The Psymposia Podcast

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Psymposia is a 501(c)(3) research non-profit with a mission to educate the public on psychedelic science and harm reduction. We offer critical perspectives on drugs, politics, and culture. The podcast is co-hosted by Psymposia co-founder Brian Normand, psychedelics researcher and ethicist Neşe Devenot, evolutionary ecologist Brian Pace, and journalist Russell Hausfeld.

Episode Date
#67 Just Up the Dose?: Therapy Cults are Influencing Psychedelic Medicine Standards
Apr 13, 2026
#66 Hamilton's Pharma Cope, Part 4: "The Face of Psychedelic Ethics"
Mar 16, 2026
#65 Hamilton's Pharma Cope, Part 3: Paid Protestor Paranoia
Mar 15, 2026
#64 Hamilton's Pharma Cope, Part 2: Psychedelic Cult Defenders
Mar 14, 2026
#63 Hamilton's Pharma Cope, Part 1: "DEA Informants"
Mar 13, 2026
#62 Even More Psychedelic Figures in the Epstein Files
Feb 20, 2026
#61 Psychedelic Funders in the Epstein Files
Feb 10, 2026
#60 Andrew Callaghan Isn't Devastated
Jan 30, 2026
#59 Bitter Karella: Queer Horror and Mushroom Magic
Dec 20, 2025
#58: MAPS Psychedelic Science Contract Muzzles Speakers
Jun 21, 2023
#57: Greg Lake: The Church of Psilomethoxin interview
May 09, 2023
#56 - Travis Kitchens: The M-Scale and the Occult Roots of the JHU Psychedelic Research Program
Jan 19, 2023
#55 - Sasha Sisko: On the Ground at Wonderland Miami
Nov 24, 2022
#54 - #Wonderbanned
Nov 23, 2022
#53 - We're back! News Recap and Updates from the Team
Nov 02, 2022
#52 - Right-Wing Psychedelia at University of Madison-Wisconsin
Jun 27, 2022
#51 - Part Three: Jordan Peterson's Psychedelic Hierarchy, ft. Thought Slime
Jun 02, 2022
#50 - Part Two: Jordan Peterson's Psychedelic Hierarchy, ft. Thought Slime
May 26, 2022
#49 - Part One: Jordan Peterson's Psychedelic Hierarchy, ft. Thought Slime
May 19, 2022
Power Tripping #9: The Complainers Group
Apr 04, 2022
Power Tripping #8: Who Am I Fooling?
Mar 20, 2022
Power Tripping #7: Political Science
Mar 13, 2022
Power Tripping #6: Open Heart Surgery
Mar 06, 2022
#48 - Drugs and Anti-Capitalism with Hilary Agro
Feb 07, 2022
#47 - Part Two: Right-Wing Psychedelia
Jan 18, 2022
#46 - Part One: Right-Wing Psychedelia
Jan 10, 2022
Power Tripping #5: House Full of Sh*t
Jan 02, 2022
What's a year of Psymposia worth to you?
Dec 29, 2021
Power Tripping #4: Bad Hug
Dec 26, 2021
Power Tripping #3: I Am the Wolf
Dec 19, 2021
Power Tripping #2: That's an Old Story
Dec 12, 2021
Power Tripping #1: I See a Sh*tshow
Dec 05, 2021
#45 - Part Two: Digital Capitalism on Psychedelics with Emma Stamm
Sep 08, 2021
#44 - Part One: Talking Acid Communism with Emma Stamm
Aug 12, 2021
#43 - Part Two: Dave Rubin Courts Right-Wing Psychedelic Billionaire Christian Angermayer
Aug 05, 2021
#42 - Part One: Dave Rubin Courts Right-Wing Psychedelic Billionaire Christian Angermayer
Jul 29, 2021
#41 - We (Still) Hope Michael Pollan Changes His Mind
Jul 22, 2021
#40 - Part Two: Has Atai Taken the Psychedelic Throne from MAPS? (The Murderous Dictator Episode)
Jul 20, 2021
#39 - Part One: Has Atai Life Sciences Taken the Psychedelic Throne From MAPS?
Jul 15, 2021
#38 - Part Two: The Psychedelic Capitalism Debate That Wasn't
Jul 07, 2021
#37 - Part One: The Psychedelic Capitalism Debate That Wasn't
Jul 01, 2021
#36 - Part Two: Ioan Grillo - Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
May 12, 2021
#35 - Part One: Ioan Grillo - Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
May 12, 2021
#34 - Psychedelic Anarchy with Thought Slime
Apr 15, 2021
#33 - Queering psychedelics and tripping out on gender with Jae Sevelius
Mar 24, 2021
#32 - It's All Red Flags: 5-MeO-DMT with Dr. Martin Ball
Mar 18, 2021
#31 - Alex Zaitchik on Degrowth and Big Pharma
Feb 11, 2021
#30 - Giving a F*ck About People Who Use Drugs with Yarelix Estrada
Jan 28, 2021
#29 - The Tesla of Mental Health?
Jan 20, 2021
#28 - Qoup At The Qapitol: Q'mon Man
Jan 13, 2021
#27 - The Thought Leader and the Critic
Dec 23, 2020
#26 - Livestream: The Gang Goes Non-Profit
Dec 03, 2020
#25 - Press Release: Plus Three found to have neuroprotective effects against corporadelic BS
Nov 19, 2020
#24 - From Mining to Mushrooms
Nov 11, 2020
#23 - "Grow, Gather, Give" Is an Anti-Capitalist Approach (and That's a Good Thing)
Oct 29, 2020
#22 - Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories in Psychedelia
Oct 05, 2020
#21 - American Trip - Ido Hartogsohn
Sep 09, 2020
#20 - The LSD Silo Bust (Everything You Wanted to Know and a Few Things You Didn't)
Aug 27, 2020
#19 - MDMA, PTSD, ACAB
Aug 12, 2020
#18 - Seizing the Doors of Perception
Aug 04, 2020
#17 - Psychedelic Capitalists Part 2: Pandemic Profiteers and Non-Cooperative Actors
Jul 08, 2020
#16 - Psychedelic Capitalists Part 1: Psilocybin and Gold and Lithium, oh my!
Jun 18, 2020
#15 - Psychedelics, Sex, Power, Silence
May 20, 2020
#14 - Douglas Rushkoff on the Parallels Between Psychedelic and Digital Mainstreaming
May 01, 2020
#13 - Dear Psychedelic Researchers
Apr 15, 2020
#12 - Capitalism can't save us from coronavirus. Neither can psychedelics.
Mar 26, 2020
#11 + Alan Piper: Strange Nazis
Mar 11, 2020
#10 - This Is What Psychedelic Mainstreaming Looks Like
Mar 03, 2020
#9 - Lucy in the Sky with Nazis
Feb 13, 2020
# 8 - Manufacturing Authority
Feb 06, 2020
# 7 - Why We Do What We Do
Dec 31, 2019
#6 - Abusing Power: Taking Predatory Daniel Pinchbeck At His Word
Dec 18, 2019
#5 - Psychedelics X Climate
Dec 11, 2019
#4 - Psilocybin Incorporated
Nov 27, 2019
#3 - Live From Brooklyn: The Set and Setting of the Psychedelic Renaissance is Capitalism
Nov 26, 2019
#2 - Decriminalization Now!
Nov 26, 2019
#1 - We Hope Michael Pollan Changes His Mind
Nov 26, 2019