Bia Labate on Ayahuasca
Many people consider ayahuasca “the queen” of psychedelic plant medicines – and few people know more about ayahuasca than the Brazilian anthropologist, Bia Labate. She has authored, co-authored or co-...
25 Aug 20221h 15min
Norman Ohler on Hitler and Drugs in the Third Reich
Hitler’s military forces achieved immense success in the early years of World War II by making the Blitzkrieg (or “Lightning War”) central to their offensive strategy. Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed:...
18 Aug 20221h 10min
Eddy Portnoy on Jews and Cannabis
"You know, it's a funny thing,” said President Nixon to his aide, H.R. Haldeman, “every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews...
11 Aug 202256min
Mountain Girl (“MG”) Garcia on Life with the Merry Pranksters, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead
Immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s famous book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, the Merry Pranksters were a pivotal link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and both the Grateful Dead and the hippie ge...
4 Aug 20221h 5min
André Calantzopoulos on Profiting from Nicotine
Philip Morris International (PMI) is a leader in Big Tobacco, profiting from the sale of Marlboro, Chesterfield, Virginia Slims and other cigarette brands. It’s also at the forefront in transitioning ...
28 Jul 202256min
Rick Doblin on a Life in Psychedelics Advocacy
Rick Doblin founded the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in 1986, and we’ve been friends since shortly thereafter. He and his organization stand at the forefront of the mov...
21 Jul 20221h 13min
Replay: Michael Pollan on Psychoactive Plants, Chemicals and Us
Netflix released a new documentary series last week, How to Change Your Mind, based on Michael Pollan’s book by the same name about psychedelics and medicine. The next episode of PSYCHOACTIVE, out Th...
18 Jul 202248min
Drug Talk Q&A #2 with Dr. Julie Holland
Dr. Julie Holland is a psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist who has written and edited many outstanding books about drugs, including most recently Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul...
14 Jul 20221h 3min
