Welcome to Otherworld. I'm your host, Jack Wagner.

Right now, we are deep in researching, interviewing, and editing for our upcoming fall episodes, which is very fast approaching.

While we're working on all of those, I thought it would be a good time to bring on some guests to the show for interviews,

and I'm excited about this one in particular.

In this episode, I'm speaking to Hamilton Morris.

Hamilton Morris is a chemist, filmmaker, writer, researcher, and much more.

I'm sure many of you know him from his vice column turned TV show, titled Hamilton's Pharmacopia,

where he travels the globe investigating everything from ancient rituals with psychedelic plants to

modern underground labs making synthetic compounds. Hamilton's work has been hugely influential on me

in so many ways. In recent years, it's become much more common to hear psychedelics, consciousness,

and altered states discussed in the mainstream

in a serious way. But not long ago, Hamilton was one of the few people doing that. And for me,

he was the first person I encountered exploring these topics. And I'm sure that's true for many

of you listening as well. These days, Hamilton

hosts his own podcast and runs incredible research projects on his Patreon, which I highly

recommend. By the way, I'm going to be posting a video version of this interview on our Patreon,

if you're interested. Hamilton describes himself as a materialist, skeptical but curious, and I think his work has so many clear crossovers with the subjects that we cover on Otherworld, and I was thrilled to have him on.

So, this is my conversation with Hamilton Morris, and you're listening to Otherworld.

Thank you. and you're listening to Otherworld. All right, everybody, welcome to Otherworld.

I am joined now by Hamilton Morris.

Hamilton, thank you for coming on the podcast.

I've been really looking forward to this.

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