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Nostalgia obsessed comedian Gina Harms meets with comedians, musicians and actors each week to discuss the entertainment topics that shaped their youth, everything from celebrity crushes to first concerts to cultural events!
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Welcome to Plantscendence, a new podcast hosted by filmmaker Jon Reiss. Join us on a transformative journey as we explore the world of plant medicine and its profound impact on healing, personal growth, and artistic expression. Within each episode, Jon engages in insightful conversations with a diverse array of experts, practitioners, artists, grief counselors and everyday people who have harnessed the power of plant medicine to heal trauma, navigate loss, unlock creativity, and become more ...
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Tricia Eastman harnesses the “Mount Everest of Psychedelics” to break addictive cycles and promote collective healing. In the last episode of Season 1, we’re joined by initiated medicine woman Tricia Eastman, whose nonprofit Ancestral Heart works towards the reciprocity and preservation of ancestral and indigenous traditions. Tricia vividly recount…
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How fear of death led one father to overcome the grief of the loss of his son - and help other parents who have lost children in their journeys. In this episode, Jon welcomes Larry Carlat, a grief counselor and writer, who shares his profound journey with psychedelics following the tragic loss of his son Rob. Driven by a desire to confront his anxi…
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Expanding plant based medicine to communities of color to heal intergenerational trauma. Spring Washam joins Plantscendence to talk about her experiences blending plant medicine with Buddhist wisdom, and how they’ve helped her let go of suffering, experience accelerated healing, and move towards liberation. She shares memories of early encounters w…
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Doris La Frenais’ riveting account of her psychedelic adventures from the 1960s to today. This week, we delve into the remarkable life of Doris La Frenais, a Parisian fashion designer turned spiritual seeker and sonic science somatic healer. Doris recounts her first psychedelic encounter in the 1970s, mistakenly ingesting angel dust at a party in L…
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Healing and ancestral knowledge and healing through Iboga. Chor Boogie, a renowned spray paint artist and ordained Nganga in the Bwiti tradition, joins us on this episode of Plantscendence to talk about his work as an iboga healer in Costa Rica, and the sinuous path that got him there. Chor reflects humorously on his early psychedelic experiences, …
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Can Ketamine be the ultimate antidepressant? Acclaimed actor and musician Gina Gershon joins us on Plantscendence to talk about her seven-year journey with ketamine therapy. She shares candidly about her lifelong struggle with depression, her many failed attempts at treating it with prescription medication, and the transformative impact that ketami…
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Host Jon Reiss opens up about his first ayahuasca experience with the ceremonialist who started him on his journey. In this episode of Plantscendence, we sit down with Sitaramaya Sita, the spiritual herbalist, pusangera, and plant wisdom practitioner who guided Jon’s very first entheogenic experience four years ago. Together they recount that initi…
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US Air Force Veteran Itzel Barakat uses plant medicine to overcome PTS and intergenerational trauma. In this episode of Plantscendence, we talk to Itzel Barakat, a Panamanian-American veteran who served in the US Air Force for six years. After returning from deployment and encountering intense challenges, including emotional numbness, uncontrollabl…
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How Iboga gave Vera Sola her singing voice and cured her lifelong endometriosis. In this episode of Plantscendence, we talk to poet, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vera Sola, whose musicianship arrived as a shot in the dark after a transformative plant medicine ceremony in 2017. Vera talks about the profound impact that entheogens, and iboga …
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Paris, 1961: Ram Dass gives James Fadiman a pill that changes his life. In this episode of Plantscendence, we sit down with pioneering researcher and author, Dr. James Fadiman, who is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work on microdosing psilocybin. Listeners are transported to 1961 Paris, where Dr. Fadiman recounts his initial exposure to p…
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Welcome to Plantscendence a new podcast hosted by filmmaker Jon Reiss. Join us on a transformative journey as we explore the world of plant medicine and its profound impact on healing, personal growth, and artistic expression. Within each episode, Jon engages in insightful conversations with a diverse array of experts, practitioners, artists, grief…
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This week's guests are comedians Brittany Lyseng and Marito Lopez! We chat about crying in movies, 90s sitcom characters, comedians hosting award shows, celebrity crushes and more! Check out everyone on Instagram: Follow Marito @nochampagnepapi Follow Brittany @brittanythecomedian Follow the podcast @dearp0pculture…
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This week I talk about 90s female led rock bands, the latest Hollywood Walk of Fame Inductees, and give an in-depth review of the Elvis movie. I also want to pay respects to one of the best young comedians Nick Nemeroff, who passed away last week. Here's a link to his album: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-pursuit-of-comedy-has-ruined-my-life/…
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Gina is joined by 2 previous Dear Pop Culture guests this week, Ola Dada and Kevvy! We celebrate Ola's experience on Canada's Got Talent and Kevvy winning a Juno, then we get to chatting about Boyz II Men, Mike Myers, NBA 2k, and watching horror movies in theatres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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It's another solo episode this week! Gina took a social media break only to be lured back by the drama in Britney's IG stories. What happened to entertainment news websites? There's also an update on upcoming movies, Ariana Grande, and the 20th anniversary of Shakira's 'Laundry Service'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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