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David Good
- Oct 3, 2020
- 7 min
Stick in the eye (and some breast milk)
It is now October marking the beginning of the fall season. Where I live, in the Poconos, the foliage puts on a display of stunning...
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David Good
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
Yanomami Stories - ham radios and Moka (not mocha)
My list of questions and comments are piling up! It's a good problem to have. They are so engaging and they bring up very important...
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David Good
- Sep 12, 2020
- 8 min
Recap of my crazy 2016 expedition to my mom's village
I don’t bring up my 2016 expedition to Yanomami territory very often. I just don't like to recall some of unpleasant feelings surrounding...
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David Good
- Sep 5, 2020
- 5 min
Frequently Asked Questions: September 2020
QUESTION 1: Wow, this is an amazing story... but don’t you have concerns about ...hmm well "our civilized world" has many illnesses and...
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David Good
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Amazon Memory - 2013. Learning how to prepare a Yanomami tobacco wad
Sharing laughs and spoofs with my brother, Ricky This is YouTube video above is an unedited clip of me learning how to prepare a tobacco...
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David Good
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
Using the Garmin InReach Explorer Plus in Yanomami territory of the Amazon
A big part of my experience in the Amazon was influenced by the different kinds of technology I had in my inventory. I was equipped with...
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David Good
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
Taking the entheogenic "yopo" with my Yanomami family in the Amazon rainforest.
2013 Expedition – Irokait-teri Village It was around midday and the men were taking the ebene or yopo engaging in shamanic chants. The...
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David Good
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
Laughs in the jungle - Amazon memory
, Taken in 2013, this is one of my favorite selfies with my niece. For years, I'd browse through my albums and always pause when I came...
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David Good
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
Kick out the illegal gold miners
I'm sharing a petition that can be found at minersoutcovidout.org to kick out the 20,000 illegal gold miners out of Yanomami territory....
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David Good
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Shamanic healing - my first malarial attack
Visit jointhegoodproject.org to learn more about the Yanomami and make a donation
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David Good
- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
Yanomami Village 360
Expedition 2020 A 360 glimpse of a Yanomami village in the Upper Orinoco of Venezuela during the Good Project's 2020 Expedition. Pause...
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David Good
- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min
Tungiasis in the Amazon
Amazon Memory - September 2018 This video touches on the life cycle of the Tunga penetrans, a sand flea spends part of its life cycle in...
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