Understory - An InoculateTheWorld Podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/understory-an-inoculate-the-world-podcast Join us for conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, and the mycelial threads that tie the world together. © 2026 Inoculate The World 024cc710-b64f-5035-a8b7-97475b958285 yes en Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:00:58 -0700 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:05:15 -0700 http://understorypod.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/zerh2teMSthEGkdOpq2NnwYdOwI-grJcevvqS5BaadU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNzkz/NmMyYzE1NzVhMmVk/ZTYxMmM3ZjcxOTA2/ZjY3Ni5wbmc.jpg Understory - An InoculateTheWorld Podcast http://understorypod.com episodic Inoculate The World Join us for conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, and the mycelial threads that tie the world together. Join us for conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, and the mycelial threads that tie the world together.. Inoculate The World podcast@understorypod.com No No Guatemalas Famous Mushroom School - Jasper Degenaars of Fungi Academy 11 11 Guatemalas Famous Mushroom School - Jasper Degenaars of Fungi Academy full b3c85a9e-d1a7-4887-bf4e-90cb99716751 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b9f7863e Jasper Degenaars co-runs Fungi Academy, a mushroom education center and intentional community on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. He has been growing mushrooms for over 15 years and teaching cultivation and ecology to a huge group of devoted students for the last seven.

In this conversation Jasper talks about what fungi model for human community. He walks through the Dutch truffle loophole that made his early age experiments legal, the archetypes of people who show up to learn cultivation, and his case against the inbred Cubensis mutants currently dominating the hobby. We get into plastic-eating fungi, yeast engineered to produce psilocybin, the fungicide resistance problem nobody is talking about, and the mushroom-lightning connection that shows up in mythological traditions all over the world.

]]> Jasper Degenaars co-runs Fungi Academy, a mushroom education center and intentional community on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. He has been growing mushrooms for over 15 years and teaching cultivation and ecology to a huge group of devoted students for the last seven.

In this conversation Jasper talks about what fungi model for human community. He walks through the Dutch truffle loophole that made his early age experiments legal, the archetypes of people who show up to learn cultivation, and his case against the inbred Cubensis mutants currently dominating the hobby. We get into plastic-eating fungi, yeast engineered to produce psilocybin, the fungicide resistance problem nobody is talking about, and the mushroom-lightning connection that shows up in mythological traditions all over the world.

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:52:13 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 3285 Jasper Degenaars co-runs Fungi Academy, a mushroom education center and intentional community on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. He has been growing mushrooms for over 15 years and teaching cultivation and ecology to a huge group of devoted students for the last seven.

In this conversation Jasper talks about what fungi model for human community. He walks through the Dutch truffle loophole that made his early age experiments legal, the archetypes of people who show up to learn cultivation, and his case against the inbred Cubensis mutants currently dominating the hobby. We get into plastic-eating fungi, yeast engineered to produce psilocybin, the fungicide resistance problem nobody is talking about, and the mushroom-lightning connection that shows up in mythological traditions all over the world.

]]> No Fighting the System With Native Plants - Joey Santore of "Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't" 10 10 Fighting the System With Native Plants - Joey Santore of "Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't" full 41233688-9027-4017-8afc-61fe4212fceb https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9cbbf81 We’re joined this week by the legendary Joey Santore, the man behind the viral YouTube channel Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t. Joey is an authority on all things plant-life, and this conversation is an expansive dive into his fascinating mind. We talk native habitat conservation, deep desert lore, and strategies for staying sane in a world bent on self-destruction. 

There’s truly something for everyone in this episode, and we’re grateful that Joey was down to chat.

]]> We’re joined this week by the legendary Joey Santore, the man behind the viral YouTube channel Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t. Joey is an authority on all things plant-life, and this conversation is an expansive dive into his fascinating mind. We talk native habitat conservation, deep desert lore, and strategies for staying sane in a world bent on self-destruction. 

There’s truly something for everyone in this episode, and we’re grateful that Joey was down to chat.

]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:27:35 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 3332 We’re joined this week by the legendary Joey Santore, the man behind the viral YouTube channel Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t. Joey is an authority on all things plant-life, and this conversation is an expansive dive into his fascinating mind. We talk native habitat conservation, deep desert lore, and strategies for staying sane in a world bent on self-destruction. 

There’s truly something for everyone in this episode, and we’re grateful that Joey was down to chat.

]]> No Can Psychedelics Really Heal Us? — Dr. Pamela Kryskow 9 9 Can Psychedelics Really Heal Us? — Dr. Pamela Kryskow full 1e5f921a-a727-4b7e-9fe6-fafde7b5522d https://share.transistor.fm/s/b197bf93 Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a preeminent researcher and practitioner working at the intersection of frontline medicine and psychedelic care. She is a chair of the Psychedelic Association of Canada, and a lead study therapist on the microdose.me citizen science study. Having spent 8 years fighting fires in the Canadian wilderness, Dr. Kryskow is intimately acquainted with the unique challenges that face first responders: daily traumas, exposure to extreme environments, and less attention to their pain from the general public. 

We go deep in this week’s episode, exploring themes of memory, resilience, and the many promises of psychedelic medicines.

]]> Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a preeminent researcher and practitioner working at the intersection of frontline medicine and psychedelic care. She is a chair of the Psychedelic Association of Canada, and a lead study therapist on the microdose.me citizen science study. Having spent 8 years fighting fires in the Canadian wilderness, Dr. Kryskow is intimately acquainted with the unique challenges that face first responders: daily traumas, exposure to extreme environments, and less attention to their pain from the general public. 

We go deep in this week’s episode, exploring themes of memory, resilience, and the many promises of psychedelic medicines.

]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:45:51 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 4523 Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a preeminent researcher and practitioner working at the intersection of frontline medicine and psychedelic care. She is a chair of the Psychedelic Association of Canada, and a lead study therapist on the microdose.me citizen science study. Having spent 8 years fighting fires in the Canadian wilderness, Dr. Kryskow is intimately acquainted with the unique challenges that face first responders: daily traumas, exposure to extreme environments, and less attention to their pain from the general public. 

We go deep in this week’s episode, exploring themes of memory, resilience, and the many promises of psychedelic medicines.

]]> No He Inspired Millions to Grow Mushrooms - The Rookie Mycologist 8 8 He Inspired Millions to Grow Mushrooms - The Rookie Mycologist full d8ff314c-4c99-44d7-b949-c891e5bf0bb7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/72b8ee7b Rookie Mycologist is a dominant content creator in both the mushroom and the 420 space. He has single-handedly built a massive educational platform and continues to inspire millions of people to explore the world of home cultivation. 

Rookie joins us this week for a deep-dive into mycology, economic self-determination through content creation, and the politics of online censorship. Stick around to learn how you, too, can build an empire by doing what you love.

]]> Rookie Mycologist is a dominant content creator in both the mushroom and the 420 space. He has single-handedly built a massive educational platform and continues to inspire millions of people to explore the world of home cultivation. 

Rookie joins us this week for a deep-dive into mycology, economic self-determination through content creation, and the politics of online censorship. Stick around to learn how you, too, can build an empire by doing what you love.

]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:17:34 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 2656 Rookie Mycologist is a dominant content creator in both the mushroom and the 420 space. He has single-handedly built a massive educational platform and continues to inspire millions of people to explore the world of home cultivation. 

Rookie joins us this week for a deep-dive into mycology, economic self-determination through content creation, and the politics of online censorship. Stick around to learn how you, too, can build an empire by doing what you love.

]]> No The Dark Truth of Medicalized Psychedelics 7 7 The Dark Truth of Medicalized Psychedelics full 2615c57f-116f-46be-aeb7-01cccaf99805 https://share.transistor.fm/s/055f05d2 Dimitri Mugianis is an underground psychedelic legend and one of the most celebrated figures in the ibogaine movement. A former addict himself, Dimitri traveled extensively through Holland and West Africa in search of an answer to the pain that led him to heroin and crack. After being initiated into Bwiti, the indigenous African tradition that uses ibogaine as a sacrament, Dimitri became a traveling medicine man and an evangelist of sorts, serving ibogaine to bohemians and artists and activists in his native New York City. 

This conversation is a searingly honest journey through Dimitri’s life—the joy, the triumph, and the many ways in which he got things wrong.

]]> Dimitri Mugianis is an underground psychedelic legend and one of the most celebrated figures in the ibogaine movement. A former addict himself, Dimitri traveled extensively through Holland and West Africa in search of an answer to the pain that led him to heroin and crack. After being initiated into Bwiti, the indigenous African tradition that uses ibogaine as a sacrament, Dimitri became a traveling medicine man and an evangelist of sorts, serving ibogaine to bohemians and artists and activists in his native New York City. 

This conversation is a searingly honest journey through Dimitri’s life—the joy, the triumph, and the many ways in which he got things wrong.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:31:57 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 5167 Dimitri Mugianis is an underground psychedelic legend and one of the most celebrated figures in the ibogaine movement. A former addict himself, Dimitri traveled extensively through Holland and West Africa in search of an answer to the pain that led him to heroin and crack. After being initiated into Bwiti, the indigenous African tradition that uses ibogaine as a sacrament, Dimitri became a traveling medicine man and an evangelist of sorts, serving ibogaine to bohemians and artists and activists in his native New York City. 

This conversation is a searingly honest journey through Dimitri’s life—the joy, the triumph, and the many ways in which he got things wrong.

]]> No Cracking the Cordyceps Code — William Padilla-Brown 6 6 Cracking the Cordyceps Code — William Padilla-Brown full 435a4e1e-fa9e-4a8b-b003-8cc31feeef57 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b227502d Visionary mycologist and citizen science extraordinaire William Padilla Brown joins us for a deep dive into everything from truffle biochemistry to cordyceps cultivation to the history of world religions. This is an epic conversation with one of the brightest thinkers in the field. Learn the secrets behind William’s DIY approach to building a mushroom business, and discover the hidden story of his success. 
You can find more of Williams work on his website: https://mycosymbiotics.com/

]]> Visionary mycologist and citizen science extraordinaire William Padilla Brown joins us for a deep dive into everything from truffle biochemistry to cordyceps cultivation to the history of world religions. This is an epic conversation with one of the brightest thinkers in the field. Learn the secrets behind William’s DIY approach to building a mushroom business, and discover the hidden story of his success. 
You can find more of Williams work on his website: https://mycosymbiotics.com/

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:42:17 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 3600 Visionary mycologist and citizen science extraordinaire William Padilla Brown joins us for a deep dive into everything from truffle biochemistry to cordyceps cultivation to the history of world religions. This is an epic conversation with one of the brightest thinkers in the field. Learn the secrets behind William’s DIY approach to building a mushroom business, and discover the hidden story of his success. 
You can find more of Williams work on his website: https://mycosymbiotics.com/

]]> No What We Get Wrong About Drugs — Soren Shade 5 5 What We Get Wrong About Drugs — Soren Shade full 7591460c-6acb-4bd3-a988-756e205cd90f https://share.transistor.fm/s/9e6a8348 Soren Shade is a producer of Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, co-founder of a kratom tea company, and an inveterate drug policy expert. He discovered kratom in his dorm at Columbia in 2017, leaning on it to get through a workload he wasn't prepared for after growing up in an underfunded school system in West Virginia. What started as a study aid quickly transformed into a passion, leading him to a deep education in how the drug war actually operates, from regulatory backroom deals to international treaty politics to the strange economics of a substance that keeps almost getting banned and keeps surviving anyway. We dive deep in this episode as Soren recounts the many disastrous failures of the drug war and regales us with stories of an old mentor who carried decades of secrets.

]]> Soren Shade is a producer of Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, co-founder of a kratom tea company, and an inveterate drug policy expert. He discovered kratom in his dorm at Columbia in 2017, leaning on it to get through a workload he wasn't prepared for after growing up in an underfunded school system in West Virginia. What started as a study aid quickly transformed into a passion, leading him to a deep education in how the drug war actually operates, from regulatory backroom deals to international treaty politics to the strange economics of a substance that keeps almost getting banned and keeps surviving anyway. We dive deep in this episode as Soren recounts the many disastrous failures of the drug war and regales us with stories of an old mentor who carried decades of secrets.

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:06:05 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 5367 Soren Shade is a producer of Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, co-founder of a kratom tea company, and an inveterate drug policy expert. He discovered kratom in his dorm at Columbia in 2017, leaning on it to get through a workload he wasn't prepared for after growing up in an underfunded school system in West Virginia. What started as a study aid quickly transformed into a passion, leading him to a deep education in how the drug war actually operates, from regulatory backroom deals to international treaty politics to the strange economics of a substance that keeps almost getting banned and keeps surviving anyway. We dive deep in this episode as Soren recounts the many disastrous failures of the drug war and regales us with stories of an old mentor who carried decades of secrets.

]]> No Discovering the World’s Most Wild Mushrooms — Alan Rockefeller 4 4 Discovering the World’s Most Wild Mushrooms — Alan Rockefeller full 0a9a2975-59e5-4c27-8bcb-2a9fed28479c https://share.transistor.fm/s/68177bee Alan Rockefeller has spent twenty five years teaching himself everything there is to know about mushrooms, entirely outside any university or institution. This episode is a myth-busting session: a look at how the stories we tell about fungi, which ones are dangerous, which are native, which names actually mean what we think they mean, get built, repeated, and rarely questioned. It's worth listening to with your assumptions in hand, because most of them won't survive the hour.

]]> Alan Rockefeller has spent twenty five years teaching himself everything there is to know about mushrooms, entirely outside any university or institution. This episode is a myth-busting session: a look at how the stories we tell about fungi, which ones are dangerous, which are native, which names actually mean what we think they mean, get built, repeated, and rarely questioned. It's worth listening to with your assumptions in hand, because most of them won't survive the hour.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:27:16 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 4608 Alan Rockefeller has spent twenty five years teaching himself everything there is to know about mushrooms, entirely outside any university or institution. This episode is a myth-busting session: a look at how the stories we tell about fungi, which ones are dangerous, which are native, which names actually mean what we think they mean, get built, repeated, and rarely questioned. It's worth listening to with your assumptions in hand, because most of them won't survive the hour.

]]> No Saving the World’s Psychedelic Cacti — Keeper Trout 3 3 Saving the World’s Psychedelic Cacti — Keeper Trout full 234ee725-686d-4541-821a-79ccdbc101ea https://share.transistor.fm/s/8a688555 Keeper Trout is a peyote conservationist and a legendary figure in the American psychedelic movement. This conversation is about what real stewardship demands, what reverence looks like once you've seen a sacred plant in crisis with your own eyes, and what it means to spend a life in service to something that can't ask for help directly. It's also a conversation with one of the last people alive who spent real time with Sasha Shulgin, still sorting through the incredible archive he left behind. Keeper shares remarkable and occasionally shocking stories from his colorful life on the frontlines of psychedelic advocacy.

]]> Keeper Trout is a peyote conservationist and a legendary figure in the American psychedelic movement. This conversation is about what real stewardship demands, what reverence looks like once you've seen a sacred plant in crisis with your own eyes, and what it means to spend a life in service to something that can't ask for help directly. It's also a conversation with one of the last people alive who spent real time with Sasha Shulgin, still sorting through the incredible archive he left behind. Keeper shares remarkable and occasionally shocking stories from his colorful life on the frontlines of psychedelic advocacy.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:16:22 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 5006 Keeper Trout is a peyote conservationist and a legendary figure in the American psychedelic movement. This conversation is about what real stewardship demands, what reverence looks like once you've seen a sacred plant in crisis with your own eyes, and what it means to spend a life in service to something that can't ask for help directly. It's also a conversation with one of the last people alive who spent real time with Sasha Shulgin, still sorting through the incredible archive he left behind. Keeper shares remarkable and occasionally shocking stories from his colorful life on the frontlines of psychedelic advocacy.

]]> No From War to Psychedelic Healing — Colin Wells 1 1 From War to Psychedelic Healing — Colin Wells full deebfcb5-2e59-4ad8-a0bd-7c191a258cc0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/21346908 Colin Wells is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, a devoted father, and a man who has transformed his pain into service. This conversation moves through the ravages of addiction, the promises of psychedelics, and the specific loneliness that follows a uniform. There’s one question that motivates Colin to keep showing up for his nature-based psychedelic peer support group, Veterans Walk and Talk. Stick around ‘til the end to find out what it is.

]]> Colin Wells is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, a devoted father, and a man who has transformed his pain into service. This conversation moves through the ravages of addiction, the promises of psychedelics, and the specific loneliness that follows a uniform. There’s one question that motivates Colin to keep showing up for his nature-based psychedelic peer support group, Veterans Walk and Talk. Stick around ‘til the end to find out what it is.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:31:30 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 3822 Colin Wells is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, a devoted father, and a man who has transformed his pain into service. This conversation moves through the ravages of addiction, the promises of psychedelics, and the specific loneliness that follows a uniform. There’s one question that motivates Colin to keep showing up for his nature-based psychedelic peer support group, Veterans Walk and Talk. Stick around ‘til the end to find out what it is.

]]> No CIA Mind Control & MKUltra — Stephen Kinzer 2 2 CIA Mind Control & MKUltra — Stephen Kinzer full b97c0a78-90b8-46b9-bdc6-5e2dd03d1160 https://share.transistor.fm/s/edc2be37 Stephen Kinzer spent years reconstructing the mysterious life of a man the CIA worked hard to keep invisible: Sidney Gottlieb, the chemist behind MK-Ultra and the man responsible for some of the most extreme experiments the US government ever ran on its own citizens. This conversation is an investigation into the specific kind of person capable of doing that work, what he told himself to make it possible, and how much of what he pioneered around the manipulation of personality and the re-structuring of belief still persists today.

]]> Stephen Kinzer spent years reconstructing the mysterious life of a man the CIA worked hard to keep invisible: Sidney Gottlieb, the chemist behind MK-Ultra and the man responsible for some of the most extreme experiments the US government ever ran on its own citizens. This conversation is an investigation into the specific kind of person capable of doing that work, what he told himself to make it possible, and how much of what he pioneered around the manipulation of personality and the re-structuring of belief still persists today.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:04:30 -0700 Inoculate The World Inoculate The World 3726 Stephen Kinzer spent years reconstructing the mysterious life of a man the CIA worked hard to keep invisible: Sidney Gottlieb, the chemist behind MK-Ultra and the man responsible for some of the most extreme experiments the US government ever ran on its own citizens. This conversation is an investigation into the specific kind of person capable of doing that work, what he told himself to make it possible, and how much of what he pioneered around the manipulation of personality and the re-structuring of belief still persists today.

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