Episode #477
Dennis McKenna & Joshua Wickerham
Books mentioned
The Omnivore's Dilemma
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Ethnopharmacologist and author Dennis McKenna and Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council advisor Josh Wickerham discuss ayahuasca, DMT, ibogaine, Salvia divinorum, and the safety and therapeutic potential of psychedelics. They also explore Indigenous plant traditions, ecological stewardship, drug policy, personal and social transformation, and broader questions about consciousness, cosmology, and extraterrestrial life.
What they talked about
- Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council mission
- Ayahuasca's rise in mass consciousness
- Psychedelics as tools for personal cleansing
- DMT experience as mental reboot
- Psychedelic research and clinical protocols
- Hunting as a psychedelic experience
- Corporate environmental accountability
- Veterans for Entheogenic Therapy
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