Best Jason Grechanik Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 172 - Jason Grechanik - Plants as Medicine: Tobacco & Tree Dietas 1:33:01

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Hey everybody! Episode 172 of the show is out. This episode is a podcast I was interviewed on called Embracing the Mystery with Dani Rhem. Dani had reached out to me a while back with interest in my work and was very kind to invite me on her podcast. She has beautiful presence and I was really happy with her questions and the depth of this intervie…

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Ep. 171 - Dr. Stephen Hussey MS, DC - The Physical and Spiritual Role of the Heart 2:01:20

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Hey everybody! Episode 171 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Stephen Hussey. Stephen has a fascinating story of having survived a widow-maker heart attack in his 30s’ He went on to deeply research the role of the heart and how to optimize its health. It led him on journey to question many of the fundamental assumption of what th…

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Ep. 170 - Tricia Eastman - Ancestral Wisdom, Initiation, & Iboga 2:22:05

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Hey everybody! Episode 170 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Tricia Eastman. I recently came across Tricia’s work and was really impressed with all she has been doing. It seemed we had a similar journey. I was happy to sit down and learn more about her and as she shared was very impressed with her presence and wisdom. We spoke about…

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Ep. 169 - Adrian Freedman - Music, Plant Medicines, Buddhism, & Shakuhachi 2:17:27

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Hey everybody! In this episode, I spoke with Adrian Freedman. Adrian recently came into my radar as he was performing in a festival that I knew about. We delayed our talk unit we could meet in person and I’m glad we did. Adrian has a really deep presence and we spoke about his journey being trained in classical music, his learning the Japanese shak…

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Ep. 168 - Ian McCall - Psychedelics, MMA, & Athlete's Journey Home 1:26:30

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Hey everybody! Episode 168 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Ian McCall. I had known about Ian for many years as a mixed martial artist and recently with his advocacy in psychedelics as medicine. I was really happy to have him on to speak about his background, martial arts, his low points in life and the transformation psychedelics …

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Ep. 167 - Jason Grechanik - Navigating the Political Landscape & Truth: A Journey of Healing 2:24:00

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Hey everybody! Episode 167 of the show is out. This episode is a podcast I was interviewed on called Cosmic Triggers with Sam. Sam has worked with us in the past and is doing really good work on her podcast. It was a pleasure to sit down with her as she was primarily interested in speaking about politics and the world situation. It can always be a …

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Ep. 166 - Sam Believ - Ayahuasca, Yagé, & Colombian Traditions 2:06:58

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Hey everybody! In this episode, I spoke with Sam Believ. Sam is an interesting guy. I was recently on his podcast and had him on mine. We spoke about Sam’s past working as an engineer, his depression that eventually led him to ayahuasca or yagé, and how he eventually founded a center in Colombia. We spoke about these things and some of the culture …

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Ep. 165 - Alisa Reimer - Shamanism, Sound, & the Invisible Worlds 2:05:23

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Hey everybody! In this episode, I spoke with Alisa Reimer. Alisa was recommended to me by a listener of the podcast and I knew quickly she would be a great guest. We spoke about her background growing up in East Germany, the influence of her grandmother opening her to the invisible world, her time in Latin America and the influence of learning from…

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Ep. 164 - Udo Erasmus - Health and Inner Knowing 2:17:27

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Hey everybody! Episode 164 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Udo Erasmus. Udo is a very fascinating guy. We sat down and spoke of his incredible life, from his childhood fleeing WWII, his journey with psychedelics and religion, his quest into psychology and medicine, his pioneering work with healthy oils, and his journey of inner kn…

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Ep. 163 - Marc-John Brown - Earth Based Traditions & Re-Indigenization of the Modern World 2:03:43

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Hey everybody! Episode 163 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friend Marc-John Brown. I met Marc-John a few years back practicing jiu-jitsu together with my friend and teacher Bruno Momeni (who I also interviewed for this podcast). I was impressed with Marc-John’s skill and we realized we were on similar paths. So it was a pleasur…

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Ep. 162 - Dr. Bryan Ardis - Nicotine as Medicine, COVID, & Big Pharma 2:13:46

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Hey everybody! Episode 162 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Bryan Ardis. Dr. Ardis was recommended to me by a few friends due to his research on the benefits of nicotine. As I work with tobacco as medicine I found his research and ideas to be a great match. I also really respected Dr. Ardis’ stance during COVID, speaking up aga…

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Ep. 161 - Mariana Mae - Plant Medicine Technology, Art, Song, & Faith 1:55:02

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Hey everybody! Episode 161 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Mariana Mae. Mariana is an artist, cultural bridge and healing arts practitioner that I met through our mutual friend Jessica Begin. I was really impressed by Mariana’s wisdom. We sat down and spoke about her background, her work as an artist, how pottery brought her to th…

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Ep. 160 - Jason Shurka - Pyramids, Healing, & the Spiritual Battle 1:20:52

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Hey everybody! Episode 160 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Jason Shurka. Jason is a really interesting guy. He has a great YouTube channel where he speaks about myriad interesting topics such as the Pyramids of Giza, energy/sound/frequency healing, breaking illusions, and a spiritual battle between light and dark forces. We had a …

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Ep. 159 - Michael Amster - The Power of Awe 2:17:27

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Hey everybody! In this episode, I spoke with Michael Amster. Michael is a really interesting guy. He is a medical doctor who has bridged many different spiritual paths together. Through mindfulness he developed a practice to, as he puts it, microdose awe. He co-wrote a book called The Power of Awe which is about just that, the power of awe to posit…

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Ep. 158 - Roman Hanis - Beyond Ayahuasca: Evolutionary Science of Indigenous Amazonian Wisdom 1:54:58

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Hey everybody! Episode 158 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Roman Hanis. This is my second time interviewing Roman. I really enjoyed our first interview with Roman and was impressed with his wisdom and what he had to share. He is releasing a book soon so I was happy to heave him back on to speak about it. Its called Beyond Ayahuasc…

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Ep. 157 - Todd Roberts & Lacey Ann Luna - The Medicine Path: Ayahuasca & Shipibo Lineage 3:31:09

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Hey everybody! Episode 157 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friends Todd and Lacey. Todd and Lacey and I go quite far back where we met working together at the ayahuasca center the Temple of the Way of Light. They have started their own ayahuasca retreat called Intertwining Medicines where they work within the Shipibo lineage. I…

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Ep. 156 - Melissa Osorio - Ayahuasca, Trauma, Abuse, & Healing 1:42:41

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Hey everybody! Episode 156 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Melissa Osorio. Melissa has a really interesting, difficult, and inspiring story. We spoke about her early years growing up in Venezuela, the death of first her sibling and then her father, the impact his had, her journey to the US to pursue and achieve the American Dream,…

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Ep. 155 - Merav Artzi, Jason Grechanik, & Tara Muirghein - Tobacco & European Tree Wisdom 1:48:08

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Hey everybody! Here is a special 155 episode of the show. This episode is an interview that I did with my colleague Merav Artzi and our friend Tara Muirghein of Fire Tree Alchemy. Tara invited us on to speak about our story, our work with connecting to the wisdom of plants, our lineage from the Amazon, how we work with tobacco and trees, and how we…

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Ep. 154 - Dr. Moshe Daniel Block - Naturopathy, Alchemy, Chronic Illness, & Mind-Body Connection 2:08:15

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Hey everybody! Episode 154 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Moshe Daniel Block. Moshe is a really interesting guy and is a Naturopathic doctor. We spoke about his background, naturopathic medicine, the mind-body connection, chronic illnesses, auto-immune conditions, the limits of the Western materialist medical model, the soul,…

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Ep. 153 - Satya - Bridging Ancient Wisdom with Modern Psychedelic Therapy 2:00:04

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Hey everybody! Episode 153 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Satya. This was my second time speaking with her. I have had the chance to get to know Satya and her work more since the first interview and I was very impressed with her ability to bridge different modalities together to create cathartic experiences for her guests and to …

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Ep. 152 - Manda Scott - Shamanism, Dreams, & Post-Capitalism Regenerative Economics 1:49:46

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Hey everybody! Episode 152 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Manda Scott. Manda is an author, podcasters, shamanic dreaming practitioner, and works on a number of regenerative projects. I really enjoyed sitting down and speaking with her about these subjects as well as what she describes as a trauma culture from the Roman conquest a…

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Ep. 151 - Brian James - Traumadelic: How a Western Model Limits the Wholeness of Shamanism 2:22:53

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Hey everybody! Episode 151 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friend Brian James. Brian now has the distinction of being the first guest to be featured three times on this podcast. I brought Brian on to speak about his new book, Traumadelic. I was really happy to have Brian on again to speak about how he sees the overemphasis on t…

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Ep. 150 - Martha Carlin - Gut Microbiome, Chronic Disease, & Holistic Health 2:08:00

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Hey everybody! Episode 150 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Martha Carlin. Martha has a fascinating story. After her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, she quit her job and dedicated her life to better understanding the root of the disease. She began to discover that the Western medical system didn’t have a lot of answ…

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Ep. 149 - Alex Lasarev - Plant Medicine, Spiritual Evolution, COVID, & Comedy 2:08:52

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Hey everybody! Episode 149 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Alex Lasarev. I met Alex many years ago through a mutual friend, John Keegan, who I also had on the podcast (ep. 60). Over the years I really respected what Alex stood for, especially during the pandemic where he was, for me, a voice of reason and dissent against much of t…

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Ep. 148 - Remi & Ashley Delaune - Ayahuasca, Shipibo Apprenticeship, & Cosmovision 2:13:45

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Hey everybody! Episode 148 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Remi & Ashley of Kumankaya Healing Center. I had heard about Remi a number of years ago as I am friends with and have interviewed two of his friends and colleagues, Joe Tafur (ep15) and Martina Drassl (ep42). They spoke very highly of Remi and his dedication and skill to t…