Michael Pollan
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Yes. And I really didn't think that there was a, you know, large audience for a book on psychedelics. I was just personally fascinated. But yeah, I mean, I think the book, I hear from, especially from scientists, that it became okay to study this after the book came out.
Yes. And I really didn't think that there was a, you know, large audience for a book on psychedelics. I was just personally fascinated. But yeah, I mean, I think the book, I hear from, especially from scientists, that it became okay to study this after the book came out.
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It's a big promise. That's a big promise. But what got me really interested and making me realize, so I had had very little experience of psychedelics personally. I was afraid of them. I didn't think I was sturdy enough psychologically to have a big psychedelic trip. And I didn't do it when I was in college.
It's a big promise. That's a big promise. But what got me really interested and making me realize, so I had had very little experience of psychedelics personally. I was afraid of them. I didn't think I was sturdy enough psychologically to have a big psychedelic trip. And I didn't do it when I was in college.
It's a big promise. That's a big promise. But what got me really interested and making me realize, so I had had very little experience of psychedelics personally. I was afraid of them. I didn't think I was sturdy enough psychologically to have a big psychedelic trip. And I didn't do it when I was in college.
But I wrote an article about a study where they were giving psychedelics to people who had cancer diagnoses, many of them terminal.
But I wrote an article about a study where they were giving psychedelics to people who had cancer diagnoses, many of them terminal.
But I wrote an article about a study where they were giving psychedelics to people who had cancer diagnoses, many of them terminal.
I know. That's an amazing interview. Yes.
I know. That's an amazing interview. Yes.
I know. That's an amazing interview. Yes.
So he was doing a study, he hadn't published it yet, giving psychedelics, psilocybin specifically, magic mushrooms in pill form, to people who had cancer diagnoses. And I interviewed about a dozen of them. And they told me stories of personal- May I just tell people who he was?
So he was doing a study, he hadn't published it yet, giving psychedelics, psilocybin specifically, magic mushrooms in pill form, to people who had cancer diagnoses. And I interviewed about a dozen of them. And they told me stories of personal- May I just tell people who he was?
So he was doing a study, he hadn't published it yet, giving psychedelics, psilocybin specifically, magic mushrooms in pill form, to people who had cancer diagnoses. And I interviewed about a dozen of them. And they told me stories of personal- May I just tell people who he was?
Yes, he really got what's called the psychedelic renaissance started with his research.
Yes, he really got what's called the psychedelic renaissance started with his research.
Yes, he really got what's called the psychedelic renaissance started with his research.