Awe and Psychedelics with Michael Pollan

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Laurie's former student and friend, Dr. Maya Shankar, has a Pushkin podcast we love called A Slight Change of Plans. If you like The Happiness Lab, then this show is right up your alley. In this episode, Maya and author Michael Pollan discuss the fascinating science of psychedelics and how they have the power to transform our minds and improve our mental health. You’ll also get a glimpse into Michael’s personal experience with psychedelic trips and how they unlocked a singular kind of joy within him. Plus, you'll hear him try and convince scaredy-cat Maya to give them a try.

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0:00.0	Over the last few decades we've adopted all kinds of new medical technologies,
0:04.9	ventilators, IVF, brain implants, and when bioethicists consider these innovations
0:11.1	they return to the same questions. Just because we can do
0:14.8	something does it mean we should and who gets to make these kinds of decisions?
0:19.7	Playing God is a new podcast about the complex decisions made in medicine and public health and the implications
0:26.4	they have for our everyday lives.
0:28.7	Listen to playing God. Pushkin.
0:37.0	Hey Happiness Lab listeners.
0:41.0	Today I'm bringing you a new episode from one of my favorite podcasts. It's another
0:44.7	Pushkin Industry show called A Slight Change of Plans hosted by my former student
0:49.5	Dr. Maya Schunker. In this episode Maya speaks with author Michael Pollen about a topic of growing interest
0:55.6	in happiness studies, the science of psychedelics. Michael and Maya explore how these powerful
1:00.3	chemicals work and how guided psychedelic trips have the power to change our perspective and our overall well-being.
1:06.0	And while I have you here, just a reminder that our Giving Tuesday campaign is still on until the end of the month,
1:12.0	you can join me and other
1:13.2	happiness lab listeners in helping the people of Cabobo in Rwanda through
1:17.1	give directly.org slash happiness. Just five or ten bucks could really help a
1:21.7	person in need.
1:22.8	So consider being generous.
1:24.8	It'll help your happiness.
1:26.3	That's Give Directly.org slash happiness.
1:29.8	Now on to the episode.
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