Mycopreneur
Mycopreneur is a podcast hosted by Dennis Walker that celebrates the makers, doers and explorers driving mushroom innovation around the world. Each episode profiles pioneers and entrepreneurs who are using fungi to tackle some of humanity's biggest problems. Through conversations with growers, researchers and business builders, the show explores the rapidly growing mycology and functional mushroom space. It blends science, business and culture with a sense of wonder about the magical world of mushrooms.
Episodes
Paul Grzybowski & David Claassen: Atlanta Mushroom Festival
Today I sit down with Paul & David of the Atlanta Mushroom Festival ( https://atlantamushroomfestival.com/?srsltid=AU7gw4V2JAT61qVBgcJwHKDE3Ph1QnBybU_RBA2SzOMFPh38VOdGnk_f ), a semi annual multidisciplinary mushroom event with the next edition coming u...
Rev Hooman: The Hidden Risks of the Underground Psychedelic Market
Rev Hooman is a cultural technologist and mushroom entrepreneur working at the intersection of harm reduction, education, and product manufacturing who joins us today to discuss the state of the 'head shop product' space, the growing use of AI in psych...
Omar Dasco-Uribe: Ojai Mushroom Summit
Today's guest is executive chef and mushroom event producer Omar Dasco-Uribe of Ohms Collective ( https://ohmscollective.com/ )and the upcoming Ojai Mushroom Summit ( https://events.humanitix.com/ojai-mushroom-summit ) from October 11-18 We discuss the...
Dr. D. Marshall Porterfield: Mushrooms In Outer Space
Dr. D Mushroom Porterfield ( https://engineering.purdue.edu/ABE/people/ptProfile?resource_id=7380 ) is a Professor of Space Biology and Biophysics at Purdue University and Division Director for Space Life and Physical Sciences (SLPS) at NASA. He is als...
Jonathan Dickinson: Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind
Jonathan Dickinson is the Co-Founder of Ambio Life Sciences ( https://ambio.life/ ), a prolific Ibogaine therapy center in Tijuana, Mexico, and the author of the newly released book Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind: The Transformational Potential of the...
Glauber Loures de Assis: Psychedelic Parenthood & The World Ayahuasca Forum
Glauber Loures De Assis is the Co-Founder of Psychedelic Parenthood Community ( https://www.psychedelicparenthood.org/ ) and part of the organizing team for the upcoming World Ayahuasca Forum ( https://www.ayahuasca2026.com/ )in Girona, Spain from Sept...
Live From Western New York Fungi Fest with KK of Flora Funga
Today's episode comes to you live from the WNY Fungi Fest ( https://www.wnyfungifest.com/ )in Western New York, and features KK of Flora Funga ( https://www.florafungapodcast.com/ ) -- we discuss her work as a scientist at the intersection of plant pat...
John Biggs: Psychedelics in the Age of Acceleration
John Biggs is a career tech journalist and author of multiple books who recently launched Tripsitter.cc ( https://tripsitter.cc/ ), a platform which enables psychedelic facilitators to connect with prospective clients in their area. John discusses psyc...
Eric Osborne: Lessons Learned From Facilitating 4,000 Psilocybin Mushroom Ceremonies
Eric Osborne is the Co-founder and Head Minister of Psanctuary ( https://www.psanctuary.org/ ), a sacred mushroom church based in Louisville, Kentucky. Eric joins me on the podcast today to discuss his pioneering work in the international mushroom indu...
Behind The Scenes at WNY Fungi Fest
Lana Shapiro and Andrew 'The Flying Fungi' join me today to discuss the Behind The Scenes organization of the inaugural WNY Fungi Fest in New York scheduled to take place from August 28 - 30. We learn about the practicalities of organizing a festival i...
Soren Shade: Taking On The DEA
Soren Shade joins us today to discuss the coordinated pushback against the DEA's proposed scheduling of SR-17018 alongside other molecules and the advocates taking them on head to head. This episode is supported by Healing Herbals, ( https://healingher...
Wendy Tucker: The Farm That Shaped Psychedelic History
Wendy Tucker is the Board Chair of The Shulgin Foundation ( https://shulginfoundation.org/ ), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the legacy and work of Ann and Sasha Shulgin. We discuss the legacy of the Shulgin Farm, where Sash...
Art Goodtimes & Britt Bunyard: The Telluride Mushroom Festival Legacy
The Telluride Mushroom Festival is the longest running mushroom festival in the United States and is set to kick off its 46th edition August 12-16 in the bucolic mountain village of Telluride, Colorado this year. Festival Co-Founder Art Goodtimes and F...
Chris Dyer: From Street Gangs to The Visionary Art World
Chris Dyer is a world renowned visionary artist who has painted murals all over the world and collaborated with many leading cultural figures and festivals in the art world. He joins me today to discuss his artistic and spiritual journey from his origi...
How Booming Acres Sold 200,000+ All-In-One Mushroom Grow Bags and Counting
Booming Acres is a mycology supply business and gourmet mushroom farm based near Chicago, Illinois. The company founder Howard joins me on the podcast today to discuss their meteoric growth from a side hustle started in a kitchen during the pandemic to...
Jacob Marlega: The Battle to Save Colorado's Psychedelic Decriminalization
Jacob Marlega is a mushroom cultivator extraordinaire and reluctant political activist spearheading a petition to challenge the recent changes to Colorado's psychedelic decriminalization policy that were signed into law by Governor Jared Polis on June ...
Lindsay Kent: Psychedelics, Women, and Creative Freedom
Lindsay Kent is an author, journalist, and film director who published her debut novel My Twin The Murderer last week. The book is a mind-bending psychological thriller about the hidden costs of believing we are fully in control which weaves in element...
Dori Lewis: The Colorado Regulated Psilocybin Therapy Landscape
Dori Lewis is the Founder of Reflective Healing, a regulated psilocybin therapy clinic based in Colorado, USA. She's also Co-Founder and Clinical Director at Elemental Psychedelics, a DORA-approved, women-led training program for psychedelic therapy fa...
Skye Chilton: Real Mycelium
Skye Chilton of Real Mushrooms returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast today to discuss the launch of Real Mycelium, a 100% pure Lion's mane mycelium product with zero grain, starch or fillers. The benefits of pure Lion's Mane mycelium have been clinically ...
Serenite Labs: Personalized Microdosing Research
Kevin Sullivan of Serenite Labs joins me today to discuss building a top-tier mushroom microdosing research operation. We learn about different strains of mushrooms and their effect profiles, efforts to aggregate feedback and data to help personalize t...
Anne Philippi: The New Health Institute Fundraising Approach
Anne Phillippi is the Founder of The New Health Institute and a journalist with decades of experience working with major brands and celebrities. She joins the Mycopreneur Podcast today to discuss the need for elevating the way that non-profits in the p...
Charles Patti: Extended State DMT at Eleusis
Charles Patti is one of the Co-Founders of Eleusis, a luxury psychedelic immersion center located on the Caribbean isle of St. Vincent and The Grenadines. We learn about the extended state DMT protocol which is actively being administered to guests at ...
Travis Tyler Fluck: Giving Away 400 Therapeutic Doses of Psilocybin Mushrooms For Free In Aspen
Travis Tyler Fluck was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the passage of decriminalization of entheogenic fungi in Denver, and he's been deeply involved in the community there for the arc of Prop 122 and the Natural Medicine Health Act. Today he...
Mycogenius: Mushroom Industry & Culture in the European Union
Seth Colchester is the Founder of Mycogenius, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of premium functional mushroom extracts that are third-party tested and fully traceable. He is also the founder of Functionalmushrooms.eu, a wholesale provider of premium fu...
Shelby Hartman: The DoubleBlind Guide to Psychedelics
Shelby Hartman is a journalist best known as the Co-Founder of the pre-eminent psychedelic media platform DoubleBlind. Today she returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to discuss the evolution of the psychedelic media landscape as well as shifting public p...
Lee Carroll: Ergothioneine in Support of Psychedelic Therapy
Lee Carroll returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to discuss his novel research into Ergothioneine as a support framework for psychedelic therapy and neuroplasticity. Lee unpacks complex concepts like the BDNF pathway, cellular phosphorylation, and the tr...
Adam Miezio: Psychedelics in the Epstein Files
Adam Miezio is a journalist and content marketer in the psychedelic space who serves as the Guild Master of the Psychedelic Writers Guild and the writer behind The Divine Influx on Substack among other roles. Today we discuss the state of psychedelic j...
Robert Gallery: Ibogaine For Athletes with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Robert Gallery is an NFL veteran who is the Founder of Athletes For Care, an organization supporting research, advocacy, and real solutions for athlete mental health. He joins me today to discuss his transformation from a retired NFL star with severe m...
Melanie Tremblay: The Hidden Dangers of AI-Generated Mushroom Claims
Melanie Tremblay is the Chief Operating Officer of Real Mushrooms, one of the most reputable and influential mushroom companies in North America. She draws from her background in the beauty and cosmetics industry to discuss advertising trends and exagg...
Full Canopy Genetics: The Booming Mushroom Genetics Market
Full Canopy Genetics is a prize-winning mushroom genetics and mycology research supplies vendor based in Denver, Colorado. Founders Santi & Spoon join me today to discuss their path into the mushroom genetics space, the spores and cultures they're work...
Jeffrey Miller: HoneyProjects
Jeffrey Miller is the CEO of HoneyProjects, a visionary force reshaping the legal cannabis market in New Jersey. He's also a graduate of the Vital Psychedelic Training Program and has earned a wealth of knowledge from over a decade of experience in the...
Cesar Marin: The Summit Within
Cesar Marin of Cultivating Wisdom returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to announce his newest venture, a psychedelic retreat for dads called ' The Summit Within ' that is scheduled to take place near Medellin, Colombia at the LaWayra retreat center in la...
Live From a Psilocybin Mushroom Retreat in Jamaica
We're kicking off our inaugural Laughter Is Medicine retreat today at Coral Cove Wellness Resort in Jamaica and recorded this live podcast to capture the pre-retreat vibe. My co-host Andy Sudbrock of Sacred Path Retreats returns to the Mycopreneur Podc...
Cullom Cahill: The Mushroom Woodworker
Cullom Cahill is a mushroom woodworker who I first discovered on TikTok. He brings his background as a carpenter into the mycomaterials space, evolving from early experiments using Ecovative home grow mycelium bricks to now having a product line of lam...
Adam Chilton: The Nammex & Real Mushrooms Legacy
Adam Chilton is the Head of Brand at Real Mushrooms and Nammex, family companies that have shaped the mushroom supplement category in North America as we know it with decades of experience pioneering the industry. We discuss the trajectory of the funct...
Twin Flames Mycology: The Lumina Mushroom Lab
Rico from Twin Flames Mycology joins me today to discuss his extraordinary trajectory from being a homeless teenager who first encountered wild psilocybin mushrooms on a fateful kayaking trip to today where he runs a profitable independent business in ...
Sam Believ: Building The #1 Rated Ayahuasca Retreat in South America
Sam Believ is the founder of Lawayra Ayahuasca Retreat in Colombia, the #1 rated ayahuasca center in South America and also one of the most accessible and affordable. He joins the Mycopreneur Podcast today to share his story coming into the world of ay...
Dr. Howard Kornfeld: Addiction Recovery & Nuclear Disarmament
Dr. Howard Kornfeld is a pioneer in the field of addiction recovery and a longstanding fixture of the international psychedelic community. He founded the clinic Recovery Without Walls in Mill Valley, California and has been at the vanguard of the space...
Doc Rob Silver: Microdosing For Dogs
Holistic Veterinarian and pioneer in the functional mushroom for pets supplement market Doc Rob Silver of Real Mushrooms joins us again on the Mycopreneur Podcast to discuss his ongoing research to craft safe and efficacious mushroom supplements for pe...
Mattha Busby: Drug War Politics and Psychedelic Journalism
Mattha Busby is a prolific drug journalist focusing on psychedelic culture and policy, the international politics of the Drug War, and other fascinating topics for such esteemed publications as Rolling Stone, Wired, Vice, and numerous other platforms. ...
Andy Sudbrock: Laughter Is Medicine Retreat
Andy Sudbrock of Sacred Path Retreats joins me on the podcast today to discuss our upcoming Laughter Is Medicine psilocybin mushroom retreat in Jamaica that we're co-hosting at the spectacular Coral Cove Wellness Resort March 15-20 with an afterparty M...
Ted Anderson: African Rising Initiative
Ted Anderson is the Co-founder of African Rising initiative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit designed to empower African communities through education, sustainable agriculture, women's empowerment, and self-sufficiency skills. We recorded this episode live in H...
Soren Shade: How Drugs Become Illegal
Soren Shade is a drug researcher known for producing Hamilton's Pharmacopeia on Vice and as the Founder of Kratom leaf tea company Top Tree Herbs. We discuss the evolution of drug markets and policy with a long-view approach beginning in the 1870's and...
Decentralized Funding for Psychedelic Research with PsyDAO
PsyDAO is a Decentralized Autonomous Community that is funding decentralized psychedelic science and fast-tracking the careers of emergent researchers by investing in their work across multiple early career fellowship projects. Tyler Quigley and Brittn...
Erik Lomen: Anarchists in the Mushroom Business
Erik Lomen is the Founder of Maine Cap N' Stem and the host of MycoWizards podcast. He joins us on Mycopreneur Podcast today to discuss the evolution of the company and the mushroom industry in the United States at large while sharing practical insight...
Dillan DiNardo: AI In Psychedelic Drug Development
Dillan DiNardo, Co-Founder and CEO of Mindstate Design Labs, returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to share updates on the companies progress as a clinical-stage AI neuroengineering platform and drug development outfit. We explore how Mindstate Design is ...
Lee Carroll: Where Mushroom Tradition Meets Science
Lee Carroll is the Lead Medical Herbalist at Real Mushrooms and returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to share updates on his research and journey deeper into the history of traditional mushroom use as well as the modern science to substantiate functional...
Robert Lattig: Healing Herbals & The Kanna Industry
Robert Lattig of Healing Herbals returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to discuss the rise of the Kanna supplement market alongside Amanita muscaria mushrooms, Jamaican Dogwood and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
James McConchie: Building Haight Street Shroom Shoppe
James McConchie is the Founder of Haight Street Shroom Shoppe and started cultivating mushrooms years ago to provide access for his wife as she underwent Chemotherapy - today, he stands as one of the most respected and venerable mushroom entrepreneurs ...
Joshua White: TripCheck by Fireside Project
Joshua White of Fireside Project joins us today to share insights about their innovative new " TripCheck " service. TripCheck fills a crucial gap between preparation and real-time crisis support, offering planned wellness check-ins that can prevent cha...
Joe Dolce: Modern Psychedelics
Author and journalist Joe Dolce joins us today to dive into his new book Modern Psychedelics. This book offers an expansive and high-level view of psychedelics as they exist in today's world, and we dive into a number of rich subjects on the podcast to...
Eric Puro: Beyond Beta-glucans in the Functional Mushroom Industry
Eric Puro is the CEO of KÄÄPÄ Biotech, the leading functional mushroom company in Europe based out of Finland. He joins us again on the Mycopreneur Podcast to discuss the release of their new white paper titled " Beyond Beta Glucans: Why the Future of ...
The Mycoday Mushroom Chocolate Saga Part 1
This episode unwraps the story behind Mycoday functional mushroom chocolate, the first Consumer Packaged Goods company spun out of the Mycopreneur network. We discuss the origins of the company, growing pains, triumphs, and insights from the front line...
Kevin Bourke: The Psilocybin Mushroom Industry in Jamaica
Kevin Bourke is one of the leading pioneers in the legal psilocybin mushroom industry globally. As the Co-Founder of Rose Hill Life Sciences and Patoo, Kevin sits at the vanguard of the world's first legal psilocybin mushroom industry. We learn about t...
Edward Crowe: High Dose Mushroom Ceremonies For Creative Professionals
Internationally published photographer, fashion industry entrepreneur and music industry professional Edward Crowe returns to the Mycopreneur podcast to dive into into his dynamic world of entrepreneurial ventures and the role that high dose mushroom c...
Robert Rush: Psilocybin Law
Today we're joined by leading Psilocybin and Psychedelic Law attorney Robert Rush of Rights and Reason Project. We discuss DOI and DOC, the potential rescheduling of Psilocybin from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 under the Controlled Substances Act, psychede...
Dr. Nibodhi: Strategies for Managing Triggers & Avoiding Burnout
Dr. Nibodhi joins us today on the Mycopreneur Podcast to discuss natural approaches to optimal health and managing modern life as a high performing individual. He shares his strategies for engaging with triggers in every day life, tuning in to the wisd...
JoJo Simmons: Storytelling For Entrepreneurs
JoJo Simmons is an internationally renowned entertainer and entrepreneur who joins us today to talk about his creative studio 3 is FOR and his advocacy work for social justice in the cannabis space with Last Prisoner Project - Shout out to Mycroboost m...
Dr. Kevin Spelman: Science Before Marketing
Dr. Kevin Spelman joins us today to discuss the scientific basis for natural healing, providing insights gleaned throughout his multiple decade long career at the forefront of the botanical research and development sector. We discuss psilocybin mushroo...
Magic Lichens & More with KK from Flora Funga
KK from Flora Funga podcast joins us today to talk about her growing mushroom and plant media empire and the magic lichens you didn't know existed. Rate and review this episode wherever you're listening (: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Basidium Equilibrium:
Basidium Equilibrium is a boutique purveyor of mushroom genetics and laboratory equipment with over a decade of experience with mushroom cultivation and the myco craft. He joins us today to talk about his journey to becoming one of the most reputable g...
Spore Daddy: Quitting the 9-5 to Focus on Mushroom Entrepreneurship
Spore Daddy is a mycopreneur based on the East Coast of the U.S. who just last week quit his 9-5 job to focus on mushroom entrepreneurship full-time. Today we discuss his mushroom cultivation and entrepreneurship journey, the "Grow-off" he's currently ...
Gabriel Hardie: Minnesota Nice Ethnobotanicals
Gabe Hardie is a psychonaut content creator and the marketing director for Minnesota Nice Ethnobotanicals, the leading importer of Amanita muscaria mushrooms in the United States. Amanita muscaria remain 100% legal in the United States - except for Lou...
Ric Scalzo: Ergothioneine & Blue Zones
Ric Scalzo of Gaia Herbs has been at the forefront of the botanical research and natural healing world for 4 decades and joins us today on the Mycoprneeur Podcast to discuss his journey in life and business as a steward of natural medicines. We discuss...
Mycopreneurs Without Borders: Ezequiel Cruz and Josephine Nakakande
Today's Mycopreneur Podcast is the first ever episode with an alternate host: Ezequiel Cruz of Fungaria interviews Josephine Nakakande of Eco-Agric Uganda to discuss the role of mushroom entrepreneurship in uplifting socioeconomically challenged commun...
Sydney Gibson: Spent Mushroom Substrate For Soil Enhancement
Sydney Gibson is a soil biology researcher and undergrad student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock who conducted an experiment on soil health in gardens enhanced with Spent Mushroom Substrate this year. The results of the experiment were sur...
Jason Scott: Feral Fungi
Jason Scott is the world-renowned founder of Feral Fungi, a top shelf mushroom tincture and supplement company. Today we dive into the literal alchemy behind the products, outline some of the vital compounds and functions of various medicinal fungi, an...
Jack Gorsline: Psychedelic States of America
Jack Gorsline is a psychedelic policy focused journalist who is the founder of the media platform Psychedelic States of America - Jack joins me today to talk about the state of psychedelic policy in the United States and evolving regulation, as well as...
Emily Eaglin: TikTok and Mushrooms
Emily Eaglin is an award-winning content creator who shares how psychedelics have helped inform her rise to fame as a TikTok creator and multidisciplinary artist. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening (: Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Morgan Rockwell: Mushrooms For Defense Technology
Morgan Rockwell is the founder of Mycosoft and MycoDAO, leaders in the mushroom tech startup space. Morgan shares the vision for mushrooms as a form of defense technology in the context of environmental intelligence gathering, as well as walks us throu...
Skye Hawthorne: Drugs Around The World
Skye Hawthorne is the host of Drug Cultures podcast, a remarkable foray into the history, traditions, and present day dynamics of drug use across cultures worldwide. We cover a ton of ground on the podcast today, from Syria's Captagon market in the SWA...
Barak Dror: Solid-State Fermentation For Mushroom Entrepreneurs
Barak Dror joins us to discuss the merits of Solid-state fermentation in regards to fungi research & development, covering everything from the history of SSF to it's modern applications in food science and increasing profitability as a mushroom entrepr...
Doc Rob Silver: Mushrooms For Pets
Doc Rob Silver of Real Mushrooms returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to speak about his pioneering work crafting mushroom supplements for pets. Drawing upon 40 years of experience as a holistic veterinarian and a deep knowledge of herbal and fungi suppl...
East Forest: Music For Mushrooms
Boundary shattering musician East Forest joins me on today's podcast to discuss his film Music For Mushrooms - available now until April 6 for the Mycopreneur audience. We also discuss the creative process, the evolution of concert experiences, and the...
Andy Cartier: Mycelium Surfboards & Mushroom Houses For Gaza
Andy Cartier is the founder of Studio Cartier, a living materials design firm based in the Netherlands. Andy contributed to the momentous 'Mushroom Houses For Gaza' prototype of a sustainable shelter constructed from mycelium and palm waste that took D...
Dr. Will Van Derveer: Lessons From Training 200 Psychedelic Therapists
Dr. Vill Van Derveer is one of the leading integrative psychiatry practitioners worldwide. Based in Colorado, he has been at the forefront of the legal, regulated psychedelic industry in the state since its inception a few years ago. Today we get an on...
Valerie Beltrán: Zendo Project
Valerie Beltrán is the Outreach Director for Zendo Project, a harm reduction organization that sets up at festivals to help people process their experiences in altered states and find a sense of support and safety when needed. We learn about the origin...
Heather A. Lee: Psilocybin Retreats for Women with Cancer
Heather A. Lee is a Licensed Therapist and a Certified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist who joins us today to discuss Medicine Women Retreats, and in particular her upcoming free psilocybin retreat for women with a cancer diagnosis. We also discuss...
Dr. Davis Brockenshire: Innovative Health Solutions
Dr. Davis Brockenshire is one of the nation's leading advanced functional medicine practitioners. We discuss the cornerstones of health and vitality, the science and spirit behind functional medicine, Blue Zones, high dose functional mushrooms, and muc...
Fullsend OrgaNicks: Innovation in Agar Tools
Fullsend OrgaNicks is a boutique mushroom business based in Florida which has introduced a number of innovations to the home mycology space. Today we discuss their Myco Punch tool designed to facilitate turnkey, clean agar transfers of tissue culture i...
