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John Rapp

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
52 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

Do you have any you're particularly proud of?

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

My favorite one is April 19th is Bicycle Day, the day we celebrate the discovery of LSD because Albert Hoffman went out on a bike ride high on LSD through the streets of Zurich.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

It was actually the streets of Basel, but you get the idea.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

Even if we do the legal work, you're not actually paying for me to eliminate your risk.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

you're paying for me to reduce your risk.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

hard to overstate.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

I mean, if I had to guess, I would guess that 70 or 80% of all the revenue in the United States for psychedelics goes to Zydor.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

I mean, Dave Hodges is far and away the most successful financially of the psychedelic churches.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

What I would say to people who have problems with Dave Hodges is, well, if you don't help people make some better decisions, most people are going to end up with alcohol and cocaine and, you know, opiates that killed my son.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

And in the overall world, handing somebody, you know, a high dose of mushrooms is

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

versus cocaine or whatever, that to me seems like an easy choice.

Planet Money
A trip to the magic mushroom megachurch

So in many ways, I see Zydor not just being a true church, which I believe it is, but also an elaborate and successful exercise in harm reduction.

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