Plant Frequencies Podcast

Thomas Droge is a physician of Classical Chinese Medicine who has spent more than thirty years studying, practicing, and teaching Chinese medicine, Daoism, Qigong, and Tai Ji, and he carries lineages in all four. He became a physician in 1993, in the second graduating class of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York, and ran his medical practice in New York City until 2022.He has taught Western medical doctors and in Chinese medicine universities, and has worked in settings from Sloan Kettering to FEMA. He is the founder of the Pathfinder Institute and the Chief Mindfulness Officer at TIFIN, an AI and fintech incubator in Boulder, and the author of The Leader Within: 14 Foundational Practices for Leading a Meaningful Life.🌱 This episode is brought to you by BeMicro, organic freeze-dried microgreens for easy everyday nutrition. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off at https://bemicro.farm/Connect with ThomasWebsite: https://thomasdroge.comThe Leader Within: https://www.amazon.com/Leader-Within-foundational-practices-meaningful-ebook/dp/B0GSP25MRL/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-droge-541a8293/Connect with Stephen (Host)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cowanstephen/PLANT FREQUENCIESSubscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@plant.frequencies.podcast

Bill Giebler is the Content & Insights Director of Nutrition Business Journal at New Hope Network, where he explores the business and trends shaping the natural products and dietary supplement industry. A jazz pianist turned writer, he’s also the author of Steeped: My Search for Tea and Transformation in India, a memoir of his travels through India, including time on a biodynamic tea estate in Darjeeling.In this conversation, Bill shares his North Star: bringing science and traditional plant wisdom together. We explore what can get lost when we isolate a plant’s active ingredients, why popular Ayurvedic herbs don’t tell the whole story of Ayurveda, and how seed diversity connects to the future of our food. Along the way, we talk tea, music, and finding purpose.🌱 This episode is brought to you by BeMicro, organic freeze-dried microgreens for easy everyday nutrition. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off at https://bemicro.farmConnect with BillLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-giebler-69a7702a/Website: https://billgiebler.me/Steeped: https://billgiebler.me/books/New Hope Network: https://www.newhope.com/author/bill-giebler“Seed Money”: https://billgiebler.medium.com/seed-money-fa75187e961aBhakti Shakti: https://www.bhaktishaktikirtan.com/bill-gieblerConnect with Stephen (Host)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cowanstephen/PLANT FREQUENCIESSubscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Plant.Frequencies.Podcast#PlantFrequencies #BillGiebler #HerbalMedicine #Supplements #Ayurveda #Tea

Carly Raemer, somatic advisor and founder of SOULHAUS.From a Wicca-curious kid asking permission from trees to a Boulder speakeasy owner to a somatic coach who now tells clients she teaches magic, not business — this conversation traces nature as the thread running through all of it. What the body knows before the mind does. Why she believes the answer to AI is more nature, not more speed.Learn more about Carly here - https://carlyraemer.com/🌿 Natural nutrition from BeMicro: www.BeMicro.farm | Code PLANT15For more conversations like this, subscribe to Plant Frequencies.

Ret Taylor spent over 20 years building natural products companies, most notably Ned, a farm-to-consumer herbal brand sourced directly from small organic farms across the country, before selling the business and shifting into guiding vision quests and rites of passage for founders and entrepreneurs. The conversation moves through indigenous rites-of-passage traditions, the Lakota vision quest he undertook, and why he believes modern culture's failure to witness people through life's transitions leaves so many of us stuck as adolescents well into adulthood. Learn more about Ret:https://www.rettaylor.com/  / rettaylor  This episode is brought to you by BeMicro. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off freeze-dried microgreens at https://bemicro.farm/

Teresa Padilla is a plant medicine practitioner and founder of Medicine of Many Tribes, trained under an Amazonian teacher, Yawa Bane, in the sacred vine and hapé traditions of the Huni Kuin people of Acre, Brazil. In this episode, Teresa shares how a car crash, a business collapse, and a month spent bedridden with an MS flare-up led her to ceremony, and how she's navigated reciprocity, cultural appropriation, and what it means to be an invited guest in indigenous medicine traditions ever since. Learn more about her work at truthselfheal.com and medicineofmanytribes.org. This episode is brought to you by BeMicro. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off freeze-dried microgreens at www.BeMicro.farm

Nature based solutions, fungi, soil health, and plant microbiomes with Marc-André Selosse, author of Never Alone.Marc-André Selosse explains why plants are not single organisms, but living communities shaped by fungi, bacteria, soil, and hidden symbioses.Selosse is a French mycologist and biologist, a professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and the author of Never Alone. In this conversation, he explores the hidden microbial world inside every living plant, why fungi are essential to plant life, what popular science gets wrong about the “wood wide web,” and why humans may need contact with nature more than modern life allows.We discuss why no plant is ever truly alone, how fungi and roots exchange nutrients underground, what the “forest internet” idea gets right and wrong, why soil is living, how green space may affect human health, why children need contact with soil and nature, and how agroecology, hedgerows, bats, and microbes can reduce dependence on chemical inputs.Chapters:00:00 Nature based solutions, fungi, and urban health00:37 Why plants are never alone00:58 The hidden microbes inside every plant04:14 BeMicro organic microgreens05:17 Vitamins, minerals, roots, and fungi07:27 What mycelium actually is08:31 Is mycelium the internet of the forest?13:17 Mushroom supplements and nutrition15:21 Why humans have a cultural relationship with fungi17:49 Fungi, spirituality, and sacred traditions20:59 Stephen's experience in South America21:59 Is psilocybin legal in France?23:04 Microdosing, placebo, and science25:04 Marc-André's childhood passion for fungi27:30 The National Museum of Natural History in Paris31:01 BeMicro organic microgreens31:24 What happens when people disconnect from nature?33:16 Green space, public health, and the brain36:42 What gives Marc-André hope?37:18 Soil, children, and the immune system39:50 Why soil health matters41:21 Plowing, erosion, and no-till agriculture42:54 Glyphosate, cereals, and food systems43:30 The best baguette in Paris43:55 The global state of soil health45:02 Human waste, urine, and fertilizer46:18 Agroecology, bats, hedgerows, and pesticides48:21 Nature is a solution49:32 Advice for the next generation51:47 Where to learn more about Marc-André SelosseConnect with Marc on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-andr%C3%A9-selosse-2a1374259/🌿 Naturally concentrated nutrition from BeMicro:www.BeMicro.farmUse code PLANT15 to save 15%Subscribe for more conversations on plants, health, soil, ecology, food systems, and the hidden intelligence of the living world.#plantmedicine #soilhealth #fungi #microbiome #naturebasedsolutions #regenerativeagriculture #foodasmedicine #ecology #plantfrequencies

Jamie Burrows is a British-American entrepreneur who spent nine years building and leading one of the world’s most ambitious vertical farming companies, taking it from a single idea to a global technology player backed by over £37 million in funding and recognition as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator. A Barclays Unreasonable Impact Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, he holds three degrees up to PhD level and began his career in the U.S. Air Force before moving into health economics and life sciences. Today he advises Rooted Robotics and continues to shape the future of controlled-environment agriculture.Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-burrows-12890817/Subscribe to Plant Frequencies on YouTube for even more videos and clips.Try BeMicro for nutrient-dense, clean and easy vegetables at https://bemicro.farm/. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off.ABOUT THE SHOWPlant Frequencies explores the science, culture, and deeper natural laws that shape our relationship with plants and the living world.

Kathryn Kemp Guylay, MBA, PhD, is a nutrition educator, seven-time author, and founder of Nurture, the Chicago-born nonprofit she launched in 2008 to bring hands-on, judgment-free nutrition education to food pantries, schools, and families. A former management consultant, she earned the nickname "the picky eater whisperer" for helping kids fall in love with real food. Learn more about Kathryn:Website: https://MakeEverythingFun.comNurture (resources for children and families): https://NurtureYourFamily.orgLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-kemp-mba/Subscribe to Plant Frequencies on YouTube for even more videos and clips.Try BeMicro for nutrient-dense, clean and easy vegetables at https://bemicro.farm/. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off.ABOUT THE SHOWPlant Frequencies explores the science, culture, and deeper natural laws that shape our relationship with plants and the living world.

Jackson Maloney works with teenage boys in the Boulder area, guiding them and their families through rites of passage and ongoing mentorship through his practice, Standing on the Earth. A musician who's studying and learning from indigenous ways of life. CONNECT WITH JACKSONWebsite: standingontheearth.comMailing list and contact available through the siteInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/standing_ontheearth/Subscribe to Plant Frequencies on YouTube for even more videos and clips.Try BeMicro for nutrient-dense, clean and easy vegetables at www.bemicro.farm. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off.ABOUT THE SHOWPlant Frequencies explores the science, culture, and deeper natural laws that shape our relationship with plants and the living world.

Dr. Tanya Atagi is a Stanford-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon who has been recognized as a top doctor in Colorado multiple times over her 20-year career. With a background in mechanical engineering and product design (and a medical device patent earned before she ever entered medicine) she brings a rare blend of analytical precision and creative perspective to her work. Based in Lone Tree, Colorado, she practices both aesthetic plastic surgery and integrative wellness through Besana Health and Wellness, where she helps patients optimize their health from the inside out. In this episode, she opens up about hormones, thyroid function, longevity, the limits of "normal" lab values, and why so much of what keeps us well was never taught in medical school.Follow Plant Frequencies on YouTube for more videos and clips. Connect with Tanya on LinkedInLearn more about Tanya's work: Instagram and websiteTry BeMicro for nutrient dense and clean dried vegetable garnishes. Use code PLANT15 for 15% off.