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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

321 - Peter Gorman (Amazon Explorer and Psychedelic Expert)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Arts, Society & Culture

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Peter Gorman is an award-winning journalist, former editor of High Times magazine (from 1986-1998), and pioneer in the understanding and use of psychedelic substances from the Amazon, such as ayahuasca and kambo. His most recent book is Sapo in my Soul: The Matsés Frog Medicine.



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0:00.0

What's up Chris, this is Kyle. I'm tuning in from the big island of Hawaii where I'm currently on an archery hunt.

0:08.0

As I look behind me, I see the vast expanse of a big blue ocean and I am surrounded by charcoal black lava rock.

0:18.0

I just want to say, keep doing the podcasts. We all get a tremendous amount of value out of them.

0:23.0

And I especially love the one that you recently did with Alexander Snow.

0:28.0

Much love over and out from the big island.

0:31.0

Radio Mano, Papa Tzango.

0:58.0

Yeah, about five minutes ago, I saw links stock right across the yard out here.

1:06.0

There's some bird feeders. And he or she was going for birds or squirrels or something that was down there.

1:13.0

Very interesting to look up from your computer screen and see a large predator moving purposefully and with that sort of urgent.

1:24.0

I don't know how to describe you know the way a cat moves when it's low and focused and just rawr.

1:32.0

Yeah, that was cool.

1:34.0

Anyway, if you recognize that voice, that was Kyle, Tierman host of the very imaginatively titled Kyle Tierman show, which I recommend on this podcast quite a bit.

1:45.0

He's great. He is back from Hawaii now.

1:48.0

And he shot two pigs, I believe, with his bow and arrow.

1:53.0

And I'm going up to Santa Cruz, Cassie and I are going up next week, I believe, to have a barbecue, a wild pig barbecue or something that's going on up there.

2:04.0

That'll be fun. I think they're going to be some interesting people at this party.

2:08.0

Bruce Damer is going to be there, Jim Fatiman.

2:11.0

If you listen to this podcast regularly, you'll know who both of those people are.

2:16.0

And yeah, really interesting crowd up there in Santa Cruz. So that's next week.

2:22.0

What's been going on this episode long awaited is with Peter Gorman.

2:27.0

He is of, you know, how do you describe Peter Gorman?

2:31.0

He's a legend among Amazonian explorers and people who know about psychedelics.

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