In this episode I visit the Brooklyn home of Caveh Zahedi, director of the films "I Am a Sex Addict" and "The Sheik and I" and talk about moralism, filmmaking, his series The Show About the Show, the courage to look bad, and Jonathan Richman.
2025-04-01 00:46:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Possibly the most fascinating chemistry discussion to appear on this podcast, I interview two chemists about their quest to synthesize MMDA and DMMDA and their use of leaked law enforcement journal articles to pioneer a new synthesis of MDMA. Listen carefully, this one is truly amazing.
All of the JCLIC articles are collected in a .rar file at the end of the list of attachments.
2025-03-14 03:13:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In this interview I talk with the great Dr. Rick Strassman about his new book My Altered States and his self-experiments with psychedelic drugs, we also discuss his seminal DMT research, the idea of psychedelics as "super placebos", clockwise hysteresis, Philip K. Dick, psychoanalysis, and more!
My Altered States by Dr. Rick Strassman
2025-01-21 23:37:11 +0000 UTC
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Recorded between bouts of tellurium chemistry, in this episode I interview the analytical chemist Rafael and the European drug policy reform activist Nuria Calzada about their work at Kykeon Analytics. We discuss drug education, drug sniffing dogs, drug testing and analysis, "harm reduction", and more.
2025-01-17 06:04:54 +0000 UTC View PostVIDEO version. Recorded between bouts of tellurium chemistry, in this episode I interview the analytical chemist Rafael and the European drug policy reform activist Nuria Calzada about their work at Kykeon Analytics. We discuss drug sniffing dogs, drug education, drug testing and analysis, "harm reduction", and more.
2025-01-16 09:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I speak with Max Martin, Christian Cummings, and Carlos Morera, the three founders of The Cactus Store, an LA and NY based habitat for exotic plants and xerophiles that blends art, science, and community building initiatives. The Cactus Store group create botany-oriented documentaries, conservation education and more. They are some of my favorite people.
I'm releasing this interview a bit earlier than I'd like, this version has audio issues in the first 30 minutes and th...
2025-01-01 03:11:26 +0000 UTC View Post
With tensions high, the team of SSDP's experts prepare for the final days of the hearing, during this period we heard from Dr. Joseph Palamar and Dr. Mario de la Fuente. Brett Phelps conducts his final questioning of the DEA's expert pharmacologist. Tomorrow's dispatch will cover the final day's closing statements and what lies in store.
2024-11-23 08:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
On the fourth day of the hearing to prevent the prohibition of DOI and DOC at DEA HQ the court was graced by the phenethylamine master Dr. David E. Nichols as well as Dr. Lindsay Cameron and Dr. Jason Youkin
2024-11-18 08:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Today the expert witnesses continued their exploration of the scientific utility and therapeutic potential of DOI while the DEA's cross examination took on an unsettlingly threatening tone.
EDIT: I have made the first three days free to the public, please share them to raise awareness. I will release the day 4 dispatch today.
2024-11-15 08:08:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Today the testimony of Dr. Carbonaro concluded and the testimony of SSDP expert witnesses Dr. Alaina M. Jaster and Dr. Raul A. Ramos began. The government dove deeper than I could have ever imagined into a reddit hole and I was unexpectedly moved to tears.
2024-11-14 06:49:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Reupload that sounds better but the original day 1 dispatch post is now missing.
"In this extemporaneous field dispatch I report from DEA HQ in Arlington Virginia on the first day of a ten day hearing that will determine the future fate of the 5-HT2A agonist research chemicals DOI and DOC. I hope to release these each day. The major lesson from day one is that the DEA is reading your reddit posts."
In this episode I talk with Dr. Ingmar Gorman, Lykos phase III MDMA trial co-principal investigator and therapist, about his personal experiences treating PTSD patients during the MAPS trial, the recent MDMA controversies, and how he got started in psychedelic research. A follow up interview with Rick Doblin will be released shortly!
A short, delightful talk with Dr. Dennis McKenna about the wonders of the coca plant. I hope to schedule a longer talk with Dennis and Wade Davis on this subject soon, but this is an introduction to a conference on coca they are currently organizing. I am back in the NY and preparing to release several backlogged episodes.
In this episode I interview psychedelic legend Jeremy Bigwood about co-authoring The Psilocybin Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide with Dennis and Terence McKenna, the mysteries of John Mann and the Church of the Tree of Life, the first human experiments with 5-MeO-DMT, the first evaluations of pharmahuasca, chemical analysis of psilocybin containing mushrooms, the murder of Dr. Steven Pollock, synthesizing MDMA, David Repke, Andrew Weil, Peter Stafford, Maria Sabina, Jonathan Ott, and much more. ...
2024-10-01 01:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first recorded interview with mycological legend and Sporeworks entrepreneur John Workman, we discuss his discovery of Albino Penis Envy, bioluminescent petunias with mushroom genes, attempts to cultivate the nipple king Psilocybe hoogshagenii, and his spores being sent to the International Space Staton.
This is the video recording with accompanying cave painting slides, the slides begin at 1:43. I talk with ethnomycologist Cullen Clark about his work describing two new Psilocybe species in Southern Africa and becoming the first outsider to observe and describe the use of Psilocybe species in African traditional medicine. Clark also provides an extended analysis of African cave art depicting mushroom use, a video accompanying this talk with relevant slides will be uploaded later today. This i...
2024-08-31 16:28:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I talk with ethnomycologist Cullen Clark about his work describing two new Psilocybe species in Southern Africa and becoming the first outsider to observe and describe the use of Psilocybe species in African traditional medicine. Clark also provides an extended analysis of African cave art depicting mushroom use, a video accompanying this talk with relevant slides will be uploaded later today. This is definitely worth a listen!
In this episode I talk with former underground ibogaine facilitator, Bwiti initiate, and harm reduction advocate Dimitri Mugianis about the underground history of ibogaine, his response to the Bryan Hubbard interview, and his far-reaching thoughts on addiction and medicalization.
Dimitri Mugianis' writing and other works:
In this episode I talk with journalist Rachel Nuwer about her recent book about the history of MDMA "I Feel Love" and her thoughts on the FDA's advisory committee's recent vot against MDMA assisted therapy for treatment of PTSD.
I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connectio...
2024-07-26 23:22:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe first of two interviews about the Kentucky ibogaine program, this discussion is with the lawyer Bryan Hubbard, the former Chairman and Executive Director of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission. We discuss the tremendous opposition the program faced for political, pharmaceutical, and social reasons and his efforts to ensure ibogaine is made available to those struggling with opioid use disorder.
2024-07-01 08:43:41 +0000 UTC View PostIn this episode I talk with the novelist Tao Lin about his recent interest in near death experience, DMTx, luminiferous ether, materialism, Paul Feyerabend, The Liver King, liver overconsumption-associated hypervitaminosis A, Weston A. Price, Streptococcus mutans, mewing, ankylosing spondylitis, depression, cancellation, and more!
Tao Lin on DMT, Near-Death Experiences and ...
2024-06-27 21:55:49 +0000 UTC View PostIn this interview I talk with psychedelic book publisher and former biosphere 2 engineer Deborah Snyder about her new work taking up the reins on Shulgin's Transform Press. Topics include attempts to engineer self-sustaining ecosystems, William S. Burroughs' affection for lemurs, nitrous oxide in soil ecology, and more!
https://ecotechnics.edu/wp-con...
2024-06-01 08:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post
A clandestine chemistry interview unlike any other I've done, this is the story of a man whose chemistry education was paid for by an organized crime ring. After learning the necessary skills, he was tasked with synthesizing increasingly large quantities of MDA under ever-rising pressure until the entire operation exploded.
For those that would like to watch a video of my already posted interview with Steve Gill, enjoy.
Many thanks to Steven at Hover Pictures (hoverpictures.com) for recording, editing, and mixing.
Recorded before a live audience at the Discovery Sessions event in San Francisco, this conversation with underground chemist Steve Gill covers his syntheses of MDA, MDMA, etonitazene, PCP, TCP, nitroglycerine, and more! A multi-camera video recording of this conversation is being edited for release in the coming days. Enjoy!
2024-05-12 07:46:46 +0000 UTC View PostIn this interview I talk with a completely self-taught chemist about his experience reading the Bufo alvarius pamphlet and deciding to embark on a tryptamine chemistry quest. The discussion covers DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, NsBT, 5-MeO-NsBT, 5-MeO-MsBT, and the use of 5-MeO-MiPT to treat ankylosing spondylitis.
NOTE: Any Patreon who signed up to a higher tier to ask a question for this month’s Q&A will receive according priority next month.
NOTE 2: Synthesis notes are incoming
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2024-04-28 07:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostIn this podcast I talk with Matt Baldwin LMFT and Dr. Mark Shortt about their work with music and psychedelic psychotherapy. This ketamine-oriented discussion covers virtual reality, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Goblin, Brian Eno, and the transcendent power of Barbra Streisand.
Los Angeles Community Ketamine Clinic: lackc.org
Music Centered Psychedelic Integration: music-centered.org
49 Albums ...
2024-04-08 07:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostIn this episode I talk with podcast producer Soren Shade about our work together at Vice and on the podcast, the downfall of Vice, the lack of evidence that cattle consume tramadol, Pfizer's efforts to curb viagra counterfeiting, an update on the arrest of Uncle Fester, and more!
2024-03-28 06:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Q&A I discuss N-acetylcysteine, thermal degradation products of DMT, caring for psychedelic elders, dissociative tolerance, and more!
2024-03-15 06:23:34 +0000 UTC View Post