Michael Pollan - Psychedelics - How To Change Your Mind

00:00 | Trailer
03:58 | Brian’s thoughts on the episode
06:41 | Brian’s introduction
07:19 | Getting to know the diverse community of people in London interested in research into psychedelics
09:02 | London Real’s virtual introduction into ayahuasca for Michael
12:28 | Why Michael decided to have his own ayahuasca experience despite cautionary voices
18:53 | Guidance before psychedelic experience, influence of music during and integration afterwards
26:40 | Having a bad or challenging trip
28:15 | Make intelligent decisions about set and setting
30:00 | Legalisation for medicinal use but not recreational
33:20 | America’s legalisation for medical marijuana is not the path being taken for psilocybin
36:35 | The use of psilocybin for the dying
45:10 | How Michael came to understand what deep spiritual connections are
50:55 | The ego is not what we think it is; how he is incorporating what he has learnt into his daily practise
55:51 | The effect on society of the use of psychedelics
1:02:11 | The investigative elements he brings together to get a whole picture in How to Change Your Mind
1:03:16 | Surprising reaction to his book: he thinks we are in an inflection point now
1:09:30 | Did he consider the big pharmaceutical companies reaction to his book
1:14:40 | Why Michael thinks people like his writing
1:18:40 | How he writes
1:25:11 | Great writers he admires
1:27:26 | What scares Michael
1:29:06 | What we would be surprised to learn about Michael
1:31:00 | Two big concerns that keep Michael awake at night
1:35:01 | Phone call to the twenty-year old Michael
1:36:54 | Success secrets
1:37:37 | Brian’s summing up.