Mycopreneur

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 in with the Mexican Mycologist on TikTok, and the opportunity to be on the frontlines of the mushroom boom in his region. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening -

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 Louisiana - and thanks to the work of Minnesota Nice and others, they are being embraced at scale by a culture that long misunderstood them and avoided them. On today's podcast we discuss Gabe's point of entry into the world of Amanita muscaria, his stint of prison time that he served for selling psychedelics in college, and strategies for running a marketing campaign in the era of constantly changing algorithms and consumer tastes. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening ( :

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 the longevity superpowers of Ergothioneine, a compound found most abundantly in mushrooms, and the lifestyle of Blue Zone residents around the world as well as the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric and Ric's farm in Costa Rica where he produces the ingredients used in his supplements. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening

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 communities around the globe. Ezequiel hails from the state of Chiapas, Mexico, the southwestern most and poorest state in Mexico which maintains one of the world's most robust diversity of mushroom species and traditional indigenous knowledge waiting to be reclaimed. Josephine is in Uganda, where she teaches abjectly impoverished women and their communities how to grow mushrooms and start a mushroom business. They discuss the many environmental, social, and economic benefits of their mushroom entrepreneurship and the uplifting effects on the communities around them. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening -

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 surprising to her and caught the attention of the online community after a post she made about her research yielded over 300,000 views on Reddit. We discuss her journey into mycopreneurism and where this research is headed next.Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening ( :

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, and speak about the practicalities of building and scaling a profitable independent mushroom venture.Please rate and review wherever you're listening ( :

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 to share his own personal journey into how he came to occupy his position as a Gonzo-style psychedelic policy journalist. Please rate and review wherever you're listening ( :

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 ( :

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 through his company's unique fundraising strategy which has netted them over $500k in investment in the last 10 days, as well as outlines their strategy for remediating a major environmental crisis with specially trained oyster mushrooms. Please rate and review this episode wherever you're listening.