Psychedelics Today

In this Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe and Kyle discuss CNN’s recent report on Brian Muraresku's book, The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, and talk about accountability in the psychedelic space.   www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe interviews psychiatrist and DO, Dr. Matt Brown. They talk about osteopathic medicine, how energy works within the body, the Integratron, LSD and the Mind of the Universe, Stan Grof, and why people should read more sci-fi.     www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss several news items, touching on Mark Zuckerberg, Oregon’s Measures 109/110, THC and the 5-HTA receptor, Sansero Life Sciences, MindMed, Field Trip Health, COVID-related city changes, and the placebo effect.    www.psychedelicstoday.com

In this episode, Joe interviews Zoe Helene, founder of Cosmic Sister. They cover a wide range of topics including colonization, coevolution/coextinction, the Mycenean, Minoan, and Greek civilizations, and Black Lives Matter.    www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss the effectiveness of group therapy in psilocybin sessions, AI therapy, Decriminalize Nature opposing Oregon Psilocybin Service measure 109, and Dr. Bronner pulling funding from national DN initiatives.     www.psychedelicstoday.com

In this episode, Joe interviews Del Jolly, co-founder and Director of psychedelic research nonprofit Unlimited Sciences. They talk about Charlotte’s Web, Cannabis Moms, The Realm of Caring, athletes and concussions, and psilocybin.   www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss items in the news, including Ann Arbor, Michigan voting to decriminalize entheogenic plants, the formation of the Psychedelic Medicine Association, Compass Pathways going live on the stock market, and more.    www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe interviews Vanessa LeMaistre: motivational speaker, author, minister, and healer. She discusses her path to shamanism, ayahuasca, entities, Michael Harner, Voodoo, and being a multi-raced woman in the psychedelic sphere. www.psychedelicstoday.com  

Joe and Kyle discuss items in the news, including Compass Pathways, Peter Thiel, UC Berkeley launching a new center for psychedelic science and education, Dr. Bronner’s “Heal Soul” campaign, and cannabis-assisted psychotherapy.    www.psychedelicstoday.com

In this episode, Joe interviews Ash, Netherlands-based psychedelic entrepreneur behind Synergy Trading, Cerebra Nootropics, the Shifty Perspective podcast, and the world's first legal lysergamide microdosing product, Micro1p.   www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss corporate news, including HAVN Lifescience, Synthesis, AWAKN Life Sciences, and Field Trip Psychedelics’ new “Trip" app. They also cover neural plasticity, Rick Strassman, DMT, and the dangers of isolation.   www.psychedelicstoday.com

In this episode, Joe interviews Wade Davis: anthropologist, ethnobotanist, star of El Sendero de la Anaconda, and author of "Serpent and the Rainbow" and "Magdalena: River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia," which comes out 9/15.    www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss recent news items, including a new LSD microdose study on acute pain, Compass Pathways filing an application for a NASDAQ listing, and Mind Medicine Australia attempting to de-schedule psilocybin and MDMA.   www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle interview Sara Reed, MS, LMFT, and Director of Psychedelic Services at the Behavioral Wellness Clinic in CT, about her ketamine-assisted therapy practice, working with Dr. Monica Williams and MAPS, and more.       www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss recent items in the news, including MAPS’ Capstone Campaign, MindMed’s upcoming candy flipping phase 1 trial, and Oregon’s upcoming psilocybin ballot measure. They then have a larger discussion about lineage.   www.psychedelicstoday.com

In this episode, Joe interviews Dr. LaMisha Hill, licensed Counseling Psychologist and Director of Multicultural Affairs for the Office of Diversity and Outreach at UCSF. They talk about the effects of race and gender in the psychedelic world.  www.psychedelicstoday.com

Joe and Kyle discuss recent items in the news, including the passing of Tav Sparks and Jordi Riba, the Netflix docuseries “Unwell,” and Bright Minds Bioscience’s recent claims that they are shortening trip times to 60-90 minutes.    www.psychedelicstoday.com

In this episode, Joe interviews Jerry and Julie Brown. Jerry (Ph.D.) is an author and activist, who served as founding professor of anthropology at Florida International University in Miami for 42 years. Julie (M.A.) is an author and integrative psychotherapist, who worked with cancer patients with a focus on guided imagery. Together, they are co-authors of The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity.   They talk about their blogpost on Psychedelics Today and inspiring studies: Walter Pahnke’s original psilocybin study at Marsh Chapel and Roland Griffiths’ recent studies at Johns Hopkins and the amazing results at each, Robin Carhart-Harris’ MRI analysis, and some of Julie’s successes using guided imagery to empower 3 cancer clients to heal after conventional cancer treatment was ineffective. They talk about guided imagery and the body’s ability to heal itself, how mystical states actually help heal people, how disease starts in the mind, Ancient Greece’s psychedelic Rites o

In today's Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe and Kyle talk about recent items in the news and dive deep into Stan Grof's work, different types of therapy, and the way touch comes into play in the therapeutic world.  They first discuss Wisconsin-based non-profit medical research institution, The Usona Institute, and their recently published new method for synthesizing psilocybin, and how great this is for the community. There is a danger to locking away ideas, and new methods of synthesis could lead to monopolization of the market, but publishing their findings means this can be available to all.  They then talk about re-reading Grof and the concept of the body's inner radar bringing forth what the inner healer needs to work on, and the idea that hyperventilation could be the body trying to heal itself. This leads to discussion of Kyle's time at a Soteria-inspired house in Burlington and their method of simply sitting with people and being there through difficult times. They then discuss different types of thera

In this episode, Joe interviews Court Wing: early adopter of kettlebell training, earner of a 3rd degree black belt in Ki-Aikido, first certified CrossFit instructor for the NYC Metro area, first certified Z-Health instructor in New York, and former co-founder of CrossFit NYC; one of the world's largest CrossFit gyms.  Wing was a recent participant of a psilocybin trial in NYC, studying the effects of psilocybin on (mostly treatment-resistant) major depressive disorder. He talks about his struggles with depression and how reading studies about changes in neuroplasticity and neurogenesis made him wonder if his depression could be alleviated, the measures taken and process surrounding the trials, the concerns over receiving a placebo or the psilocybin not working, and post-trial; the amazing transformation he's gone through and the power of his experience, psilocybin, and intention-setting.  They talk a lot about pain and the ways pain is related to the mind: the concept that depression may be a nociceptive pai