Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast

Mark Plotkin, Ph.D.

Topics: Alternative Health · Natural Sciences

No. 129 in Health & FitnessNew

"Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation" is a new and unique podcast focusing on the hallucinogenic plants and fungi whose impact on world culture and religion – and healing potential - is only now beginning to be appreciated as never before. Unlike other podcasts relating to these issues, "Plants of the Gods" is hosted by renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin, a Harvard and Yale-trained scientist who has been studying the healing plants and shamans of the Amazon rainforest for almost four decades. An award-winning scientist and best selling author, Dr, Plotkin is a spellbinding storyteller who will be speaking from personal experience and will be joined by...

Latest episodePlants of the Gods: S8E9 Vanilla: The Forgotten History of the World's Most Beloved FlavorJune 15, 2026 · 30 min

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Latest episodes

1. Plants of the Gods: S8E9 Vanilla: The Forgotten History of the World's Most Beloved FlavorJune 15, 2026 · 30 min
2. Plants of the Gods: S8E8 Vanilla, Pseudocopulation and Darwin's Favorite OrchidJune 1, 2026 · 32 min
3. Plants of the Gods: S8E7 Rosa Vásquez Espinoza: Between Indigenous Knowledge and Western ScienceMay 18, 2026 · 52 min
4. Plants of the Gods: S8E6 Richard Evans Schultes' Legacy — Where Science Meets the SacredMay 4, 2026 · 29 min
5. Plants of the Gods S8E5: The Ethnobotany of Coca with Dr. Wade DavisApril 20, 2026 · 36 min
6. Plants of the Gods: S8E4 The research behind microdosing and medicine (Dr. Pamela Kryskow, Part 2)April 6, 2026 · 39 min
7. Plants of the Gods: S8E3 Can Psychedelics Treat "Incurable" Trauma? (Dr. Pamela Kryskow, Part 1)March 23, 2026 · 28 min
8. Plants of the Gods: S8E2 Dennis McKenna on new discoveries and emerging psychedelic science (part 2)March 9, 2026 · 30 min
9. Plants of the Gods: S8E1 Dennis McKenna on the remarkable Amazonian plants that shape human consciousness (part 1)February 23, 2026 · 41 min
10. Coming Soon: Plants of the Gods Season 8February 19, 2026

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