Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2026-06-25
Books mentioned on #871: The “Divine Leaf” with 8,000+ Years of Use — Exploring the Many Benefits of Coca with Dr. Andrew Weil and Wade Davis
"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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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One River
One River by Wade Davis is a sweeping nonfiction account that chronicles the adventures of ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes and his protégés in the Amazon rainforest.
Recommended“Yeah, I think people would be intrigued by the book One River, which is really the account of Tim and I and Koka and Schulties. It's a great book. It is a great book. That book in particular would open people's eyes.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book One River
“and incidentally as I was reading and doing his eulogy that I conceived the book one river which is a biography of our great professor Richard Evans Schulties. We're doing this in part in memory of Tim.”