Podcast Episodes

A brief history of getting high

Season 1 Episode 8

It’s remarkable how fast psychedelics have gone mainstream. Just look at how so many major universities are racing to set up their own psychedelic institutes. Psilocybin and MDMA are now considered t…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Is it the drug or is it the trip?

Season 1 Episode 8

For all the talk about how psychedelics might transform psychiatric care, there's still a fascinating question at the heart of psychedelic science. Is it the mind-blowing experience that fundamentall…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Can you have too much transcendence?

Season 1 Episode 7

Some people dabble in psychedelics, others are more serious psychonauts. And then there’s Chris Bache. Over the course of 20 years, he had 73 high-dose LSD experiences — doses so high that the human …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Can psychedelics be decolonized?

Season 1 Episode 6

It’s easy to get caught up in the hype about how psychedelics might revolutionize the treatment of mental illness. But there are also lots of ethical concerns. And probably none are so troubling as t…

Published on 2 years ago

What happens to an octopus on MDMA?

Season 1 Episode 5

Psychedelics have a unique capacity to open up the mind so that everything feels fresh and full of possibilities. Especially as you get older, it can be easy to get stuck in a rut — but under a psych…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Your Brain on Shrooms

Season 1 Episode 4

Can neuroscience explain what happens to the brain on psychedelics? And even if we map the brain while it’s tripping, does that tell us why these experiences can be so transformative? 

We’ll talk wit…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Melissa Etheridge on Ayahuasca

Season 1 Episode 3

Just a few years ago, it was pretty unusual to hear big-time celebrities talk about their own psychedelic experiences. But that stigma is starting to fade thanks to people like the rock star and musi…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Building The Psychedelic Revolution

Season 1 Episode 2

In the last decade, an unlikely place has emerged as a hub for the latest psychedelic renaissance — Madison, Wisconsin. And the Usona Institute is a major part of that.

Usona is currently building a …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?

Season 1 Episode 1

In the first episode of "Luminous," our series about the philosophy and the future of psychedelics, how can psilocybin ease our fears about dying? And how can psychedelics change the way we approach …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Coming April 8: Luminous, a podcast about psychedelics

Are you ready for the psychedelic revolution? In the next few years, the FDA is likely to approve these mind-bending drugs for treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some states have…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago