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The Best of Coast to Coast AM

Mushroom Magic - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 12/6/25

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

Society & Culture, News, Science

3.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Guest host Lisa Garr and podcast host Christian Rasmussen discuss mushrooms as medicine for the mind. 

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0:00.0

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0:02.3

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0:04.1

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0:09.1

I was noticing and looking up some overviews of studies for veterans with PTSD

0:14.7

that they're actually, the VA is for the first time in 50 years, focusing on these studies,

0:22.1

they're involving rigorous protocols

0:24.3

and are conducted in controlled clinical environments

0:27.3

in conjunction with intensive psychotherapy,

0:30.6

which is very important.

0:32.8

The Department of Veteran Affairs

0:34.3

is actually funding research into psychedelic assisted therapies.

0:38.8

And it's a fascinating subject and topic, especially with people that are really, really suffering.

0:45.4

And I'm wondering, Christian, if you know anything about these studies or have looked into the efficacy of them.

0:54.4

Yeah, yeah, of course.

0:55.8

I mean, I think, you know, there's in many circles,

0:59.2

there's been a lot of knowledge and understanding that psilocybin,

1:04.8

these are all around psilocybin, by the way,

1:07.6

which is a different mushroom than amni to miscaria.

1:10.7

But, you know, people's lives, I think a lot of these, there was one study in which I think it was four out of five participants say it's one of the top one or two experiences of their life.

1:24.6

And these experiences can completely transform somebody's life within a

1:30.2

single experience. And yeah, there's there's a lot of efficacy to it. And we're starting to see,

1:37.7

see, you know, psilocybin's becoming decriminalized in many areas. and a lot of people are gaining access to

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