Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2022-07-07
Books mentioned on Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan is an author who between his five bestsellers has sold millions of books. Through exploring our connection to the natural world, he reveals sides of ourselves that we never knew we had.
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 comprehensive exploration of the history, science, and cultural renaissance surrounding psychedelic drugs and their potential to treat various mental health conditions.
Discussed“It was like I wasn't allowed in the industry until I'd read your book, right? Um How to change your mind. It was that much of a pivotal book for my colleagues at the time.”
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Paper Lion
Discussed“And that was when I was 13, my parents gave me a a book called Paper Lion. It's a book of sports writing. It was about football by a writer named George Plimpton.”
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the industrial, organic, and hunter-gatherer food chains that sustain modern human life.
Discussed“I was writing a piece uh that became a chapter in The Omnivore's Dilemma on the meat industry and how [ __ ] up it is and um and feed lots and and the drugs they give the animals.”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book How to Change Your Mind
“So in How to Change Your Mind, I tried LSD and psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT and all these things that were really scary and hard for me, but this was harder.”