Episode #1678
Michael Pollan
Books mentioned
This Is Your Mind on Plants
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:00
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The Immortality Key
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:21:27 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Mentioned by Michael Pollan · at 00:45:29 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Entangled Life
Mentioned by Michael Pollan · at 01:19:00 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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How to Change Your Mind
Mentioned by Michael Pollan · at 01:22:51 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Tastes of Paradise
Mentioned by Michael Pollan · at 01:29:34 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Cooked
Mentioned by Michael Pollan · at 01:54:48 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Secret Life of Plants
Mentioned by Michael Pollan · at 02:03:13 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 02:37:57 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Michael Pollan, an author, professor, and journalist, discusses his book This Is Your Mind on Plants and the cultural, medical, religious, and evolutionary dimensions of psychoactive plants. He and Joe Rogan examine psychedelic risks and potential benefits, drug policy and decriminalization, addiction, peyote conservation, consciousness, and the effects of substances such as caffeine, mescaline, tobacco, sugar, tea, and coffee.
What they talked about
- Michael Pollan's new book 'This Is Your Mind on Plants'
- End of the drug war and psychedelic legalization
- Ibogaine's risks and use for opioid addiction
- Native American peyote ceremony and ritual drug use
- Psychedelics' role in cultural and religious evolution
- Caffeine as a drug and Pollan's three-month break
- Plants' chemical strategies and mycelium communication
- Rat Park experiments and addiction context
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