Flora Funga Podcast

Sam Believ is the founder of LaWayra Ayahuasca Retreat, the highest-rated ayahuasca retreat in South America with over 730 five-star reviews on google. A former offshore engineer, he left the oil industry after a life-changing experience with ayahuasca and moved to Colombia to build an affordable, authentic retreat with indigenous shamans. He also hosts the Ayahuasca Podcast and wor...

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221: INPERSON: How Fungi Are Being Used to Treat Dying Bees!

June 10, 2026 • 23 mins

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Molly Quade studies fungi at Washington State University that kill mites to help reduce the death of our honeybee population. We cover how bees are NOT native BUT we treat bees as livestock for our agriculture. She also helps out some of Paul Stamets research with Fungi Perfecti.

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220: How to Make Traditional Delicious Mead with DnD Meadery

June 3, 2026 • 52 mins

KK sits down with Derek of D&D Meadery to explore the ancient, flavorful, and surprisingly approachable world of mead-making. Derek shares how mead, often considered the oldest fermented beverage, begins with the simple combination of honey, water, and yeast, but becomes deeply complex through fermentation, yeast selection, local honey sources, seasonal variation, and careful qu...

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219: MEET THE PLUG: Lets Get Open-Minded with Plant Medicines from the UK

May 27, 2026 • 68 mins

This episode was such a fun, open-minded wander through fungi, philosophy, psychedelics, podcasting, and the weird little threads that connect us all. KK sat down with Joel and Jacob from The Open Minded Podcast to talk about their journey as curious young hosts exploring psychology, religion, consciousness, and the big questions of life. The conversation drifted into mushrooms, pla...

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218: Why your Accounts are Getting Banned...Mycology Meets Social Media

May 20, 2026 • 38 mins

In this episode of Flora Funga Podcast, KK sits down with Victoria to explore the complicated intersection of mycology, social media, AI moderation, and content creator survival. They discuss why mushroom-related accounts and cultivation content are increasingly vulnerable to automated takedowns, how AI-driven platform policies can misread educational mycology content as harmf...

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217: STREET INTERVIEW: Healing Autoimmune Disease through Plant Medicine

May 13, 2026 • 10 mins

Meet Lois Duncun...She has a pretty wild and beautiful healing story. After going through systemic lupus, which is medically documented, she credits so much of her healing to plants, Indigenous medicines, mindset work, and Gene Keys. She feels like she’s lived a lot of lives in this one, and some of those chapters were really hard.

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216: STREET INTERVIEW: Wake the F**k UP with a Macro Dose ft. Cannabis Nurse

May 6, 2026 • 4 mins

Meet Laura Hartman a friend I've met at Cannadelic last year. She is a board certified functional medicine practitioner who empowers people towards healthier lives. She always is doing the most to advocate for everyone especially Veterans that don't always receive the best help.

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215: Top 5 Mushrooms for Lowering Inflammation

April 29, 2026 • 20 mins

Top 5 mushrooms I like to use personally for lowering inflammation:

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214: Supplements You are Absolutely MISSING in your Diet

April 22, 2026 • 54 mins

Oli Genn-Bash is a UK-based writer, educator, and cultural practitioner working at the intersection of functional mushrooms, mycotherapy, psychedelics, and contemporary wellness culture. His work sits between research, lived experience, and creative practice, with a focus on education and the responsible development of psychedelic and mushroom spaces.

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213: Why This Mushroom Drink Is Changing Everything

April 15, 2026 • 46 mins

Allen L. Davies III, known as Allen the Fun Guy, has spent over 15 years immersed in mushrooms, fermentation, and culinary innovation. With a deep respect for food as a cultural cornerstone, he views it as both sustenance and medicine—capable of nourishing, healing, and driving meaningful change through sustainability and accessibility.

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212: Street Interview-Cannadelic: Legal Lean

April 8, 2026 • 3 mins

Join Cannedelic Night Market..Meet @legalleanlife

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211: Street Interview with a Pirate at Cannadelic Night Market

April 1, 2026 • 3 mins

My interview with @floridapiratehippie

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210: Mushroom Coffee Review: Cuppa VS Four Sigmatic Ft. Karleen (sister)

March 25, 2026 • 31 mins

Today we sit down with my sister Karleen where we review the famous and popular mushroom coffee brands Cuppa and Four Sigmatic. Which one will be the winner and how do you choose the right mushroom coffee for YOU?

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209: Your Beer has Glyphosate with Brandon Rust

March 18, 2026 • 56 mins

Brandon Rust has been cultivating and breeding cannabis for 20+ years, originally from San Diego, he currently resides in Oklahoma and works in the legal cannabis industry, as an owner operator and as a private consultant. A self-taught agronomist and microbiologist, Brandon owns Bokashi Earthworks, which is involved in manufacturing microbial consortiums for the use in agriculture,...

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208: Using AI to Talk to Plants-- IN PERSON INTERVIEW

March 11, 2026 • 32 mins

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Today we break down a Juicy News article on Revolutionary AI Model Deciphers Language of Plants for the First Time with Kevin an AI Expert. Do you think this is a good progressive research or a waste of time?

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207: Street Interview: Meet a TOP Interdimensional Visionary: Chris Dyer

March 4, 2026 • 5 mins

During the Cannadelic Night Market here in St. Petersburg, FL we interviewed a TOP interdimensional Visionary Chris Dyer. He is up there with Alex Grey!!

Chris is a Peruvian-Canadian artist, sharing his personal medicine as honest expressions of Soul. Peaceful Warrior.

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206: The Kratom Industry Is Getting Sketchy--Start a Mushroom Cafe

February 25, 2026 • 50 mins

A VIBRANT BLEND OF NATURE AND FLAVOR FILLS EVERY CORNER OF LOS HONGOS CAFE AND PLANT BAR IN PORTLAND, OR, WHERE COMMUNITY AND CREATIVITY THRIVE TOGETHER.
Los Hongos proudly operates as a locally-owned and operated business, focused on building genuine connections with everyone who walks through our doors. Each visit offers something new to discover, and we take pride in sharing o...

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205: How to Grow your Own Medicine

February 18, 2026 • 39 mins

Twin Mycology's mission is to help over 800,000 adults, foster mental health and sustainable living using the incredible power of mushrooms--Through their offerings of peer coaching, educational programs, and valuable resources.

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204: 2025 Nomination Announcement

February 11, 2026 • 17 mins

Thank you to all the people that filled out this years Nomination form. Congrats to all the nominees:

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203: New Study Shows Mushrooms Could Help Reduce Dementia in Dogs

February 4, 2026 • 18 mins