Hamilton Morris

POD 55: Michael Valentine Smith Unmasked

For the first time the pseudonymous author of the 1973 clandestine chemistry classic "Psychedelic Chemistry" is interviewed about his motivations for writing the book, his own experience with psychedelic chemistry, his relationships with the Shulgins, and his later interest in 3D technology and philosophy. 

Here is also a link to the video of the interview, please note that this video link does not contain the introduction present in the audio-only version.

Password: Wittgens...

POD 54: The True Story of Charles Innes

An interview ten years in the making, for the first time the true story of Charles Innes is recounted. 

Charles Innes blinded himself while under the influence of PCP in 1971, a tragedy that may have inspired Nixon's war on drugs and a national PCP panic. The attached files provide evidence for many of the stories told by Innes.

Nixon Public Enemy Number One Public Address
2022-08-08 05:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post

POD 53: The inside story of the DEA battle with lawyers John Hunter and Matt Zorn

This week the DEA officially withdrew their intention to prohibit five psychedelic tryptamines, this is the inside story of the legal battle behind the success featuring the great lawyers John Hunter and Matt Zorn. 

wired.com/story/race-to-engineer-new-psychedelic-drugs

2022-07-28 22:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

POD 52: Cinco Sins of Psychedelic Science with Dr. Manoj Doss

In my second interview with Dr. Manoj Doss we recap a statistical controversy, discuss the five sins of psychedelic science, and what kinds of psychedelic stories deserve publicity. 

POD 51: Healing vibrations with Dr. David Rabin

Apollo Wearable

(Contrary to what I said in the intro, there IS a discount code. I don't get a cut, but if you want to get 10% off you can use the code: HAMILTON)

Dr. Dave Rabin

Oura Ring/Apollo Sleep Study

2022-07-14 04:26:28 +0000 UTC View Post

POD 50: Patreon subscriber Q&A!

I answer the first batch of questions here! Topics discussed include salvinorin A kinetics, pineal decalcification, panpsychism, and shared hallucinations. 

There were a lot of questions, I will try to answer a second batch of questions later this month. 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvebgv/salvia-velada-mazatec-shaman-...

POD 49: 5-HT1A agonists and more with Dr. Uroš Laban

Dr. Uroš Laban talks about receiving his PhD in the lab of Dr. David Nichols, the effect of novel 5-HT1A agonists and Mike Roberts being kicked out of UCLA weeks before receiving his PhD. 

Psilocin in the 5HT2a Active Site: Video by Dr. Laban
Top Minds of Psychedelics: Video...

POD 48: Interview with a clandestine MDA enantiopurifier

A never before told tale of multi-ton MDA synthesis in the 1980s. Guided by a mysterious Monsanto chemist gone rogue, our interviewee embarked on a quest to synthesize vast quantities of MDA.

Subjects discussed include: Differential MDA enantiomer psychopharmacology, chocolate LSD dog food, and Raney nickel. 

https://pixels.com/featured/grateful-dre...

POD 47: The mysterious life of Al Hubbard with Brad Holden

Al Hubbard is one of the most mysterious and influential figures in psychedelic history, a uranium magnate, CIA-associated psychedelic psychotherapist. For the first time a book has been dedicated to Hubbard's life, I speak with the author Brad Holden about his research. 

• https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467148061
• 2022-06-02 02:25:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Q&A podcast this May, how to submit your questions

Hi, all. I was thinking it would be fun to create a monthly podcast (in addition to the normal interviews) where I answer questions from patrons. If you are a patron with a question, record yourself asking it (the question recording can be no more than 30 seconds) and email it to the podcast at hamiltonsresearch@gmail.com with the subject "May 2022 Q&A" followed by your patreon username (or email address associated with the account) and patreon tier. Approximately 15 ques...

POD 46: Amphetamine pharmacology with Dr. David Sulzer

Dr. David Sulzer is a professor at Columbia University where he studies the pharmacology of amphetamine and dopamine transmission in the brain. He is considered one of the world's leading experts on amphetamine pharmacology and developed an important hypothesis ("the weak base hypothesis") for how amphetamine interacts with synaptic vesicles. 

Pod 45: The creation of synthetic cannabinoids with Dr. Sam Banister

This is a conversation with the cannabinoid-specializing medicinal chemist and pharmacologist Dr. Sam Banister of SDB-001 fame, we discuss his career in cannabinoid chemistry and his new venture to design psychedelic treatments for depression. 

Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants
https://archive.org/details/ignition_201612

Enamine
2022-04-28 07:11:15 +0000 UTC View Post

The Psychedelic Supply Chain (A 40 minute talk)

I plan to upload this talk to YouTube this month but wanted to give patrons early access to the unedited talk. 

Note: At 9:10 I say "nitropropene" but meant to say "nitrobutene"

Pod 44: New natural psychedelics with Dr. Dennis McKenna

A far-ranging discussion with one of the greatest contributors to the science of psychedelics, this is a good one!

Website for the upcoming Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs. https://espd55.com/ (Note: This website appears to be under construction)

Dr. McKenna's academy website. https://mckenna.academy/

Online Amazon...

Podcast 43: Dissociative Addiction with Steve-O

Steve-O tells the full story of his PCP use and how he found sobriety

Here is a link to the talk with Leonard Pickard in SF, it's $80, which in my opinion is too much. I will try to record my talk and post it here. 

https://www.bicycledaysf.org/speakers

PODCAST 42: Drug meme disinformation with @namaste.at.home.dad

In this podcast I meet with meme auteur Joelle Bouchard (@namaste.at.home.dad) to discuss the memesphere and the use of memes and social media in the spread of misinformation

https://www.instagram.com/namaste.at.home.dad/

Podcast 41: Salvia divinorum history with Dr. José-Luis Díaz

In this interview I talk with the Mexican psychiatrist Dr. José-Luis Díaz about his pioneering field work and animal behavioral experiments with Salvia extracts in the 1970s. There is discussion of cats on saliva, maybe that should have been the title. 

Podcast 40: Kratom prohibition and science with Drs. Chris McCurdy, Brian Pearson, and Oliver Grundmann

Tomorrow five psychedelics are being prohibited by the DEA, today and tomorrow are the last times to comment on the scheduling action. Please take this time to express your disapproval of the government's ongoing attempts to place psychedelics in schedule I by commenting here:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/14...

Podcast 39: Drug-induced false memories with Dr. Manoj Doss

In this podcast I interview the brilliant cognitive neuroscientist and Johns Hopkins memory researcher Dr. Manoj Doss about the influence of drugs on false memory formation and false memories in general.

PODCAST 38: Ethnobotanical investigations with Dr. Mark Plotkin

In this interview I talk with the great ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin about his relationship with Richard Evans Shultes and Amazonian ethnobotany

PODCAST 37: The origins of Phyllomedusa bicolor with Peter Gorman

Website: https://pgorman.com/
Trip info and donation: gormanexpeditions.com/
First description of P. bicolor use in 1925: https://erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=9053

PODCAST 36: An Amanita Christmas with Dr. Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen

An interview with GABA titan and gaboxadol inventor Dr. Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen about his discovery of gaboxadol, the toxicity of ibotenic acid, 3-hydroxy-isoxazole chemistry and self-experimentation. 

Chilton reference attached, many thanks to Gerald Billac

PODCAST 35: Ergot biochemistry with Dr. Daniel Panaccione

In this interview I talk about the wide variety of different organisms that produce lysergamides with Dr. Daniel Panaccione, who proposes that many of the natural products we consider botanical in origin may actually be the product of fungal symbionts. 

Also in the intro I suggest that methylergometrine is a natural product, I want to be clear that it is not. 

PODCAST 34: A four hour interview with Dr. David E Nichols

The greatest living psychedelic chemist Dr. David E. Nichols tells the story of his life in research while synthesizing a novel lysergamide

https://vimeo.com/489281122

PODCAST 33: An interview with Dr. Charles D. Nichols

In this interview I talk with LSU pharmacology professor Dr. Charles Nichols about his father's influence on his scientific carrier and his groundbreaking research on psychedelics and inflammation.

PODCAST 32: A short talk with Ann Shulgin

A short talk with the great Ann Shulgin about Sasha Shulgin and her friendship with Darrell Lemaire. Two historical questions are described, I would love to know if any listeners have insight into them.

A dramatically improved version of the audio was just uploaded, now it is ready to go!

PODCAST 31: An interview with Dr. Andrew Weil

In this podcast I talk with the legendary Dr. Andrew Weil about Albert Hoffman smoking toad venom, sexual abuse in psychedelic psychotherapy, Charles Manson, and Matcha 

If you'd like to watch a video of this interview it can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/634063050

Password: catdander

I apologize for the fan sound in the first 12 minutes, it goes away during the interview.

PODCAST 30: Dr. Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance

Initially hoping to discuss the mechanics of how a drug is made illegal, I instead have a far-reaching discussion about drug policy with one of the greatest living experts on the subject. 

PODCAST 29: Thai Kratom policy with Pascal Tanguay

Pascal Tanguay is a researcher who has lived in Thailand studying kratom for over a decade, our discussion covers the way the Thai media used kratom as a tool to justify increasing budgets for law enforcement and the traditions surrounding kratom use in Thailand. 

My friend (and former Pharmacopeia producer) Soren is still collecting information on kratom use in the United States. If you'd like to take the survey he created with Dr. Oliver Grundmann you can do so here: 2021-09-30 04:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post

PODCAST 28: A talk with Jonathan Ott

Jonathan Ott is a chemist, translator, and one of the greatest psychedelic researchers and historians to have ever lived, I tracked him down and talked to him about bufotenine in a cottage in England. 

Link to the bufotenine episode: https://vimeo.com/489599746