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Dr. David Nichols — The Chemistry of Consciousness, Episode 199. Amber neon headline beside a sapphire glass brain and molecular sculpture in a cinematic laboratory.

EPISODE 199: Dr. David Nichols — Psychedelics, Consciousness & the Chemistry of the Mind

How can a tiny molecule change the way we experience reality—and sometimes change how we see our lives long after its immediate effects have passed? Dr. David Nichols joins Xavier Katana for an in-depth conversation about psychedelic chemistry, LSD, psilocybin, serotonin receptors, consciousness, and the questions…

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Your Symphony of Selves book cover by James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber

Episode 194 Dr. James Fadiman – You Are Not One Self: Microdosing, Multiplicity and the Mind

What if the voice in your head is not one person? Psychedelic-research pioneer Dr. James Fadiman returns after 11 years to challenge the single-self assumption and connect our many selves with psychedelic experience, microdosing reports, depression, relationships, nature, and the limits of what science can yet claim.

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Artwork for Episode 153 – Carlos Tanner – Healing Trauma/PTSD – Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca

Carlos Tanner – Healing Trauma/PTSD – Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca

Carlos Tanner is the Director of the Ayahuasca Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Iquitos, Peru In 2017, Carlos opened the Risobo Ayahuasca Research Center, a research and healing center which will study the effects of ayahuasca and plant medicine on such issues as childhood trauma and chronic pain, PTSD,…

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Artwork for Episode 139 – A Drink With Dr. Dennis Mckenna – Part 2

A Drink With Dr. Dennis Mckenna – Part 2

Dr. Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist who has studied plant hallucinogens for over forty years. He is the author of many scientific papers, and co-author, with his brother Terence McKenna, He holds a doctorate from the University of British Columbia, He received post-doctoral research fellowships in the…

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Artwork for Episode 123 – A Drink With Dr. Dennis Mckenna: Plants, Ecology, Ayahusca

A Drink With Dr. Dennis Mckenna: Plants, Ecology, Ayahusca

Dr. Dennis Mckenna is one of the most warm hearted human beings on this planet and his work is pioneering the field of Plant Medicine. McKenna received his post-doctorate fellowships in the Lab of Clinical Pharmacology at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and in the Department of Neurology at the…

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