Podcast Episodes

What if Ketamine is More Addictive Than We Thought?

Season 1

When journalist Anna Silman started reporting on ketamine five years ago she did so because people in her friend group had begun taking the drug recreationally. She was intrigued by the ways that int…

Published on 1 year ago

Psychedelics on the Ballot

Season 1

At first the effort in Oregon to legalize psilocybin seemed doomed. Then the organizers started talking to the architect behind the carefully coordinated, state-by-state campaign to legalize cannabis…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

A Former War Correspondent Unravels

Season 1

Ernesto Londoño is a national correspondent and former war correspondent at The New York Times. For most of his life, Ernesto was a classic journalist – skeptical, stoic – whose early life in war-tor…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Show Update

Season 1

Altered States is taking a short breather and will be back soon. In the meantime, consider joining host Arielle Duhaime-Ross and other journalists for a virtual panel called The New Psychedelic Beat:…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Fair Trade Ibogaine

Season 1

In recent years, an increasing number of international clinics have begun offering treatments using ibogaine, a psychedelic drug that comes from a West African plant, to help treat conditions such as…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

The Longest Trip

Season 1

Several years ago, Heather was given three doses of psilocybin as part of a clinical study for treatment-resistant depression. Ever since, she’s been experiencing strange visual distortions, includin…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

The Peace Seekers

Season 1

For the last couple of years, producer Shaina Shealy has been following Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who have been coming together to drink the psychedelic brew ayahuasca in an effort to h…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

An FDA Update

Season 1

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision on MDMA-assisted therapy for post traumatic stress disorder.

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Will Doctors Soon Prescribe Ecstasy?

Season 1

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to decide whether to approve MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder. Host Arielle Duhaime-Ross interviews Michael Po…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

The Oregon Experiment

Season 1

In 2020, voters in Oregon passed a ballot measure that allows people to take magic mushrooms, or psilocybin, with a guide. But what does that actually look like — or sound like? Host Arielle Duhaime-…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago