In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, Johanna interviews Monica Nieto: Vital graduate, psychedelic facilitator and integration coach, and founder of Holistic TherapeutiX, a retreat center offering cannabis and breathwork retreats; and Jordana Ma: past Vital instructor and psychological counselor who runs retreats in Peru following the…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guests this week on the podcast are Steve Smith and Tim May. In their latest release, The Hillsboro Hay Incident, TheTim May & Steve Smith Duo deliver a collection oforiginal instrumentals that take listeners on anenchan…

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In this episode, Joe interviews Jon Reiss: critically acclaimed filmmaker, author, and host of the Plantscendence podcast, which tells people’s psychedelic stories and is beginning its second season soon. He talks about his early days of directing Nine Inch Nails and Type O Negative videos, and how Plantscendence was born after he realized that the…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is Jason Bailey. Mandolinist, composer, teacher, studio musician, Jason Bailey possesses a range of musicianship of a well-seasoned professional and is an essential and powerful asset to Birmingham-based …

In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, David interviews Sara Reed: Vital instructor, lecturer, and lead psychedelic research therapist at Imperial College London; and Alex H. Robinson: Vital student, integration coach and psilocybin facilitator for Heroic Hearts Project, and distinguished Army SOF combat Veteran with a decade of active…

In this episode, Joe and REMAP Therapeutics Founder, Court Wing, host Lynn Watkins: medically retired USAF JAG & Ops Resource Mgmt Specialist; and C.J. Spotswood, PMHNP: principle psychiatric clinician at REMAP Therapeutics, and author of The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual to Improve Your Physical and Mental Health through Psychedelic…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My Guest this week on the podcast is Laura-Beth Salter. A well kent face on the Glasgow Folk and Roots scene, mandolinist, tutor, singer and composer Laura-Beth is a founding member of award winning folk bands The Shee & Ki…

In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, David interviews Casey Paleos, MD: Vital instructor, researcher, psychiatrist with a private practice offering ketamine infusion therapy and KAP, and co-founder of Nautilus Sanctuary, a non-profit psychedelic research, education, and advocacy organization. Paleos talks about how stress creates tra…

Tonight's featured LP is Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival - Released in July 1970, this is the bands 5th album and spent 9 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard album chart. It also included 6 tracks released as singles and all made top 5 of the Billboard singles chart.We will also be hearing from The Doors, Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, …

In this episode, Kyle interviews Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.: developer of Somatic Experiencing®, educator, and author of several best-selling books on trauma. His most recent book, An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey, is exactly that: a change from more scholarly writing into an extremely vulnerable telling of his early childhood trauma and h…

In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, Johanna interviews Erika Dyck: author, professor, historian, Vital instructor, and research chair in the History of Health & Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan. Dyck talks about the book she co-edited: Women and Psychedelics: Uncovering Invisible Voices, which was released in March a…

In this episode, Joe interviews Lia Mix, LMFT, CPTR: founder and CEO of Delphi, a consulting firm dedicated to the healthy growth of the psychedelic movement. After many years of working in community mental health and 15 years in the commercial health insurance industry (where she helped to establish coverage for autism), Mix was one of the first g…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week I welcome back to the podcast, Isaac Eicher! Isaac has just released an absolute gem of an album called “Accents”! (available here) We talk all about the album and more! He also has a camp with podcast alum Ian Co…

In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, David interviews Kaitlin Roberson: Vital graduate and co-founder and CEO of Cacti Therapeutics, a psychedelic biotech company developing novel therapies for chronic pain; and Dr. Michele Cox, DO: current Vital student, veteran, physician, and co-founder of LifeBloom, a brand new company focusing o…

Featured LP is What's The Story Morning Glory by Oasis - 5 tracks from this album plus The Proclaimers, Positive Noise, The Stone Roses, Troy Kingi, Simple Minds, Paul Weller and The Waterboys.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In this episode, Joe interviews Dr. Amanda Holley: pharmacologist and regulatory consultant in nonclinical drug development, and previously a nonclinical pharmacology/toxicology reviewer at the FDA. With Lykos Therapeutics working towards FDA approval of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, ICER (Institute for Clinical and Economic Review) recentl…

In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, Kyle interviews two Vital graduates: Alice Dommert: certified breathwork facilitator and co-founder of retreat company, The Infinite Center; and Kara Tremain, ACC: somatic practitioner and growth and development coach. A huge part of Vital is the experiential aspect of attending a retreat. Student…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available!My guest this week on the podcast is mandolinist and owner of Cody Cases, Cody Shuler. From Bryson City, NC, Cody began his career in music at the age of 15 playing mandolin for legendary banjo player Raymond Fairchild. Ther…

In this episode, Joe interviews Charles Stang: Professor of Early Christian Thought and the Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. The Center was created to gain a better understanding of world religions by bringing scholars from their respective countries to study and live alongside Divinity School stud…

In this episode – the first in the 2024 series of Vital Psychedelic Conversations – David interviews Pierre Bouchard, LPC: Vital instructor and lead trainer for the Congregation for Sacred Practices; and Kara Tremain, ACC: recent Vital graduate-turned-instructor, somatic practitioner, and growth and development coach. In this series, we pair up a V…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week on the podcast I talk with Singer, Fiddler Player and Songwriter Becky Buller. Becky’s newest album, Jubilee (Darkshadow Recording), was the number one bluegrass album in the country last week! It’s a beautiful al…

Tonight's featured LP is Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Some great tracks from our featured LP as well as The Beatles, The Allman Brothers Band, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher and many others.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In this episode, Kyle interviews Alex Belser, Ph.D. and Bill Brennan, Ph.D.: psychologists, psychedelic researchers, authors, and co-creators of the EMBARK model, a framework for psychedelic therapy. When Belser and Brennan worked together at Cybin, they canvassed the field of psychedelic research and saw very little reporting (if any) of the manua…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is Wes Lee. Wes is a Merlefest Mandolin Champion and the mandolin player for Becky Buller. He is featured on her newest release entitle Jubilee available here. They’ll be on the road promoting the album t…

In this episode, special guest host Court Wing interviews Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD: professor and chair of rehabilitation medicine at UT Health San Antonio; Joel Castellanos, MD: co-founder and associate medical director of the Center for Psychedelic Research at UC San Diego; and MaryAnn Welke Lesage: a long COVID survivor who reports experien…

In this episode, Joe interviews Sean Lawlor: writer and therapist specializing in ketamine-assisted therapy at Reflective Healing in Fort Collins, CO. His first book, Psychedelic Revival: Toward a New Paradigm of Healing, will be released on June 4. Written as somewhat of a primer for psychedelics and psychedelic therapy, he talks about how he deci…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! It’s always a pleasure to welcome back to the podcast Jacob Jolliff. Jake has released the follow up to his Instrumentals, Vol.1 with the equally as stunning Instrumentals, Vol. 2! We talk about the album and more on this w…

In this episode, Joe interviews Elliot Marseille, DrPH, MPP: founding director of UC Berkeley’s Collaborative for the Economics of Psychedelics (CEP), a network of health economists and researchers analyzing the economics behind emerging psychedelic-assisted therapies. In the early days of drug research, efficacy was the leading factor in decision …

Tonights featured LP is Higher by Chris Stapleton - As well as Chris Stapleton we also have The Rolling Stones, Jamey Johnson, Tami Neilson, Amanda Shires, Willie Nelson and many more.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In this episode, Joe interviews two members of The Daschle Group: Founder and CEO, Senator Tom Daschle; and Public Policy Advisor, Charlie Panfil. As Senator Daschle served in the House of Representatives for eight years (starting in 1978) and the Senate for 21, he was deep in the War on Drugs at its peak, and thankfully, as seen with so many of hi…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week on the podcast is Rolling Stone Featured mandolin player, Wyatt Ellis. Wyatt if ensuring the future of the mandolin is bright! His new album “Happy Valley” is available now and his newest music video “Blue Smoke” …

In this episode, Kyle interviews Simon Yugler: psychedelic-assisted therapist, educator, and author of the book, Psychedelics & the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair, which comes out this fall. He digs into depth psychology and why it’s a beneficial framework for navigating non-ordinary experiences –…

Episode Notes Here is the debut of the newest single by Jacob Jolliff "The Art Heist Suite MVT 1". Go HERE to pre-save and pre-order Jake's newest album "Instrumentals, Vol. 2 Mandolin Mysteries"

In this episode, David interviews Sami Awad: Palestinian peace and nonviolent activist and founder of Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem; and Leor Roseman, Ph.D.: Israeli neuroscientist, researcher, and senior lecturer at the University of Exeter. They talk about Roseman's 2021 paper, "Relational Processes in Ayahuasca Groups of Palestinians and Israelis…

In this episode, Joe interviews two members of the Heroic Hearts Project team: Director of Donor Development and founder of The Hope Project, Allison Wilson; and Director of Research and founder of Hystelica, Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley. They discuss how The Hope Project – a nonprofit that supports spouses of veterans, Gold Star Wives, and female vetera…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available!This week I welcome Dylan McCarthy back to the podcast to talk about his new release with his band Jake Leg. This album is filled with incredible songwriting and playing and you can get your copy on May 11th! To keep up with…

The New Zealand Music Month show - NZ music only from Split Enz, Herbs, Dragon, The Chills, Troy Kingi and many, many others.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In this episode, Joe and Kyle interview William Richards, STM, Ph.D.: senior advisor at Sunstone Therapies, psychologist at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, contributor to Vital, and author of Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics & Religious Experiences. He talks about the first time he experi…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available!My guest this week is Steven Hinde of Hinde Custom Instruments. Steven builds some gorgeous looking and sounding mandolins! Some of my past guests have raved about them and this week you get to hear the story of how they get…

In this episode, Joe interviews Shahar Amit: psytrance musician who has created what may be the world's first modular album for psychedelic exploration under his project, Held By Sound. He talks about his background in the rave and festival scene, the moment he realized he wanted to make music, and the realization that he could create soundscapes s…

In this episode, Joe and special guest, Court Wing, interview Tommy Aceto: former Navy Seal and trauma medic, NCAA athlete, Michigan State Champion Wrestler, and now, psychedelic advocate and ambassador for the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition. He discusses his journey from childhood to wanting to become a SEAL, and the toll that military…

Episode Notes**** To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is the award winning Alan Bibey. Alan is a legend and one of the nicest guys around. He recently joined up with Balsam Range and they have a brand new album out called Kinetic Tone available HERE! He’…

In this episode, Kyle and Johanna catch up, interviewing each other about psychedelic education and what they’ve learned, the biggest challenges, and what advice they would give to anyone looking to get involved in the psychedelic field. They discuss: How sometimes it’s not about the substance: If you want to be a psychedelic therapist, do you see …

Tonight's featured LP is Only The Strong Survive by Bruce Springsteen - Along with some great tunes by Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Ben E King, Troy Kingi and more.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In this episode, Joe interviews Philip Wolf: writer, member of Rolling Stone's Culture Council, founder of Cultivating Spirits (the first company in the U.S. to offer legal culinary cannabis experiences), and founder of CashoM, an education company offering a certificate in cannabis stewardship. He discusses his recent Rolling Stone article about t…

Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week on the podcast is Liam Purcell. Liam is about to be a Berklee College of Music graduate and he and his band Cane Mill Road have just released their fantastic new album “Yellow Line”. You can keep up with …

In this episode, Joe and Kyle interview Lenny Gibson, Ph.D.: philosopher, Grof-certified Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator, 20-year professor of transpersonal psychology at Burlington College, and the reason Joe and Kyle met many years ago. He talks about his early LSD experiences and how his interest in the philosophy of Plato and Alfred North Wh…

In this episode, Joe interviews Joey Lichter, Ph.D.: professor in the Chemistry & Biochemistry department at Miami’s Florida International University, and one of the few professors in the U.S. teaching a course about psychedelics at the collegiate level. He talks about his path towards the course, the challenge of creating a curriculum that covers …