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In this episode, we discuss a prominent participant in the bumbling coup attempt of January 6: “QAnon Shaman” Jake Angeli. Along with a coalition of Donald Trump supporters and assorted right wing ideologues, Angeli stormed the Capitol following a speech by Trump. Featuring a dissection of an “Ascen
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David Nickles, of Psymposia’s Plus Three podcast, unpacks the "sensemaking" of nootropic salesman and "thought leader," Daniel Schmachtenberger, only to find more questions than answers.
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This episode explores the rise of self-styled “thought leaders” within the psychedelic community, using Anand Giridharadas’ book “Winners Take All” as a jumping off point. Although people have been on the conference circuit for years, the recent explosion of capital investments means that there’s an
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We kicked off the start of our ongoing livestreams with the announcement of Psymposia’s 501(c)(3) non-profit status, discussions of corporadelic dynamics, fond memories of helping people learn how to extract psychedelic drugs during an Ivy League University’s psychedelic conference, and a whole bunc
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We kicked off the start of our ongoing livestreams with the announcement of Psymposia’s 501(c)(3) non-profit status, discussions of corporadelic dynamics, fond memories of helping people learn how to extract psychedelic drugs during an Ivy League University’s psychedelic conference, and a whole bunc
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In this episode we explore the myriad of problems that result from media outlets treating corporate press releases as though they’re legitimate news sources, rather than advertisements. We examine “science by press release” cases ranging from psychedelic pharmaceutical firms who claim their barely-s
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Recorded live at the Capital Psychedelic Summit, hosted virtually in Washington D.C., Russell Hausfeld joins Brian Normand and David Nickles to discuss the infiltration of the psychedelic pharmaceutical industry by companies, investors, and executives from extractive industry. This episode explores
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Recorded live (online) at the Capital Psychedelic Summit in Washington D.C., the Plus Three crew picks up the threads of a recent panel discussion about the effects of corporations and capitalism on the emerging psychedelic landscape. Examining the logic of capitalism, the realities of medicalizatio
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Terence McKenna once mused, “Conspiracy theory is a kind of epistemological cartoon about reality.” Looking around at the world, things appear awfully cartoonish at the moment. We’re joined by Psymposia Senior Writer, Russell Hausfeld, to discuss the propagation of coronavirus conspiracies, recent r
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The Psymposia crew deconstructs dog whistles, false claims, and fascist overtones of Fox News' "The Five" as they discuss the recent shooting death of Aaron Danielson (a supporter of the violent, far-right group, Patriot Prayer) by anti-fascist Michael Reinoehl, in Portland.
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Dr. Ido Hartoghson joins the show to talk about the ideas in his new book, American Trip: Set, Setting, and the Psychedelic Experience in the Twentieth Century Acknowledging psychedelics as non-specific amplifiers of consciousness, we discuss different historical (and present) paradigms of use in o
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Psymposia's Plus 3 takes a close look at Fox's rhetorical strategies in responding to the Democratic National Convention.