Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?

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🗓️ 17 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode of "Luminous," our series about the philosophy and the future of psychedelics, how can psilocybin ease our fears about dying? And how can psychedelics change the way we approach the end of life?

Original Air Date: April 08, 2023

Interviews In This Hour:

How a pioneering psychedelic researcher 'leaned in' to his terminal cancer diagnosis — Dying without fear: How psychedelics can ease the anxiety of terminal illness — The terror and the ecstasy of psychedelics

Guests:

Roland Griffiths, Lou Lukas, Anthony Bossis

Editorial note: Roland Griffiths passed away on Oct. 16, 2023. The conversation with him in this episode took place in January 2023.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Steve Paulson.
0:06.0	We have something really special today.
0:08.0	We're kicking off a new podcast series about psychedelics.
0:12.0	It's called Luminous.
0:14.0	And in the coming months, we'll explore the cultural and philosophical dimensions of the current psychedelic revival.
0:20.0	I've been talking about all of this
0:21.5	with scientists and religion scholars and lots of other people. I've gone to psychedelic conferences
0:27.1	in Berlin and Amsterdam, and I've had my own experiences. This is an incredibly rich and interdisciplinary
0:34.3	field, so I'm excited to share what I've discovered.
0:40.2	In our first episode, we ask a big question.
0:43.0	What can psychedelics teach us about dying?
0:49.0	Which might sound depressing, but I assure you, it's not. Wisconsin Public Radio
0:56.8	It's to the best of our knowledge.
1:04.2	I'm Anne's Train Champs.
1:05.4	And I'm Steve Paulson.
1:07.3	And this is the first episode of a new project we're launching this year called Luminous,
1:13.3	a series on the philosophy and future of psychedelics.
1:17.5	I've been covering the psychedelic revival for the last decade,
1:21.0	and there is a lot to talk about.
1:23.1	Not just the new therapies we're likely to see in the next few years,
1:26.7	but also big existential
1:28.3	questions, the nature of consciousness and reality itself, and how psychedelics might change
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