PT333 – Miriam Volat, MS & T. Cody Swift, MFA – Conservation, Peyote, and Indigenous Biocultural Survival
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🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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In this episode, Joe interviews T. Cody Swift, MFT, and Miriam Volat, MS; Co-Directors of The Riverstyx Foundation. They discuss plant medicine bioculture; peyote conservation, and working for the survival of Indigenous culture.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody and welcome back to Psychedics Today. This is Joe Moore coming out from |
| 0:15.0 | Breckin Ridge, Colorado. Today on the show, we have River Sticks Foundation. We have both Cody and Miriam from River Sticks, |
| 0:23.6 | and we're going to go all over the map. We are going to discuss peyote conservation, various Native |
| 0:30.3 | American First Nations rights issues, delicate conversations around peyote and politics. Very interesting conservation projects around |
| 0:40.1 | Bufo Alvarious or Encilious, depending on the quarters from whence you hail. What else? |
| 0:48.7 | Yeah, Bufo Alvarius is the snoring desert toad for those who don't know, the one that creates |
| 0:52.5 | the natural in |
| 0:54.7 | animal form, 5MUDMT, to be avoided really, in my opinion. But apparently I'm not on the most |
| 1:03.8 | popular side of the argument. Anyway, what else do we get into the history and origins of |
| 1:10.2 | River Sticks Foundation, some really cool stuff |
| 1:12.4 | around End of Life that they're up to. Yeah, and I think they're just really taking an innovative |
| 1:17.5 | approach. I don't know any other nonprofits doing similar stuff, and I just really appreciate their |
| 1:23.2 | style and angle of attack here. So I think that's it for the intro. |
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