Her Magic Mushroom Memoir21 Aug 2025

Ep. 3: Name Your Price and South Oaks

Previously in Her Magic Mushroom Memoir:

Lidiya returned to Brooklyn shaken by her collapse in Venice—and even more so by what followed. As her mind drifted through research, memories, and grief, a second collapse led to an MRI scan, and with it, a life-changing diagnosis. As she tries to ground herself—gardening, foraging, cooking—signs and memories keep surfacing. A mushroom known as "the trumpet of the dead," a haunting dream, a visit from the past. Now, with her time suddenly uncertain, one thing is clear: she must begin her story before it's too late.

In this episode Lidiya reflects more deeply than before on the origins of a symbolic object—a small mushroom carving—that carries weight from a long-ago chapter of her life. As memories resurface, we're taken back to a 1965 conference, where a young Lidiya was already turning heads in the psychedelic science world. There, she met a man who offered something more than just professional praise: he hinted at a shadowy path she might take. Now, decades later, those choices echo louder than ever—and with her time running short, the question remains: how much truth is she willing to tell?

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Episoder(22)

Ep. 22: Epilogue and Afterword

Last time, Exa traveled from Danbury to Brooklyn to scatter Lidiya's ashes. Along the way, she listened to a recording of Lidiya's final days: Chris's confessions, Lidiya's compassion, and the sacred ...

19 Feb 29min

Ep. 21: Persephone Quest

Last time, Chris returned from a walk still wrestling with the weight of Lidiya's story—and his own doubts about finishing her book. Over dinner, an unexpected memory surfaced: a long-buried misunders...

19 Feb 42min

Ep. 20: Spillway

Last time, Lidiya journeyed through visions both luminous and unsettling, guided by Exa's steady presence. Amid hallucinatory forests, a ten-foot dewdrop, and the shifting edges of perception, she dis...

25 Des 202543min

Ep. 19: Dewdrop

Last time, Lidiya recalled how music lifted her out of despair—and into a dangerous, intoxicating affair. What began with a night at the Kennedy Center ended in deception, heartbreak, and the realizat...

25 Des 202526min

Ep. 18: The Rite

Last time, Lidiya recalled the moment everything changed. A missed babysitter. A bouquet of daffodils. A fateful trip to Bethesda. In a single afternoon, she lost the people she loved most—and the ev...

4 Des 202538min

Ep. 17: The Daffodil and Watercolored Serendipity

Last time, Lidiya and Craig took their investigation to the edge—digging into secret programs, decoding euphemisms, and quietly exposing some of the CIA's darkest experiments. From university labs to ...

4 Des 202545min

Ep. 16: Mirrors and Martinis

Last time, Lidiya and Craig made a pact: no more secrets. Together, they agreed to infiltrate the very systems that once recruited her. What began as quiet complicity was now open resistance—dangerous...

6 Nov 202540min

Ep. 15: A Hard Tack

Last time, Lidiya brought us into the most luminous stretch of her past: a summer of discovery, joy, and unexpected love with Craig Johnson. From BASIC code to Capitol Hill, from omelets to Woodstock,...

6 Nov 202529min