Episodes
In this episode, Dennis Walker talks with Acacea Lewis, where she shares insights accrued from her extensive experience supporting people doing high dose journey work and integration, and shares her thoughts about the emergent ‘psychedelics industry’ as well as the importance of learning how to cultivate presence.
Published 03/09/23
In this episode Sacha Hebbert chats with the World’s leading Nutritional Biochemist and Thought Leader on human optimization, Shawn Wells. Shawn has created 1000 supplement wellness products and sits on 25 novel ingredient patents. We get his perspective on psychedelics and how they saved his life.
Published 03/06/23
In this episode, Dennis Walker and Ash Ritter dive into the world of the infamous Amanita Muscaria mushroom, as well as learn about the wild desert apothecary of fungi and herbs that she researches and teaches about.
Published 03/02/23
In this episode, Sacha Hebbert sits with the CEO, Benjamin Lightburn of Filament Health, to discuss the ins and outs of being a licensed dealer of naturally derived psilocybin in Canada and internationally.
Published 02/27/23
In this episode of the Spotlight Media Podcast, Dennis Walker speaks with Edward Crowe – music industry executive, photographer, and psychonaut – about how his relationship with psilocybin mushrooms helps him navigate his personal and professional life.
Published 02/23/23
In this episode, Dennis Walker talks with Jack Savage to discuss the business model behind Everyday Dose and why he hopes that every American will have tried adaptogenic mushroom coffee five years from now.
Published 02/16/23
In this episode, we get into what to expect at a psychedelic retreat that offers co-therapy, and some serious transformational energy. Listen to Andrew from Sayulita Wellness Retreat speak about his life-changing revelation, and the reasons why folks come to Psychedelic Retreats.
Published 02/13/23
In this episode, David Flores speaks with Matt Zemon, the co-founder of Happy and author of Psychedelic for Everyone. They open up about deeply personal stories about their childhood, with Matt sharing a beautiful story about connecting with his son Cole.
Published 02/10/23
In this episode, Dave talks with Dennis Walker about the Oakland PD raid on his church and them taking away $200,000 worth of sacraments. They also discuss the legal battle that is still ongoing as well as Dave's strategy to doing high dose trips utilizing more than 15 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms.
Published 02/09/23
In this episode, Dennis Walker speaks with citizen scientist, biohacker, and filmmaker Victor Mifsud to talk about his life experiences and how a few MDMA experiences helped him have a temporary remission of his retinitis pigmentosa, a disease which has caused him to be legally blind.
Published 02/03/23
In this episode, David Flores sits down with Cannara CFO Nicholas Sosiak to discuss the Company's goals for the future and spotlight what differentiates Cannara from other companies in the cannabis space.
Published 02/01/23
In this episode, we dive into the transformational testimonial of Cesar Marin's experience with microdosing. Once a CNN TV producer, and now a full time advocate for the power of intentional microdosing, Cesar shares with us his journey and how it helped transform his life.
Published 01/31/23
In this episode, Dennis Walker and Mikaela de la Myco dive into the intersection of sex and psychedelics and discuss her experiences with sacred intimacy, indigenous Mexican ceremony, and womb care facilitation.
Published 01/26/23
In today’s episode, David Flores, CEO of Spotlight Media Corp., sits down with Dr. Ryan Westrum, the founder and visionary of Healing Souls, a practice dedicated to changing the way individuals, couples and families look at counseling.
Published 01/25/23
On this episode, Dennis Walker talks with Aaron Paul Orsini, the co-founder of AutisticPsychedelic.com, author of Autism on Acid, and producer of the recently released, therapy-friendly instrumental music album “Psychedelic Symphonies."
Published 01/19/23
In this episode, Dennis Walker sits down with Nick Gay, the Head of Product Development at Ousia Labs, to talk about what extraction is and why it has become a focus of many entrepreneurs in the psychedelic space, as well as discussing the massive gray market that is developing in Colorado.
Published 01/14/23
In this episode David Flores, CEO of Spotlight Media Corp, sits down with the founding members of the newly formed Healing REIT that will focus on investing in real estate designed for innovative medicine such as psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Published 01/12/23
In this episode, Swati Sharma sits down with Jennifer Montjoy, Founder of Transpersonal Research Institute of Psychotherapeutic Psychedelics also known as TRIPP. Together, they talk about the lack of diversity in the psychedelic space and discuss how TRIPP aims to help introduce more inclusivity into it.
Published 01/11/23
Welcome to an exciting episode of Spotlight Media Podcast. In this episode, Spotlight Media CEO David Flores sits down with James Lanthier, CEO of Mindset Pharma. Mindset Pharma is a Toronto-based drug discovery company focused on creating novel and patentable psychedelic compounds for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders with multiple programs moving to a clinical stage. In this conversation, David and James discuss the great deal of work that Mindset has done to set...
Published 12/22/22
In this episode, we speak with Paul Karasik, founder of The Psychedelic Institute, which is dedicated to making information and safe access available to anyone and everyone who is seeking to awaken their consciousness. He's also the principal organizer of the Awakening of Consciousness Conference, the inaugural session of which occurs on Friday, September 30th in Los Angeles. Paul has decades of experience in the world of psychedelics. In the 1960's he was a member of the early psychedelic...
Published 09/21/22
In this episode we talk with Jenalle Dion, founder of Wakeful Travel, a ceremony-companion company that works with retreat centers, psychedelic clinics, therapists, and other wakeful brands to provide tools that aid in transformation and self-exploration. She is also Head of Creative Partnerships at Third Wave and is a MAPS Canada Volunteer in Vancouver. After studying holistic nutrition, Jenalle became obsessed with alternative healing modalities — an obsession that saw her enter the world...
Published 07/27/22
Alli Schaper is an entrepreneur, community builder, speaker, mental wellness advocate, and enthusiast for all things mushrooms and psychedelic medicine. She is currently the CEO & Co-Founder of Into The Multiverse, an education-first ecosystem for all things fungi with the mission to rebrand functional mushrooms and encourage collaboration amongst the psychedelics industry. Her and her team created the world's first functional mushroom marketplace, The Multiverse...
Published 07/20/22
Christi Myers is the founder and CEO of Flow Integrative ketamine clinic, which she formed from a place of passion for the potential of psychedelic wellness.  She has over 20 years of experience as a paramedic and is formerly a professor of Emergency Medical Services.  She focused her training credentials around her vision to “help the help” and provide supportive services for front-line workers and service men and women who face chronic and complex trauma. In regards to psychedelic therapy,...
Published 06/29/22
Jahan Khamsehzadeh, Ph.D. completed his dissertation on psychedelics in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. His dissertation ultimately became a book titled, The Psilocybin Connection: Psychedelics, the Transformation of Consciousness, and Evolution of the Planet—An Integral Approach, and was published by North Atlantic Books and distributed by Penguin Random House. He earned his Masters in...
Published 06/22/22