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Today's brilliant guest is Dr. Brian Walker, Western Australia MP and a seriously refreshing source of optimism.  You may know him for his fierce cannabis advocacy in the Western Australia Parliament, or his reasonable and informed stance on utilising MDMA, psilocybin and LSD for the treatment of mental health conditions. You may know him for his nuanced approach to fostering financial, psychophysical and community wellbeing, or you may even know him for his mastery of the Japanese martial art practices of kendo and iaido. Whatever you may know him for, I've come to consider him as the unspoken leader of Australia's rational revolution. Dr. Brian's work: https://lcwaparty.org.au/team-members/brian-walker/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIGBIf3b385BV5d48Y1U2A LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwalkermlc/ If you enjoy today's episode, let me know! Drop a review. Send me a letter. 

Greetings my hungry little information cherubs! Our guest today is the wonderful Dr. Shu Ng. Dr. Shu graduated from Monash Uni in 2010 and went on to gain 10 years of post grad medical experience in various medical, surgical and oncological specialties. Dr. Shu is compassionate in her care and diverse in her interests, some of which include medicinal cannabis, mental health, women's health, neurodegenerative and seizure disorders, autism spectrum disorders, cancer treatment and meaningful end of life care. Today, however, we're talking nicotine.  As you may have seen, nicotine and its non-combustion methods of administration have recently undergone some federal changes that alter the way people can access nicotine - specifically in the form of vaporisers. As of October, a prescription is required to access vape juice. Today, we'll dive in to the nuances of these laws, various nicotine formulations, and how one can re-establish control and power when it comes to our relationship with nicotine. Just before we start - Dr. Shu wanted to make a couple corrections; number one is that the most effective formulations are freebase nicotine under 20mg/ml concentrations, and number two is that premixed or closed pod systems are most encouraged by the medical body due to the minimisation of poisoning and contamination by illegal or toxic substances. Dr. Shu can be found on Instagram, LinkedIn and her websites, Drshu.com.au and QuitRx.com.au. As always, if you enjoy today's episode, let me know! Honest reviews mean a lot. 

Today, we are joined by the wise and powerful Dr. Matty Moore. Born and raised in Austin Texas, Matty followed his passions for medicine and adventure around the world, from the coastal cliffs of the Caribbean to the plains and peaks of rural Wyoming, before eventually settling down in Western Australia to do what he does best - provide Aussie patients with the type of care, compassion and education they need to engage fully with the beauty of existence.  In this episode, Matty and I explore the current systems in place to enable veterans to access meaningful care, the hurdles that we face in expanding treatment options, and the limitations of current first line therapies. We dive into how cannabis is changing the lives of people living with PTSD and the mechanisms behind its influence. We discuss chronic pain, de-prescribing, reducing polypharmacy and how clinicians can utilise the functionality of cannabis to facilitate transformative experiences that place the power in the hands of the patient.  As always, if you enjoy today's episode, let me know! Hack into the mainframe or something, I dunno. I'll keep giving you content if you keep giving me dopamine. This is the world we live in.    Matty's work:  https://www.mattmooremd.com/about https://www.instagram.com/drmattymoore/ https://www.modehealthcare.com.au/

Dr. Codi Peterson is a resonating note of clarity in a world filled with noise. Codi is a practicing paediatric pharmacist and human cannabis encyclopaedia with the unique type of brilliance it takes to translate the complex into the consumable.    Today's podcast is a doozy. We dive into cannabis and witchcraft, how evolutionary gearing drives humans to get along and the endocannabinoid system's role within that process. We dive into the endocannabinoid system's role in friendship, memory, PTSD and homeostasis. We talk about differentiations between the human ECS and that of cats and dogs, why fat is integral to human functioning, the strange medical phenomena known as cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, how to influence the ECS without cannabis and, of course, we talk about cannabis itself.   If you enjoy today's episode, let us know! Drop a review, be honest, be raw, be you. If you'd like to find more of Codi's work, which I highly recommend you do, you can find him on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and his website, PharmDapproved.com.  Codi's work: PharmDapproved.com.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cannapharmd/ https://www.instagram.com/cannabispharmd/ https://www.tiktok.com/@cannapharmd?lang=en

Caine Barlow is a Mycologist and Fungi Educator based in Melbourne, Australia.  He gives regular talks on mycology and fungi conservation, and teaches gourmet mushroom cultivation.  He is a member of the Australian organisations Entheogenesis Australis, MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology, The Australian Psychedelic Society, and the Entheome Foundation. He did his Bachelor of Science at the University of Tasmania, and a Master of Science at the University of Melbourne where his research project was based around Conservation Mycology.  In addition to fungi, Caine has had a long term interest in ethnobotany, ethnobotanical literature,  and growing medicinal plants - in particular Cacti and Acacias. He writes for DoubleBlind and ThirdWave, is a “Trusted Identifier” on The Shroomery, and a moderator on many Facebook fungi groups. Caine posts regularly on his Instagram, @guerrillamycology, sharing adventures from cultivation, foraging, and ethnomycology, to interesting observations from his home lab.   Caine's work: https://www.instagram.com/guerrillamycology/ https://myco.org.au/ https://gardenstates.entheogenesis.org/caine-barlow/

Dean Denny is a digital marketing gangster, a business professional, a driven young man using the power of language and psychology to help businesses flourish in the digital age.    We talk the power of mindset, the power of manifestation and the power of us.   Where to catch Dean: https://www.instagram.com/digitalmarketinggangster/   As always, if you enjoy today's episode, let me know. Subscribe, rate and leave a review. Give me my dopamine. For guest and topic requests, reach out to me directly at cam@theageofinfo.com.au    

Our guest today is the wonderful, cerebral, deep-thinking, sky-diving narrative-challenging psychedelic entrepreneur that is Mitchell Wilson.    Mitchell is a deep-diver, a studier of truth, of self, of meaning, of life. We talk sky-diving, flow states, the importance of changing direction in life and going all out. We talk paternal bonds, growing up in rural USA and the source of connection and fulfilment that comes from community. and we talk about death too, and how confronting it allows us to live authentically.    Mitchell's work: https://mitchellwilson.co/   For guest request and topic requests, hit Cam up at cam@theageofinfo.com.au

Our guest today is Christopher Tasker, CEO of Global Cannabinoid Solutions, a cannabis science firm committed to promoting cannabis education, harm reduction strategies and drug law reform. Today we'll be diving into what it means to be truly autonomous and how criminalisation might't be about keeping us safe, but rather, keeping us quiet. We'll also be exploring the societal handbrake that is prohibition language, and why grannies self-medicating with cannabis vape pens are being thrown behind bars in the UK. We talk tribalism, we talk progress, we talk politics and we get spiritual.  Christopher's work: https://www.globalcannabinoidsolutions.com/ If you enjoy today's episode, please remember to subscribe, rate and leave a review! A massive thank you to the people that already have. It means more than you know. For guest/topic requests, please reach out to us at cam@theageofinfo.com.au

Joey Busutill is a clinical hypnotherapist, life coach and lecturer of psychology and counselling at the Change Academy in Melbourne, Australia.  Joey is also the founder of Secret MENS Business, a platform focused on achieving quality mental health outcomes for blokes through engaging education, honest communication and a sharing of information and experience.  Links to Joey's work: https://thesecretmensbusiness.podomatic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KV7THv40py--5GRHfkZnQ If you enjoy today's episode, please remember to subscribe, rate and leave a review! For guest/topic requests, please reach out to me at cam@theageofinfo.com.au

Codi Peterson is a practicing paediatric pharmacist with the rare type of brilliance it takes to translate the complex into the consumable.  Codi uses his diverse pharmacological knowledge to unpack the science that is us in a way that just makes sense. Utilising his passion for cannabis and the endocannabinoid system, and with a strong knack for education, Codi has become a valuable source of information in the wonderful new age of medicine we're headed towards, with his pharmacology and pharmacotherapy experience providing a brilliant toolkit from which to dissect the medical potential of not only cannabis, but the plant world in general.   Codi's work: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cannapharmd/ Cannigma: https://cannigma.com/author/codi-peterson/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cannapharmd?lang=en

Who was the war on drugs really targeting, and where does justice start for these communities? Jacquie is a powerful voice within the cannabis world and is recognised as a pioneer in the East Coast industry. Jacquie is the founder and CEO of CannabizMD, an organisation that focuses on achieving meaningful policy change through education, industry best standards and and quality patient care. Jacquie is also the founder of Tea Pad, a social enterprise on the forefront of changing cannabis' narrative by recognising the disparity in justice for black and brown communities and driving progressive change through empowering opportunities. In today's episode, Jacquie and I dive into the roots of cannabis stigma, and how a combination of racism, social exclusion and inordinate criminalisation shaped the perspectives of generations. We discuss what it takes to see meaningful policy change, the wonderful careers one can forge within the industry, and a whole lot more. Jacquie's work: CannabisMD: https://www.cannabizmd.com/category/blog/?filter_by=featured Tea Pad: https://teapad.co/   If you enjoy this episode, or have a guest/topic request, drop a comment in the review section below or email cam@theageofinfo.com.au.

Cannabis hangovers. Covid-19's impact on medicinal cannabis patients. Placebo effects. Marketing medicines. Big Pharma's grip on cannabis, and how the industry can avoid falling into the same model as the pharmaceutical industry.   Our guest today is Dr. Jordan Tishler. Dr. Tishler is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, president of InhaleMD and president of the Association of Cannabis Specialists, a political organisation that provides evidence-based education to patients, clinicians and lawmakers to help them understand cannabis medicine and make informed decisions at federal, state and international levels.   Jordan's work: https://cannabis-specialists.org/ https://inhalemd.com/blog/

Our guest today is Les Watson, AKA “The Time Lord”, a man with an uncanny ability to not only perceive time, but bend it to his will. Les likes to say that if you're breathing, you need time management. Les has over 30 years of time management training under his belt, running dynamic training programs across Australia and South East Asia for large corporations, small businesses and individuals.    In this episode, Les and I dive into the do's and don'ts of productivity, the six habits you need to maximise productivity, when to beat procrastination and when to indulge in it, the importance of mental decluttering, and how understanding the intricacies of how you work can help you to better manage this thing called time.   Les' book, titled “Get Back an Hour in Every Day”, outlines actionable steps we can take to be more productive. The wisdom in this book is relevant and powerful, and whether you're running a cafe or an empire, a corporation or a household, or just need a little extra jazz to get you through your uni degree, everything you need to know about managing time starts here.   If you enjoyed today's episode, please make sure to subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Every review goes a long way in getting our show off the ground. https://www.getmoretime.com.au/

Sometimes you have a conversation that substantially shifts your perception of the world around you. This is one of those conversations. Our guest today is Dr. Jerry Brown. Anthropologist, author, activist and co-author of the #1 Amazon best seller: The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity.  Written by Jerry and his wife, Julie, a holistic psychotherapist and researcher of the influence of sacred plants in religion, the Psychedelic Gospels takes readers along a decade long anthropological journey into the compelling mysteries entrenched within Christianity, going beyond surface interpretations and dissecting the physical and verbal evidence of how mushrooms may have shaped the religion we know as Christianity.

Our guest today is Dr. Ethan Russo. Neurologist, psychopharmacology researcher and author. Dr. Russo is a true pioneer in the world of cannabinoid science, and remains one of the best resources for endocannabinoid and cannabinoid education on the planet. We covered some serious ground in this episode, including: - Dr. Russo's journey into Peru and the ancient Peruvian plant medicine he researched there. - The endocannabinoid system - Treatment resistant conditions and their relationship with clinical endocannabinoid deficiencies - What terpenes are, and the integral role they play in plant medicine   Dr. Russo has an incredible mind and his passion for education rivals that of his passion for plant medicines. It was an absolute pleasure and honour to speak with him and I'm sure you'll gain as much from this episode as I did! Dr. Russo's current work can be found below: https://credo-science.com/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ethan-Russo