#508: Plants of the Gods — Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ayahuasca, Shamanic Knowledge, the Curse and Blessing of Coca, and More
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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. Sloths and jaguars. This is Rainforest themed. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to the Tim Ferris Show, where it is usually my job to deconstruct world class performers of all different types to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera, that you can apply to your own life. This time around, I am passing the microphone to someone else. We have a very special edition featuring not one, but three Short episodes of the Plants of the Gods podcast. It's brand new, hosted by my friend and past podcast guest. Doctor Mark. Plotkin. I've listened to all of his episodes and chose a few favorites to share with you all. So who is Mark? Mark Plotkin on Twitter.
Doc Mark. Plotkin PLU. T K I N is an ethnobotanist who serves as the president of the Amazon conservation team, which has partnered with roughly 80 tribes. In South America to map and improve management and protection of roughly one hundred million acres. of ancestral rainforests. We've done some work together in the past. He is best known to the general public as the author of the book Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, highly recommended, one of the most popular books ever written about the Amazon Rainforest.
His most recent book is The Amazon subtitle, What Everyone Needs to Know. You can find my interview with Mark at Tim.blog Forward slash Mark. Plotkin. I'm excited to share with you these episodes from Plants of the Gods for a million reasons. These specific episodes cover the adventures. And skills. and belief systems of the legendary ethnobotanist Richard Evan Schaltes, an episode on ayahuasca
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