May 4, 2026
Wade Davis, celebrated
author and anthropologist, joins Mark Plotkin for a personal
reflection on the life and legacy of legendary ethnobotanist
Richard Evans Schultes. Davis traces Schultes' journey from his
transformative encounter with peyote to his decades-long odyssey
through the Amazon, where he documented Indigenous sacred plant
traditions. Together, they explore how Schultes's discoveries —
including his collaborations with mycologist Gordon Wasson and
chemist Albert Hoffman — helped ignite the psychedelic era, and how
his mentorship of Davis inspired the acclaimed book One
River.
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