Herb Mentor Radio
Episodes
Dr. Peter Gail: King of Dandelions
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Gail, Ph.D. has been studying, writing about edible and medicinal plants for half a century. Author of 13 books, including The Dandelion Celebra...
Karen Sherwood
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Sherwood is a Northwest native who grew up studying the flora of the Pacific Northwest. While studying at the University of Washington, she was ...
Aviva Romm
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Aviva Romm began studying herbal medicine and midwifery in 1981. A Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and herbalist, practicing since 1985, Aviva is...
Christopher Hobbs
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation herbalist and botanist with 40 years of experience with herbs. Founder of Native Herb Custom Extracts (now Ra...
Dina Falconi
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dina Falconi is a practicing herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. She is the author of Earthly Bodies & Heavenl...
jim mcdonald: Herbal Energetics and Fevers
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jim McDonald returns to HerbMentor Radio for a special episode on fevers and herbal energetics. What is a fever, why do they happen, and what are the ...
jim mcdonald
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jim McDonald is a self-taught herbalist whose approach blends a folk and indigenous perspective of herb craft with the eclectic/physio medical approac...
Linda Runyon: Returns to HerbMentor Radio
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Runyon is an expert in wild foods and has been teaching since the 1970s. Though she has a lifelong love of nature, she really learned her stuff ...
Sandor Katz
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sandor Ellix Katz is the author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved...
Tom Elpel
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Elpel is one of our “herbal author heroes” at HerbMentor.com. Besides penning Botany in a Day and Shanleya’s Quest for us herbal folks, here...
Ryan Drum
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ryan Drum joins us from his remote location on Waldon Island, WA, where he lives in a cabin he built 30 years ago. We are lucky to have him since ...
Paul Bergner
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bergner is a medical herbalist and founder/director of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism in Boulder, Colorado. The North American...
Raylene Ha`alelea Kawaiae`a
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Raylene Ha`alelea Kawaiae`a is a long-time teacher of the Hawaiian way of life, has been a Kumu (teacher) hula for over 30 years. She teaches hula and...
Robert Dale Rogers: The Fungal Pharmacy
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Rogers has been a student of native plants and fungi from the Canadian prairies for over 40 years. He teaches plant medicine at Grant McEwan Un...
Sean Donahue: Herbs and Magic
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Donahue is a traditional herbalist and poet. He has also worked as a freelance journalist, a political organizer, and a nonviolence trainer. He i...
Bevin Clare: An HerbMentor Q&A
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bevin Clare, M.S., LDN, CNS, RH(AHG), is a clinical herbalist and nutritionist with a deep love of plants. Bevin holds a M.S. in Infectious Disease fr...
Nome McBride: Life & Times of an Herb Farmer and Xtreme Wildcrafter
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nome McBride is an herbalist, farmer, wildcrafter and medicine maker from Eugene, Oregon. He grew up farming in Indiana and was making tinctures in hi...
Dr. James Duke: Herbs of the Bible
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James Duke is an ethnobotanist with a Ph.D. in botany from UNC, served with Missouri Botanical Garden in his earlier years, and for over 3 decades...
Paul Bergner & Tania Neubauer: Your Calling
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bergner and Tania Neubauer, N.D. join me at the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference for a special live edition of HerbMentor Radio. Paul h...
Cascade Anderson Geller
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1970s, disgruntled with straight medicine and an educational system where soldiers with big guns were posted on campus, Cascade Anderson ...
Charles Garcia
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Garcia is a third-generation curandero and practicing herbalist. He is the founder and director of the California School of Traditional Hispan...
Demetria Clark: Herbal Healing for Children
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Demetria Clark has written one of the best books on using herbs with kids we’ve seen: Herbal Healing for Children: A Parent’s Guide to Treatments ...
Isla Burgess
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Isla Burgess, DipPE DipTchg DipHerbMed MNZAMH MNHAA, has been an educator for the past 40 years, currently, the Director of the International College ...
jim mcdonald: Herbs for Back Pain
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jim McDonald joins us once again on HerbMentor Radio for a double-length episode focused on herbs for back pain. Jim covers nutrition and bodywork as ...
Jon Young: Mentoring Kids & Nature Connection
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author and naturalist Jon Young takes you behind the scenes of Wildcraft! and LearningHerbs.com in a special episode called “Mentoring Kids & Na...
J.T.: Community Herbalism & Urban Wildcrafting
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
J.T. is a Seattle-based herbalist and mom. She’s an old friend of mine who started the same herbal apprenticeship that I did in 1998 before my son R...
K.P. Khalsa
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Karta Purkh (K.P.) Singh Khalsa, L.M.T., N.C.T.M.B., D.N.-C., R.H., C.C., is one of the foremost herbal experts in the field today. He is one of the v...
Todd Caldecott: Ancient Medicine in a Modern World
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Caldecott is a Medical Herbalist and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, author of the textbook Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life, Food as Med...
Phyllis Light
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Phyllis Light is a fourth-generation herbalist and healer and has worked with herbs and in natural health for over 30 years. Her studies began in the ...
Roy Upton
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Upton, RH, DAy has been working and practicing professionally as an herbalist since 1981. Trained in ayurvedic, Chinese, and western herbal medici...
Michael Pilarski: Wildcrafting with Skeeter
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Pilarski is a farmer, educator, and author who has devoted his life to studying and teaching how people can live sustainably on this Earth. He...
Timothy Scott
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Lee Scott is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a master’s in Traditional Chinese Medicine. His book, Invasive Plant Medicine, demonstrates...
Brigitte Mars: Doctrine of Signatures
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brigitte Mars is an herbalist, author, raw foods chef, and nutritional consultant from Boulder, Colorado. Brigitte has been teaching for over 40 years...
Caroline Gagnon: Plant Energetics
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Gagnon started teaching and practicing herbalism in 1995, and is co-founder and director of the FloraMedicina School of Herbal Studies in Mon...
David Bruce Leonard: Hawaiian Herbalism
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Bruce Leonard is a practitioner and teacher of all five branches of Chinese medicine: acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, food medicine, and ...
Emily Ruff: Medicinal Herbs of Florida
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Ruff is a community herbalist and health educator who has practiced the art and science of plant healing for over a decade. Her studies have tak...
John Gallagher: Fifth Anniversary Confessions
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The microphone is turned as John Gallagher, host of HerbMentor Radio, is interviewed by Rosalee de la Forêt in 2012. HerbMentor members asked for it,...
Margi Flint: The Practicing Herbalist
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Margi Flint practices herbalism in the seacoast town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, and over the last 30 years has become their village herbalist. She ...
Rebecca Altman: Herbs Outside the Box
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Altman is an herbalist, writer, and proprietor of Kings Road Apothecary. As a Scottish herbalist wildcrafting in Los Angeles, she has acclimat...
Sunny Savage: Medicinal Clothing & Other Adventures
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny Savage is a wild foodie, filmmaker, and homeschooling parent traveling with the wind … aboard a sailboat with her husband and son. She has a M...
Rosemary Gladstar
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rosemary Gladstar is the author of several books, including the bestseller Herbal Healing for Women and A Family Herbal. She has taught herbs extensiv...
Dona Enriqueta
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A well-known and respected member of the Meso-American Zapotecan people located in Oaxaca, Dona Enriqueta Contreras is a descendant of a long line of ...
David Hoffmann
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Hoffmann, B.Sc., F.N.I.M.H. has traveled the world, run for Parliament on a Green Party ticket, and has been an activist in the Green and Peace ...
Lesley Tierra
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lesley Tierra, L.AC., AHG is a California State and nationally certified acupuncturist and herbalist. In her practice, she combines acupuncture, herb,...
Will Endres: Tale of an Appalachian Wildcrafter
10 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Will Endres is an herbalist, wildcrafter, and outdoor guide with more than 40 years of experience. Originally from West Virginia, Will studied 28 year...
Sandor Katz: The Art of Fermentation
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sandor Katz returns to HerbMentor Radio in celebration of his new book, The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Pro...
Rosemary Gladstar: Wild Greens & Spring Remedies
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rosemary Gladstar covers the importance of wild greens, both nutritionally and energetically. Dandelions, plantain, nettle, chickweed, and many more f...
Patrick Jones, DVM: Herbs for Dogs & Cats
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Patrick Jones is a veterinarian with a passion for herbs. He grew up close to the land, and his interest in herbs eventually led to him treating a...
Chanchal Cabrera: Herbs & Chronic Illness
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Chanchal Cabrera, MSc, FNIMH, (RH)AHG is a medical herbalist whose clinical specialty is helping people manage cancer and chronic disease. Chanchal ha...
Gail Faith Edwards
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Gail Faith Edwards is an herbal educator with more than 30 years of experience as a community herbalist. She runs Blessed Maine Herb Farm, where she r...
Christophe Bernard: A Walk in Provence
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Christophe Bernard is a clinical herbalist from France who was born and raised in Provence. He spent 15 years of his life in the U.S., studying medici...
David Winston: Adaptogens
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
David Winston RH (AHG), is an herbalist and ethnobotanist with over 40 years of training in Cherokee, Chinese and Western herbal traditions. He has ha...
Guido Masé: The Wild Medicine Solution
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guido Masé is a clinical herbalist, educator, and garden steward specializing in holistic Western herbalism. He is a founding co-director of the Verm...
Dina Falconi: Foraging & Feasting
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dina Falconi returns to HerbMentor Radio to give us a great foundation in harvesting wild edibles and preparing them into delicious dishes. Dina is th...
Henriette Kress: Practical Herbalism
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Henriette Kress is a clinical herbalist and author from Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of two herbal books, Practical Herbs 1 and Practical Herb...
Darcy Williamson: Herbs of the Rocky Mountains
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Darcy Williamson is an herbalist, author, and educator from the Rocky Mountains in Idaho. She is the founder of From the Forest, an herbal products an...
K.P. Khalsa: Answers in Herbal Healing
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Yogaraj (Ayurveda), DN-C, RH, LMT, NCTMB, CC, NAMAPM, has over 40 years of experience in holistic medicine and is one of the...
Leslie Alexander: Dental Herbalism
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Alexander, Ph.D., RH (AHG) is a medical herbalist and co-author of the new book Dental Herbalism, Natural Therapies for the Mouth. Leslie is a ...
EagleSong Evans Gardener: Rekindling the Heart of Health
12 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
John returns to HerbMentor Radio in a conversation with one of his first herbal mentors, EagleSong Evans Gardener. Go beyond “this herb is for that ...