In this episode I speak with convicted murderer and former Manson Family member Bobby Beausoleil about his time recording music with Charles Manson and how a peyote deal gone wrong set in motion a series of crimes that forever changed the counterculture and public perception of psychedelic drugs.

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In this episode I speak with a chemist named Tarik Peterson who authored an unusually sophisticated clandestine chemistry manual in 1970 and conducted self-experiments with a variety of different psychedelics he synthesized including DMT, DET, pyr-T, aMT, 5-MeO-DMT, mescaline, MDA, PMA, TMA, TMA-2, and TMA-6

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00:00:00 Unveiling the Mystery of a Lost Psychedelic Manual
00:03:25 The Enigmatic Alchemist: Tarek Peterson's Hidden Legacy
00:06:21 Unraveling the Psychedelic Chemistry of the 60s and 70s
00:11:01 Kykeon Analytics
00:22:30 Cannaclear.com
00:30:39 The Evolution of Psychedelic Synthesis: From Labs to Nature
00:32:37 Lucy Nicotine
00:36:37 Exploring the Impact of Psychedelics on Chemistry and Culture
00:44:45 Matcha Kari
00:54:28 Top Tree Herbs and New Brew
00:55:02 Unveiling Drug Testing Scams
00:56:36 The Journey from Chemistry Undergrad to Public Health
00:58:11 Graduate Studies and the Quest for Iron
00:59:46 Navigating the Academic Job Market: Challenges and Changes
01:00:19 Transition to Industry: A New Chapter
01:01:09 Exploring the Psychedelic Scene in Berkeley
01:08:51 The Quest for New Psychoactive Compounds
01:18:22 Reflections on a Life in Chemistry
01:31:46 The Ethical Dilemmas of a Chemist
01:51:30 A Look Back: The Impact of Psychedelic Research

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In this episode I talk with historian and drug researcher Norman Ohler about his past research on Nazi use of methamphetamine and his new book about his mother's use of LSD to help alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

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