Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-01-15
Books mentioned on CLASSIC: Psilocybin: Fact, Fiction and Future with Robert Lamb
Evidence indicates human beings have been using psychedelics since ancient times, and a recent paradigm shift has launched a new renaissance in psychedelic research.
Robert Lamb recommended How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. Ben Bowlin discussed Go Ask Alice and Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna. Also mentioned: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan is a compelling non-fiction investigation into the history, science, and cultural renaissance of psychedelic substances like psilocybin and LSD in therapeutic settings.
Recommended“Michael pollen has an excellent book that came out this year about psychedelics called how to change your mind which which I recommend to everybody just just a wonderful read”
Where to get it
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Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is a fringe exploration of the history of plants, drugs, and human evolution written by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna.
Discussed“you may have read books like food of the Gods the search for the original tree of knowledge”
Where to get it
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex imaginary orders like religion, money, and nations.
Discussed“I think applies though I've been reading this book called sapiens by you all Noah Harari and it's the idea of the evolution of man”
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