Mycopreneur

Dr. Jeff McNairy: The Rythmia Process

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jeff McNairy is the Chief Medical Officer at Rythmia, a luxury plant medicine and ayahuasca retreat center based in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Dr. Mc...

Lucas Aoun: Biohacking Testosterone Levels

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Biohacki...

Rhana Hashemi: Know Drugs

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

The Meddling Mushroom

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Meddling Mushroom is a widely respected mushroom cultivation educator and consultant who draws upon decades of experience in the field and a heart...

Mason Marks: Psychedelic Law & Policy in the United States

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 seni...

Dr. Rick Barnett: The State of Psychedelic Education

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 part...

Stephanie Wang: KA! Empathogenics

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stephanie Wang is the Founder & CEO of KA! Empathogenics, a boutique purveyor of Kanna supplements that's focused on bringing full spectrum aliven...

Justin Wolf: New Brew Botanical Seltzers

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's podcast features New Brew Botanical Seltzer Co-Founder and CEO Justin Wolf discussing his companies trajectory and their mission to foster a n...

Robert Lattig: The Legal Entheogen Market

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Healing Herbals & Entheogenic Emporium are boutique vendors of legal entheogens such as Kanna extract, blue lotus extract, and wild lettuce among...

The North Spore Journey

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 &am...

Travis Tyler Fluck: Mushrooms in Colorado

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

Sherry Rais: The Enthea Mission

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 p...

James Davis: The Baystaters Playbook

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

James Davis is the founder of Baystaters, a plant medicine education and advocacy coalition based in Massachusetts. Baystaters has been instrumental i...

Preeti Simran Sethi: Decolonizing Psychedelics

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Preeti Simran Sethi is a journalist and advocate for the decolonization of psychedelics. We dive into exactly what that means and what a more comprehe...

Madison Margolin: Exile and Ecstasy

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Psychedel...

Moudou Baqui: Mushroom Stewardship

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Moudou Baqui is a mushroom community steward and martial artist based in Detroit, Michigan. We discuss his ongoing work with Decriminalize Nature to i...

Psilocybin SF: Microdosing Mushrooms Conference

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alex and Milica of PsilocybinSF join me today to talk about their upcoming Microdosing Mushrooms Conference. With over 500 participants currently regi...

Jeff Chilton: Mushrooms vs. Mycelium on Grain Products

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 mushro...

Semantrix: Enchanted Incantations

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rosalind Stone and Dr. Reanne Crane are the creators of Semantrix Sessions, an education and media platform that focuses on the interplay between psyc...

Firstman & Steve DeAngelo: The Rastafari Connection to Plants & Fungi

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Firstman & Steve DeAngelo join me live in Denver to discuss the Rastafari Indigenous Village in Jamaica and their new venture called Life Is A Cer...

Raad Seraj: There Is No Psychedelics Industry Yet

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raad Seraj is a technologist, psychedelic medicine advocate, and angel investor working at the intersection of impact investing and mental health. He ...

Jacob DeVecchio: Oklahoma Fungi

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Tomas Garret: Mycozine

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tomas Garret is the founder of Mycozine, a physical zine that maps out the mushroom entrepreneurs, activists, and current events in the United States ...

Brandon Deroche: Propeller

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brandon Deroche is the founder of Propeller, a platform that harnesses social influence to create measurable impact. By partnering with the world's bi...

Nick Gay: Ousia Fountain

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Alan Bergo: Minnesota Mushroom Regulation

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Bergo joins us to spread awareness about proposed legislation in Minnesota that would functionally prohibit the foraging of mushrooms in Minnesot...

Paul Nolan: Dissolve

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Nolan is an internationally acclaimed music producer with a multi decade career in the music industry. He returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to d...

Gina Giorgio: Psychedelic Policy Reform & Advocacy

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Giorgio is the Co-Founder of the North Carolina Psychedelic Policy Coalition and a policy and advocacy professional for NisonCo PR among several ...

Skye Chilton: Petitioning the FDA

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Marc Violo: MycoStories

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Violo is the creator of MycoStories, a global hub for the mushroom industry. MycoStories is mapping the mushroom startup ecosystem and providing ...

Zeus Tipado: DMT and Perception

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Zeus Tipado is a neuroscientist and psychedelic research PhD candidate at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He joins us today to talk about th...

Batuhan Bintas: Cyber Mushroom

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Batuhan Bintas is the Founder of Cyber Mushroom, an immersive technology experience that allows users to enter an altered state and map their psychede...

Dr. Claire Malone: Inclusive Psychedelic Research Practices

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Robert Johnson: Mycroboost

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Johnson of Mycroboost and Custom Capsule Consultants joins us to share insights from his decade long career of cannabis and psychedelic entrepr...

Global Psychedelic Society

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Margolies & Jaz Cadoch join us to announce the public launch of the Global Psychedelic Society.The GPS functions as a platform for connecting...

Amanda Feilding: The Beckley Foundation Philosophy

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Colin Wells: Guerilla Wellness For Combat Veterans

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Wells is the Founder and Director of Veterans Walk and Talk, a community of veterans who hike together and explore alternative treatments for me...

Kaia Roman: The Rise of the Female Executive in the Psychedelic C-Suite

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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-...

Daniel Shankin: Integration Jam

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Shankin is the Founder of Tam Integration, which is producing their annual Integration Jam April 28-30. This online virtual event will feature ...

Andrew DeAngelo: Cannabis Around the World

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew DeAngelo is a world-renowned cannabis and psychedelic entrepreneur, consultant, educator and writer who knows a thing or two about the state of...

Douglas K. Gordon: Marley One Wellness Retreats

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Douglas K. Gordon returns to the podcast to announce a new mushroom-focused collaborative venture with the Marley family in Jamaica.He shares updates ...

Payton Nyquvest: Building a Profitable Psychedelics Company

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 pos...

Ousia Labs: Taking Down Big Tincture

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ousia team joins us today to pitch their Ousia Fountain at home CO2 extraction tabletop extraction equipment. Though this product and company are ...

Mareesa Stertz: Psychedelics and Storytelling

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 di...

Manoj Doss: Psilocybin and Episodic Memory

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Manoj Doss is a postdoctoral psychedelic research scientist at Johns Hopkins University and is currently researching the impact of psilocybin on episo...

Masha Ty: ACS Laboratory

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Masha Ty is the head of Corporate Growth and Education for Florida-based ACS Laboratory, an outfit which specializes in testing cannabis and mushroom ...

Jeremy Gardner: Mystic Ventures

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Gardner joins us on the Mycopreneur podcast to share insights about the roles of technology and venture capital in shaping the psychedelic ecos...

Emily Eizen: Art For Equity in Cannabis

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Eizen is a multimedia artist and cannabis entrepreneur in Los Angeles.Her work has been featured in High Times, Playboy, and Forbes among other ...

Joe Moore & Kyle Buller: Psychedelics Today

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Moore and Kyle Buller are the Founders of Psychedelics Today, the planetary hub for individuals, practitioners, and professionals exploring psyche...

Dustin Robinson: Raising Capital

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dustin Robinson is the Managing Principal of Iter Investments and their venture studio Nucleus.He has a background in law and has advised and invested...

Hamilton Pevec: Psilocybe azurescens

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Award-winning mycologist filmmaker Hamilton Pevec returns to the Mycopreneur podcast to share intel about his recently released film Azurescens: T...

Justin Hanka: LSD Microdosing Clinical Trials

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Hanka is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Director of MindBio Therapeutics, world leaders in microdosing of psychedelics,Justin joins the Myc...

Ash Southard: Moving Away from Dogma in Psychedelics

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ash Southard is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mushroom Design, a functional mushroom supplement and education company. She drops in on the Mycopreneur pod...

Elan Hagens: Temptress Truffles

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Elan Hagens is a well known mycopreneur in Portland who has been teaching outdoor education and mushroom foraging for over a decade. Today she swings ...

Justin Townsend: Mushroom Tourism in Jamaica

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just in Townsend is the CEO of MycoMeditations, a world class psilocybin mushroom retreat center in Treasure Beach, Jamaica.We learn about the dynamic...

Jon Dennis: Oregon Psilocybin Services Final Rules

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Dennis is an Oregon-based attorney specializing in psychedelic law - he is arguably the nation's foremost expert on the newly minted adult use leg...

Kukuni: Anatomy of a Psychedelic Album

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kukuni is a Los Angeles based psychedelic recording and performing outfit helmed by Willy Christie.Kukuni's debut release is out now on Liquid Culture...

Charles McBryde: The Perils of New Age Spirituality

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Charles McBryde is a new media creator and consultant based in Los Angeles - he joins the Mycopreneur podcast today to share insights from his time on...

Patrick Moher: The Suits and The Roots

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Moher is the President of Microdose, one of the leading psychedelic platforms and the team behind the Wonderland psychedelic conference.He joi...

Willy Myco: From the Underground to the Mainstream

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Willy Myco is an underground mushroom legend who has educated the world on all facets of cultivating mushrooms and running an underground mushroom bus...

Extraction, Tinctures & Teas with Desert Alchemist

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hernan Castro started cultivating Lion's Mane and other functional mushrooms after learning that they may be able to help his father cope with a serio...

Paul Austin: The Year Ahead For Third Wave

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we learn about the backstory of Third Wave founder Paul Austin - from the origins of his stalwart psychedelic brand Third Wave in a B...

Paul Nolan: Music For Psychedelic Therapy

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Nolan is an international DJ, record producer, and mentor who is shaping the future of sound in psychedelic therapy.As the head of the forthcomin...

Raad Seraj: An Ecosystem Approach To Funding The Psychedelic Space

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Raad Seraj is devoted to expanding access to pools of capital to a broader and more diverse set of Founders in the psychedelic space. He is the host o...

Dr. Raj Mehra: Seelos Therapeutics

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Raj Mehra joins the podcast today to discuss the ongoing clinical trials that Seelos Therapeutics is conducting to investigate Racemic Ketamine as...

Haya Al-Hejailan: Psychedelic Education In S.W.A.N.A Region

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Haya Al-Hejailan joins us to discuss the future of psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy in the South West Asian North African Region - a deco...

Jason Ortiz: Transitioning Out of The Drug War

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Ortiz is the Executive Director of Students For Sensible Drug Policy, an organization dedicated to framing a people-first approach to drug polic...

Andi Astra: Spooky Girl Art

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andi Astra is the creator of Spooky Girl art, a retro futurist project that has made waves in the psychedelic space and the professional art world.And...

Darren Le Baron: Psychedelics In Africa Pt. 2

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Darren Le Baron is a researcher and educator focusing on the history of plant technologies and psychedelic legacy in Africa. He joins us for the secon...

Chris Aaron: Ape King Kong

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Aaron drops by the podcast to share insights from 26 years of mushroom cultivation and professional research. We tap into genetics, the future o...

Louie Schwartzberg: Gratitude Revealed

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Louie Schwartzberg is a filmmaker like no other. His 2019 masterpiece Fantastic Fungi helped audiences around the world to see fungi like never before...

Danielle Ryan Broida: Healing Adaptogens

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle Ryan Broida returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to talk about her new book Healing Adaptogens that she's co-written with her colleague Tero Is...

Wumbo Myco: Genetics and Mutants

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wumbo Myco is a myco educator and genetics specialist. We dive into the world of psilocybin mushroom genetics, potency testing, afro jazz music, and m...

Charlotte James: Psychedelic Anti-Racism

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Charlotte James is Co-Founder of The Ancestor Project and a force for collective liberation.She joins us today to discuss nakedness as a tool for self...

Lulu Tsui: UX Design in Psychedelics

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lulu Tsui is the Co-Founder of On The Revel and the User Experience & Research Head of Oakland Hyphae.Lulu joins us to describe how the principles...

Farmboy Slim: The Origin Story

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Farmboy Slim is a viral anonymous Tik Tok influencer who educates people around the world about psychedelic mushrooms.He joins us on the podcast today...

Mrs. Vicius: Notes From A Successful Decrim Campaign

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mrs. Vicius is the Founder of Decrim Nature Hazel Park, and knows a thing or two about how to successfully organize a campaign to decriminalize psiloc...

Andrew Langevin: Nature Lion Mushrooms

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Langevin and his wife were busy professionals in Toronto's bustling film & television industry when the pandemic suddenly shut down their l...

Baystaters: Psilocybin Legal Advocacy

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James from Baystaters joins us on the podcast to share insights from the collective's successful legal crusade to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms i...

William Padilla-Brown: The Next Chapter of Mycosymbiotics

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's it like to go from being a high school dropout waiting tables for minimum wage to becoming a sustainability superstar with a globally renowned ...

Jacob Alvarez: Pioneering Beefsteak Fungus Cultivation

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob Alvarez of Garden State Mushrooms is making momentous strides towards cultivating the Fistulina Hepatica, also known as the Beefsteak Fungus.Bel...

Neil Markey: Beckley Retreats

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Beckley Retreats Co-Founder & CEO Neil Markey joins us on the Mycopreneur Podcast today to talk about the launch of the company's comprehensive ps...

Seth Warner: MycoRising

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're joined by the inimitable Seth Warner, the creative force behind MycoRising - Seth brings a cerebral and hyper-localized approach to mushro...

The Magician Behind Mushroom Magic LLC

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're elated to host Roger Holden the wizard behind Mushroom Magic LLC - on today's odyssey, we explore the vanguard of functional mushroom extraction...

Mapping The Indian Mushroom Revolution with Nuvedo

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the pod we're joined by Prithvi Kini and Jashid Hameed, Co-Founders of the mushroom company Nuvedo based in Bangalore, India.We cover a rang...

Brooke Burgstahler: Mushrooming Minds

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're joined by actress and podcast host Brook Burgstahler in a tour-de-force of charisma and some of her hot takes on the developing industry o...

Andrew DeAngelo: A Path Forward For Psychedelics

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew DeAngelo joins us on the pod today to discuss his work with social justice and drug policy reform by way of Last Prisoner Project, his views on...

Chef Nikki: Cooking With Gas

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chef Nikki pops by the Mycopreneur Podcast today to regale us with tales from the kitchen and life -We tap into the culinary roots of her elevated Sou...

Weslye Saunders: The Drug Culture of The NFL

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we've got our first former NFL player on the podcast, and we're going straight for the cultural jugular - Weslye Saunders experienced the high s...

Oakland Hyphae In The Building

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Reggie Harris and Ian Bollinger of Oakland Hyphae and Hyphae Labs drop by the podcast and unleash a torrent of scientific and social upheaval in the m...

Ksenia Klimov: Griibok Hongos Medicinales

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bienvenidos al Mycopreneur Podcast --Esta es la primera edición del nuestro podcast en Español.Hoy, platicamos con Ksenia Klimov de Griibok Hongos M...

Max Goransson: Golden Mushroom Co

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's pod features the inimitable Max Goransson, Co-Founder of Golden Mushroom Co in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California. Max walks us through the bi...

Shelby Hartman: The DoubleBlind Origin Story

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's pod features DoubleBlind Co-Founder & CEO Shelby Hartman talking about the origin story of DoubleBlind, the need for nuanced discourse in ...

Dr. Sam: The Myco Grow

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's pod features our first mycopreneur with a mainstream medical background -Dr. Sam is the Founder and Director of The Myco Grow, a mushroom cult...

MycTyson: MycoPhilanthropy

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The one and only MycTyson hops on the pod today to drop game regarding how he built one of the most reputable and heart-centered functional mushroom b...

Sena Maria: micro.glow

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's pod we're stoked to feature Sena Maria of micro.glowSena shares charts her personal and professional evolution from tech employee at one of...

Eric Puro: KÄÄPÄ Biotech

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Puro is the Founder & CEO of KÄÄPÄ Biotech, a Finnish biotechnology company that researches, innovates, and develops novel industry s...

Hunter Vargo: Mountain View Mushrooms

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the pod we are elated to feature 18-year-old mycopreneur Hunter Vargo of Mountain View Mushrooms.Hunter took up mushroom cultivation as a hob...

Benjamin Daniel: Pacific Substrates

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Daniel is the Founder of Pacific Substrates, based in Oakland, California. Pac Subs is one of the premiere substrate and growth media supplie...

Sophie Strand: Fungi Storytelling

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sophie Strand is an intersectional eco-storyteller based in the Hudson Valley, New York.Today on the pod, we dive into the fungal experiences that hel...