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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2022 · 1H 9M

Amy Greeson and the search for new medicines in the world's remote jungles and rainforests.

from Whiskey and a Map: True Stories of Adventure.

Send us a textJoin Amy Greeson as she recounts her expeditions in search of new medicines in remote Jungles and Rain forests.  Her encounters with gifted native healers, arrest and interrogation in the Congo, disembodied spirits along with poisonous caterpillars, swarming insects and deadly vipers.Amy is a Pharmacist, a Fellow of The Explorers Club and a member of the Society of Woman Geographers. She has led expeditions into the jungles and rain forests of the Amazon, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea and the Republic of the Congo seeking out native healers and the natural medicines they use. Amy works to document and preserve these indigenous healing methods in the hope that one day they may be successfully used in Western medicine.  Her life is a true story of adventure in the name of science. Follow Amy Greeson at her Facebook Page.The website for her book https://andthesilentspoke.comHosted by Michael J. ReinhartMichaelJReinhart.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textJoin Amy Greeson as she recounts her expeditions in search of new medicines in remote Jungles and Rain forests.  Her encounters with gifted native healers, arrest and interrogation in the Congo, disembodied spirits along with poisonous caterpillars, swarming insects and deadly vipers.Amy is a Pharmacist, a Fellow of The Explorers Club and a member of the Society of Woman Geographers. She has led expeditions into the jungles and rain forests of the Amazon, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea and the Republic of the Congo seeking out native healers and the natural medicines they use. Amy works to document and preserve these indigenous healing methods in the hope that one day they may be successfully used in Western medicine.  Her life is a true story of adventure in the name of science. Follow Amy Greeson at her Facebook Page.The website for her book https://andthesilentspoke.comHosted by Michael J. ReinhartMichaelJReinhart.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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