#871: The “Divine Leaf” with 8,000+ Years of Use — Exploring the Many Benefits of Coca with Dr. Andrew Weil and Wade Davis

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs, this is Tim Paris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Paris Show. This is a three way. This is A podcast featuring two bucking broncos and intellectual greats. I am excited to introduce you to both Wade Davis and Dr. Andrew Wilde. They've both been on separately before. But in this particular instance they are united in in their deep interest and long term use of

The divine leaf. AKA coca leaf. Which has eight thousand plus years of human use documented We'll get into lots of details on that. And why on earth I might feature this on this podcast. But let's get to some bios for those who don't know these fellas. Wade Davis is an ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker. From twenty fourteen to twenty twenty-four, he served as Professor of Anthropology and BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia, and from 2000 to 2013 as explorer in residence at the National Geographic Society.

With a PhD from Harvard in ethnobotany, he spent three years among 15 indigenous groups in the Amazon and the Andes. He's the author of twenty-four books in 26 languages. We'll get to how he credits Coca for a lot of that productivity, including the Samuel Johnson Prize winning into the silence. Dr. Andrew Weil is a pioneer in integrative medicine and founder of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he holds the Lovell Jones Endowed Chair. And serves as clinical professor of medicine and professor of public health. He earned his biology degree from Harvard College and an MD from Harvard Medical School. Later researching medicinal and psychoactive plants at the Harvard Botanical Museum. In nineteen seventy nine, he founded the Beneficial Plant Research Association, revitalizing that in twenty twenty four as its president. A New York Times bestselling author, 15 books, and named by time among the world's one hundred most influential people, he co founded True Food Kitchen. One of my favorites, and matcha.com. You can find Wade Davis at DavisWaid.com and Dr. Wile at Dr.Wile D R.

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