Psychedelics Today Podcast
757 episodes
A show discussing the important academic and other research in the field of psychedelics, and how it relates to human potential and healing.
PTSF64 - The First Woman to Take Acid, The Drug Policy Reform Act, and Indigenous Language Extinction
Jun, 18, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe, Michelle, and Kyle talk about the first woman to take acid, Senate Bill 519, a new all-drug decriminalization bill, drug testing, and the dangers of losing Indigenous language. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT248 – Pierre Bouchard – Somatic Therapy, Trauma, and the Nervous System
Jun, 15, 2021
In this episode, Kyle interviews licensed counselor specializing in somatics and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, Pierre Bouchard. They dig deep into somatics, the polyvagal theory, and how trauma affects the nervous system. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF63 - The Media and Legalization, Joints for Jabs, and 40,000 Ecstasy Pills
Jun, 11, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe, Michelle, and Kyle discuss how the media keeps using “legalized” instead of “decriminalized,” Washington’s Joints For Jabs program, and a man who may have eaten 40,000 ecstasy tablets. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT247 – Julian Vayne – Magic, Prohibition, and New Models for Legality
Jun, 08, 2021
In this episode, Joe interviews author, psychedelic facilitator, and renowned British occultist, Julian Vayne. He talks prohibition, magic, and legality, and tells his story of being banned from the Oxford Psychedelic Society. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF62 - Senate Bill 519, Ketamine, and Psilocybin-producing Cicadas
Jun, 04, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe, Michelle, and Kyle discuss California’s SB519 passing the senate, the government opening up cannabis access for researchers, and zombified, sex-crazed cicadas that produce psilocybin. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT246 - Amber and Marcus Capone of VETS - Foundational Healing and the Brain
Jun, 01, 2021
In this episode, Joe interviews Amber and Marcus Capone, co-founders of Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), a charity that provides foundational healing grants to help veterans heal with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF61 – Archetypal Astrology and the Inner Healer, with Renn Butler
May, 28, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe, Michelle, and Kyle are joined by author and holotropic breathwork facilitator, Renn Butler. They talk about archetypal astrology, the concept of the inner healer, and some news too. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT245 – Robin Carhart-Harris – Psychedelics, Entropy, and Plasticity
May, 25, 2021
In this episode, Michelle and Kyle interview legendary psychedelic researcher, Robin Carhart-Harris. They talk about brain imaging, entropy, trauma, HPPD, plasticity vs. canalization, concretization, germ theory, DMT, and more! www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF60 – Representation and Access, with Elan Hagens and Rebecca Martinez of Fruiting Bodies Collective
May, 21, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Michelle and Kyle interview Elan Hagens and Rebecca Martinez, Health Equity subcommittee members for Oregon’s Measure 109 and co-founders of podcast/media site, Fruiting Bodies Collective. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT244 – Mark Haberstroh – Mushrooms, Retreat Centers, and Safety
May, 18, 2021
In this episode, Joe and Kyle interview mushroom enthusiast Mark Haberstroh, who talks about realizing his spiritual path and what he's learned from working at more psychedelic retreat centers than anyone Joe knows. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF59 – Psychedelics and Bipolar, with Benjamin Mudge
May, 14, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Michelle, Kyle, and Joe are joined by Benjamin Mudge. Mudge is bipolar and has used ayahuasca to keep himself off pharmaceutical drugs, and he thinks others can safely follow his lead. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT243 – Dr. Fernando Espi Forcen and Dr. Franklin King of MGH’s Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics
May, 11, 2021
In this episode, Joe interviews Doctors Fernando Espi Forcen and Franklin King of MGH’s Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics about the center’s roots, their goals, and their thoughts on the future of psychiatry. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF58 - Liberty, The Power of Therapy, and Mushrooms in Maine
May, 07, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Michelle, Kyle, and Joe discuss Maine’s proposal for legal psilocybin therapy, MAPS’ Phase 3 MDMA trial, therapy, money, and a recent "100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics" list. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT242 - Gary Laderman - Religion: Sex, Death, and Drugs
May, 04, 2021
In this episode, Joe interviews author of "Don’t Think About Death: A Memoir on Mortality,” Gary Laderman, about expanding the scope of what we view as “religious,” and how religion affects our views on sex, death, and drugs. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF57 - New Compounds, Psychedelic Business, and Neurogenesis
Apr, 30, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Kyle and Joe talk about new compounds, new legalization bills in Texas and Louisiana, Leonard Pickard, Alzheimer’s disease, the tragedy of the commons, and the importance of fringe cases. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF57 - New Compounds, Psychedelic Business, and Neurogenesis
Apr, 30, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Kyle and Joe talk about new compounds, new legalization bills in Texas and Louisiana, Leonard Pickard, Alzheimer’s disease, the tragedy of the commons, and the importance of fringe cases. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT241 - Tyler Chandler and Nick Meyers of “Dosed”: Iboga and The Opioid Crisis
Apr, 27, 2021
In this episode, Joe is joined by Tyler Chandler and Nick Meyers a year after they released their very powerful documentary, "Dosed.” They talk about its creation and response, iboga, the drug war, and the opioid crisis. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF56- Data vs. Spin, with Tim Cools of Psychedelic Experience
Apr, 23, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe, Kyle, and Michelle are joined by Tim Cools of Psychedelicexperience.net. They talk about 5-MeO-DMT and how even medical journals can put a spin on their published studies. www.psychedelicstoday.com
PT240 - Ralph Blumenthal - Alien Abductions and The Believer
Apr, 20, 2021
In this episode, Michelle and Joe interview Ralph Blumenthal, author of "The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,” about Mack's work and its relation to psychedelics (beyond being trippy). www.psychedelicstoday.com
PTSF55 - Creativity, Group Ceremony, and Astral Projection
Apr, 16, 2021
In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe, Kyle, and Michelle discuss recent legalization wins, psilocybin and creativity, ceremonial ayahuasca use and group benefit, and the CIA, astral projection, and the missing page 25. www.psychedelicstoday.com