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Duncan Trussell Family Hour

674: Bruce Damer

Duncan Trussell Family Hour

Duncan Trussell Family Hour

Comedy Interviews, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Comedy

4.811K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Bruce Damer, a genius and contemporary of Terence McKenna, joins the DTFH!

You can learn more about Bruce's work with the Center for MINDS at their website, CenterForMINDS.org. Dr. Damer also maintains a Substack! You can follow his writing at DrBruceDamer.Substack.com.

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0:00.0

Greetings, my friends. It's me, DeTrussell, and this is the Dunker Trussell Family Hour podcast.

0:07.2

And this episode has everything that you all have been asking for.

0:13.1

I have a pretty varied audience at this point, and some people love the comedy episodes,

0:19.2

but some people make requests.

0:22.8

And one guest that I get requests for a lot is Dr. Bruce Damer.

0:28.6

And I understand why.

0:30.9

Bruce Damer was pals with Terrence McKenna.

0:34.3

He is a genius who has come up with a theory for the origin of life. He's working on

0:43.2

asteroid mining, and he has most recently started the Center for Mines, the Multidisciplinary

0:50.2

Investigation and the novel discoveries and solutions. Essentially, there is a big

0:56.2

invitation out there for intellectuals, scientists, and people who have been hiding in the

1:02.1

psychedelic closet to come out and let people know that they have used psychedelics in a positive

1:07.8

way that might have actually helped their creativity, their intuition,

1:13.1

and like Bruce Damer, might have actually allowed them to witness something in the psychedelic

1:19.5

realm that they could then bring in to the world. This is incredible. I love maps, but it's

1:26.0

nice to hear that the psychedelics are beginning to become

1:29.5

acknowledged as what I've always loved them for. Incredible tools for creativity and for the

1:36.8

exploration of ideas. Dr. Damer shares with us today the incredible psychedelic story of how he came up with his

1:47.5

theory for the origin of life, a theory that has been published in multiple scientific

1:52.4

journals, Scientific American, and a lot of other places, a brilliant theory.

1:57.7

And it's so cool.

1:59.2

Not only that, if you're looking for a quick history of psychedelics

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