{"podcast":{"title":"Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast","slug":"plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226","podcast_index_feed_id":3227226,"rss_url":"https://plantsofthegods.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.facebook.com/PlantsOfTheGodsPod","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/4/6/9/3469f16c499d5ff6/MAIN_POFTG_image_copy_2.jpg","author":"Mark Plotkin","episode_count":80,"summary":"\"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 other leaders in the field.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226"},"episode":{"title":"Plants of the Gods: S8E3 Can Psychedelics Treat \"Incurable\" Trauma? (Dr. Pamela Kryskow, Part 1)","slug":"plants-of-the-gods-s8e3-can-psychedelics-treat-incurable-trauma-dr-pamela-kryskow-part-1","published_at":"2026-03-23T11:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226/plants-of-the-gods-s8e3-can-psychedelics-treat-incurable-trauma-dr-pamela-kryskow-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226","url":"https://plantsofthegods.libsyn.com/season-8-ep3-can-psychedelics-treat-incurable-trauma-dr-pamela-kryskow-part-1","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/plantsofthegods/POTG_S8_-_Pamela_Kryskow_Interview_Part_1_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=2498504","summary":"How can psylocibin be used to help patients work through traumas that once seemed untreatable? Dr. Pamela Kryskow, a self-described \"fungi person\" and a scientist, is helping to answer this question and others about the health potential of plant medicines. Dr. Kryskow is a founding board member of the Psychedelic Association of Canada and the medical chair of the Vancouver Island University Post Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Medicine assisted Therapy. She is also the medical lead for the Roots To Thrive Program. In this episode, Dr. Kryskow discusses her research on psychedelics and PTSD, differing patient experiences in synthetic versus whole mushrooms, and medical and therapeutic uses of ketamine. Show notes: Roots to Thrive is Canada's first multidisciplinary, non-profit healthcare practice offering evidence-informed, multi-week group therapy programs, including psychedelic-assisted therapy (i f prescribed by licensed medical professional) https://rootstothrive.com/","meta_description":"How can psylocibin be used to help patients work through traumas that once seemed untreatable? Dr. Pamela Kryskow, a self-described \"fungi person\" and a s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1709,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226/episodes/plants-of-the-gods-s8e3-can-psychedelics-treat-incurable-trauma-dr-pamela-kryskow-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226/plants-of-the-gods-s8e3-can-psychedelics-treat-incurable-trauma-dr-pamela-kryskow-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}