• Exploring The Magic Mushroom

  • May 17 2024
  • Length: 25 mins
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Exploring The Magic Mushroom

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  • It's effective against depression, can help you stop smoking, even ease end-of-life distress. It's non-addictive, naturally occurring, and has been used for thousands of years -- but you can't have it. It's psilocybin, the compound that creates the "magic" in dozens of species of mushrooms.

    Johns Hopkins researcher Albert Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D. knows just how magical it is. He's conducting research on psilocybin's therapeutic value for everything from persistent Lyme disease to a range of mental health conditions. Find out what this psychedelic drug can do, and why it got such a bad reputation.

    Plus... revisiting Timothy Leary's rise and fall as he turned on, tuned out, and dropped out.

    For more information, transcripts, and all episodes, please visit https://thisisyourbrain.com

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