The Fruiting Bodies podcast is an intersectional response to the mushroom boom and the next wave of psychedelics. It is an extension of the Fruiting Bodies Collective, an active and diverse online community of seekers, healers, activists, and our allies. It's our mission to ensure that the psychedelic resurgence is inclusive and fulfills its potential to serve all who stand to benefit from these substances. We accomplish this through outreach, education, advocacy, representation, and creating opportunities for accessible and culturally relevant training and service options. Come join us!
Fruiting Bodies
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The Fruiting Bodies podcast is an intersectional response to the mushroom boom and the next wave of psychedelics. It is an extension of the Fruiting Bodies Collective, an active and diverse online community of seekers, healers, activists, and our allies. It's our mission to ensure that the psychedelic resurgence is inclusive and fulfills its potential to serve all who stand to benefit from these substances. We accomplish this through outreach, education, advocacy, representation, and creating opportunities for accessible and culturally relevant training and service options. Come join us!
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November 6, 2021
Mariah Makalapua: Decolonizing Healing
<p>In episode 6 we are joined by our dear sister-friend, Mariah Makalapua of Medicine Collective. Mariah is the creator of Medicine Collective, a medicine woman, a mother, an artist, a healer, a gardener and a community builder. In this episode she shares with us about Indigenous wisdom and ways of life and dives deep into the beautiful and essential practice of decolonization with us. Thank you, Pua, for your brilliance and wisdom! Much love!</p> <p><u>Links mentioned:</u></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/medicine.collective/">@medicine.collective</a></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://www.medicinecollective.com">medicinecollective.com</a><br> </p> <p><u>What’s in the episode:</u></p> <p>Mariah’s background (3:22)</p> <p>Feeling called to hold space for people in your community (6:00)</p> <p>Decolonizing myself (11:45)</p> <p>Having an interest in vs. feeling called to something (14:45)</p> <p>Heritage, lineage, and Indigenous Wisdom (19:15)</p> <p>The importance of honoring traditions (23:15)</p> <p>The lack of Indigenous Elders in the legalized space (24:40)</p> <p>Find the beauty in your own lineage (30:00)</p> <p>Being in service to the relationship you have with yourself (31:30)</p> <p>Safety (34:30)</p> <p>The confusion of trying to organize this fluid work into such a rigid construct (39:00)</p> <p>The fear of what could happen (42:00)</p> <p>The hope of what could happen (42:50)</p> <p>Collective healing and liberation (44:00)</p> <p>What’s happening with Medicine Collective? (46:00)</p> <p>The absurd cost of land (49:17)</p> <p>Detachment from nature (52:05)</p> <p>Dreamy Dream (54:20)</p> <p>What does healing mean to you? (59:54)<br> <br> <br> And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love!</p> <p>· Podcast Editor,<a href="https://podcastingwithsydney.com/"> Sydney Bogan</a></p> <p>· Studio space, Mariah Makalapua &<a href="https://www.medicinecollective.com/"> Medicine Collective</a></p> <p>· Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from<a href="https://audioboom.com/channels/5036004"> Conscious Cloud Podcast</a></p> <p>· Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes</p> <p>· Our sponsors, <a href="https://www.drbronner.com/">Dr. Bronner’s</a>, <a href="https://mimosatherapeutics.com/">Mimosa Therapeutics</a>, and <a href="https://psychedelicstoday.com/">Psychedelics Today</a></p> <p>· All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners</p> <p>Stay connected by following us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fruitingbodiesco/"> @fruitingbodiesco</a>. Visit our website to find past <a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/blog/category/Podcast+Show+Notes">show notes</a>, <a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/">become a supporter</a>, and<a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/email-sign-up"> join our email list</a>.</p> <p>Thank you for supporting our shared mission!</p> <p>-Elan & Becca</p>
October 23, 2021
AJ Mcreary: Feeding The Community With Love & Dignity
<p>In episode 5 we are joined by our good friend AJ McCreary, of the Equitable Giving Circle.</p> <p>AJ is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Equitable Giving Circle, a Black woman and Black femme led organization that is creating real economic impact by sharing food, housing, and wellness with the community. <br> <br> <u>About our guest: <br> </u><br> AJ McCreary is from Portland OR. She is a community maverick who has been working locally for 15+ years. AJ specializes in marketing strategies and fundraising through an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lens. Her education background and degrees are in spatial art and Black history. She actively and openly is always working on further decolonizing herself, her work, and is actively relearning cultural practices lost to colonization. A lot of AJ's work includes activism around cannabis. Before launching<a href="https://www.equitablegivingcircle.org/#csaprogram"> <u>EGC</u></a> AJ worked on a cannabis topical line and hosts private cannabis events including the elusive<a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautifulhappinesspdx/"> <u>Hiiiiiii Tea</u></a> women and femme networking event.</p> <p>Links mentioned in our conversation:</p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/equitablegivingcircle/">@EquitableGivingCircle </a></p> <p>What’s in this episode:</p> <p>AJ’s background (3:52)</p> <p>I don’t like to rest (8:55)</p> <p>Fun is not for me (10:30)</p> <p>The start of Equitable Giving Circle (12:30)</p> <p>It’s not that complicated (17:37)</p> <p>USDA food boxes (18:20)</p> <p>Improving the health and wellness of the community (19:37)</p> <p>Delivering value to people’s doorsteps (22:00)</p> <p>Inspiring others to serve better (23:30)</p> <p>Our team genuinely cares (25:40)</p> <p>Collecting the data (27:55)</p> <p>A recent major accomplishment (28:55)</p> <p>The disconnect from philanthropy to the general public (33:10)</p> <p>Assumptions of non-profit vs for-profit (36:25)</p> <p>Scarcity model (38:20)</p> <p>Finding creative funding avenues (40:15)</p> <p>Portland’s uniqueness (43:55)</p> <p>We’ve got a racism problem here (46:55)</p> <p>A pathway to liberation for Black folks (49:06)</p> <p>AJ’s future plans (50:00)</p> <p>A message to white people (51:38)</p> <p>Dreamy Dream (54:08)</p> <p>What does healing mean to you (56:13)</p> <p>And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love!</p> <p>· Podcast Editor,<a href="https://podcastingwithsydney.com/"> Sydney Bogan</a></p> <p>· Studio space, Mariah Makalapua &<a href="https://www.medicinecollective.com/"> Medicine Collective</a></p> <p>· Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from<a href="https://audioboom.com/channels/5036004"> Conscious Cloud Podcast</a></p> <p>· Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes</p> <p>· Our sponsors, <a href="https://www.drbronner.com/">Dr. Bronner’s</a>, <a href="https://mimosatherapeutics.com/">Mimosa Therapeutics</a>, and <a href="https://psychedelicstoday.com/">Psychedelics Today</a></p> <p>· All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners</p> <p>Stay connected by following us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fruitingbodiesco/"> @fruitingbodiesco</a>. Visit our website to find past <a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/blog/category/Podcast+Show+Notes">show notes</a>, <a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/">become a supporter</a>, and<a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/email-sign-up"> join our email list</a>.</p> <p>Thank you for supporting our shared mission!</p> <p>-Elan & Becca</p>
October 17, 2021
Dr. Angela Carter: Weaving "Harm Reduction" & Psychedelic Health Equity
<p>Season 2 is bringing so much wisdom and useful information! </p> <p>In episode 4 we are joined by Dr. Angela Carter, our dear friend and trusted mentor.</p> <p>Dr. Angela Carter (they/them) is a white, transgender, genderqueer, queer, neuroqueer, disabled, dirt worshiping naturopathic physician living in Portland, Or. They manage Oregon’s measure 110 substance use decriminalization and recovery program. They are also the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board vice chair and co-chair of the Equity and Training subcommittees. Angela is deeply committed to health equity and justice work, and ensuring that trauma informed care and racial and social justice are imbued into the fabric of our culture and government. They enjoy the company of cats, crocheting, and getting lost in the woods looking for mushrooms.</p> <p><strong>Links mentioned in our conversation:</strong></p> <p>Contact Angie: angelacarternd@gmail.com</p> <p><strong>What’s in this episode:</strong></p> <p>Angie’s background (3:29)</p> <p>Beginning Naturopathic Medicine (4:22)</p> <p>Queer Activism (5:30)</p> <p>Burner Community Work (8:30)</p> <p>Sitting with folks experiencing psychedelic journeys (8:55)</p> <p>Fireside Project and Oregon Psilocybin Program (9:45)</p> <p>Unified vision (12:00)</p> <p>Working from a de-colonized perspective (13:55)</p> <p>The limitations of a western medicine mindset (15:40)</p> <p>We should be asking the community (19:18)</p> <p>Building trust to encourage community engagement (21:04)</p> <p>Listening sessions (24:10)</p> <p>Accessibility to information for marginalized communities (26:40)</p> <p>Following through on lip-service (30:04)</p> <p>The lack of trust from folks in the underground (32:01)</p> <p>The spectrum of people on the board (33:00)</p> <p>The intersections between measure 109 and 110 (36:10)</p> <p>“Harm reduction” - “Benefit Maximization” (38:12)</p> <p>Provide a structure for people to relate to themselves (39:55)</p> <p>Learning how to get out of the way (41:55)</p> <p>Importance of the inner work (43:00)</p> <p>Assessment for facilitators without shared experience (43:30)</p> <p>No fast-track for personal decolonization (44:35)</p> <p>Implement a restorative justice process and continuing education (50:30)</p> <p>Dreamy dream (52:40)</p> <p>What does healing mean to you? (55:37)<br> </p> <p>Huge thank you to the forever inspiring Angie Carter for joining us. What a gift. Follow them on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/doorwaytherapeutics/">@</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clitocybe_nuda/">clitocybe_nuda</a>.</p> <p>And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love!</p> <p>· Podcast Editor,<a href="https://podcastingwithsydney.com/"> Sydney Bogan</a></p> <p>· Studio space, Mariah Makalapua &<a href="https://www.medicinecollective.com/"> Medicine Collective</a></p> <p>· Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from<a href="https://audioboom.com/channels/5036004"> Conscious Cloud Podcast</a></p> <p>· Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes</p> <p>· Our sponsors, <a href="https://www.drbronner.com/">Dr. Bronner’s</a>, <a href="https://mimosatherapeutics.com/">Mimosa Therapeutics</a>, and <a href="https://psychedelicstoday.com/">Psychedelics Today</a></p> <p>· All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners</p> <p>Stay connected by following us on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fruitingbodiesco/"> @fruitingbodiesco</a>. Visit our website to find past <a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/blog/category/Podcast+Show+Notes">show notes</a>, <a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/">become a supporter</a>, and<a href="https://www.fruitingbodiescollective.com/email-sign-up"> join our email list</a>.</p> <p>Thank you for supporting our shared mission!</p> <p>-Elan & Becca</p>
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