Interviews & Profiles
Michael Pollan in Portland, OR: This is Your Mind on Plants Book Tour
OPB’s Dave Miller spoke to Michael Pollan in front of an audience at the Newmark Theatre July 27 in Portland in an event put on by Powell’s Boons. This was one stop in Pollan’s West Coast leg of his paperback tour for This is Your Mind on Plants. Four years prior to this recording, Michael
Your Mind on Psychedelics with Michael Pollan
Your Mind on Psychedelics with Michael Pollan, The Prof G Show Michael Pollan, the NYT bestselling author of “This Is Your Mind on Plants,” joins Scott to discuss his research on the psychedelic space, including the changes he has registered over time as well as his own experience with the drugs.
Michael Pollan on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Michael joins Stephen on his show for the second time to promote the paperback of This is Your Mind on Plants. Watch the interview here.
The Future of Hope: Michael Pollan and Katherine May
In this episode of the On Being series The Future of Hope, Wintering’s Katherine May draws Michael out on the burgeoning human inquiry and science to which he’s now given himself over — the transformative applications of altered states for healing trauma and depression, for end-of-life care — and the thrilling matter of grasping what
The Power of Plants to Heal and Harm
Michael Pollan is a best-selling author. His latest work looks at three psychoactive plants and has left him making some bold claims. He says it wasn’t just coal that fueled the Industrial Revolution, but caffeine. Alongside opium and mescaline, caffeine features prominently in his new book, “This Is Your Mind on Plants.” This new work is a follow-up to
Michael Pollan is Back with Mind-Bending Thoughts on Drugs, Ego Death, and the Healing Power of Plants
GQ spoke with the author about his new book, This is Your Mind on Plants, and the rapidly evolving cultural status of mind-altering substances. On the first page of his new book, This is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan poses a seemingly simple question: what exactly is a drug? “All who try to construct a sturdy definition of drugs
After a Hard Day’s Writing, Michael Pollan Likes to Unwind With a Novel
“Getting to read fiction purely for pleasure is the carrot I hold out for myself as a reward for the work of reporting and writing,” says the author, whose new book is “This Is Your Mind on Plants.” What books are on your night stand? It’s a hodgepodge of titles, to be read, or skimmed,
The Tim Ferriss Show — This is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan — This Is Your Mind on Plants (#520)
Michael Pollan Talks New Book, ‘This Is Your Mind On Plants’
NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with journalist Michael Pollan about his new book diving into three plant drugs. Listen to the interview here: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/04/1013044454/michael-pollan-talks-new-book-this-is-your-mind-on-plants
The Ezra Klein Show: Michael Pollan and the psychedelic society
On November 3, as the country fixated on the incoming presidential election results, voters in Oregon approved a seemingly innocuous ballot measure with revolutionary potential. Proposition 109, which passed with 56 percent of the vote (the same margin by which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the state), legalizes the use of psilocybin, the main