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- 2 weeks ago1h 40m
EP129 Tips for Making and Savoring Enjoyable Hash with guest Adam Simpson
On episode 129 of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los talks with The Ego Clash 2022 Full-Melt winner Adam Simpson about identifying hash plants, the attributes that make hash enjoyable nowadays, best practices for making hash, and his Resin Dial invention for sampling hash flowers before running them.
- Mar 25, 20262h 13m
EP128 Mycology, Mushroom Lore, and Psychedelic Fungi: What We’re Still Figuring Out with guest Alan Rockefeller
The study and discovery of mushrooms is a wide-open opportunity for everyone! Much of what we think we know about mushrooms is built on poor historical descriptions and incomplete science. On this episode of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los talks with world-renowned mycologist Alan Rockefeller about the cubensis species complex, the myriad mushrooms still to be named, unknown evolutionary pressures, the necessity and variety of secondary metabolites, wood lover’s paralysis, and mycelium versus fruiting body mushroom supplements.
- Mar 13, 20261h 57m
EP127 The Heartland Series: Full Moon Farms with guest Nik Erickson
The Emerald Triangle of Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties in Northern California is the heartland of American cannabis. On Episode 127 of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los talks with heritage farmer Nik Erickson of Full Moon Farms in Humboldt about his family’s property, from the Gold Rush to the Green Rush, exciting stories from the hide-and-seek CAMP law enforcement days, the impact of legalization and the internet on hill folk, and how NorCal generational regenerative farms work together to produce the most meaningful flowers available.
- Feb 20, 20262h 22m
EP126 The Soil Food Web in Practice with special guest Dr. Elaine Ingham
On this memorial episode of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los welcomes world-famous soil biologist Dr. Elaine Ingham to discuss using indigenous microorganisms to optimize plant resilience, choosing companion plants by their function, beneficial insects as both garden defense and food web antagonist, using soil food web biomimicry for indoor growing, increasing biological activity in coco coir pots and choosing the right compost tea for the correct use.
- Jan 10, 20261h 43m
EP125 Easy-to-Make Natural Farming Preps with guest David Hoover
Natural farming techniques replace our reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides and grow the tastiest flower imaginable. On episode 125 of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los talks with natural farming educator David Hoover about four fast and easy natural farming fertilizer preparations that you can have ready before your summer garden is even planted.
- Sep 19, 20251h 44m
EP124 Lab Analytics for Patients: Best Practices to Get Results with Amber Wise PhD
Cannabis lab analytics are essential for making reliable cannabis tinctures and oils for patients. On episode 124 of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los talks with chemist Amber Wise, PhD about contacting labs, choosing your tests, how to interpret them, and how to use the results to make better tinctures, oils and edibles.
- Jul 4, 20251h 51m
EP123 The First Five Minutes: Cannabis and Your Body with guest Elizabeth Thompson Phd
When we use cannabis, our whole body fires up! During this episode of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los chats with neuropharmacologist and physiologist Dr. Elizabeth Thompson about the cascade of body systems that light up in the first minute using cannabis, how each system tells of story about the experience of getting high, and how you can use this understanding for your own health and wellness.
- Jun 6, 20251h 41m
EP122 Growing Cannabis for Hashmaking with guest Conner Terpwizard
We love growing our own flower! And we also love hash! On this episode of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los sits down with Conner Terpwizard to discuss what flower characteristics make it good for hashing, how to choose genetics that will result in hash that meets your desires, and how to handle the plant during cultivation and post harvest to create the best hash possible.
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Shaping Fire host Shango Los interviews the most knowledgable and insightful people in cannabis and entheogens. With topics ranging from cannabis cultivation, medicine and hashmaking, to healing humans with psychedelics.
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