Podcast Episodes

Reclaiming the Acid Queen

We all know Timothy Leary, the high priest of ‘60s psychedelia, but his partner, Rosemary Woodruff Leary, has largely been forgotten. She also had a remarkable life, even breaking Leary out of prison…

Published on 10 hours ago

Thomas Metzinger on why we need a “culture of consciousness”

Thomas Metzinger is a renowned German philosopher. He has a longtime fascination with psychedelics, stemming from his own experience and also from his work as an analytic philosopher. He says altered…

Published on 3 months ago

Marcelo and Kari Gleiser on tripping with your partner

Season 1 Episode 15

Most psychedelic stories are highly personal, but there’s a different dynamic when two people share the experience — especially a married couple. Steve talks with theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleise…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Marcelo and Kari Gleiser on tripping with your partner

Season 1 Episode 15

Most psychedelic stories are highly personal, but there’s a different dynamic when two people share the experience — especially a married couple. Steve talks with theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleise…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Chris Timmerman on how DMT can deconstruct the mind

Season 1 Episode 14

Chris Timmerman is a neuroscientist with a deep interest in phenomenology—what’s actually happening in our minds during psychedelic experiences. He leads the DMT Research Group at Imperial College, w…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Spring Washam, the Buddhist Shaman

Season 1 Episode 13

Buddhist meditation and psychedelic journeys have a lot of shared DNA—both take you deep inside your mind and can change your life. But many Buddhists say psychedelics violate the prohibition against…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Do psychedelics reveal a deeper dimension of reality?

Season 1 Episode 12

There’s a huge question swirling around the really big psychedelic experiences. Are these mind-blowing trips just hallucinations – the brain shot full of chemicals, playing tricks on you - or do they…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Katherine MacLean on Mushrooms and the Limits of Consensus Reality

Season 1 Episode 11

Psychedelic people are practicing at the very edge of anyone else’s comfort zone,” says psychologist Katherine MacLean, author of the psychedelic memoir “Midnight Water.” MacLean was a pioneering psy…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Erik Davis on LSD, the psychedelic underground and visionary experience

Episode 10

Erik Davis’ “Blotter” is really three books in one: It’s about the way LSD tabs were embedded in blotter paper so they wouldn’t be detected by the authorities; it’s also a deep dive into the psychede…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Did the ancient Greeks use drugs to find God?

Episode 9

Brian Muraresku makes the controversial argument that the famous Eleusinian Mysteries were fueled by a psychedelic wine. And he speculates that this secret ceremony, with its mind-altering drugs, bec…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago