Podcast

  • On this week’s show, we’re talking to Michael Pollan. You may know him from his food writing – books like The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, or Cooked, which is also now a Netflix show. His latest focus, however, is something quite different – still something consumable – it’s psychedelic drugs.

  • This week’s Spectator Books Podcast asks: is LSD good for you? I’m joined by the author Michael Pollan, who talks about the fascinating lost history of psychedelic drugs, speculates on what they may tell us about the human mind and the universe, recalls his own mind-blowing encounter with toad venom, and reveals that serious scientific…

  • Freedom From the Known

    In this episode the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about his new book How to Change Your Mind. They cover the the resurgence of interest in psychedelics in clinical practice and end-of-life care, the “betterment of well people,” the relationship between thinking and mental suffering, the differences between psychedelics and meditation, the…

  • The Joe Rogan Experience — Michael Pollan

    Listen to the whole interview with Joe Rogan here.

  • Exploring the New Science of Psychedelics

    Michael talks with Tim Ferriss about his new book, the science and applications of psychedelics, his exploration, and his own experiences.

  • Michael speaks with Leah Rose about the renaissance of psychedelic research. Listen here.

  • The New Yorker Out Loud: Psychedelics as Therapy

    Michael joins host Amelia Lester, the executive editor of newyorker.com, to discuss the history of psychedelics research, the difference between a recreational psychedelic journey and a therapeutic one, and why he finds the effects of these drugs so intriguing. Listen here.

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  • A podcast and video of Michael Pollan’s 2012 talk at the Sydney Opera House. Click here for podcast. Click here for video.

  • “You are what you eat,” we’re so often told. And that is certainly true, but if you care to pursue that line of reasoning, you’ll start looking more closely at the individual components of your meals and their ingredients. Michael Pollan decided to follow this line, and the result was the best-selling and utterly compelling…