Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Michael Pollan is an author who between his five bestsellers has sold millions of books. Through exploring our connection to the natural world, he reveals sides of ourselves that we never knew we had. As an author and a journalist, it’s Michael’s job to question everything. But in his 50s he turned the tables on himself and began to question his own assumptions. What followed was a one-of-a-kind journey that took him to explore the nature of his own perception of the world which would take him into trying going caffeine-free and trying psychedelic drugs. Now, he shares what he’s learnt from that journey with us. Michael’s book, This is Your Mind on Plants, is out in paperback this summer, and his Netflix series How to Change Your Mind drops July 12th. Follow Michael: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michael.pollan/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/michaelpollan/ Michael’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Your-Plants-Michael-Pollan/ Michael’s Netflix series: https://www.netflix.com/title/80229847 Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All the big names are here.
0:02.0	Oh, who is that?
0:03.2	I think she was in the movie about that really big shark.
0:05.9	No, not her, the florist.
0:07.8	She's automating invoices on the go
0:09.7	so she can spend more time on that flower wall. Quickbooks to save you up to eight hours a week
0:15.0	so you could bring your vision to life.
0:17.0	That's how your business differently.
0:19.0	Into its quickbooks.
0:20.0	Depression, anxiety, addiction, the disorders that involve a rigidity of thought.
0:26.0	What psychedelics appear to do is break those habits of thought.
0:30.0	What is the cost of this though?
0:32.0	It's a great question.
0:33.0	One of the 100 most influential people in the world.
0:36.0	Please welcome Michael Pollan.
0:38.0	You've written six New York Times bestsellers
0:42.0	and they're on such a diverse range of topics.
0:45.0	Two of the topics I've worked on have turned into movements.
0:48.0	I was writing a piece on the meat industry and how fucked up it is and it led to this movement to try to reform agriculture.
0:56.7	Then I got into psychedelics.
0:59.7	They're much better than the results for antidepressants when they came on the scene.
1:03.6	And we're talking about potential cures, not simply symptoms.
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