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

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

FromWhiskey and a Map: True Stories of Adventure.


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

FromWhiskey and a Map: True Stories of Adventure.

ratings:
Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Join 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
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (42)

Imagine yourself seated in your favorite pub. A map lying out on the old wooden table. Whiskey liberally poured into your glass. Your guest places a finger on the map and begins “there I was …” These are true stories from expeditions and adventures as told by those who lived them. Hosted by Adventure Photo-Journalist Michael J. Reinhart.