Her Magic Mushroom Memoir
Episodes
Ep. 22: Epilogue and Afterword
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Exa traveled from Danbury to Brooklyn to scatter Lidiya's ashes. Along the way, she listened to a recording of Lidiya's final days: Chris's...
Ep. 21: Persephone Quest
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Chris returned from a walk still wrestling with the weight of Lidiya's story—and his own doubts about finishing her book. Over dinner, an...
Ep. 20: Spillway
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Lidiya journeyed through visions both luminous and unsettling, guided by Exa's steady presence. Amid hallucinatory forests, a ten-foot dewd...
Ep. 19: Dewdrop
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Lidiya recalled how music lifted her out of despair—and into a dangerous, intoxicating affair. What began with a night at the Kennedy Cen...
Ep. 18: The Rite
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Lidiya recalled the moment everything changed. A missed babysitter. A bouquet of daffodils. A fateful trip to Bethesda. In a single after...
Ep. 17: The Daffodil and Watercolored Serendipity
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Lidiya and Craig took their investigation to the edge—digging into secret programs, decoding euphemisms, and quietly exposing some of the...
Ep. 16: Mirrors and Martinis
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Lidiya and Craig made a pact: no more secrets. Together, they agreed to infiltrate the very systems that once recruited her. What began as ...
Ep. 15: A Hard Tack
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Lidiya brought us into the most luminous stretch of her past: a summer of discovery, joy, and unexpected love with Craig Johnson. From BASI...
Ep. 14: Sonnet 18
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Chris confronted the truth about Lidiya's legacy—and she confessed that she wasn't just a witness to history. She had been part of it. In...
Ep. 13: Mushroom Girl
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time, Chris and Lidiya peeled back the layers of unintended consequences: how Gordon's scientific curiosity became ammunition in a hidden war. Th...
Ep. 12: No Trouble At All
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when reverence turns to curiosity, and curiosity turns to spectacle? In our last episode, we witnessed the unraveling of Huautla's sacred...
Ep. 11: Western Union and Almost Mea Culpa
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode, Lidiya and Chris began the next leg of their journey—bidding farewell to Millicent, to Oahu, and to Piney's Holistic Health Cen...
Ep. 10: Piece of Work and Huautla de Jiménez
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of Her Magic Mushroom Memoir, Chris took his first halting steps toward sobriety at Piney's Holistic Health Center. Meanwhile, Lid...
Ep. 9: The Parable of Piney and Danbury Is Not a Town in Hawaii
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Previously on Her Magic Mushroom Memoir… Chris hit rock bottom—fired from both jobs, drunk, and ready to give up. But just as he spiraled into da...
Ep. 8: Dust Off and A Soft Blue Hue
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time on Her Magic Mushroom Memoir… Lidiya's past continued to unfold—from mushroom theft and forgiveness to mentorship under Gordon and life...
Ep. 7: Sister Emilka and Lights Color Fade to Black
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Previously on Her Magic Mushroom Memoir… Left alone with temptation, young Lidiya crossed a forbidden threshold—stealing sacred mushrooms from Go...
Ep. 6: A Safe Landing and Respite from the Glare
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time on Her Magic Mushroom Memoir, Lidiya opened the door to her most formative experiences: losing her mother, surviving trauma, and finding ref...
Ep. 5: Prophesies and Exa
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Previously from Her Magic Mushroom Memoir... Chris reluctantly met with Lidiya in a stunning Beverly Hills guesthouse, fully expecting to turn her dow...
Ep. 4: Clysis and The Century Association
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last time in Her Magic Mushroom Memoir, Lidiya made a bold move—tracking down Chris Wade, the struggling writer who saved her on the beach—and of...
Ep. 3: Name Your Price and South Oaks
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Previously in Her Magic Mushroom Memoir: Lidiya returned to Brooklyn shaken by her collapse in Venice—and even more so by what followed. As her mind...
Ep. 2: Netsuke and Mahler
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Previously in Her Magic Mushroom Memoir: Chris, a broke and broken veteran living in his car, wrestled with the collapse of his life—his job, his fa...
Ep. 1: Deadline, 988, and Blood in the Moon Dust
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two strangers are about to cross paths: Chris Wade, a struggling writer living in a tent near LAX, and Dr. Lidiya Hart Johnson, just off a high-profil...