Wade Davis

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  The Many Benefits of Coca — The “Divine Leaf” with 8,000+ Years of Use

  June 25, 2026 · 📺 Tim Ferriss

  "Coca is to cocaine what potatoes are to vodka" — Dr. Andrew Weil and Wade Davis on the health benefits, sacred history, and unjust prohibition of the most misunderstood plant on Earth. Dr. Andrew Weil is a pioneer in integrative medicine and founder of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair and serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health. Wade Davis is an ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker. From 2014 to 2024 he served as Professor of Anthropology and BC Leadership…

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  ESPD55 - Wade Davis - "Where we are and where this might all be going"

  September 29, 2023 · 📺 Mckenna Academy of Natural Philosophy

  "Where we are and where this might all be going" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ESPD55 / ETHNOSPHERE Contemporary cultures of psychoactive plant use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Speaker: Professor. Wade Davis, PhD Professor of Anthropology BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia Ethnobotanist Author Filmmaker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Presented on May 26th 2022 Hosted at St. Gi…

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  Wade Davis Interview on Voodoo & "The Serpent and the Rainbow" (February 4, 1988)

  May 03, 2023 · 📺 Quentin Melson

  Edmund Wade Davis CM (born December 14, 1953) is a Canadian cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. He is professor of anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Early life, family, and education Davis was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1] He holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University.[1][2] In 1974,…

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  In Conversation with Wade Davis - Part I

  November 21, 2020 · 📺 Channel AID

  Edmund Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named by the NGS as one of the Explorers for the Millennium, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.” Wade is a Canadian–U.S.–Colombian cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, photographer, and filmmaker, whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North America and South America, particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. Davis came to prominen…

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  Wade Davis: Give Your Destiny Time to Find You.

  September 06, 2020 · 📺 CreativeMornings HQ

  Wade Davis talks about making the act of being alive ones' vocation and the spectrum of humanity. Wade Davis at CreativeMornings Vancouver, Sep 4, 2020. Free events like this one are hosted every month in dozens of cities. Discover hundreds of talks from the world's creative community at https://creativemornings.com/talks Don't miss a video. Subscribe! https://bit.ly/1jeJwut Follow CreativeMornings:   / creativemorning     / creativemornings  

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  Simulation #616 Dr. Wade Davis - Anthropology & Ethnobotany

  January 15, 2020 · 📺 Simulation

  Dr. Wade Davis is a World-Renowned Anthropologist and Ethnobotanist focused on Worldwide Indigenous Cultures & Psychoactive Plants. He’s a Multiple Time Award-Winning Author, Filmmaker, Photographer, former National Geographic Explorer in Residence, Professor of Anthropology, and BC Leadership Chair in Cultures & Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. His work has taken him from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Africa to Polynesia. He is a member of the Order of Canada and recently became an Honorary Colombian Citizen. https://daviswade.com Instagram ►   / wadedavisofficial…

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  Wade Davis – Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World – Harvest Nature 2019

  August 15, 2019 · 📺 Harvest Series

  Every culture has a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? At Harvest Nature 2019, hosted in Kaplankaya, Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. #wadedavis #thewayfinders #harvestkaplankaya

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  Wade Davis: Industrial Folly and the Fate of Northwest British Columbia

  January 10, 2018 · 📺 UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

  Wade Davis, UBC Professor of Anthropology and best-selling author, spoke at UBC regarding how mega-development schemes that have been proposed or enacted in northwest British Columbia since the late 1960s hamper our ability to shift from an economy dependent on natural resource extraction to one based on knowledge, technology and innovation. His talk was hosted by UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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  November 30 2017: Wade Davis

  December 04, 2017 · 📺 UBC IRES

  ... model during an era when human beings were still used as slaves and when even in British class society I found this out when I ...

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  A history of intertwining cultures | Wade Davis

  February 13, 2017 · 📺 TED Archive

  British Columbia is a land with multiple histories, built on connections between communities. In this talk Wade Davis describes the culture that has been cultivated in Canada and how it is a reflection of that history. TEDArchive presents previously unpublished talks from TED conferences. Enjoy this unedited talk by Wade Davis. Filmed at TED2014. NOTE: Comments are disabled on this video. We made this difficult decision for the TED Archive because we believe that a well-moderated conversation allows for better commentary from more people and more viewpoints. Studies show that aggressive and ha…

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  Richard Evans Schultes' Explorations – Wade Davis

  December 04, 2016 · 📺 Health Policy Politics

  Presented at the Alfred Russel Wallace Centennial Celebration at UCLA. November 15, 2014. From the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology    • Wade Davis -- Wallace Centennial Celebrati...  

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  Wade Davis TEDx

  December 21, 2015 · 📺 Tłıchǫ Research and Training Institute

  Wade Davis, is Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Mr Davis is an award winning anthropologist, ethnobotanist, filmmaker and photographer. Formerly an Explorer-in Residence at the National Geographic in Washington DC, he is the bestselling author of several books including the CBC Massey Lectures The Wayfinders Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Light at the Edge of the World, One River and the Clouded Leopard. On September 19-21 2014, the Tłı̨chǫ Government,…

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