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Tripped

Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

by Norman Ohler · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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So uh tripped and blitzed is the other one.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2024 Listen at 3:02:02

Why people recommend it

Tripped by Norman Ohler is a historical investigation into Nazi Germany, the intelligence operations of the CIA, and the dramatic dawn of the modern psychedelic age. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan brought up the author's work by name to introduce him to the audience and inquire deeply into his rigorous historical research. Rogan also recommended Norman Ohler's related literary works, including Blitzed, to his vast listening base, expressing fascination with the hidden historical contexts of drug use among political and military figures. The conversation explored how mind-altering substances and pharmacological experimentation quietly shaped critical geopolitical events during the twentieth century, influencing intelligence agencies and wartime leadership in ways that mainstream history often overlooks. By examining the intersection of government secrecy, scientific ambition, and chemical exploration, the book provides a startling perspective on how governments attempted to harness consciousness-altering substances for espionage and warfare, leaving a complex legacy that still affects modern understandings of pharmacology, governance, and human psychology today.

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“uh this is your book it's called tripped Nazi Germany the CIA and the dawn of the Psychedelic Age”
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“so uh tripped and blitzed is the other one”

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“He also wrote Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age.”
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“so I thought I save that that psychedelic theme for another book and this other book is now being published as tripped”
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“I I write about this in trip like for the first time I feel connected to my human to my to my fellow human being”
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“so from that point onward I did the research that is in tripped which was supposed to be called LSD for mom actually that was my working title”
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“and these different reasons are explained in trip”
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“so that is also what I what I write about in tripped AK LSD for Mom”
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“this is also what I examined in tripped”
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“and that's what I intend to change with my book Stone sapiens which will be the next book and kind of conclude the trilogy”

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