That quickly? Two? Two? One?

Boom, and we're live, Mr. Pollan. How are you?

Hey, good to be here.

This way, there you go.

Okay. What's happening, man? How are you? Good, good to be here. There you go. What's happening, man?

How are you?

Good, good to be in LA.

Good to have you here.

I've been a fan of your work for a long time, man.

And I got really excited when I found out that you were writing a book on psychedelics.

And I'm just, I think it's an amazing subject.

And I'm glad someone who's respected, like yourself,

is getting it.

It's a crackpot subject, right?

It's one of those subjects. You're like, oh no, Michael Pollan found drugs.

Like, what's he doing? He's having a crisis.

You know, it was a bit of a departure, I think, that there are people who are expecting another book on food or agriculture.

Yeah. We're a little surprised. But so far people have been following me, you know, who cared about food and ag and there's more overlap than I ever would have guessed.

I think you caught the perfect wave.

I think your book is coming out right when John Hopkins Research Center is starting

to put out these studies on it.

People are starting to recognize that MDMA

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