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PT 654 - Erica Rex - Seeing What Is There

Psychedelics Today

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Life Sciences, Science, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.6598 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Seeing What Is There is at the center of this conversation with journalist and author Erica Rex, who joins Joe Moore to discuss her book Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era. Rex brings an unusual mix of personal experience and scientific rigor. She came to psychedelic medicine after breast cancer, participation in Roland Griffiths' clinical trial for cancer-related depression, and a long career in journalism covering science, nature, climate, and technology.

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Hello, Hello, everybody, and welcome back back to psychedelics today.

0:40.3

This is Joe Moore.

0:42.3

Today in the show we have Erica Rex.

0:44.3

She and I talk about her new book, Seeing What Is There.

0:49.3

Subtitle, My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic era. And I loved this book.

0:55.8

I got a chance to read it early.

0:58.2

Blurbed it.

0:59.4

And I was thankful for my friendship with Erica and her continued engagement with the space

1:05.3

despite a handful of obstacles.

1:08.3

So I think you'll really get a handle for what the book discusses in this

1:14.2

interview. If you're interested in kind of women's perspectives and psychedelics, this is a really

1:20.4

helpful read. Erica has survived a lot. I tried to work through pretty robust trauma history. And we get into some of that

1:32.3

in the show and challenges around psychiatry and the psychiatric apparatus. So it's not ever easy, right?

1:41.5

Like if your problems are mild, maybe it's easy, but if your problems are real

1:47.2

substantial and getting in the way of your life, then odds are it's not going to be an easy go. So

1:51.6

I think Erica did a lovely job with the book. I'm really just thankful that we can keep checking in

1:56.8

and doing stuff together. And I hope you all check it out. The audio book is lovely. Definitely

2:02.1

check that one out, audible and elsewhere. It's available. I think that's it for now. Thanks again.

2:08.1

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2:14.0

thinking about it, you probably know how hard it is to execute in this space.

2:18.0

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