The Petty Herbalist Podcast

By Petty Herbalist

Two Black herbalists and Bougie Aunties help you discern the real shit from the bullshit in food and herbs. Come share in the belovedness of Karina DesRoses and Asia Dorsey as they explore food scienc... more

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May 08, 2022gut health: la mama maiz
Celebrating MAMA, mama maiz!!
Corn, maiz, maize, IXIM… whatever you call this sacred plant, we’re getting into it today! Come be with us as we discuss and honor this plant of which it’s uses around the world are incredibly abundant and have deep roots in traditional indigenous cultures, in particular Mexico/Central/South America.
Turn this up, order some tacos, and enjoy this episode. Issss a lil long, but it’s a good one!
***correction: Mexicans do eat corn on the cob, known as elote or "street corn"****
Topics Discussed:
IXIM, mayan word for corn

History of Corn - TED Ed

Pre colonial Corn history in Africa

Kenkey Dish - Ghana

Nixtamalization

White grits

Mexico boosts the transfer of the nixtamalization technique in Kenya
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52min
April 30, 2022 big, soft LOVE in our medicine bag
Hey bbs,
We're giving you an extended medicine bag episode where the bougie aunties sit & chat and discuss what's in our respective medicine bags. There are tons of gems that will speak to your spirit. No need to look anything up this time around, we invite you to just receive.
Order or make some Agua de Jamaica and grab a seat. Take in all the medicine with your sweet, sour drink today!
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27min
April 23, 2022gut heath: if it ain't RICE, it ain't right
Buen día, bbs!!
Rice is on our minds and spirits over here as we continue with the GUT HEALTH SERIES! We have some really yummy facts to share with y’all, so get ready!
Grab some Jamaica Agua Fresca, put those headphones on, and take a stroll. This is an amazing episode!
Topics Discussed:
@joytabernaclekmt

High John Root (Ipomoea purga)

St. John's Wort (Hypericum Perforatum) oil

Vanilla (V.planifolia) and the Totonac Peoples who lived near present day Veracruz, Mexico

Chocolate/Cacao (Theobroma cacao)

Coffee (Coffea arabica)

Rice (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima)

Rice History in Africa

Jollof Rice

Jambalaya

Seed Sector in Senegal

Cooking and cooling rice!

Parboiled Rice

Rice Protein
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40min
April 09, 2022gut heath: issa potato party
Oh happy day!
We’re over here praising the papas, the sacred potato. We talk about the Andean ancestors cultivating potatoes and it becoming a staple food. We also discuss our fave potato foods and about food technologies that were created to make our food even more nutritious! Hope you’re doing your Spring time rituals today. If you can, take a walk outside and take us along on the walk! Issa a good episode:)
Topics Discussed:
Sexual Self Expression

(herb) Dandelion (taraxacum)

Nettle Leaf Infusion Hot Cocoa

(article) Potato domestication

(food) Lomo Saltado

(article) Potato Famine

(article) Resistant Starch Production and Glucose Release from Pre‐Prepared Chilled Food
Homie Shoutouts:
@countrygentlemancooks
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40min
April 03, 2022everybody do the "throw it in the (medicine) bag"! Ayyyy!
Building our medicine bags and recap of our time in South Carolina!
Join y’alls fave aunties as we talk about the cool stuff, cool people, and cool things we experienced whilst hanging out in South Carolina before and after the Gullah Geechee Herbal Gathering!
Strain that Nettle infusion, and grab a seat! This is such a great episode!
Topics Discussed:
Rhodiola Rosea

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

Malagueta (Capsicum frutescens)

Alcoholado

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Turpentine

Gullah Geechee Storyteller - Stanley Walker

Indigo Dyeing - Ms. Sunya Folayan

Deepening Your Herbal Practice - Joy Tabernacle KMT

Coastal Herbs - Brandon Ruiz
Homie Shoutouts:
@blkaesthetix
@spacewitchbb
@yucayekefarms
@sunfolayan
@joytabernaclekmt
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41min
March 25, 2022gut health: #PlantainGate
Warm greetings from South Carolina!
The aunties are reunited and it feels so goooood!
We had to weigh in on the #plantaingate. Plaintains are sacred and are really important part of many cultures around the world. We’re getting into some West African and Caribbean foods that use plantains, why plantains are healthy, and why it’s so important to be petty about this sacred food.
Call your best friend to tell them you love them, pour up some sweet teat with lemon, and take a walk through the neighborhood! This is one episode you don’t want to miss!
Topics Discussed:
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Plantain fruit (Musa × paradisiaca)

TikTok about Plantains

Resistant Starches

Mangu and mangusi

Keto Diet?

Gluten Free Flour
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35min
March 18, 2022go with your gut
Greetings loved ones!
We're back with the gut health series. Your fave aunties are here to share our own experiences with our guts and gut health. We hope that sharing our stories will give you context as to where we are coming from when we are educating you all.
Clean your casa, brew some green tea, and hop on the couch when you’re all done! This is a great episode to sit with and enjoy!
Topics Discussed:
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum)

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Plantain fruit (Musa × paradisiaca)

Echinacea Angustifolia

(book) Health At Every Size by Lindo Bacon
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39min
March 11, 2022issa wrap: medicine making series bougie aun-Tea time
Hey Hey Hey!
So, we’re bringing it back. We usually want to do a bougie aunt-Tea time to wrap up a series, and we didn’t have the opportunity to do so. Here we are, slowing down, and honoring the medicine making series... because it deserves.
Grab a snack, your fave fuzzy socks, and sit back and enjoy what we have for y’all today!
Topics Discussed:
Linden (tilia americana) Nourishing Herbal Infusion

Yellow dock (rumex crispus)

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Osanyin Orisha of Herbs/Herbal Medicine
Shout outs!
@musemedicina

@houseoflukaya

@frontlinefarming

@mobettagreen
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41min
March 04, 2022gut health: let's get this bread
Happy March baes!
We have a new series for y’all: GUT HEALTH. We’re SUPER excited to get into all the things we know about gut health, because both ya aunties, Asia and Karina, have made huge strides in healing problems affecting our guts.
Today we’re talking about wheat, which we consider sacred. Learn about how we take time to honor to the sacred plant and discuss some reasons why we have issues digesting foods created from wheat.
So let’s get into it! Grab some hot cocoa, take a walk, and enjoy what we have on our spirits!
Sources and Topics Discussed:
(book) I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor

(show) Cooked on Netflix

(articles) NOCEBO

(journal) Randomized Gluten Trial
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34min
February 25, 2022get me bodied: tinctures pt. 3
Heyyy baes!
Y’all have really been loving the Medicine Making series! This is part three of TINCTURES, talking about what we take tinctures for, how we consume them, and what it means to “dosage” a tincture.
So let’s get into it! Grab some matcha your favorite blankie, and get cozy!
Sources and Topics Discussed
Chinese Herbs - Traditional Chinese Medicine

Matthew Wood Herbalist

Emma Dupree - Little Herbalist Thing
Shoutouts:
@musemedicina
@elle.heng
@divinebirthwisdom
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36min

FAQs about The Petty Herbalist Podcast:

How many episodes does The Petty Herbalist Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.