Talking in Technicolor

Join us for this episode with Army veteran James Bennett as he talks about his personal journey with wild psilocybe cubensis mushrooms in Florida, recovering from trauma after the military, and lifestyle choices. We talk about the psychedelic experience and its usage as a tool for mental health improvement. James details how using psychedelics has offered him personal insight into his relationship with his children.

Join us for Episode 6 where a good friend is interviewed before and after his first psilocybin experience. He has been struggling with depression and a negative perspective for some time and decided to take his mental health into his own hands by trying psilocybin. We will explore how the medicine has affected him as well as a very interesting trip story complete with a bejeweled telepathic elven entity.

***Note: This content is for educational and harm reduction purposes only. Do not take any part of this video to be advice and always, always do your own research ***

In this episode Ryan interviews Drew Houchin. Drew tells us about his life and struggles with addiction, imprisonment, and personal trauma. He highlights his experience sitting for Ayahuasca with Don Howard in Peru as well as several stories of his life as he heals himself through psychedelic medicines.  

 *** This video is for harm reduction, education, and entertainment purposes only. DO NOT misconstrue any information in this video as advice of any kind. Stay safe and be responsible***

In this episode Ryan puts out a call to action for the psychedelic community. His research has uncovered a potentially psychedelic plant that is currently unknown to the mainstream culture. In an attempt to encourage collaborative research, Ryan is putting a plea out to the community to collect trip reports, additional information, and shared knowledge about this plant. Watch to learn more about Bakanawa (Scirpus acutus)  Although I stated this multiple times in the video, I feel the need to say this here for anyone not paying attention-- this is not a scheduled drug so it is 100% legal, but that doesn't mean go ingest it. There is simply not enough information out there for this to be considered a safe choice.  

**Special thanks to Dr. Enrique Salmon for helping me research this episode!**

Further Reading/References:  

-Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1979, Robert A. Bye, "Hallucinogenic Plants of the Tarahumara"  

-Tarahumara Medicine: Ethnobotany and Healing among the Rarámuri of Mexico Hardcover – October 13, 2015 by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón (Author)  

-The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications by Christian Ratsch (Author), Albert Hofmann (Foreward) (Author)  

-Plants of the Gods Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers By Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann and Christian Rätsch  Sharing Breath With Our Relatives: Raramuri Plant Knowledge, Lexicon, and Cognition, by Enrique Salmon, 1999

In this episode of Talking in Technicolor, Ryan gives an update about some of the things happening in his local psychedelic community as well as updates on the podcast, future guests, and current research he is doing.   

**Ryan also gives a brief preview a project he has been working on with a largely unknown psychoactive plant**

Thank you for tuning in to Talking in Technicolor! The very finest in psychedelic public access TV.  In this episode we speak with the notorious extra-dimensional entity named Mike. Things get real when we talk about  his UFO sightings and show some strangely compelling photos he took. Ryan and Teresa open up about encounters with entities in the psychedelic vision space and real life UFO sightings. We also explore the burgeoning field of arachnid psychedelic science.

This is the first episode of a new podcast featuring Ryan and Teresa. They will discuss their personal experiences with psychedelic plant medicines and how they have affected their lives. This episode also goes over what the podcast is about and what future episodes may look like. Apologies in advance for  the audio quality- it will be improved by the next video.  

**NOTE: Nothing in this podcast should be construed as recommendations or advice. The purpose of this video is to inform, entertain, and reduce harm.**