2024, we will be mobilizing the largest bi-partisan coalition of cannabis advocacy, industry, and grassroots organizations in the U.S. to lobby in Washington D.C. for a 420 Unity Day of Action put public pressure on Congress and the President to take action to fully legalize cannabis, free those still in prison, and provide retroactive relief.We dive into a host of other topics around the plant, the people who love the plant, and the future of cannabis policy in the U.S. and worldwide.Please rate, review and share this episode if you find it compelling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Jeff McNairy is the Chief Medical Officer at Rythmia, a luxury plant medicine and ayahuasca retreat center based in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Dr. McNairy has over 25 years of experience working in the medical field and draws from his background in psychology to help bridge the mystical nature of an ayahuasca experience with a medical framework and terminology that people from the western world can relate to and incorporate into their healing journey with plant medicines. For more information on Dr. Jeff and Rythmia, check out https://www.jeffmcnairy.com/ and https://www.rythmialifeadvancement.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lucas Aoun is the founder of Boost Your Biology and a globally recognized authority on Mens Health and biohacking. We met in Amsterdam at the Biohacking Summit there in October 2023 and I was inspired by Lucas' pragmatic and unassuming approach to optimizing men's health.Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rhana Hashemi is a drug educator and researcher who is the founder of Know Drugs, a paradigm-shifting purveyor of drug education for youth. She joins us today to shed light on her pioneering work in evolving the narrative around how we talk to youth about drugs. Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening ( : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Meddling Mushroom is a widely respected mushroom cultivation educator and consultant who draws upon decades of experience in the field and a heart for service to uplift many in this emergent space. They join us today to share insights on the state of the mycology space, some best practices for streamlining your operation, and sage advice for how to be of service to others in the myco community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mason Marks is the Florida Bar health law section professor at the Florida State University College of Law. At Harvard Law School, he is the senior fellow and project lead of the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, and he also writes an extremely insightful weekly newsletter covering the psychedelic space that's called Psychedelic Week.Today we get down to brass tracks on the ins and outs of psychedelic law and policy in the U.S. as well as a host of other interesting topics - Please rate and review the podcast wherever you're listening and consider sharing it with a friend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Rick Barnett is a licensed psychologist-doctorate and a licensed drug and alcohol counselor based in Vermont.He joins us today to discuss his participation in various psychedelic education programs and the state of the psychedelic therapy space in addition to other topics of interest.Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur Podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephanie Wang is the Founder & CEO of KA! Empathogenics, a boutique purveyor of Kanna supplements that's focused on bringing full spectrum aliveness to people through their products and offerings. In this episode we learn about some of the KA! vision and strategy behind the brand, and hear about some of the reasons that Kanna has become so popular across the U.S. and beyond over the last few years.Check out KA! for yourself and use code MYCO for a 10% discount on their entire product line https://kaempathogenics.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's podcast features New Brew Botanical Seltzer Co-Founder and CEO Justin Wolf discussing his companies trajectory and their mission to foster a new way of social ritual by infusing plant-based elevated experiences into their product line. Alcohol has had a strangle-hold on social rituals in the United States for many years, and companies like New Brew are intent on creating healthier products that allow for deeper level connection between people and healthier outcomes after a night out. https://www.drinknewbrew.com/Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Healing Herbals & Entheogenic Emporium are boutique vendors of legal entheogens such as Kanna extract, blue lotus extract, and wild lettuce among other plant-derived substances. The legal entheogen market is booming, and we sit down with an expert on the subject matter today. Check out the product offerings at https://healingherbals.store/ and https://www.entheogenicemporium.com/ to learn more about this unique marketplace for yourself. Please rate and review the podcast wherever you're listening.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

North Spore is one of the most reputable and robust mushroom companies in North America, and today I'm joined by their Co-Founder Eliah and Events & Education Director Louis to talk about their decade long trajectory from bootstrapped startup to powerhouse player. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travis Tyler Fluck is one of the most devoted and influential figures working in the psilocybin mushroom space today, and he joins me to talk about the status quo of mushrooms in Colorado under the current legislative framework there. We tap into a number of other dimensions during this hour-long conversation, which I sincerely hope you'll rate and review wherever you're listening to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherry Rais is the CEO of Enthea, a third-party administrator focusing on psychedelic-assisted therapy as a workplace benefit.Sherry joins me on the podcast today to talk about the work Enthea is doing to remove obstacles to health equity, her background working with the World Bank and UN, and the future of employer-provided psychedelic-assisted therapy.Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Davis is the founder of Baystaters, a plant medicine education and advocacy coalition based in Massachusetts. Baystaters has been instrumental in decriminalizing plant medicines, including psilocybin mushrooms, in over a half dozen cities in the United States. James shares some of the processes for how they've been successful in doing this, and offers a message of hope for community-based and democratic psychedelic policy as well as a definitive end to the drug war. https://www.baystatersnm.org/Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preeti Simran Sethi is a journalist and advocate for the decolonization of psychedelics. We dive into exactly what that means and what a more comprehensive and empowered global psychedelic ecosystem could look like. Preeti has written for New York Times, Wired, Double Blind, and more and is currently working on a series about decolonizing psychedelics to be released by Double Blind.Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Madison Margolin sits down with me to talk about her debut book "Exile and Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground". Madison is well-known as the Co-Founder of Double Blind Magazine and has written about psychedelics for outlets like Rolling Stone, Playboy and Vice among others. This episode was recorded live in Miami during Wonderland Conference.Please consider rating and reviewing this episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moudou Baqui is a mushroom community steward and martial artist based in Detroit, Michigan. We discuss his ongoing work with Decriminalize Nature to impact policy change around mushrooms and other plant medicines in Michigan and beyond, as well as hear about his on-ther-ground research into mushroom traditions in Africa and his learnings from the legendary Kilindi Iyi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex and Milica of PsilocybinSF join me today to talk about their upcoming Microdosing Mushrooms Conference. With over 500 participants currently registered and some of the world's most renowned experts on microdosing, this conference is shaping up to be a very intriguing and impactful educational one day online event on November 19.. Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur Podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Chilton is a pioneer of the global mushroom industry and the founder of Nammex, which is one of the world's largest purveyors of medicinal mushroom supplements. Jeff has been a commercial mushroom farmer for 50 years, and is currently finding himself having to explain to other mushroom industry stakeholders and the general public exactly what a mushroom is and *isn't*. We dive deep into this discourse today's episode, which is being released concurrently with a Rolling Stone article outlining some of the same key points and which also features Mycopreneur Podcast and quotes from the recent episode recorded with Jeff's son Skye Chilton of Real Mushrooms. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosalind Stone and Dr. Reanne Crane are the creators of Semantrix Sessions, an education and media platform that focuses on the interplay between psychedelics and language. The semantics of language are the machinery of meaning-making in our worlds, and we dive into this duo's unique framework for exploring and deciphering the linguistic structures coding psychedelic culture and the human experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Firstman & Steve DeAngelo join me live in Denver to discuss the Rastafari Indigenous Village in Jamaica and their new venture called Life Is A Ceremony that helps people connect with the Rastafari culture and way of life. We learn about the cosmology of the Rastafari and how they view plants and fungi, and get a peek into life in an authentic Rastafari indigenous village in Jamaica.Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raad Seraj is a technologist, psychedelic medicine advocate, and angel investor working at the intersection of impact investing and mental health. He is the host of Minority Trip Report podcast and the co-founder of Mission Club, as well as an all-around truly amazing and empathetic human being. He joins me for the second time on the podcast to catch us up to speed on the investment landscape in the psychedelic ecosystem, and the globalization of psychedelics, and how he does due diligence on the companies he seed funds. Please rate and review the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob DeVecchio is the Founder of Oklahoma Fungi, the premiere supplier of mycology products in Oklahoma. Today we tune in with Jacob to learn about the evolving mushroom culture of the Sooner State, and to hear about the forthcoming first Oklahoma Mushroom Festival that Jacob and his team are organizing. Please rate and review the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tomas Garret is the founder of Mycozine, a physical zine that maps out the mushroom entrepreneurs, activists, and current events in the United States myco community. He joins us today to talk about his path to building the Mycozine, why it might make sense for people to take a full time job and stack u while they're building their mycopreneurial venture, and how his experience helping to coordinate the influential Oakland Psychedelic and California Psychedelic Conferences have helped guide him towards the current path he's on with Mycozine.Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brandon Deroche is the founder of Propeller, a platform that harnesses social influence to create measurable impact. By partnering with the world's biggest musical artists and incentivizing their audiences to take action to help solve some of the greatest challenges of our era, Propeller helps create accelerate solutions to the most pressing problems facing our planet. We discuss the role of psychedelics in the lives of artists, how artists can leverage their platforms for social and environmental benefit, and how the pandemic changed the music industry among other fascinating topics. Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Gay of Ousia Labs joins us to talk about the new Ousia Fountain extractor. This impressive piece of hardware makes CO2 extraction affordablle and available to everyone - we talk about use cases, how the machine works, and why every gardener, chef, and small botanical or fungal business owner should look into the possibilities presented by the Ousia Fountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bergo joins us to spread awareness about proposed legislation in Minnesota that would functionally prohibit the foraging of mushrooms in Minnesota State Parks. We discuss the non-science backed excesses and oversights of the proposed legislation, and receive a call to action to campaign for inclusion of local Minnesota mushroom foragers and scientists in the arbitration process to create a more sensible and less ignorant policy than what has currently been drafted.To learn more, visit: https://foragerchef.com/mn-mushroom-regulation-letter/Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Nolan is an internationally acclaimed music producer with a multi decade career in the music industry. He returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to drop intel on his forthcoming release titled "Dissolve" , out July 28th through Microdose Music. Order the album today: https://microdosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gina Giorgio is the Co-Founder of the North Carolina Psychedelic Policy Coalition and a policy and advocacy professional for NisonCo PR among several other notable roles in the psychedelic space. She joins us today to discuss her experience drafting and introducing House Bill 727 to fund the study of MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and depression or anxiety respectively. Gina shares her journey from aspiring psychedelic professional to rising superstar in the emergent psychedelics industry, and also discusses her forthcoming launch of Smush, the home mushroom terrarium venture that she is expected to debut in the Fall of 2023.Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur Podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Skye Chilton of Real Mushrooms joins us to shed light on the ongoing Citizen Petition to the fDA to ensure accurate labeling of mushroom supplements. Many companies selling mycelium products are doing so with 'mushroom' labeling, which is a completely different part of the life cycle of a fungal organism. Skye analyzes the current petition to the United States Food and Drug Administration to require companies selling fungal products that are not actually mushrooms to accurately state so on their product labels.Please consider rating & reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marc Violo is the creator of MycoStories, a global hub for the mushroom industry. MycoStories is mapping the mushroom startup ecosystem and providing unparalleled insight into this emergent circular economy and the key stakeholders in the field. In this episode, we unpack the origin of MycoStories and discuss the state quo and the future of the multi-billion dollar mushroom industry. Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zeus Tipado is a neuroscientist and psychedelic research PhD candidate at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He joins us today to talk about the latest research into how psychedelics impact perception and brain chemistry, to shed light on some of the differences between the psychedelic science community in Europe vs. the United States, and to share intel about the latest developments in 2C-B vapes.Please consider parting and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Batuhan Bintas is the Founder of Cyber Mushroom, an immersive technology experience that allows users to enter an altered state and map their psychedelic experiences. We learn about Batu's trajectory from Turkish immigrant to world-renowned programmer and mycopreneur, and hear about his predictions for how immersive technology and psychedelic experiences will coalesce to shape the future of global society. Please consider rating and reviewing the pod cast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Claire Malone has a PhD in High Energy Physics and is fresh off a research stint at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland. Claire joins us today to talk about their work to create more democratized research and communication systems in the psychedelic science research community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Johnson of Mycroboost and Custom Capsule Consultants joins us to share insights from his decade long career of cannabis and psychedelic entrepreneurship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Margolies & Jaz Cadoch join us to announce the public launch of the Global Psychedelic Society.The GPS functions as a platform for connecting and empowering the various chapters of psychedelic societies in operation around the globe. From San Francisco to London to Sydney, psychedelic societies are meeting regularly to support their communities as unprecedented numbers of people explore the realms of psychedelic consciousness. The GPS exists to connect the leaders and members of various chapters with the bigger picture of the worldwide psychedelic community. Please consider rating & reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Feilding is known as "The Queen of the Psychedelic Renaissance" for good reason: In her 55 year + career, she's been at the forefront of both the original psychedelic counter culture movement in the 1960's and today's psychedelic mainstreaming.In this live podcast recorded at Breaking Convention in the UK, Amanda discusses her legacy as an evangelist for psychedelics and drug policy reform.Please consider rating & reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colin Wells is the Founder and Director of Veterans Walk and Talk, a community of veterans who hike together and explore alternative treatments for mental health in a direct action and community-based model. On today's episode, we talk about Colin's approach to community building, the role of veterans in the push to legalize psychedelic therapies, and what it's like to hotbox a $1.2 million dollar Humvee in an active war zone.Please consider rating & reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Serial Entrepreneur and reigning Psychedelic CEO of the Year Kaia Roman joins us on the pod today to talk about her approach to leading multiple high-profile companies in the psychedelics industry, as well as to share intel on the reasons why having female executives in your C-Suite gives you a more balanced and nuanced approach to solving problems and creating a viable business. Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Shankin is the Founder of Tam Integration, which is producing their annual Integration Jam April 28-30. This online virtual event will feature speakers from around the world sharing best practices across a wide range of topics - I'll be participating too, so pull up! We talk about a wide array of other topics in this episode as well - music, corporadelia, satire, new age mysticism, and more. Please consider rating and reviewing this episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew DeAngelo is a world-renowned cannabis and psychedelic entrepreneur, consultant, educator and writer who knows a thing or two about the state of the global cannabis industry. He returns to the podcast to share insights from his travels around the world to interface with key stakeholders in the cannabis space, and regales us with tales from the underground culled from his multi-decade career in the legacy cannabis market. Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Douglas K. Gordon returns to the podcast to announce a new mushroom-focused collaborative venture with the Marley family in Jamaica.He shares updates about the regulatory environment for psilocybin mushrooms and the cannabis industry in Jamaica, as well as his take on how neighboring island nations may be able to benefit from the rise of psychedelic tourism.Please consider rating and reviewing the Mycopreneur Podcast wherever you're slitting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Numinus Founder & CEO Payton Nyquvest sits down with me at SXSW in Austin to talk about the trajectory that his company Numinus has been on to position themselves as being on track to be the first profitable publicly traded psychedelics company. We talk about the Numinus approach to the psychedelics space, music as a tool for healing, the road map for the next few years in this space, and more.Please consider rating & reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Ousia team joins us today to pitch their Ousia Fountain at home CO2 extraction tabletop extraction equipment. Though this product and company are in fact real, we pitch it in a satirical skit aimed at taking down 'big tincture.' This unit is available for pre-order at https://ousialabs.com for $899 - the first 200 orders will receive $200 off. We hope this podcast is as educational and entertaining as it is commercial, and I welcome people to connect with the team at Ousia to find out more about what at home CO2 extraction looks like with the Ousia Fountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mareesa Stertz is the Co-Founder of Lucid News and the creator of the 'Psychedelics and Storytelling' retreats and workshops. She joins me today to discuss how we can leverage the power of storytelling to program ourself with narratives that defy conventional social programing and which better suit us as empowered individuals. Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manoj Doss is a postdoctoral psychedelic research scientist at Johns Hopkins University and is currently researching the impact of psilocybin on episodic memory.He joins the Mycopreneur Podcast today to provide insights into the underlying neural mechanisms occurring during a psilocybin mushroom-engendered psychedelic experience - We learn about the different regions of the brain and how they are uniquely impacted after the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms, and discuss the workflow of a psychedelic research scientists carrying out IRB approved research.Please consider rating and reviewing the episode wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.