Dennis McKenna
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Oct 8, 2026
Graham DunlopHOST
Yeah, I'm doing pretty good.
Graham DunlopHOST
Really excited here to talk to Dennis McKenna.
Darren GrimesHOST
Yeah, Dennis McKenna.
Darren GrimesHOST
We're thrilled to have you on.
Darren GrimesHOST
Thanks.
Eric OsborneGUEST
There are people...
Eric OsborneGUEST
I think Dennis McKenna is one of the most true and authentic psychedelic leaders out there, and he is not someone that is often, um, highlighted.
Eric OsborneGUEST
Right? He's, like, the, the quiet guy in the background-
AdamHOST
Yeah
Eric OsborneGUEST
... that's just doing good work.
AdamHOST
Yeah.
Eric OsborneGUEST
And, and Dennis McKenna keeps eating mushrooms, and you can tell.
Eric OsborneGUEST
You can tell through his, his humility that he continues to work with these medicines.
Kenneth TupperGUEST
But sort of for me, it was like sensing this kind of cosmological awareness of something deeper that was... catalyzed in a way that was unexpected, but tremendously rewarding and valuable.
Joe MooreHOST
I'm seeing here in my notes that you were able to work with Dennis McKenna
Kenneth TupperGUEST
a little bit.
Kenneth TupperGUEST
Part of my PhD topic came from Terence's book, Food of the Gods.
Jason GrechanikHOST
Uh, we came across his work because, um, our friend and student, Luis Solerot, who did a, a very beautiful documentary about our work called Sacred Tobacco, is, uh, now doing a second documentary about our work, not only with m- these Amazonian traditions, but actually bridging that work with, um, what we could call European indigenous traditions, really predominantly focusing on the Celtic tradition and, uh, the, the knowledge of trees and how we're beginning to, to bridge those two worlds.
Jason GrechanikHOST
So as part of the film, a friend of his, Dennis McKenna, who's also been, been on this podcast, and also I was recently on his podcast, recommended to us that we reach out to Andy because, uh, because of his knowledge and his expertise in indigenous European traditions, animism, uh, druidry.
Jason GrechanikHOST
And so we were really happy to have him on.
Jason GrechanikHOST
Uh, we spoke about his background, his time in childhood, and connection to nature and mushrooms, and how that really shaped his worldview and then led him on a academic career in this kind of pursuit, or as he says, a, a path of seeking, um, the divine and, and spirit.
Jason GrechanikHOST
I think you have a really interesting background.
Jason GrechanikHOST
I, I wasn't familiar with you and your work, uh, much before, um...
Jason GrechanikHOST
It was Dennis McKenna who recommended you for, for this project we're working on, and I had a chance to listen to a number of your lectures and YouTube videos and, um, I, I, I think you're, you're a really interesting guy and you have a really interesting story.
Jason GrechanikHOST
So one, thank you so much for coming on.
Stuart PrestonGUEST
whole journey and about doing the drugs and about everything from mushrooms to peyote and the effect that it's had on me i talk about these things but i don't i don't say my son died by suicide right so i had to turn it into a show and so i ended up putting together an entire show and the funny thing is is it was called the stoned ape show Right.
Stuart PrestonGUEST
And as you know, I interviewed Dennis McKenna on both of my podcasts.
Stuart PrestonGUEST
And the first one was on a podcast called The Stoned Ape Reports.
Stuart PrestonGUEST
And he came on and he said, hey, whatever.
Una MeistareGUEST
Thank you very much for inviting me, Sami.
Sam BelievHOST
Um, so the, the way I stumbled upon you and your work is, um, I was going to be interviewed by Dennis McKenna.
Sam BelievHOST
And, uh, as I was preparing to, for the interview, I looked through, I wanted to see his format of his show and your episode just came out and I was like, Una Meister, that looks like a very Latvian sounding name.
Sam BelievHOST
And I always thought I'm the only Latvian involved in ayahuasca, but I was surprised.
Zina BrownGUEST
The other great thing that happened was while we were at, as we mentioned, I had a booth at Psychedelic Science in Denver last year.
Zina BrownGUEST
And I actually met, are you familiar with Dennis McKenna?
Rob SanchezHOST
Yes.
Zina BrownGUEST
Yeah, I actually met Dennis McKenna at the festival and he...
Zina BrownGUEST
He invited me on his podcast.
Zina BrownGUEST
He loves The Fairy Rings, loves the story, gave us a great quote for it.
Doni WilsonHOST
It was a conference where there were four different rooms going for three days, so that meant that we were choosing between four different sessions from 9 a.m. to sometimes 8 or 9 p.m. over three days.
Doni WilsonHOST
So there was a lot of information presented, including two really well-known keynote presenters, Dennis McKenna and Paul Stamets.
Doni WilsonHOST
And I'll tell you more about their presentations here in a minute.
Doni WilsonHOST
It also included, uh, I don't even know how many research presentations.
22 MINS LATER
Doni WilsonHOST
And so I always want to share with all of you what I've discovered in my research around the world of what's helping humans heal and what has helped me heal.
Doni WilsonHOST
And now what is being shown in research that actually can help others heal as well.
Doni WilsonHOST
So I wanted to share when Dennis McKenna, who is known as a botanist, he's a scientist, and he speaks on especially psychedelic substances and how they can be beneficial.
Doni WilsonHOST
And he started the conference by saying that as humans, we've unfortunately become so disconnected from nature.