Psychedelic Salon

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Salon2 025 – “Cannabis Pair O’ Docs” Aug 22, 2017

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Guest speakers: Matthew Markert and Frank Sacco PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 For Marijuana Month, this week is our Cannabis "Paradox" Pair o' Docs episode. Dr. Matthew Markert shares thoughts about cannabis, epilepsy and the brain. As an MD/PhD interested in altered states of consciousness, he chose epilepsy as a way to study unusual states of the brain. You can email him at stanfordneuromed (at) gmail (dot) com. Then we hear from Frank Sacco, a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at William James College, who works with his father to create an online healing community for people wishing to explore the altered state of consciousness induced by cannabis for healing. Learn about their work and share your own story on their site Virtual Healing Communities. Thanks to Robert Heinlein for the Pair O' Docs joke in 'Number of the Beast.' Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Salon2 024 – “Cannabis Ceremonies” Aug 14, 2017

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Guest speaker: Becca Williams PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: 2017 After much work with cannabis, Becca Williams learned how to use it as a Spirit Plant medicine. She teaches people about the power of cannabis to heal traumas and now leads Cannabis Ceremonies in Denver, Colorado. Her work also includes excellent educational videos. Her Website, Cannabis Ceremonies, is overflowing with content. Cannabis Ceremonies on YouTube Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Podcast 546 – “Insanity” Aug 12, 2017

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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: August 27, 1992 [NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna "What I'm always afraid of is that I'll be ostracized, except that it will be entirely deserved. . . . Disgraced! . . . Did you hear how this guy ended up?" "Even as it is, I'm practically a 'Repent! The end is nigh!' person. . . . [The Timewave] is basically 'the end is nigh' rap of some sort." "From the point of view of the 19th Century, we don't have to worry about madness. We are mad, every last one of us." Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Transcripts of Terence McKenna talks

Salon2-023 – “Mona Zhang’s Cannabis News” Aug 08, 2017

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Guest speaker: Mona Zhang PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: 2017 Mona Zhang writes an important newsletter about cannabis, where she gives us an update on news around the weed world and what she saw in the smoking scenes of Beijing, London & New York. You may sign up for her excellent newsletter at http://wordonthetree.com/ Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Ascended Minds Podcast (interview with Lorenzo)

Podcast 545 – “Current Research and Future Trends of Psychedelics, Stanford 2/3/91” Aug 02, 2017

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Guest speakers: Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, Richard Yensen, and Timothy Leary PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: February 3, 1991 Today's podcast features a panel discussion that took place at a psychedelic conference that was held at Stanford University in February of 1991, which is before the World Wide Web came into existence. At the time, conferences such as this were the primary means of communicating information about psychedelics to the public-at-large. Participants were: Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, Richard Yensen, and Dr. Timothy Leary who, in addition to his own comments, also provided some amusing running commentary during several of the other talks. And we get to hear a young Rick Doblin give one of his most detailed descriptions about how he first came to become involved in psychedelic research. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Salon2 022 – “Psycho-Tech with Dr. Roberts” Jul 31, 2017

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Guest speaker: Dr. Thomas B. Roberts PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: 2017 Dr. Thomas Roberts is one of the most forward thinking people in the field of psychedelics. This interview covers his experiences leading up to the idea of psycho-technologies. His book, "The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values" is a valuable addition to any explorer's bookshelf and his approach to psychedelic scholarship envisions the future of creative thinking fostered by these old tools. Also see: Home Page of Dr. Thomas B. Roberts Multidisciplinary Approaches to Psychedelic Scholarship by Thomas B. Roberts, PhD Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Salon2 021 – “Tipper Stage’s Harm Prevention” Jul 27, 2017

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Guest speakers: Mitchell Gomez, Lex Pelger, and Margie Weiss-Hoffman Listen PROGRAM NOTES: Date these talks were recorded: May 2017 For this entry in the Psychedelic History Project, here are three short lectures from the stage of the Tipper and Friends festival in Florida. Mitchell Gomez of DanceSafe starts with his work in festival harm reduction, Lex Pelger talks about psychoactive storytelling, and Margie Weiss-Hoffman. She became an activist about the use of confidential informants after her daughter was murdered in a police sting gone wrong. For more information on her work, see: The Rachel Morningstar Foundation. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Salon2 020 – “New Drugs and Safe Parties” Jul 24, 2017

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Guest speaker: Mitchell Gomez PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: 2017 Mitchell Gomez of DanceSafe walks us through what is happening with drugs in the wild and what his organization is doing to reduced harm at festivals, parties and other psychoactive gatherings of the tribe. On the street today, MDMA is strong, ketamine is cut, and fentanyl is everywhere. Mitchell also explains more about DanceSafe's drug education, harm reduction and reagent testing services. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Salon2 019 – “Wild Bill Radacinski” Jul 21, 2017

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Guest speaker: William Radacinski The last great mushroom conference of the millennium - Breitenbush, OR 1999 PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: June 2017 Wild Bill knows no bounds. A native of Queens and an explorer of psychedelic space, he is an old friend of Lorenzo who has some interesting experiences to share. This is the first episode in our Psychedelic History Project featuring the voices of the people. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Wild Bill, Lorenzo & granddaughter Haylee Wild Bill, Marycie, Lorenzo Nick Sand and Bill Radacinski

Salon2 018 – “Drug Laws” Jul 17, 2017

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Guest speaker: Mark Haden PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: July 2017 It's rare to meet someone eager to tackle the law but in this interview with Mark Haden, the Executive Director of MAPS Canada, he wrestles with the thorniest problem of all: how to regulate these drugs. You can see more about him and the work of MAPS Canada at: http://www.mapscanada.org/whoweare/board/13-mark-haden Mark's research and writing is at: http://www.markhaden.com/ Also, if anybody wants a first look at the Psychedelic History Project treasures, the first 500 items are scanned in. Reach out to help look them over, clean them up or add the metadata to these unique articles gathered from Timothy Leary's archive: https://www.instagram.com/thepsychedelichistoryproject/ Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

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