PT 587 - Paul Austin - The Third Wave

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4.6 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In this episode, Joe Moore of Psychedelics Today sits down with Paul Austin, founder of The Third Wave, to dive deep into the evolution of microdosing and its growing role in psychedelic culture. Paul shares how his journey with microdosing LSD led him to launch The Third Wave in 2015 to make psychedelics more accessible through education. The conversation explores the latest research on microdosing, including clinical trials demonstrating its potential benefits for depression, mental clarity, and creativity. Paul and Joe discuss the nuances of different microdosing protocols, the role of psychedelics in performance optimization, and the impact of these substances on neuroplasticity. They also tackle key challenges, such as the lack of robust clinical research due to regulatory hurdles and the perceived risks associated with overuse. Beyond microdosing, they touch on the broader psychedelic landscape—regulatory shifts, emerging coaching models, and the future of psychedelic-assisted transformation. The discussion even ventures into intriguing intersections between psychedelics, AI, and the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on where microdosing fits into the larger psychedelic resurgence.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody. This is Joe Moore. Welcome back to psychedelics today. Today in the show, we have Paul Austin from the Third Wave, a podcast and education and directory platform.
0:22.1	I've been around for ages.
0:23.6	I've known Paul for ages.
0:25.0	I think we started right around the same time.
0:27.7	And, yeah, it's been fun to watch Paul grow.
0:30.6	So we come on the podcast today to talk about the state of microdosing,
0:35.0	what's going on over at the third wave.
0:37.3	It's a microdosing science's going on over at the third wave to microdosing science we even
0:39.3	pre-confirmation speculate about the impact of RFK he has been confirmed and there's a lot of
0:49.2	interesting conversations about RFK in psychedelics now I I'm not sure where I land yet, but
0:56.5	there's definitely room for critique as there is anywhere. So I think we're going to have a fun
1:04.3	podcast here. I hope you all enjoy it. And I think, yeah, I really think you'll like this one because we get into some depth that I don't
1:14.3	believe we've had on microdosing yet. So enjoy that. All right, and I think that's it for the intro portion.
1:21.4	So come over, check out what we've got going on at our education site. We've got a cybersecurity program
1:27.1	that is really interesting.
1:29.7	People should, you know, definitely be safe online in this field and leave as little kind of footprint
1:37.2	as you can because you never know when things might shift around in the future. So check that one out.
1:43.7	We've got a breathwork course coming out.
1:47.1	I think that actually goes live the same day this podcast comes out. So if you want to understand
1:52.0	breathwork and how it relates to psychedelics, come on down and check that out as well. And we've got,
1:58.4	you know, plenty. If you want to support us, please check out our Navigators program, psychedelics today.com slash
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