Hamilton speaks with Dr. Rick Strassman about his latest book "My Altered States" and together they explore other topics including the history of DMT research, consciousness, the future of psychedelic research and much more!

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I talk with ethnomycologist Cullen Clark about his work describing two new Psilocybe species in Southern Africa and becoming the first outsider to observe and describe the use of Psilocybe species in African traditional medicine. Clark also provides an extended analysis of African cave art depicting mushroom use.

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A clandestine chemistry interview unlike any other, this is the story of a man whose chemistry education was paid for by an organized crime ring. After learning the necessary skills, he was tasked with synthesizing increasingly large quantities of MDA under ever-rising pressure until the entire operation exploded.

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In one of the strangest episodes to date,  Dr. D.C.A. Hillman explains the ancient ingredients in the Theriac and the practice of using children as drugs.

D. C. A. Hillman earned his Ph.D./M.A. in Classics and M.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin

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The first of two interviews about the Kentucky ibogaine program, this discussion is with the lawyer Bryan Hubbard, the former Chairman and Executive Director of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission. We discuss the tremendous opposition the program faced for political, pharmaceutical, and social reasons and his efforts to ensure ibogaine is made available to those struggling with opioid use disorder. 

Part two available on https://www.patreon.com/posts/pod-109-dimitri-108869460.

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In this episode I speak with a chemist named Tarik Peterson who authored an unusually sophisticated clandestine chemistry manual in 1970 and conducted self-experiments with a variety of different psychedelics he synthesized including DMT, DET, pyr-T, aMT, 5-MeO-DMT, mescaline, MDA, PMA, TMA, TMA-2, and TMA-6

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00:00:00 Unveiling the Mystery of a Lost Psychedelic Manual
00:03:25 The Enigmatic Alchemist: Tarek Peterson's Hidden Legacy
00:06:21 Unraveling the Psychedelic Chemistry of the 60s and 70s
00:11:01 Kykeon Analytics
00:22:30 Cannaclear.com
00:30:39 The Evolution of Psychedelic Synthesis: From Labs to Nature
00:32:37 Lucy Nicotine
00:36:37 Exploring the Impact of Psychedelics on Chemistry and Culture
00:44:45 Matcha Kari
00:54:28 Top Tree Herbs and New Brew
00:55:02 Unveiling Drug Testing Scams
00:56:36 The Journey from Chemistry Undergrad to Public Health
00:58:11 Graduate Studies and the Quest for Iron
00:59:46 Navigating the Academic Job Market: Challenges and Changes
01:00:19 Transition to Industry: A New Chapter
01:01:09 Exploring the Psychedelic Scene in Berkeley
01:08:51 The Quest for New Psychoactive Compounds
01:18:22 Reflections on a Life in Chemistry
01:31:46 The Ethical Dilemmas of a Chemist
01:51:30 A Look Back: The Impact of Psychedelic Research

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In this episode I talk with historian and drug researcher Norman Ohler about his past research on Nazi use of methamphetamine and his new book about his mother's use of LSD to help alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

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In this interview I talk with lawyer Jordan S. Rubin about his new book Bizarro, which chronicles the work of two synthetic cannabinoid entrepreneurs who found themselves ensnared in a law so confusing the DEA's own experts can't agree on how it should be interpreted.

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An earlier version of this was age-restricted on Youtube. I've edited the podcast to make it available to a wider audience. If you are interested in watching the uncensored version, you can find it on my patreon page: patreon.com/hamiltonmorris

This is the first of a series of Amanda Feilding interviews I hope to release in the coming months. We discuss her self-trepanation, LSD research, and her film "Heartbeat in the Brain."

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Recorded after a mushroom foray at this year's Mycofest, I sit down with Alan Rockefeller to discuss Psilocybe taxonomy, wood lover's paralysis, the enigma strain, and fungal accumulation of heavy metals.

Alan's website: https://www.mycena.llc/

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Chapters:
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00:02:26 - What is your pharmahuasca methodology?
00:12:15 - Are 4-hydroxytryptamines hydrolyzed?
00:24:40 - Why is P2P a controlled substance?
00:35:54 - What do you think of LSD licenses?
00:39:57 -  What do you make of the Dr. John Mack's work on alien abduction?
00:49:49 - Can psychedelics be used as cognitive enhancers?
00:56:44 - Are shared hallucinations real?
01:00:33 - Chemistry ASMR?

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