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The Petty Herbalist Podcast

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Two Black herbalists and Bougie Aunties help you discern the real shit from the bullshit in food and herbs. Come share in the belovedness of Karina Desroses and Asia Dorsey as they explore food science and medicine making at the intersection of ancestral reverence, ecology and cultures of healing justice. Help fund the pod and the two sistas trying to go to med school and Chinese Medicine Practitioner school: https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist
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Episodes

Meet Me at the Throughline with Simone Johnson feat. Asia and Karina

Hey y'all! We are so blessed to be featured on this lovely podcast! Simone is a wonderful interviewer so we hope you all enjoy. Stream Meet Me at the Throughline Podcast on Substack, Spotify and Youtube! Follow on IG: @throughlinepodcast See you back real soon, bbs!

Aug 15, 202556 min

butter, a baddie for blood-sugar regulation p.3 : dietary fats series

Happy Spring loved ones! This is the cherry on top of this three-part focus on butter in this series! The extra episode was definitely needed to highlight some of the specific nutrient compounds of this sacred, health food! We even get deep into self-reflection on our bodies… whew, it’s a good one! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you’re n...

Mar 24, 202548 min

BUTTER is Better pt.2: dietary fats series

Happy happy joy joy, babes! Butter episode #2 coming right up! Asia gets to finally finish going off on the fact that we have been deceived by politics, the food industry, and the medical industry about cholesterol and it’s role in heart disease. It’s very important to have discernment about this, as there are lots of misinformation out there that is leading to poor diets and even poorer health conditions. But don’t take it from us, we have plenty of resources below to help you see it for yourse...

Mar 17, 202558 min

i CAN believe it’s BUTTER pt.1: dietary fats series

It is still BLACK HISTORY MONTH bbs!! Y’all already know we’re continuing our series on FATS and this week we’re discussing BUTTA BABY!! Butter is a very sacred fat for many humans spiritually and nutritionally. Come on down as we uphold how we see this sacred fat as divine and how many others choose to demonize it. We also give y’all a little education on cholesterol and saturated fat, so you don’t have to keep listening to the myths that the marketers throw your way. So enjoy! As always, we wa...

Feb 23, 202549 min

FAT!! we need to talk about fat!

happy Black History Month bbs! we’re so excited to be back in the booth with you all! AND we have a brand new series…* drum roll please* on FATS! Now get ready, as talking about dietary fats gets into politics and even our own body politic around how we see ourselves and others. So ride the wave with us and get ready to LEARN OKAYYYY?!?! THIS WEEK (2/20): Petty Herbalist After Dark. Free to patrons, $5 for drop ins! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re ...

Feb 18, 202543 min

so what is Petty Herbalist AFTER DARK?

happy New Year bbs! So what is Petty Herbalist After Dark??? We've just been wanting create a space where we can more deeply engage with with y'all, build community in the way that we build community, in a way that is an integrity that allows us to go deeper in our herbal practice, our food is medicine practice, and importantly, our spiritual practices. ~ And so we are creating a beautiful monthly container called ~ Petty Herbalist After Dark~. It's a once a month, 90min virtual gathering, that ...

Jan 20, 202538 min

no devils in the house, we want the lord, that's it: bougie aunTea time

Happy Holy-days, baes! We just wanted to leave y’all with our reflections of such a beautiful series. Hope you all are able to rest and reflect during this season of looking inward. Praying you can be with the ones you love and eat the things that bring you life! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you’re not yet a patreon, join today @ ⁠patr...

Dec 23, 202447 min

honey, the BEEyonce of sugars: sacred sugars

A holy hello to you, beloved! It’s our last episode in the sacred sugars series, and we’re discussing THE sacred-est of the sugars… HONEY. Honey is one of the most prized, health-promoting and revered sugars on the planet. It’s also the oldest food in the world that never goes bad. Sit with us, as we discuss this most honored food and how we can cultivate a better relationship with bees and even the earth by being with honey. As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the wa...

Nov 28, 202447 min

put some real Maple Syrup on dem pancakes: sacred sugars

Hello babesss! We back bringing you another episode in the sacred sugars series… Maple Syrup. It’s one of our favorite sweeteners and it coinsides well with Native American Heritage month. This episode gives us some knowledge about this sugar, native to the Americas and how we’ve all been bamboozled by big food industries. As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with th...

Nov 16, 202441 min

now y'all done colonized AGAVE - sacred sugars

How y’all holding up babies?! We are continuing our SACRED SUGAR series by being on our pettiest behavior! We’re discussing agave and how we’re tired of the bulls*t and appropriation… we need y’all to get back to health by doing things the ancestral ways. Learn how Agave syrup is NOT a health food and learn the ways in which you SHOULD use agave… it’s so sacred! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustain...

Nov 14, 202445 min

just BEET it - sacred sugars

Hi Baes! We're keeping it going in the Sacred Sugars series. This time we discuss beets! We talk real fun facts, like did you know sugar beets are white?? Well come on down and let's get deep with this wonderful root and whether or not we should use this type of sugar. Sources and what’s In the episode: (herbal tincture) Rumex crispus yellow dock peristalsis genetic modification Folate Oxalates Nitric Oxide Blood builder ________________________ Follow us on social: ⁠@pettyherbalist⁠ ⁠@bonesbugs...

Nov 11, 202455 min

back to Black… like MOLASSES: sacred sugars

Boo babes! We are continuing our SACRED SUGAR series, by sticking with cane sugar… and in this week in the form of molasses. We’re getting back to black, back to the minerals… the medicine and engage why this slow, thique, viscous liquid is worth your time and devotion. As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you’re not yet a patreon, join today ...

Oct 21, 202448 min

a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down: sacred sugars

Happy Spooky Season babes! Starting with Cane Sugar seemed like such a suitable way to start the SACRED SUGAR series. We sit with our relationship with the sacred plant, how we became separated from source, and how we can get back into a wholesome relationship! This episode gets extra petty and we LOVE to see it! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast....

Oct 07, 202454 min

like mother's milk: sacred sugars

Blessings babes! We are so excited to be coming to y’all with a new series!!! EYYY! Sacred sugars is topic we’ve been longing to share as many people have a strained relationship with “sugar” in our lives/diet/etc. This series is here to empower you and all about seeing the sacred in all things sugar and sweet! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. s...

Sep 21, 202451 min

you need vegan friends: bougie aun-Tea time for veggies in our diet

Hey bbs! Isss our fave thing ever… doing a bougie aun-Tea time to wrap up our series on Veggies in our Diet! We spend a beautiful time reflecting and discussing things that came up during the recordings. So kick back and relax and let us know what you think about our reflections! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you’re not yet a patreon, j...

Sep 15, 20241 hr 24 min

we got food at home: veggies in OUR diet

Hello bbs! So excited to be back with y’all! We wanted to end this series by letting y’all in on our own diets… how are WE practicing what we preach? So this gives just a lil insight of how we do what we do and invite y’all to do you! Enjoy the weather as the summer is winding down! Make a matcha over ice and enjoy this episode with us! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we alre...

Sep 01, 202432 min

animal rights or animal wrongs: animals, diet & spirituality pt. 2

Hello bbs! We’re back again with a part two, explaining the indigenous connection to the earth and our ancient spiritualities, all of whom included eating animals. We discuss the actual cruelty of activists going after indigenous people instead of the capitalists who are exploiting the land and the inhabitants of the land for profits. Hope you have a wonderful day! Grab a lychee iced tea and enjoy this episode with us! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’...

Jul 08, 202459 minEp. 102

vague-ans and "low vibrational plates": animals, diet & spirituality pt. 1

Oh happy day! Happy Pride! So hear us out... We had to break it down to y'all that we have seen folks claim an ethic around abstention of meat, but treat animals horribly, AND we've seen some of the most humane people in the world are meat eaters. We also want to discuss in this and in part two how no part of creation is above another and how spiritual practices of indigenous people show that. Grab that horchata bbs, and let's have a chat! Enjoy! As always, we want to thank you for all of your s...

Jun 13, 202432 minEp. 101

FAM (fake a$$ meat): veggies in our diets

Hi babes! Happy Pride! We in there like swimwear, enjoying our series, veggies in our diets! Listen, we ain't being nice today okay! We're here to condemn a very dangerous food out there - industrial, fake meat. And we have no apologies about this one! Pop some popcorn and join ya fave aunties as we go in! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if ...

Jun 10, 202454 minEp. 100

food subs are a lie, here’s why: veggies in our diet

How ya feelin, bbs?? We’re back in our bag with our series, veggies in our diets! We are discussing why food substitutions don’t work, unless they are grounded in a food culture. We Discuss kimchi and center West African cuisine. Thanks for being here. Grab a matcha and enjoy this episode with us! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you’re no...

May 20, 202442 minEp. 96

is it okay to enjoy sugar? - bougie aun-TEA time

Hey baes, It was Karina's birthday weekend and we wanted to give y'all a really special episode about enjoying and feasting. Let us know what you think! Love y'all!!

May 12, 202421 minEp. 97

look back at it… a land-based diet & ancestral nutrition: veggies in our diet

How you doin, bbs?? We’re getting into our grove in this new series, veggies in our diets! This time we’re talking about what it means to be land-based and we help the folks understand an ancestral nutritional take on food with some of our fave foods. It’s a really good one, so take a lil walk and hang with ya fave aunties!!! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with...

Apr 14, 202445 minEp. 97

plant-based or plant baes? veggie based diets

Happy Spring Loved ones! Guess what… new series alert! We’re getting into our diets, as herbalists! We always say food is medicine, and we want you to understand that plants as food IS also herbal medicine. We breakdown the nutritional profiles of veggies, define vegan, vegetarian and plant-based. Above all, we give vegans their flowers for holding down an extreme part of the diet spectrum that has benefited all of us. This is a powerful intro for this new series! We can’t wait for you all to ge...

Apr 08, 20241 hrEp. 96

when i get that feeling, i need sexual healing: bougie aun-TEA time

Bom dia, bbs!! We’re back to spill THE TEA from our most recent series: Sex as Medicine. Our Bougie Aun-TEA times are the time we have to reflect on what came up for us after posting these episodes. We had A LOT to say and we hope that this episode blesses you as it has blessed us! Take a break, rest, and clean your home today… invite that good energy in for this week! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can ...

Mar 17, 202451 minEp. 95

get in my belly (aphrodisiac foods): sex as medicine

Guess who’s back, back, back… back again?! Hey nibblings! It’s us, your fave bougie aunties! We’re so happy to bring you THE last episode of our sex as medicine series: aphrodisiac foods. We’re so happy to bring y’all some foods, tips, and tricks about getting that food game right for sexy time. So brew up some sorrel, put it in your fave cup, and hang out with us! This is a good one! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon,...

Mar 09, 202433 minEp. 94

hugs and titties (hawthorn, hypericum and motherwort): sex as medicine

We’re back and STILL BLACK! Happy Black History Month! It’s another great day and another episode in our “Sex as Medicine” series! Titties, boobies, breasts… whatever you call ‘em, they can help you connect to the heart and heart medicine! And not just breast touch, but you can get the medicine through HUGS! SO… get your notebook ready, and take notes! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund ...

Feb 13, 202454 minEp. 93

get'cha get’cha head in the game (nutmeg and oatstraw): sex as medicine

Happy Black History Month bbs! We back with another episode in the Sex as Medicine series... and this time we're discussing mental health and sex! We want to ground into preparing your mental space for sex and how to nourish your body for the act by using our faves nutmeg and oatstraw. Come on down with your fave tea and get THE TEA, okayyy! This is a good one! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we’re trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustaina...

Feb 04, 202446 minEp. 92

mullein said "speak up!" (indigenous kinship & sexual abundance): sex as medicine

Isss a beautiful day babes, So happy to be with you today, sharing another episode in our “Sex as Medicine” series! Today we are continuing the conversation of being open with your sexuality and what you do with that freedom, We believe that you can speak up, say it with your breast(s) if you will and we believe that Mullein can be your plant ally to do so. We shout out our Auntie Dr. Kim Tall-Bear and her giving us an indigenous framework and language for the kinship and relationship building w...

Jan 21, 202448 minEp. 91
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