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Episodes • 2022

Michael Pollan
Chapter 1: LSD

1. Chapter 1: LSD

56 min

From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus — and the CIA.

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Chapter 2: Psilocybin

2. Chapter 2: Psilocybin

54 min

Magic mushrooms, long considered sacred by the Indigenous Mazatec in Mexico, become the subject of scientific studies measuring their intense effects.

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Chapter 3: MDMA

3. Chapter 3: MDMA

52 min

Championed by both therapists and ravers, ecstasy stands out as the first psychedelic likely to become legalized, thanks to passionate advocates.

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Chapter 4: Mescaline

4. Chapter 4: Mescaline

54 min

Mescaline, the psychoactive molecule in San Pedro and peyote cacti, a sacred medicine that Native Americans have had to fight for the right to use.

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