Started a newsletter today digging into the history & science behind the latest food, ag, and water headlines. Q&As with Silvia Secchi Austin Frerick Michael Pollan to come! Hope to see you there. open.substack.com/pub/cornbeltco…

Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too. - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu/2024/08/23/ber…

The erosional beauty of this landscape is what brought us here — This same erosional landscape is what may force us to leave. This is the 5th flash flood since June 21 this summer. Climate chaos is real and terrifying and commonplace. #utah

Beautiful timelapse of a Coprinellus micaceus mushroom, also known as the mica cap, releasing its spores by Ye Weijun! Mushroom spores are tiny reproductive units that help fungi reproduce and spread. When released from the mushroom, they travel through the air and land in

Psychedelic pioneer is unfazed about MDMA’s prospects, despite FDA setback washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Good episode of Berkeley’s Altered State podcast on HPPD, including Heather discussing how she developed HPPD after taking part in Braxia psilocybin trial open.spotify.com/episode/3XAH2N…

Latest podcast episode drops: The Longest Trip - themicrodose.substack.com/p/the-longest-…

Good episode about HPPD. I experienced mild visual disturbances for a few months after doing the McCollough Effect while younger and found it scary. Can’t imagine how something so involuntary and persistent as HPPD must be. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alt…

Several years ago, Heather was given three doses of psilocybin as part of a clinical study for treatment-resistant depression. Ever since, she’s been experiencing strange visual distortions. What's happening to her? Listen to Altered States podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Thanks for choosing UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics' podcast "Altered States" as your pick of the week, Apple Podcasts! ☺️

Exciting for our new podcast to be a Pick of the Week!

High-dose psilocybin more effective than antidepressant according to meta-analysis; DEA hearing on two obscure drugs; DEA administrator speaks out against illegal ketamine prescribing themicrodose.substack.com/p/high-dose-ps…

I’m becoming increasing concerned about a journalistic pendulum swing wrt the topic of psychedelic science and medicine. Much does not feel constructive, well intentioned, nor well anchored to science. Perhaps because of the journalistic code to exaggerate & sensationalise.

nytimes.com/2024/08/31/cli… via @NYTimes

Our Reporting Is Now Free for Everyone | Civil Eats civileats.com/2024/09/03/our…

Check out the Psychedelic Cinema Film series, starting this weekend at Harvard Film Archive harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/psych…

I sat down with the man drafted in by Lykos to plot a path to FDA approval of MDMA following the agency's rejection last month, David Hough... psychedelicalpha.com/news/exclusive…

Much of the global supply of psychoactive iboga is smuggled illegally out of Gabon. A former NBA basketball player is trying to change that. Listen to the latest episode of the Altered States from PRX and UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alt…

Important new book on work in the meatpacking industry: Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company: 9781668078822: Driver, Alice: Books amazon.com/Life-Death-Ame…