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Altered States

Psychedelics are now at the center of a global conversation about mental health, mysticism, and even how we experience illness and death. In Altered States, host Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores how people are taking these drugs, who has access to them, how they’re regulated, who stands to profit, and what these substances might offer us as individuals and as a society.

Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our website.

Copyright: © UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

Latest Episodes:

The Peace Seekers Aug 21, 2024

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For the last couple of years, producer Shaina Shealy has been following Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who have been coming together to drink the psychedelic brew ayahuasca in an effort to heal their collective intergenerational trauma. It seemed to be helping them when suddenly the region erupts into chaos and violence.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit this link.

Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our website.

An FDA Update Aug 14, 2024

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision on MDMA-assisted therapy for post traumatic stress disorder.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit this link.

Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our website.

Will Doctors Soon Prescribe Ecstasy? Aug 07, 2024

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to decide whether to approve MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder. Host Arielle Duhaime-Ross interviews Michael Pollan, author of the best-selling book "How to Change Your Mind,” about how we got here, and what the decision might mean for the future of psychedelics.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit this link.

Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our website.

The Oregon Experiment Aug 07, 2024

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In 2020, voters in Oregon passed a ballot measure that allows people to take magic mushrooms, or psilocybin, with a guide. But what does that actually look like — or sound like? Host Arielle Duhaime-Ross follows along with a licensed psilocybin facilitator as she guides a 67-year-old man on his first mushroom trip.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit this link.

Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our website.

Coming Soon: Altered States Jul 31, 2024

Show notes

Psychedelics now inhabit a strange liminal space. Are they party drugs? Medications? Religious sacraments? In Altered States, host Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores how people are taking these drugs, who stands to profit, and what these substances might offer us as individuals and as a society.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit this link.

Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our website.

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