Mycopreneur

Zach Leary is a journalist, psychedelic facilitator, and the host of the MAPS Podcast. He joins us today to share observations from a lifetime of experience at the forefront of underground psychedelic culture and his current experience as an integral part of today's psychedelic mainstreaming. Zach has a live online 8 week Psychedelic Studies Intensive Spring '24 Cohort course kicking off June 5th and running through August 1st, which we talk about as well as other fascinating topics like the Grateful Dead as a form of western ritual, the gap between demand for psychedelic experiences and legally available psychedelics, and the pivot from psychedelic initiation as a form of 'spiritual seeking' into it's medicalized framing today.Please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with a friend ( :

Dillan DiNardo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mindstate Design Labs - A Y Combinator-incubated psychedelic drug development company designing altered states of consciousness for mental health therapeutics.Dillan joins us today to talk about his journey to the forefront of the psychedelic drug development space, as well as to provide insight on the immense arena of untapped potential that exists within lesser known classes of various molecules synthesized by the likes of legendary chemist Sasha Shulgin and much more.Please rate and review this podcast wherever you're listening.

Attorney Matt Zorn has had an outsized impact on the evolving drug policy landscape in the United States. Through his successful litigation against governmental agencies like the notorious DEA and the DOJ, Zorn has been victorious where few have even dared to tread. On today's episode, we unpack his guiding ethos and some of the strategy employed in his approach, as well as our fortuitous meeting over a decade before the current moment in psychedelic mainstreaming has reunited us. Please rate and review the podcast wherever you're listening - sharing it with a friend would be very cool as well ( :

Jack from Everyday Dose mushroom coffee joins us to share intel on how he built the world's greatest mushroom coffee enterprise. We hear about the early days of raising funds from friends and family, the hockey stick growth of the first three months of the business, and the realities of scaling to a multiple 8-figure functional mushroom business in the Wild West of the supplement industry.Please rate and review this episode and share it with your mycopreneurial friends.

Unkle Fungus is a boutique mushroom farm and crafter of exotic mushroom products based in Pennsylvania, USA. He joins us on the pod today to talk about the origin story and mycopreneurial evolution of the uncle Fungus brand, and to showcase the day to day realities behind running a family mushroom business.Please rate and review the episode wherever you're listening & share it with a friend ( :

Dr. Rob Silver joins us today on a deep dive into the emerging product landscape of functional mushroom supplements for dogs. Dr. Rob has teamed up with industry leading power players Real Mushrooms to bring a line of medicinal mushroom products for pets to fruition. Please rate, review, and share this episode if you find it compelling and interesting ( :

Shane Mauss is a stand up comedian with a decorated 20 year career in show business. He is one of the pioneers of stand up comedy for psychonauts, an emerging art form that provides context and nuance to the mainstreaming of psychedelics.Catch him on his never-ending tour by checking dates here: https://www.shanemauss.com/tourPlease consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this episode.

Jason Ortiz of Last Prisoner Project returns to the Mycopreneur Podcast to issue a call to mobilize in support of cannabis policy reform in the U.S. by way of direct action in Washington D.C. on April 18th, 2024.On April 18th, 2024, we will be mobilizing the largest bi-partisan coalition of cannabis advocacy, industry, and grassroots organizations in the U.S. to lobby in Washington D.C. for a 420 Unity Day of Action put public pressure on Congress and the President to take action to fully legalize cannabis, free those still in prison, and provide retroactive relief.We dive into a host of other topics around the plant, the people who love the plant, and the future of cannabis policy in the U.S. and worldwide.Please rate, review and share this episode if you find it compelling.