Podcasts about Amanda Feilding

This is a replay of a preview episode from our sister podcast Brave New World. Could psychedelics be used to help tackle mental health issues like depression and addiction? Evgeny Lebedev speaks to Professor David Nutt, one the leading researchers in this controversial field. He also speaks to Buzzfeed journalist Lara Parker who used ketamine assisted therapy to treat clinical depression. To hear the whole interview, including additional interviews with pioneers Robin Carhart-Harris and Amanda Feilding, search 'Brave New World Evening Standard' on your podcast provider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio.Over the past year, we've spoken with researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, and practitioners who are pioneering new paths in the world of psychedelics and mental health. After over thirty episodes of The Trip Report Podcast, I figured it was time to give a peek behind the scenes of Beckley Waves and our work to support the developing field.To that end, today, I am speaking with Rock Feilding-Mellen, a co-founder and partner at Beckley Waves.In this episode, we'll pull back the curtain on our ongoing projects, the ups and downs of building in a young and misunderstood industry, and the vision that drives our work to create meaningful change in this emerging field.In this conversation, we discuss:* Amanda Feilding and her pioneering work to support psychedelic science and drug policy reform through the Beckley Foundation* The origin story of Beckley Waves and its mission to develop a new paradigm of care delivery in the field of psychedelics.* Rock's personal journey with psychedelic-assisted therapy and how it shaped his vision for integrating these practices into mainstream healthcare.* The crucial role of supportive care in psychedelic therapy, emphasizing the importance of preparation, integration, and ongoing support.* The Beckley Waves family of companies including Beckley Retreats, Beckley Academy, and the recent acquisition of Nue Life.* The challenges and opportunities of building care delivery infrastructure for a future that includes psychedelics as a key tool for healing and thriving.And now, I bring you my conversation with Rock Feilding-Mellen.Listen to the episode on Substack, Spotify, Google or Apple.Credits:* Hosted by Zach Haigney * Produced by Zach Haigney, Erin Greenhouse, and Katelin Jabbari* Find us at thetripreport.com* Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTubeTheme music by MANCHO Sounds, Mixed and Mastered by Rollin Weary This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thetripreport.com

Today, we delve into a debated topic: LSD. At the 8th Harvest Summit in Kaplankaya, Amanda Feilding, a pioneering advocate for psychedelic research, shared her insights with journalist Rose Claverie. Amanda has spent decades championing the legalization of LSD, driven by her commitment to changing perceptions and policies surrounding psychedelics. Known as the “First Lady of LSD,” Amanda's journey is intertwined with both her aristocratic background and her groundbreaking work with the Beckley Foundation. In this episode, Amanda shares her personal experiences and the latest scientific insights into psychedelics. We emphasize that this discussion is purely informational and not an endorsement of drug use. Join us as we explore Amanda Feilding's extraordinary life and her relentless pursuit of change.[4:00]: LSD is the "Queen of Psychedelics" for Amanda, demonized by the American government.[5:00]: How are scientific experiments conducted at the Beckley Foundation to gather data? What does Amanda anticipate from their latest study on the brain and the body?[11:00]: Why glucose is important during an LSD experience, and how having a diabetic father was "good training" for Amanda.[13:36]: Discussion on the risk of overdose.[16:00]: LSD is not for everyone; it's a "minority sport" according to Amanda.[18:40]: The Beckley Foundation was created by Amanda to show that LSD not only enhances cognitive functions but also has positive effects on mental health issues. One study showed it helps fight nicotine addiction.[25:00]: How was Amanda's use of LSD in her youth? It was not a way of life; she recounts a horrible experience she had.[27:00]: Amanda shares her story, including mystical childhood experiences.[34:00]: Discussion on microdosing and its potential for increasing neuroplasticity to treat neurodegenerative diseases, with an example of a lady's improvement.[45:00]: Safety advice regarding LSD.To know more about the Beckley FoundationYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnicians in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi, Hanan Yasir, and teamMusic by: ChambordArtwork by: Davide d'AntonioHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

Ospite della 122° puntata di Illuminismo Psichedelico – andata in scena al WAO Festival venerdì 16 agosto 2024 – è stata Denise de Gouges, psiconauta, esperta di relazioni internazionali e studiosa di scienze sociali. Durante la puntata si è parlato del rapporto delle donne con la psichedelia, osservando come queste possano differire per ragioni fisiologiche (per esempio per le influenze di ormoni, feromoni e fenomeno del “contact high”) quanto sociali. C'è ancor oggi una sproporzione in ambito psichedelico nel contributo di uomini e donne, come dimostra ad esempio la classifica di Psychedelic Invest delle 100 persone più influenti nella psichedelia nel 2021, in cui troviamo solo 17 donne. Dal 2008 The Women's Visionary Council prova infatti a dare una risposta alla mancanza di visibilità delle voci femminili nell'ambito psichedelico. La puntata è stata anche un'occasione per passare in rassegna il ruolo di alcune donne nella storia della psichedelia, partendo da figure “mitiche” come María Sabina, Valentina Pavlovna e Amanda Feilding, passando per Ann Shulgin, Susi Ramstein e Cynthia Palmer fino ad arrivare a personaggi mitologici, come Eva e Santa Teresa D'Avila oppure a grandi artiste, tra cui Elsa Morante, Leonora Carrington, Anaïs Nin e molte altre.

In this episode of the Harvest Series, listeners are transported to the serene setting of Kaplankaya, Turkey, where Dutch pianist Joep Beving captivated an audience with his evocative performance. Surrounded by candlelight and the gentle sounds of the Aegean Sea, Joep Beving's minimalist compositions created a profound sense of peace and introspection. During this conversation, the pianist explores how his music has influenced his mental well-being and his approach to success. Podcast Show Notes: Joep Beving[3:02] - Interview IntroductionThe interview kicks off with Joep Beving as he prepares for his concert for the Harvest audience. He gives insights into what the audience can expect from his performance, describing the emotions and experiences he hopes to convey through his music.[4:45] - Concert as MeditationJoep likens his concert to a group meditation, emphasizing the calming and introspective nature of his music. He opens up about his personal journey, sharing the pivotal moment in his life when he experienced burnout and how playing the piano became his sanctuary, offering clarity and peace amidst the chaos.[8:00] - Overcoming AnxietyJoep delves into his personal growth over the past 15 years, discussing the strategies and mindset shifts that have helped him transform from being an anxious person to finding balance and tranquillity. He shares valuable insights into how music plays a crucial role in maintaining his mental well-being.[10:40] - Early Beginnings with PianoReflecting on his childhood, Joep recounts how he started playing the piano and the role it played in his life. Although he admits he wouldn't classify himself as a traditionally trained musician, he highlights the deep connection and passion that have fueled his musical journey from a young age.[17:00] - Creating vs. PerformingIn this segment, Joep contemplates the joys of composing music versus performing live. He explores the creative process behind his compositions and discusses what he finds most fulfilling about each aspect of his career.[19:00] - Relationship with the PianoJoep shares a touching story about his relationship with the piano, particularly focusing on a German instrument his grandmother bought for him. Despite not initially liking the piano, he explains how his appreciation for the instrument grew over time and became a significant part of his musical identity.[22:00] - Memorable Fan EncounterJoep recounts a heartwarming story about a meaningful encounter with a fan. He describes how this interaction impacted him and reinforced the profound connection music can create between artists and their audience.[29:00] - Upcoming ProjectsLooking ahead, Joep discusses his future projects and what listeners can anticipate from his upcoming work. He provides a glimpse into his creative vision and the new directions he plans to explore in his music.[30:16] - Harvest of the DayIn the closing segment, Joep reflects on a moment of radical connection from his childhood. Next Episode:Join us next time for a conversation with Amanda Feilding about psychedelics and LSD more specifically. Stay tuned!You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by:

Can neuroscience explain what happens to the brain on psychedelics? And even if we map the brain while it's tripping, does that tell us why these experiences can be so transformative?  We'll talk with some of the pioneers in psychedelic research — from Amanda Feilding's boundary-busting work to Robin Carhart-Harris' theory of the "entropic brain." Also, renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch goes down the rabbit hole on 5-MeO-DMT, also known as toad venom.   Original Air Date: July 15, 2023 Interviews In This Hour: Exploring consciousness on toad venom — The godmother of the European psychedelic revival — How therapeutic psilocybin could help heal long-buried trauma — Magic mushrooms and the 'entropic brain' Guests: Christof Koch, Amanda Feilding, David Nutt, Robin Carhart-Harris Never want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast. Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

Could psychedelics be used to help tackle mental health issues like depression and addiction? In this preview episode of Brave New World, Evgeny Lebedev speaks to Professor David Nutt, one the leading researchers in this controversial field. He also speaks to Buzzfeed journalist Lara Parker who used ketamine assisted therapy to treat clinical depression.To hear the whole interview, including additional interviews with pioneers Robin Carhart-Harris and Amanda Feilding, search 'Brave New World Evening Standard' on your podcast provider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could psychedelics be used to help tackle mental health issues like depression and addiction? In this preview episode of Brave New World, Evgeny Lebedev speaks to Professor David Nutt, one the leading researchers in this controversial field. He also speaks to Buzzfeed journalist Lara Parker who used ketamine assisted therapy to treat clinical depression. To hear the whole interview, including additional interviews with pioneers Robin Carhart-Harris and Amanda Feilding, search 'Brave New World Evening Standard' on your podcast provider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"No dejes de buscar tu propio camino, repetar todo y agradecer todo para encontrar tus propias respuestas" - Natalia Algarín. En junio de 2023 Isra asistió al congreso Psychedelic Science 2023 organizado por MAPS, fue en Denver (Colorado). Isra fue previamente invitado por la Asociación Multidisciplinar de Estudios Psicodélicos (MAPS) como podcaster especializado para habla hispana y también como representante de Psilocibina Ciencia y Experiencia, plataforma divulgativa sobre psicodélicos. Durante estos días, Isra realizó diferentes entrevistas a expertos en el campo de los psicodélicos, pero además recogió historias y experiencias de algunos de los asistentes que iba encontrando. "España estuvo a punto de ser uno de los pioneros y referentes mundiales en el renacimiento psicodélicos allá por el año 2.000" - Antón Gómez Escolar. "Deja de lado lo que has escuchado o visto sobre los psicodélicos y fíjate en su evidencia en eficacia y seguridad" - Antón Gómez Escolar. En este podcast podrás encontrar el testimonio de 5 personas que cuentan su experiencia, perspectiva, motivaciones, propósito y enfoque sobre los psicodélicos. Una forma de proporcionar información para seguir acercando este tan desconocido y a veces malinterpretado y estigmatizado mundo de las sustancias psicodélicas. El propósito de Isra no es más que servir de puente para que cualquiera pueda conocer realmente qué está pasando en este renacer de los psicodélicos de la mano de los principales expertos y fuentes mundiales a los que el mismo Isra tiene acceso. "La medicina es algo muy importante para mí, pero en este momento de mi vida, la medicina que yo ejerzo no es suficiente para mí, creo que hay otros tipos de medicinas que son más importantes para sanar cuerpo y alma" - Elisabeth Fabián. Índice de contenidos y qué aprenderás en este episodio Introducción y contexto Adriana Correa: descubrimientos, atajos mentales, estudios, y psicodélicos para transformar la consciencia. Antón Gómez Escolar: psicodélicos 101, la Drogopedia, el renacimiento, estrategia,  momentos estelares, el uso de los psicodélicos como medicamento aprobado, la psicoterapia con el uso asistido de psicodélicos, y la ignorancia sobre las drogas. Eduardo Pinto: cambiar la interpretación del dolor, los psicodélicos vs la fibromialgia y volver a sentir. Elisabeth Fabián: más allá de la cirugía y la medicina convencional, otras formas de sanar cuerpo y alma, el poder de las comunidades y los psicodélicos como medicina que apoya otro tipo de crecimiento más allá de curar síntomas, hábitos y habilidades que ayudan. Natalia Algarín: combinar lo que te salva la vida con lo que haces a diario, la psilocibina en uso personal contra la ansiedad y depresión, la disciplina como terapia, el neurofeedback, el orgullo de la familia y sentir el reto. Feedback y final. "Todos los que están aquí sentados, están arriesgando su reputación para salvar a otros con los psicodélicos" - Rick Perry, ex-gobernador de Texas. Notas y recursos del podcast "Atajos Mentales" - Adriana Correa podcast. Adriana Correa Instagram. Antón Gómez Escolar LinkedIn. Amanda Feilding. Guía Esencial del Renacimiento Psicodélico - libro. Rick Doblin entrevista. ICEERS. Alexander Shulgin. Robin Carhart-Harriss. La Drogopedia de Antón. Cómo Cambiar tu Mente - libro. Mujeres Psicodélicas - podcast. Eduardo Pinto LinkedIn. Elisabeth Fabian Instagram. Cristina Duncan - LinkedIn. El Neurofeedback. Natalia Algarín - X. "He pasado de dolor a no dolor, y a sentir, perdí a mis amigos, comencé a socializar, recuperé las relaciones con mis hijos, mi padre... Abran su mente un poco con los psicodélicos, investiguen, todos hemos sacado algo bueno, incluso teniendo un mal viaje" - Eduardo Pinto. Podcast Ciencia Psicodélica: 5 historias y experiencias de 5 personas sobre psicodélicos en Psychedelic Science 2023.

Could psychedelics be used to help tackle mental health issues like depression and addiction? In this episode of Brave New World, Evgeny Lebedev speaks to Professor David Nutt, one the leading researchers in this controversial field. His former student, now professor, Robin Carhart-Harris, describes the impact of his study comparing psychedelic medicine with mainstream medicine. Evgeny also meets pioneers like Amanda Feilding who developed the first images of the brain on LSD, and the psychologist Bill Richards who explains his research into consciousness. He also speaks to Buzzfeed journalist Lara Parker who used ketamine assisted therapy to treat clinical depression. In this episode:How do psychedelics really affect the brain?Why David Nutt says they can “disrupt the thought loops” behind depressionHow effective is ketamine assisted therapy?Robin Carhart-Harris describes his work with ‘magic mushrooms'Why Amanda Feilding set up the Foundation to Further ConsciousnessBill Richardson on why ‘mystical consciousness' is becoming “a scientific term”If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review and hit the follow button on your podcast provider so you never miss an episode of Brave New World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An earlier version of this was age-restricted on Youtube. I've edited the podcast to make it available to a wider audience. If you are interested in watching the uncensored version, you can find it on my patreon page: patreon.com/hamiltonmorrisThis is the first of a series of Amanda Feilding interviews I hope to release in the coming months. We discuss her self-trepanation, LSD research, and her film "Heartbeat in the Brain."-----------------A big thank you for supporting my content: Cannaclear - https://cannaclear.com Use the code "Hamilton" to get 15% off.Sheath Underwear - https://sheathunderwear.comSporting a micturition aperture! Use the code "Hamilton" to get 30% off.Lucy Tobacco-Free Nicotine - https://www.lucy.co/Lucy's mission is to reduce tobacco-related harm to zero: use the code "Hamilton"Matcha.com - https://matcha.com/Andrew Weil MD's matcha tea company. Use the code "Hamilton" for up to 20% off + a FREE gift.Top Tree Herbs Kratom Tea Bags - https://www.toptreeherbs.com Top Tree Herbs is the first kratom tea bag company, use the code "hamilton" for 15% offCannaclear Get 15% off with the code HamiltonSheath Underwear Get 15% off with the code "hamilton"Lucy Tobacco Free Nicotine Lucy's mission is to reduce tobacco-related harm to zero.Matcha.com Andrew Weil MD's matcha tea company. Use the code "Hamilton" for up to 20% off + a FREE gift.Top Tree Herbs Kratom Tea Bags Top Tree Herbs is the first kratom tea bag companyMerchandise Get our "DEA is a Terrorist Organization" Merchandise Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Rock Feilding-Mellen had a unique childhood growing up. As the son of Amanda Feilding, the Founder of Beckley Foundation and known as the “Queen of Psychedelics”, psychedelic discussion and exploration was a normal part of family life. Rock is now the Co-Founder of Beckley Waves, the venture arm of the broader Beckley ecosystem that includes the Beckley Foundation, Beckley Retreats and Beckley PsyTech. During this episode, we talk about growing up with Amanda Feilding, Rock's career into politics and how psilocybin mushrooms became his first glimmer of hope after a tragedy struck during his time in office.  This is a powerful episode about grace, service and hope. ❤️   Don't forget to subscribe, share and rate this podcast!    Beckley Waves and Beckley Foundation Websites: https://www.beckleywaves.com/ https://www.beckleyfoundation.org/   Enjoying Trip On This? Donations Welcome https://linktr.ee/lifewithkatwalsh Check out the new items in the TRIP ON THIS Shop!   https://www.etsy.com/shop/TripOnThisPod Social Media & Website: Instagram: http://instagram.com/lifewithkatwalsh TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@lifewithkatwalsh Twitter: http://twitter.com/lifewithkatwals Facebook: http://facebook.com/triponthispod  Trip On This Website: http://triponthispodcast.com Kat's Website: http://lifewithkatwalsh.com

This week, Dua is joined by drug policy reformer, lobbyist, Beckley Foundation founder, and the woman the FT called the "First Lady of LSD," Amanda Feilding, for a wide-ranging conversation about the past, present, and potential future of psychedelics. From the indigenous roots of substances such as psilocybin to the ways many governments have enforced strict laws on their usages over the past hundred years, Amanda's impassioned, lifelong work is on full display in her dialogue with Dua. Their conversation also touches on why certain countries have decriminalised substances like psilocybin, how substances like psychedelics might potentially be used for medicinal uses, and so much more. It's a fascinating deep dive into all-things psychedelics, one of the most hot topic issues of our times, so be sure to give this episode a listen. To get in touch, please send us an email to podcast@service95.com — and if you're enjoying the show, make sure to subscribe so that you are the first to hear about any new episodes of At Your Service. You can follow @service95 on Instagram and Twitter for all Dua Lipa: At Your Service updates. To receive the Service95 newsletter, introduced each week by Dua, subscribe at www.service95.com

Can neuroscience explain what happens to the brain on psychedelics? And even if we map the brain while it's tripping, does that tell us why these experiences can be so transformative?  We'll talk with some of the pioneers in psychedelic research — from Amanda Feilding's boundary-busting work to Robin Carhart-Harris' theory of the "entropic brain." Also, renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch goes down the rabbit hole on 5-MeO-DMT, also known as toad venom.   Original Air Date: July 15, 2023 Interviews In This Hour: Exploring consciousness on toad venom — The godmother of the European psychedelic revival — How therapeutic psilocybin could help heal long-buried trauma — Magic mushrooms and the 'entropic brain' Guests: Christof Koch, Amanda Feilding, David Nutt, Robin Carhart-Harris Never want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast. Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

Can neuroscience explain what happens to the brain on psychedelics? And even if we map the brain while it's tripping, does that tell us why these experiences can be so transformative?  We'll talk with some of the pioneers in psychedelic research — from Amanda Feilding's boundary-busting work to Robin Carhart-Harris' theory of the "entropic brain." Also, renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch goes down the rabbit hole on 5-MeO-DMT, also known as toad venom.   Original Air Date: July 15, 2023 Interviews In This Hour: Exploring consciousness on toad venom — The godmother of the European psychedelic revival — How therapeutic psilocybin could help heal long-buried trauma — Magic mushrooms and the 'entropic brain' Guests: Christof Koch, Amanda Feilding, David Nutt, Robin Carhart-Harris Never want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast. Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

Questo episodio non è per i deboli di cuore, Amanda Feilding, la nostra protagonista, oggi è cambiata, è un esempio da imitare, ma prima… beh, prima si faceva di LSD e pensava che trapanarsi il cranio da sola con un trapano da dentista fosse la risposta a tutti i mali (e si, si è anche filmata mentre lo faceva). Questa operazione delicatissima, la trapanazione cranica, accompagna la storia dell'uomo fin dal neolitico, ad oggi è l'intervento chirurgico che si ritiene essere il più antico di tutti. Oggi ti racconto come gli psichedelici stanno salvando il mondo e come, ahimè, prima di arrivare a questo punto, sono dovuti passare da fasi storiche grottesche e agghiaccianti. In questo episodio ti parlo di Amanda Feilding, la regina dell'LSD che oggi, con la sua fondazione sta aiutando migliaia di pazienti terminali e con malattie neurodegenerative. Io sono Marco, e non racconto storie --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marcocarniel/message

Amanda is an award-winning psychedelics researcher, policy advocate, and artist;  advancing psychedelic research for over 50 years.  Founder & Director of the Beckley Foundation, a UK-based think-tank and NGO, aiming to further our understanding of consciousness and how changes in cerebral circulation and neuronal activity underlie the effects of various psychoactive substances. Amanda's work lies at the cutting edge of psychedelic scientific research, she initiated the study which generated the world's first images of the brain on LSD. https://www.beckleyfoundation.org https://www.thetripreport.com

Introducing The Trip Report podcast by Beckley Waves, hosted by creator and author Zach Haigney. Beckley Waves, a venture studio spearheaded by psychedelic science and policy pioneer Amanda Feilding, seeks to build and support the infrastructure necessary for safe, legal and accessible psychedelic experiences. Expanding on our popular newsletter, the podcast is our latest endeavor to create a well-informed psychedelic ecosystem.Our world is changing at an unprecedented pace across science, politics, the economy, technology, and culture. A major part of this change is the reintegration of psychedelics into scientific research and, consequently, mainstream culture. After decades of stigmatization, these powerful compounds are now recognized for their immense therapeutic potential, addressing some of our toughest mental health challenges like depression, PTSD, and addiction. But it's not just about healing; psychedelics are being increasingly used for spiritual practices, personal evolution, and exploration of the mind and non-ordinary states of consciousness.However, as psychedelics gain popularity, we face a unique set of challenges. How do we navigate the diverse viewpoints, applications, environments, and motivations surrounding these mind-altering substances that have, until recently, been illegal? This question forms the basis of our podcast's mission: to explore the complex, exciting, and rapidly evolving world of psychedelic business, policy reform, cultural adoption, and scientific research.The Trip Report podcast aims to be a hub for diverse voices from across the psychedelic spectrum – the builders, therapists, psychonauts, scientists, clinicians, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, investors, regulators, and even the detractors and skeptics. We're not just talking; we're connecting – individuals with ideas, people with each other, and listeners with the broader developments of this new paradigm.Together, let's dive deep into the evolving psychedelic landscape, scrutinizing its intriguing dynamics, complexities, challenges, and opportunities, in an attempt to understand this unprecedented shift in human consciousness and society. We hope you'll join us on this journey.Listen to the episode on Substack, Spotify, Google, or Apple.Credits:* Hosted by Zach Haigney * Produced by Zach Haigney, Erin Greenhouse, and Katelin Jabbari* Find us at thetripreport.com* Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube* Theme music by MANCHO Sounds, Mixed and Mastered by Rollin Weary This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thetripreport.com

Amanda Feilding is known as "The Queen of the Psychedelic Renaissance" for good reason: In her 55 year + career, she's been at the forefront of both the original psychedelic counter culture movement in the 1960's and today's psychedelic mainstreaming.In this live podcast recorded at Breaking Convention in the UK, Amanda discusses her legacy as an evangelist for psychedelics and drug policy reform.Please consider rating & reviewing the podcast wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, “America's Doctor” Dean Edell, convicted psychiatrist Frederike Meckel Fisher, love doctor Charley Wininger, professor of psychedelics Thomas B. Roberts, ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna, the “Sunshine Makers” Tim Scully and Michael Randall, as well as many othersOver the past decade, many famous entrepreneurs and celebrities have begun to open up about their life-changing experiences with psychedelics that led to their personal successes. But less well-known are the wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences of many top psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, and others who have taken what they learned from their entheogenic experiences and applied it in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands.In this profound book, Dr. Richard Louis Miller shares stories of psychedelic transformation, insight, and wisdom from his conversations with 19 scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers, each of whom has been self-experimenting with psychedelic medicines, sub rosa, for decades. We hear from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation; ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna; research advocate and head of MAPS Rick Doblin; and the “Sunshine Makers”: Tim Scully, the scientist taught to make LSD by Owsley Stanley, and Michael Randall, the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. We learn about recasting “bad trips” as unfamiliar challenges from psychedelic swami Allan Ajaya as well as the therapeutic uses of MDMA from “the love doctor” Charley Wininger and gain decades of insights from psychedelic professor Thomas B. Roberts as well as several others. Revealing the psychedelic wisdom uncovered in spite of decades of the “War on Drugs,” Dr. Miller and his contributors show how LSD and other psychedelics offer a pathway to creativity, healing, innovation, and liberation.

Amanda Feilding is the founder and director of the Beckley Foundation. She has been called “The Queen of Consciousness,” “The First Lady of LSD,” “The Spiritual Godmother of a large and important field of medicine,” and “The Countess of Psychedelic Science.” She has coauthored over fifty scientific papers on the properties of entheogens. Her website … Continue reading "The Psychedelic Renaissance with Amanda Feilding"

In this episode of Joculation, LP shares his unique brand of comedy and satire on the news and headlines which matter most. With every other news article talking about the famed Lazarus Group cybercrime syndicate run by the North Korean government, one would think the reputation which precedes this group would have any target crapping their pants. In this episode, we discover the hero that we need – a hacker with the handle Px4 who took matters into his own hands after being hacked by the Lazarus Group. Let's listen to LP regale the tale of how Px4 launched his own DDoS attack against the North Korean internet, successfully took it down, and then automated his future DDoS attacks against North Korea just for the LOLz. Everyone has fond memories of their first true love – how their heart raced and depth and intensity of the emotions they felt. Join LP as he shares the love story of famous psychedelic researcher Amanda Feilding and her 15-year relationship with a pigeon filled with intense passion and deep-seated jealousy. If you listen closely to the screams of your brain cells as they commit seppuku after hearing this story, you can almost hear the famous Zen koan reverberating through the emptiness - How does a pigeon give tiny little kisses to your pupils if they don't have lips? Life is filled with the tombstones of epic, celebrated product launches which soar like the Hindenburg and subsequently explode into a pile of shit like the sauerkraut and cheddar bratwurst the day after the Superbowl. Epic product fails like Peeps flavored Pepsi, Etat Libre d'Orange's Secretions Magnifiques a semen scented perfume to help remember the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, and designer Nikolas Gregory's the Ripley - a kit which has everything you need to make intimately personalized jewelry from your ass are some of the greatest hits which litter this graveyard. In this episode, LP adds another opus of disaster to this list courtesy of Build-A-Bear and their ‘After Dark' horny teddy bear line. Yes, it's as painful as it sounds. If you enjoyed listening to the show, please give it a five-star rating, a review, and please share with your friends. It all genuinely helps others to find Joculation and grow the Circle of Intimacy. Please be sure to subscribe on Aureal One, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or wherever you are listening. The Joculation podcast is available across all major podcast platforms. Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/FaustLp) to keep up to date with all things LP and thank you. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lpfaust/message

This is the last episode for 2022 and what a year it was. But before 2023 starts, we have a great episode for you, which gives you a taste of what's to come at TNHC in 2023: live podcasts and events with an audience. I find this such an energetic experience to have an audience in the room and also provide room again for live Q & A. My guest was Rock Feilding-Mellen. He is from the family of Beckley organisations in the UK. And one of these companies is Beckley Retreats, which he co-founded with his mother, Amanda Feilding, who is also the founder and CEO of the Beckley Foundation, a great friend and inspiration to me. The Beckely foundation spear-headed much of the most groundbreaking scientific research upon which the new psychedelic renaissance is being built right now. But being the son of the “Queen of the Psychedelic Renaissance” likes Forbes calls Amanda, wasn't always easy for Rock. In this episode Rock talks about his route, via business and politics, to the realisation of how transformational and healing psychedelic assisted therapy can be. And how Europe will play a big part in the current booming psychedelic renaissance. https://www.beckleyfoundation.org/

In this episode of The Cured Collective Podcast, we sit down with Neil Markey, co-founder and CEO of Beckley Retreats, to discuss the healing power of psilocybin. The Beckley Foundation is a charitable organization set up by Amanda Feilding in 1998 to initiate and carry out pioneering research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, and to create a scientific base for global drug policy reform. Their aim is to harness the power of science in order to integrate psychoactive substances into society as safe and effective tools, to treat a broad range of health conditions and enhance wellbeing. Beckley Retreats offers a comprehensive, eleven-week program, dedicated to providing individuals with the tools they need to cultivate meaningful change. Neil is passionate about sharing the science-backed benefits of psychedelics in conjunction with the contemplative practices that support holistic wellbeing. As a former Captain in the US Army Special Operations 2nd Ranger Battalion, Neil is intimately familiar with the lasting (and far-reaching) effects of persistent depression and PTSD. His experience led him to alternative wellbeing practices and marked the start of a profound healing journey with mindfulness and psychedelics. Today, he credits meditation and plant medicine with saving his life. In our conversation, we discuss Neil's colorful journey to Beckley Retreats, as well as how Beckley Retreats is striving to making a lasting impact. For more information about Beckley Retreats, and to sign up for an upcoming Spring Retreats, click here. “Einstein said it best: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” – Neil Markey Key Highlights Why we may need to, at times, zoom out from our current circumstances and look at ‘the whole of a thing' with a new perspective; How different levels of consciousness can aid us in resolving different levels of problems; Why a hyper focus on our problems can contribute to difficulty in finding (and embracing) an available solution; Why Neil is so passionate about aiding others in their journey toward change, healing, and peace; What is involved in the eleven-week immersion program offered by Beckley Retreats; What leads various individuals to enroll, and who this program may be ‘best' for; Why integration and a return to ‘normal life' is essential for implementing and maintaining the new perspectives that arise from plant therapy sessions. Episode resources Opt-in to become a CURED Industry Insider and get a round-up of our favorite resources and exclusive deals. Text ‘INSIDER' to 1 (833) 830-0021; Download the FREE Productivity Guide; Learn more about any of Cured's all-natural products at our website and save 15% with checkout code "COLLECTIVE"; For any questions regarding Cured Nutrition products or our movement please email us directly at support@curednutrition.com Connect with Neil! E-mail: neil@beckleyretreats.com Website: www.beckleyretreats.com Connect with us! Instagram: @josephsheehey | @curednutrition

We've only gone and done a bonus episode! An audio addendum to our LA season this year, The Last Bohemians hopped over to Santa Fé to meet the one and only Julia Cameron. Our series is dedicated to creative women who've lived their lives outside the norm. Julia Cameron has spent hers guiding others, with her world-beating creativity manual The Artist's Way. Very sadly, Julia had just lost her beloved dog when we arrived one afternoon in 2022. But she soldiered on regardless. It's a whistlestop tour through her early days, breaking into the boys club of 1970s journalism alongside Hunter S Thompson, through her wild thirties in Hollywood married to Martin Scorsese, and eventually how she turned her life around by relocating to Georgia O'Keefe country, with its endlessly inspiring dramatic desert landscapes.  In this special episode, we enter Julia's writing room to talk about addiction and recovery, harnessing the creativity spirit, sexism and psychic powers, how she helped to write Taxi Driver, inspiration and motivation, her friendship with Eve Babitz and much more. For more, Julia Cameron's memoir Floor Sample was rereleased in the UK in summer 2022. CREDITS Presenter and Exec Producer: Kate Hutchinson Editor: Georgie Rogers Photography and recording: Anna Kooris With thanks to Anna-Maria Fitzgerald, Nick and Didi at Meow Wolf. The Last Bohemians theme music by Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It featured 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. The series won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards. Season two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre, and launched an LA series, supported by Audio-Technica, and starring Angelyne, Betye Saar, Gloria Hendry and more. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

For the final episode of The Last Bohemians: LA, supported by Audio-Technica, we meet French fashion disruptor and true original, Michéle Lamy. She's been married to the designer Rick Owens, her former pattern cutter, since 2006 and is often referred to as his 'muse'. But Michéle is a chameleonic creative in her own right, forever staging art happenings, musical collaborations and style projects around the world, as well as co-designing the furniture for the Rick Owens line. She's so in-demand that she's tricky to track down: we did this interview partly in London, at Claridges in Mayfair, and partly at the Chateau Marmont in LA, the city Michéle lived in for 26 years until the early 2000s. In those days, she was better known as the owner and host of cult Hollywood nightspot Les Deux Cafe, where anyone who's anyone would dine as Michéle performed smoky jazz numbers in her thick drawl. Now Michéle is more nomadic, splitting her time between Los Angeles and Paris, and attracting beautiful freaks wherever she goes. A gothic style icon (she's been called a vampire, ageless, the ultimate eccentric…), her signature look is ink-dipped fingers, a line of kohl on her forehead, a voluminous outfit and a cigarette always in her hand. Listen out for her many bangles too, which clank as she speaks! In this hypnotic episode, Michéle talks to us about the influence of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, her style awakening in the Moroccan desert, how she decides who to collaborate with, her unlikely kinship with Kim Kardashian, why she loves boxing, how she got gold teeth, following her instincts and the importance of “finding your tribe”. That's it for the LA series but listen out for some bonus episodes very soon.  CREDITS Presenter and Exec Producer: Kate Hutchinson Editors: Holly Fisher and Mariana Sousa Aguiar Additional production: Sefa Nyki Photography: Matilda Hill-Jenkins With thanks to Janet Fischgrund and everyone at Owenscorp All music by Mara Carlyle with the exception of 'Laman' by Imdukal'N' El Hussain Safir and The Last Bohemians theme music by Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones. ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It featured 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. The series won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards. Season two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre, and launched an LA series, supported by Audio-Technica, in summer. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

Penny Slinger was a mover and shaker in Swinging London's art scene – though you might not have heard of her. She went to Chelsea Art School at the height of the Pop Art boom and, inspired by Max Ernst, went on to mix up self-portrait, collage, film and sculpture to create surreal and feminist images that still provoke today.  Among these were her “full frontal collages”, including ones where Penny appears inside a wedding cake, the slice between her legs removed. Her 1977 collage masterpiece, An Exorcism, meanwhile, evoked the darkness of the English psyche, stitching together ghoulish images of the countryside, genitals, nuns and manor houses.  In the UK, Penny counted the photographer Lee Miller among her friends and, at one point, lived in a turret in Soho, where her boyfriend – the counterculture film-maker Peter Whitehead – kept falcons. How's that for bohemian! Penny appeared in experimental films and wrote a number of books on themes of sex, mysticism, eroticism and inner goddesses, including groundbreaking books of her collages and poetry, such as 50% The Invisible Woman. But after a solo show in New York in 1982, she abandoned the art world, tired of its sexism and narrow-mindedness. She moved first to the Caribbean, then to Northern California and finally settled in LA. It isn't until recently that Penny's work has been rediscovered. In 2009, she was included in the Angels of Anarchy show of female surrealists in Manchester and she was the subject of a 2017 documentary by Richard Kovitch. In our final Last Bohemians LA episode, supported by Audio-Technica, Penny covers a range of topics, including her sexual and sensual liberation, finding her voice in a male-dominated art scene, starring in the only feature film directed by a woman in the 1970s, how she hopes to see a retrospective in her lifetime and how desire doesn't diminish with age... CREDITS Presenter: Kate Hutchinson Producer: Holly Fisher Photography: Lisa Jelliffe. With thanks to Zoe Flowers. Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It featured 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. The series won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards. Season two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre, and launched an LA series, supported by Audio-Tecnica, in summer. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

Speak to anyone from the 1980s punk scene in Los Angeles and they'll tell you: Johanna Went is an underground legend. While the bands like Black Flag, Fear and X were thrashing out their three chords and the truth, Went would take to the stage at clubs like The Masque, Club Lingerie and Hong Kong Cafe and perform between the live shows. The crowd hadn't seen anything like it before. She wasn't a punk musician per se but the “hyena of performance art”, whose transgressive spectacles of New Wave theatre, experimental noise, elaborate and crude costumes, chaotic rituals, and gory props like pig heads and fake blood – lots of blood – built a cult following and predated Lady Gaga's meat dress and Peaches' raucous stage antics and costumes by decades. Johanna's shows were wild, depraved and often grotesque, boldly taking on themes like female pleasure and menstruation. Take her 1988 performance Passion Container, in which she pulled giant bloodied tampons out of a silk vagina and chucked them into the crowd – this was pre-riot grrrl and before L7's legendary tampon-flinging performance at Reading Festival in 1992.  Many aren't sure where Johanna Went went but The Last Bohemians: LA, supported by Audio-Technica, found her living a quieter life, in the beach town of Ventura, California. Across her garden table, she looks back at her transgressive work and talks about the magic of the 1980s punk scene, growing up an outsider, the beauty of performance art and why embracing ageing is the punkest move of all. CREDITS Presenter and Exec-Producer: Kate Hutchinson Editor: Georgie Rogers Additional production: Holly Fisher Mixing and mastering: Mariana Sousa Aguiar Photography: Kate Hutchinson With thanks to Sarah Cooper at the Getty, Alice Bag, Mara Carlyle and all at Erased Tapes. MUSIC Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones Piano Scapes 3  Written and performed by Qasim Naqvi Courtesy of Erased Tapes Angelus Novus Written by Saki Sugimoto Performed by Hatis Noit Courtesy of Erased Tapes Away With These Self-Loving Lads (Instrumental) - Mara Carlyle Pearl (Instrumental) - Mara Carlyle  Bowlface en Provence (Instrumental) - Mara Carlyle Bonding (Instrumental) - Mara Carlyle Nerveskade - Sickhead Apache Tomcat - Alright Rock N Roll FURTHER READING/LISTENING X-Trax Hyperallergic ArtForum Bandcamp ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It featured 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. The series won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards. Season two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre, and launched an LA series, supported by Audio-Tecnica, in summer. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

In the north of Los Angeles, in a neighbourhood called Glendale, an unassuming bungalow is home to one of the first women in Hollywood to cut men's hair. Today she goes by the glitziest of names, Madelynn von Ritz, but back in the 60s she was called Lynn Castle and hung out with key people of the era, lopping off Jim Morrison, the Byrds, Sonny Bono and Neil Young's locks. She was also a secret musician. But despite her childhood friends being musical svengalis like Phil Spector – who she once dated – as well as Jack Nietzcshe and Lee Hazlewood, it took her a while to reveal her talent. Eventually, however, she cut a number of intimate, melancholy demos in the hazy 60s with Hazlewood, who later famously teamed up with Nancy Sinatra and helped define the decade's psychedelic sound. Lynn is now 83 (going on 53!) and still writes music to this day, with a home studio tucked in the corner of her living room. Those old demos, meanwhile, were found by the label Light in the Attic and reissued as Rose Coloured Corner in 2017 – an album 50 years in the making – including her signature song, pop gem The Lady Barber.  In this episode of The Last Bohemians: LA, supported by Audio-Technica, Lynn discusses her 'friendship' with Elvis, her series of almost-famous moments with Bob Dylan and the Stones, her positive outlook and life, and unexpectedly digs out letters from an old flame... CREDITS Presenter/Exec-Producer: Kate Hutchinson Producer: Holly Fisher Photography: Lisa Jelliffe Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones With thanks to Light in the Attic Records. ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It stole hearts with 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. It won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards. Series two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

Our LA series, supported by Audio-Technica, returns this week with a Last Bohemians first: in a very special episode, we speak to three generations of an American artistic dynasty up in the leafy hills of Laurel Canyon: the incredible Betye Saar, her daughter Alison Saar and and granddaughter Maddy Leeser. Betye Saar, 96 (she was 95 at the time of making this podcast), is a revered assemblage, collage and installation artist, known for her use of found objects, and was part of both the Black Arts and feminist art movements in 1960s and 70s California. Her best known works include 1969's Black Girl's Window, which incorporates elements of mysticism and brings to mind the current #BlackGirlMagic movement, and 1972's The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, a piece of art that confronted racist and cultural stereotypes. The latter was so revolutionary, said the Guardian, “that the activist and scholar Angela Davis credited it with launching the Black women's movement.” Betye is currently experiencing something of a renaissance, underlined by recent, pre-pandemic solo shows at MOMA in New York and its LA equivalent, LACMA. She still makes art every day. But, as Harper's Bazaar recently said, her proudest legacy is her family. We sit around the table and share tea and biscuits not only with Betye but with Alison Saar, 66, one of her three daughters, who started out by working with her father, Richard Saar, in his ceramics studio. A breathtaking sculptor whose work spans four decades, Alison's pieces often take the form of female figures. They explore different takes on African-African experiences, and the idea of history repeating, often made in response to events and themes like Hurricane Katrina and the AIDS crisis, the menopause and mythology. And we are also joined by Alison's daughter Maddy Inez Leeser, 28, who makes stunning ceramics inspired by the natural world. The phrase “generational magic” really jumps out during this conversation, as the three women discuss motherhood and creativity, making art out of the everyday, being a mixed race family and the importance of exploring their African-American heritage, and the life and career advice that has been passed down from generation to generation. It was such a privilege to join them one afternoon at Alison's house in LA. We hope you enjoy hearing their gorgeous slice of life among the birdsong and car beeps. CREDITS Presenter/Exec-Producer: Kate Hutchinson Producers: Sue Merlino and Holly Fisher Additional production: Will Horrocks Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones With thanks to: The Saar family, Emma Haru, Lisa Jann, Kimberly David, Lauren Graber and Julie at Roberts Projects LA, and Bobby Lee and Ali at Warm Music for generously donating us the track Walking With Trees. ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It stole hearts with 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. It won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards. Series two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

Rebecca Nicholson is the CEO of 5D World and Founding partner of 5D Ventures. Unlike other psychedelic VCs that focus on biotech, 5D's “Progression of Consciousness Fund” is the only psychedelic fund focused on investing in psychedelic retreats. Rebecca joins the Brom podcast to discuss: - her views on investing in retreats - the difference between retreats and clinics - her own experience at some of these retreats - including tripping with Amanda Feilding - the importance of the feminine perspective in the psychedelic industry. Make sure to subscribe to the show! Check out 5d world at: https://www.5dworld.com/ Follow Brom on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/therealbrom Brom's Venture Fund: https://www.empath.vc

The Last Bohemians returns with a brand new series set in Tinseltown, supported by Audio-Technica. From forgotten feminist artists to Sunset Strip sexpots and from punk performers to subversive style disruptors (and one Californian arts dynasty!): these are some of the most maverick women in LA, whose stories each say something different about the city. In episode two, Team TLB head up to the valley and to the incredible home of Linda Ramone, wife of the late Johnny Ramone – guitarist in one the greatest punk bands there ever was – and custodian of the Linda and Johnny Ramone Ranch, a paradise of countercultural curios, movie memorabilia and Elvis collectables. Over a morning aperitif, Linda talks about growing up with NYC punk, dating bandmates and younger men, what Lisa-Marie Presley thinks of her themed Elvis room, the importance of fandom, her musical obsessions, how she maintains rock'n'roll's legacy and the best way to silence your critics. CREDITS Presenter/exec producer: Kate Hutchinson Editor: Georgie Rogers Recording and additional production: Holly Fisher Additional production: Colour It In. Photography: Lisa Jelliffe Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones With thanks to Nancy Sinatra. ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It stole hearts with 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. It won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards.  Series two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

The Last Bohemians returns with a brand new series set in Tinseltown, supported by Audio-Technica. From forgotten feminist artists to Sunset Strip sexpots and from punk performers to subversive style disruptors (and one Californian arts dynasty!): these are some of the most maverick women in LA, whose stories each say something different about the city. Episode two is with 1970s Bond Girl, Gloria Hendry. She made film history when she snogged 007 in Live and Let Die, becoming Bond's first Black love interest. She took on edgy roles in what were known as blaxploitation films, like Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem. And before that, she became a Playboy Bunny in 1960s New York at the same time as training as a legal secretary, right when the Civil Rights Movement was bubbling up around her. She's a total trailblazer, whose life story takes us from a broken home in New Jersey to the glitzy casinos of New York, via a film audition with Roger Moore in New Orleans. She remembers filming Bond, her raunchy scenes from what she calls the “Black renaissance” in cinema, how her life unravelled and how California helped get her back on her feet, what the Playboy Club taught her about life, why she stays in shape and how she paved the way for Black women in film. If you want more, do check out her recent memoir, GLORIA, which is filled with incredible Playboy photographs of her from the 1970s and some abs to die for. Trigger warning: this episode contains themes of abuse and suicide towards the beginning. CREDITS Presenter/exec producer: Kate Hutchinson Editor: Georgie Rogers Recording and additional production: Holly Fisher Photography: Lisa Jelliffe Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones With thanks to Anders Frejdh, Dan Moss @ Colour It In, Mr & Mrs Smith. ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It stole hearts with 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. It won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards.  Series two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians instagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

The Last Bohemians returns with a brand new series in Tinseltown, supported by Audio-Technica. From forgotten feminist artists to Sunset Strip sexpots and from punk performers to subversive style disruptors (and one Bond Girl!), these are maverick and radical women whose stories each say something different about the City of Angels. Recorded in spring 2022, host Kate Hutchinson decamped to Hollywood with producer Holly Fisher and photographer Lisa Jelliffe to find inspiration from cult figures, forgotten stars and cultural firebrands alike. Episode one kicks off with LA legend Angelyne, the blonde bombshell who rose to fame in the 1980s when billboards of the then-unknown pin-up started mysteriously appearing around the city (and about whom Peacock released a major biopic this year). Get to know the real Angelyne, one of the city's most recognisable cult figures, as Kate takes an eventful ride in her hot-pink Corvette and is schooled in the difference between mystery and mystique. She gets an introduction to image as business and hears how Angelyne laid the groundwork for the influencer generation of Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and more. She even once ran against Arnie to be Governor of California. As the TV show aims to uncover Angelyne's true identity, we try to uncover what makes her tick. And what does she really want with LA? CREDITS Exec producer/host: Kate Hutchinson Producer: Holly Fisher Sound Design: Holly Fisher Photography: Lisa Jelliffe Theme music: Pete Cunningham, Ned Pegler and Caradog Jones With thanks to Scott. ABOUT AUDIO-TECHNICA In 1962, with a vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone, Audio-Technica's founder Hideo Matsushita created the first truly affordable phono cartridge, the AT-1 in Shinjuku, Japan. Since then, Audio-Technica has grown into a world-renowned company devoted to Audio Excellence at every level, expanding the product range to include headphones, microphones and turntables. Audio-Technica's commitment to the user experience and their devotion to high quality design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution has placed them at the forefront of the industry for the last 60 years. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS Journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson launched The Last Bohemians in 2019, pairing the audio with stunning portraits by photographer Laura Kelly. It stole hearts with 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. It won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards.  Series two featured folk legend Judy Collins; British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, dealing with the aftermath of losing her lover while celebrating 50 years in fashion; anarcho-punk innovator and illustrator Gee Vaucher; and the controversial witch at the heart of the 1970s occult boom, Maxine Sanders. In 2021, The Last Bohemians launched a lockdown special with performance artist Marina Abramović; it returned in 2022 with the UK's greatest living painter, Maggi Hambling, as well as Bowie's former best friend Dana Gillespie and theatre actor Cleo Sylvestre. thelastbohemians.co.uk patreon.com/thelastbohemians Iinstagram.com/thelastbohemianspod twitter.com/thelastbohospod 

 Psychedelic Diaries episode summary:We talk with Rebecca Nicholson — CEO of 5D World — about healing in a group setting, the importance of our elders, and rewiring your soul system. Highlights:00:00 — Come up01:16 — NUGGET AND A NOODLE: Maryland state passes bill to fund psychedelic research03:54 — How do your plentiful past travels and experiences with nature impact you as a CEO?06:13 — Burning off an intention to the universe 09:08 — What has your Jamaica retreat with Amanda Feilding shown you?12:59 — Do you believe there's a way to bring retreats to the masses?15:30 — How was Rebecca's experience going public on psychedelics?18:39 — Ray and Rebecca share mystical experiences24:12 — SOUL SEARCH: What is your ideal mix of mind-altering substances to chill on a Friday night...?Rebecca Nicholson Rebecca Nicholson is the CEO of 5D World and Founding partner of 5D Ventures. Her vision and creativity are balanced with a grounding force that allows her to oversee executive leadership and operations in the fast-paced and ever evolving industry of impact investing.   Rebecca brings over 20 years of experience managing high-level teams and projects, leading transformation into all that she does. She is responsible for running all facets of the business at 5D World including bringing her passion, patience, and persistence to investor relations, driving company growth, development of corporate culture, team-building, projections and goal-setting, events, and fundraising. She is also on the Advisory Board for Dimensions Retreats, is a panelist and a founding member of Women Advancing Psychedelics.  Before joining 5D World she excelled as an industry leader in the marketing and wellness sectors.  Rebecca currently resides in Toronto and she is passionate about her two sons, exploring deep nature and building strength through her dedicated yoga practice. Find Rebecca here: https://www.5dworld.com/ https://www.instagram.com/5dworld_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-nicholson-31b068208/ https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_nicholson_/ Become part of the growing Psilocybin Psoirée with promo code MUSHROOM22 

The Last Bohemians has gone to LA for a brand new series, supported by Audio-Technica, starting on 6 July and starring LA icon Angelyne, subversive fashion disruptor Michéle Lamy, punk-rock widow Linda Ramone, feminist surrealist Penny Slinger, punk performance artist Johanna Went, artists and sculptors Betye Saar, Alison Saar and Maddy Leeser, cult musician – and LA's first female barber – Lynn Castle and Bond girl Gloria Hendry. Heartbroken and feeling adrift during the pandemic, host and creator Kate Hutchinson decamped to Hollywood in search of the wildest women in the City of Angels to help her get her mojo back. From Sunset Strip sexpots to Downtown artists, she meets a diverse range of incredible women – and one artistic dynasty! – who have lived life on the edge and who, even in their seventies, eighties or even nineties, still refuse to play by the rules. Series four stars: Angelyne, the blonde bombshell who rose to fame in the 1980s when billboards of the then-unknown pin-up started mysteriously appearing around the city and about whom Peacock released a major biopic last month. Michéle Lamy: the subversive French fashion disruptor at the Chateau Marmont on style, inspiration, how she works with her husband Rick Owens and her one-time notorious LA nightspot, Les Deux Cafe. Gloria Hendry: the former Bond girl, blaxploitation-era star and Playboy Bunny talks about being 007's first black love interest, breaking taboos onscreen and paving the way for the Black Panther generation. Linda Ramone: the punk-rock widow shows us around her home, the Linda and Johnny Ramone Ranch, with its themed Elvis and Disney rooms, and discusses love triangles, legacies and the demise of rock'n'roll. Betye Saar, Alison Saar and Maddy Leeser: a joyous encounter with the 95-year-old African-American artist Betye Saar, her artist daughter Alison and grand-daughter Maddy, at home in Laurel Canyon. Lynn Castle: the 83-year-old musician and first lady barber of Los Angeles on cutting Jim Morrison and Neil Young's hair, being Phil Spector's high school sweetheart, her relationship with Elvis, and Nancy Sinatra stealing her style. Johanna Went: the most notorious performance artist on the 80s LA punk scene – and the Lady Gaga that never was – gets frank about the power of ageing. Penny Slinger: the forgotten feminist surrealist and British bohemian – who escaped England for California – explores the divine feminine, exorcisms, making counterculture films in the 1960s and how her work came to define Women's Lib. ABOUT THE LAST BOHEMIANS The Last Bohemians is the vivid, hallucinatory podcast-portrait series started in 2019 by journalist Kate Hutchinson and now in its fourth series. It won silver for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and was a finalist at the 2021 Audio Production Awards, stealing hearts with 86-year-old Molly Parkin's stories of self-pleasuring, LSD countess Amanda Feilding's trepanning tales and Pamela Des Barres' reflections on supergroupiedom. If you like what you hear, feel free to support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/thelastbohemians LINKS www.thelastbohemians.co.uk IG: @thelastbohemianspod; @katehutchinsonpow Twitter: @thelastbohospod; @katehutchinson The Last Bohemians LA team:  Kate Hutchinson (exec producer/host) Holly Fisher (senior producer) Lisa Jeliffe (photographer) Matilda Jenkins (photographer, Michele Lamy),  Sue Merlino (producer) Georgie Rogers (editor)

Amanda Feilding is a scientist, veteran drug policy reformer, lobbyist, and the founder of the Beckley Foundation, which initiates research into the effects of psychoactive substances on the brain and uses the results to advocate for drug policy reform. We talked about her journey advocating for drug policy reform, and she shared her musing about the ever-evolving landscape of psychoactive substances.

I first met Amanda Feilding in the late 1990s, when she was launching the Beckley Foundation to conduct and support research on psychedelics. I must admit that I failed to anticipate how successful and influential she would become, with Amanda described in the media as “the queen of consciousness” and her Beckley Foundation playing a leading role in psychedelics research and advocacy not just in Britain but globally. We talked about her life and loves, her theories about the power of psychedelics to enhance creativity, why she favors LSD above all others, the importance of mystical experience and ego dissolution, and the many important research studies she has instigated and sponsored.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Psychiatrist Stanislav Grof said “Psychedelics, used responsibly and with proper caution, would be for psychiatry what the microscope is for biology and medicine or the telescope is for astronomy.” Today's podcast is on the subject of psychedelics with Amanda Feilding. She is the Director of the Beckley Foundation, a charitable organisation set up in 1998 to initiate and carry out pioneering research into the underlying mechanisms and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, and to create a scientific base for global drug policy reform. Amanda  is perhaps the original ‘disruptor' reopening the whole field of research into psychedelics, from psilocybin to LSD, MDMA to DMT. Now two decades later let's catch up on what's happening in this exciting new frontier of psychedelics and what this could show us about mental health, happiness and consciousness itself. See my website for more on mental health https://www.patrickholford.com/topic/mental-health/

We discuss previously underappreciated personal stories of how the Psychedelic Renaissance was sparked since 1971. Description: 1971 was the year when drug prohibition came into force. Did we tell you the story of how the tables were turned against the prohibition of drugs? Or did we tell you the hurdles that were needed to be overcome. Well, that's exactly the point of the episode. We are here to bring to you how the road to psychedelic renaissance was built. And if you think, it came from overwhelming people with data, just like how a typical scientist thinks, you would be amazed at the personalities who paved the way, as much as the ones that broke it for themselves and for the world. We discuss the unconventional paths taken by Amanda Feilding of Beckley Foundation, Rick Doblin of MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and more importantly, the trailblazers who initiated the clinical studies before anyone did - The Heffter Research Institute. We interview the original members - Dr. Mark Geyer of UCSD to tell us the never-reported personal stories of the creation of Heffter Research Institute and the Psilocybin studies. 

Sarah Vine and co-host Imogen Edwards-Jones are rather dubious about Boris Johnson's use of 'Franglais' (and very admiring of the young Prince Philip). They speak to Amanda Feilding, a psychedelic pioneer who believes micro-dosing hallucinogens such as LSD could solve people's mental problems (and who drilled a hole in her own skull to achieve enlightenment). Plus, someone tries to cure Sarah of her hatred of Strictly - and TV historian Bettany Hughes makes everyone jealous with a new series which involves rather a lot of glamorous travel… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest this morning is Countess Amanda Feilding – the Founder and Executive Director of the Beckley Foundation – widely recognized as a leading force behind the current Psychedelic Renaissance.Born in 1943, Countess Feilding is the youngest child of Basil Feilding, great-grandson of the 7th Earl of Denbigh and the Marquess of Bath, and his wife and cousin, Margaret Feilding.She has propelled the field forward over the last 20+ years, spearheading studies such as the world's first psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression study (on which Compass Pathways based their business), the world's first LSD, MDMA and DMT brain imaging studies, plus the initiation and collaboration with Johns Hopkins on the first study using psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to overcome nicotine addiction. She has also co-authored over 80 research papers. Since 1998, the Beckley Foundation has been at the forefront of exploratory research into psychedelics, and evidence-based global drug policies. Through her work with the Beckley Foundation, Amanda is bridging the gap between science and policy, creating a positive feedback loop, with the aim of building and harnessing our knowledge of the benefits of currently prohibited compounds to optimize human health, wellbeing and potential.Today, however, she joins me to discuss how psychedelics have influenced her own journey – taking us from her early days as an independent youth, through her life as an influential spokesperson, advocate, and researcher into psychedelics and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

We discuss previously underappreciated personal stories of how the Psychedelic Renaissance was sparked since 1971. Description: 1971 was the year when drug prohibition came into force. Did we tell you the story of how the tables were turned against the prohibition of drugs? Or did we tell you the hurdles that were needed to be overcome. Well, that's exactly the point of the episode. We are here to bring to you how the road to psychedelic renaissance was built. And if you think, it came from overwhelming people with data, just like how a typical scientist thinks, you would be amazed at the personalities who paved the way, as much as the ones that broke it for themselves and for the world. We discuss the unconventional paths taken by Amanda Feilding of Beckley Foundation, Rick Doblin of MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and more importantly, the trailblazers who initiated the clinical studies before anyone did - The Heffter Research Institute. We interview the original members - Dr. Mark Geyer of UCSD to tell us the never-reported personal stories of the creation of Heffter Research Institute and the Psilocybin studies. 

Amanda Feilding is a drug policy reformer, lobbyist and research coordinator. She has been an advocate for psychedelics since the 60s and, in 1998, founded the Beckley Foundation. The foundation supports neuroscientific and clinical research into the effects of psychedelics on the brain and mind and has been behind many of the scientific breakthroughs in the psychedelic renaissance, including first trial of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression and the first ever scans of the brain on LSD. Today we talk about all the great work that Amanda and the Beckley foundation have been doing over the years.  

Together with Professor David Nutt they will be talking about the beauty behind psychoactive substances as well as the, equally interesting, stories from Lady Feilding's life journey. Drug Science live podcast recording with Professor David Nutt!  If you want to find out how to travel to Ceylon for 25 pounds do have a listen! Amanda Feilding is the Founder and Executive Director of the Beckley Foundation, and is widely recognised as a leading force behind the current Psychedelic Renaissance. By establishing key Research Programmes at some of the world's most prestigious institutions (including Imperial College London, Maastricht University, Sant Pau in Barcelona, IDOR and UFRN in Brazil), she has propelled the field forward over the last 20+ years, conducting landmark studies, such as the world's first psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression study (on which Compass Pathways based their business), the world's first LSD, MDMA and DMT brain imaging studies, plus the initiation and collaboration with Johns Hopkins on the first study using psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to overcome nicotine addiction. She has also co-authored over 80 research papers.Since its inception in 1998, the Beckley Foundation has been at the forefront of exploratory research into psychedelics and cannabis, and evidence-based global drug policies. Through a series of pivotal international seminars at the House of Lords (starting in 2000) with leading figures from around the world in different fields, from science to politics, plus over 60 much-cited books, reports and papers, and numerous meetings with thought-leaders, academics, and policy-makers at the UN and governments around the world, Amanda has ensured that the Beckley Foundation has been at the forefront of global drug policy reform, particularly in the field of cannabis and the psychedelics. Through her work with the Beckley Foundation, Amanda is bridging the gap between science and policy, creating a positive feedback loop, with the aim of building and harnessing our knowledge of the benefits of currently prohibited compounds to optimise human health, wellbeing and potential. Drug Science live podcast recording with Professor David Nutt! CannabisLSDTimothy LearyBart HughesPsychedelic Microdosing LSD's impact on brain interconnectivity Beckley FoundationMdmaJoseph “Joey” MellenAlbert HofmannSir Colin BlakemorePsilocybinThe Beckley/Imperial Psychedelic Research Programme The effects of psilocybin and MDMA on between-network resting state functional connectivity in healthy volunteersAlexander “Sasha” ShulginAyahuascaDefault mode networkBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)Neuroplasticity ★ Support this podcast ★

A conversa é com o cientista Stevens Rehen, e o programa ainda conta com outras duas entrevistas internacionais inéditas de Pedro Bial: com a condessa Amanda Feilding e com o jornalista Michael Pollan. Através de livros e pesquisas, os dois atuam diretamente para difundir os benefícios do uso de psicodélicos para tratar a saúde mental das pessoas.

 Music Used in this Episode: Kevin Macleod: Himalayan Atmosphere/Eastern Thought/Dhaka/Ancient Rite(incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Mic: Eyes ClosedLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Schemawound: A Spoonful of Honey/If You Can't be the Sun Be the SunLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Julie Felix: Brain Blood VolumeFrom the LP “Changes”, Fontana, 1965Used under Fair Use Doctrine Additional Original Music by Skillpak 

In this episode of Better Thinking, Nesh Nikolic speaks with Amanda Feilding about the transformative and therapeutic potential of psychedelic compounds and their clinical applications. Amanda Feilding has been called the ‘hidden hand’ behind the renaissance of psychedelic science, and her contribution to global drug policy reform has also been pivotal and widely acknowledged. Amanda was first introduced to LSD in the mid-1960s, at the height of the first wave of scientific research into psychedelics. Impressed by its capacity to initiate mystical states of consciousness and heighten creativity, she quickly recognised its transformative and therapeutic power. Inspired by her experiences, she began studying the mechanisms underlying the effects of psychedelic substances and dedicated herself to exploring ways of harnessing their potential to cure sickness and enhance wellbeing. In 1996, Amanda set up The Foundation to Further Consciousness, changing its name to the Beckley Foundation in 1998. She realised that the potential harms and benefits of cannabis and psychedelics could only be adequately assessed by developing a sound scientific understanding of their mechanisms of action. Through the Foundation, she set about using cutting-edge brain imaging technologies to examine the neurophysiological changes underlying altered states of consciousness. Her long-held aim is to further our understanding of consciousness and how changes in cerebral circulation and neuronal activity underlie the effects of various psychoactive substances, so that we can better harness their potential to improve the human condition. Episode link at https://neshnikolic.com/podcast/amanda-feilding See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Susie Pearl talks to Amanda Feilding, a drug researcher and leader of scientific research in the area of psychedelic drugs.  Amanda is founder of the Beckley Foundation, a charity supporting research into the effects of psychoactive substances on the brain and cognition. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susiepearl/message

“Ego Dissolution” Why a psychedelic is so potentially beneficial is that they have the effect of shaking up rigid thought patterns and behavior which gets fixated. The person makes the same mistake for the rest of their lives. What happens in a psychedelic state, particularly if they have a good psychotherapist to guide them, is that their wish to overcome their problem (depression/addiction) becomes stronger. Under the psychedelic effect, the “default mode network” (ego) is reduced to the point where maybe people have a complete ego dissolution. It’s as if you’re restarting a computer. Suddenly it shakes up the whole setting and a new setting can come into place which hopefully is better suited for dealing with the situation in the real world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

I talk to Amanda Feilding, the “Countess of Psychedelics Science”, who you could say was somewhat of a psychedelic and scientific socialite in the sixties, and who has been a strong advocate behind the resurgence of psychedelic science and reform. Also known as Lady Neidpath and the Countess of Wemyss and March, she lives in Beckley Park, an estate just outside Oxford. Amanda’s contribution to global drug policy reform and early psychedelic research has been pivotal and widely acknowledged. She was first introduced to LSD in the mid-sixties, at the height of the first wave of scientific research into psychedelics. Impressed by its capacity to initiate mystical states of consciousness and heighten creativity, she quickly recognised its transformative and therapeutic powers. Today she is the owner of the Beckley Foundation, a UK-based think-tank and UN-accredited NGO, dedicated to activating global drug policy reform and initiating scientific research into psychoactive substances.

Amanda Feilding is the founder and executive director of the Beckley Foundation, and is widely recognised as one of the driving forces behind the current psychedelic research renaissance. By establishing key research collaborations with some of the world’s most prestigious universities, she has propelled the field forward over the last 20 years, conducting several landmark studies, such as the world’s first LSD brain imaging study.   Since its inception, the Beckley Foundation has been at the forefront of the development of evidence-based drug policy. Through a series of pivotal international seminars at the House of Lords, over 50 much-cited reports and numerous meetings with thought-leaders, academics, policy-makers and the public, Amanda has ensured that the Beckley Foundation is a leader in the movement for drug policy reform. Through her work with the Beckley Foundation, Amanda is bridging the gap between science and policy, allowing them to complement and inform one another, ultimately harnessing our knowledge of the benefits of many prohibited substances to maximise human wellbeing. In this conversation, we dive deep into Amanda’s personal life experience and work in the field over the last several decades.   I know that this conversation will be the first of many with Amanda, and I hope you enjoy getting to know this Psychedelic Queen as much as I did!   What you will learn:    Why LSD is such a powerful tool for consciousness exploration with specific attention to the brain and the safety profile of this compound The importance of questioning authorities and being an independent thinker The devastating problem of current drug policy  How LSD can bridge the gap between science and religion  Why trappanation (drilling a hole in the human skill) may be of value for humans now   Resources   Beckley Foundation  Instagram: @beckleyresearch

In this episode, Joe interviews Amanda Feilding, Founder and Director of The Beckley Foundation. In the show, they cover topics on psychedelic research, policy work, regulation, and the benefits of psychedelics in a time of crisis. 3 Key Points: The Beckley Foundation pioneers psychedelic research to drive evidence-based drug policy reform, founded and directed by Amanda Feilding as a UK-based think-tank and NGO. There is some interesting research happening around LSD expanding the neuroplasticity of the mind and increasing neurogenesis. We are in the midst of a mental health crisis, especially in the West, and psychedelics may be helpful in improving mental health. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Show Notes The Beckley Foundation Amanda says she felt alone for a long time, they were taking a scientific approach, and it was much too serious for the underground The Beckley Foundation is doing policy work, medical work, scientific work, etc Amanda has a passion for science, but felt a social responsibility to do the policy work It's a very destructive work with ‘drugs’, because they are all under the same umbrella, but we psychedelic enthusiasts know, that psychedelics are beneficial and different than other drugs Joe mentions he always thought how crazy LSD sentencing is, in some places it is longer than murder charges “The ego is really a mirror of the government, and it can be much too restrictive and damaging” - Amanda LSD LSD increases cognitive function by expanding the networks of integrative centers in the brain Amanda thinks that LSD is better at increasing cognition than mushrooms She says they are doing exciting work with LSD and how it expands neuroplasticity of the mind, and how it increases neurogenesis She thinks we haven't really even scratched the surface of exploring the benefits of these compounds Joe says he is hearing about a lot of athletes using LSD as a performance enhancing drug Neuroplasticity is like when the brain becomes hot metal and it can adapt and change Crisis We have a horrible mental health crisis in the west, 1 in 3 teenage girls are depressed Out of all death causes in the US, air pollution is one of the largest “Our society needs a paradigm shift” - Amanda Amanda says that she doesn't believe that all people need to take psychedelics, but that they can be very beneficial Regulation Joe says he would love to see regulation everywhere The cause of most drug harms are prohibition Portugal and Switzerland are great models for boosting public service Recognizing the potential benefits helps (starting with medical but not stopping there) Final Thoughts We are all moving in the right direction The spreading of knowledge and education is the right path The intuitive gains are the main benefits of these altered states of consciousness Links The Beckley Foundation About Amanda Fielding Amanda Feilding has been called the ‘hidden hand’ behind the renaissance of psychedelic science, and her contribution to global drug policy reform has also been pivotal and widely acknowledged. Amanda was first introduced to LSD in the mid-1960s, at the height of the first wave of scientific research into psychedelics. Impressed by its capacity to initiate mystical states of consciousness and heighten creativity, she quickly recognised its transformative and therapeutic power. Inspired by her experiences, she began studying the mechanisms underlying the effects of psychedelic substances and dedicated herself to exploring ways of harnessing their potential to cure sickness and enhance wellbeing. In 1996, Amanda set up The Foundation to Further Consciousness, changing its name to the Beckley Foundation in 1998. Get a 30 day free audible trial at audibletrial.com/psychedelicstoday

Remember a few years ago when LSD brain imaging went viral on social media? Those images were taken at Imperial College London in an fMRI study conducted with the Beckley/Imperial Research Programme. Today on Life is a Festival, I’m speaking to psychedelic royalty… literally. Who better to discuss the magical molecule lysergic acid diethylamide, than the Countess of Wemyss and March, and the founder of the Beckley Foundation, Amanda Feilding? I ask the sphinx of psychedelia all my favorite acid questions, like whether medicalization is the best path to legalization and how to avoid unnecessary emotional downturns (sugar it turns out). We dive deep into her research, the nature of the ego, and the jealousy between different psychedelic compounds. Amanda has toiled tirelessly in drug policy reform and now in her late seventies, she isn’t stopping. So tune in and drop in with the Acid Countess and learn all about a life of psychedelic research. Links The Beckley Foundation: https://beckleyfoundation.org/ Amanda Feilding: https://beckleyfoundation.org/amanda-feilding/ LSD brain scans at Imperial College London: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/171699/the-brain-lsd-revealed-first-scans/ How you can support: https://beckleyfoundation.org/get-involved/ Timestamps :09 - The great loss and the great win in discussing psychedelics :12 - Will the medicalization of psychedelics defang the dark fruits of its subversive nature? :21 - Amanda’s ideas about the ego and how LSD can both dissolve and aggrandize :26 - Amanda’s theories about blood sugar and how time-released vitamin C allows you to maintain coherency through the psychedelic experience. :40 - How Amanda started experimenting with fMRI scans to understand the effect of acid in the brain :47 - Amanda and I look at fMRI scans of individuals under the influence of LSD and talk about how the default mode network, ie the ego, is like the government of the brain :53 - Amanda’s experience with ayahuasca and how there’s a certain jealousy between the goddesses of the different compounds. :57 - Trapanation, the shamanic drilling a hole in the head 1:12 - Where the Beckley foundation is going now in terms of research? 1:17 - What about the hippies from the 60s who were burnt out? 1:22 - What research is Amanda most excited about now? 1:28 - Issues with the medicalization of psychedelics

LISTEN: APPLE  | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | YOUTUBE If You Enjoy This Show Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts | Donate On Patreon or PayPal Rob Harper is the writer, director-producer of the new film journeys To The Edge Of Consciousness. Three trips that changed the world forever. It features the stories of Psychedelic Pioneers Timothy leary, Aldus Huxley, and Alan Watts. It features amazing insights with twelve leading current thinkers to ask: "What can expanded states of mind teach us about ourselves, the world and our place in it?" featuring Amanda Feilding -  Rick Doblin - Graham Hancock -  Gabor Mate - Dennis McKenna - and More  This film is a MUST WATCH. It is one of the coolest, most enjoyable, aesthetically pleasing, engaging, informative and compelling psychedelic films I've ever seen.  The animation and storytelling is superb, the voice acting and interspersed interviews are great.  Watch The Film: Website: http://bit.ly/2wrk3kM Movie Trailer: http://bit.ly/2SFtNRg Vimeo: http://bit.ly/2vK2yMr Twitter: http://bit.ly/37HSOiI Facebook: http://bit.ly/2vP0WAK   Connect With Mike: Website: https://bit.ly/2GqH7kX Email/ContactMe: https://bit.ly/2Dsv2v4 Facebook: https://bit.ly/2XCchg7 Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Pqc50B Twitter: https://bit.ly/2IwIhik Donate On Patreon or PayPal    Listen Everywhere: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Vf2RKf Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W8w72c GooglePlay: https://bit.ly/2PlJiKG Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2DrRnc6 YouTube: https://bit.ly/2IzMz8I   Also Available on Podbean, Speaker, Breaker, Tunein, Castro, I heart radio, Overcast, Soundcloud and everywhere podcasts are found  Subscribe to the Inner Sanctum Monthly Newsletter  https://bit.ly/2GqH7kX   Thank You Intro Music Provided by Danny Barnett & Galaxia:  https://bit.ly/2XB3sDr Thanks to Brew Dr. Kombucha  Sponsored By: Hemp Bombs High Potency CBD Products enter code Mike15 at checkout for 15% off https://bit.ly/2Gr68MT  If You Enjoy This Show Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts | Donate On Patreon or PayPal

Did Jimi Hendrix really conceal LSD beneath his famous bandana so that it seeped into his skin to get him high when on stage? It's a new case for Ricky and Tony as they attempt to open their third eyes on the evidence. As well as being part of his signature look, did the legendary Jimi Hendrix have another use for his bandana? Ricky and Tony receive a tip off that he used to use the headgear to conceal LSD when he played on stage and that it would actually keep him high as it seeped into his forehead. Being committed pop detectives, Ricky and Tony are a bit in the dark when it comes to psychedelics and Tony was out in the North Sea for most of the 60s so have as always enlisted the help of experts in their field.  They chat to Amanda Feilding, founder of psychedelic research group The Beckley Foundation who has spent her life researching drugs about how LSD works (and about the act of trepanation), and Dr Christian Lloyd, a Jimi Hendrix academic who knows a thing or two about the great man. There's a lot to get their heads around with this case but that won't deter our pop detectives! If you have a pop mystery you'd like solving get in touch at rickyandtony.com or email podcast@rickyandtony.com Tweet and follow the podcast @rickyandtonypod. See the office on Instagram From Globe Productions  Producer: Gareth Evans Creative Producers: Will Nichols, Geoff Lloyd Researcher: Eloise Carr

This first installment of their Psychedelic Cults series covers the early history of hallucinogens and their impact on the 60's and hippie culture. Unsatisfied with chemical enlightenment, some psychonauts, including Bart Hughes, Amanda Feilding, and Joe Mellen, pursued trepanation (i.e. boring a hole in their skull) in their eternal quest to stay high forever.

In this episode Amanda Feilding, director of the Beckley Foundation, invited us to her beautiful home and research hub in the Oxfordshire countryside. We had a wide ranging and fascinating conversation, where it became apparent that, after decades of tireless researching and campaigning, the foundation finds itself in the anteroom to major change in the world of psychedelic science. We discussed: - The Genesis of the Beckley Foundation - Her work with a selection of fascinating scientific collaborators - The qualitative characteristics of the ‘mystical experience’ - How she differentiates the mystical experience from ‘peak’ experiences - The utility and potential of psychedelics to briefly interrupt the axiom of negative rumination which is such a characteristic trait types of refractory mental illness - The role of psychedelics in palliative care - The issue with funding Please enjoy and if you have a minute, give us a rating! Thanks for listening.

Amanda Feilding is flying the flag for the medical benefits of recreational drugs like cannabis and LSD with her pioneering work at The Beckley Foundation. Based out of the 75-year-old's tumbling country pile in Oxfordshire – which is ringed by a moat and has an island encircled with temple-like pillars – the foundation funds leading research into the medical benefits of psychedelics and mind-altering substances.   Amanda is also a countess whose lineage traces back to Charles II of England. In the 1960s, after travelling around Sri Lanka on her own, she discovered acid and hung out with the beat poets of the era, never without her beloved pet pigeon Birdie by her side. She met the Dutch scientist Bart Hughes, who introduced her to the shamanic practice of trepanation – essentially drilling a hole in one's head, which she performed on herself in 1970.   Needless to say, a conversation with Amanda Feilding, with the wind blowing through the trees, is quite a trip in itself… ​ Presenter: Kate Hutchinson Producer: Lucy Dearlove Photos: Laura Kelly www.thelastbohemians.co.uk @thelastbohemianspod Music: Blue Dot Sessions - Disinter Blue Dot Sessions - Solemn Application Blue Dot Sessions - Slow Casino Blue Dot Sessions - Thread Magenta

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/altered-states. Aldous Huxley explains his conception of the brain as a "reducing valve" of consciousness in his provocative book, The Doors of Perception. His famous experiment with the psychedelic substance mescaline was an attempt to open this valve and expand his capacity for knowledge. However, many drugs and psychedelics today are seen as simply tools for pleasure or the source of bad habits. Do drugs possess the capability to expand our consciousness and provide meaningful insight? Or are they nothing more than a route to empty delirium? Ken and guest co-host Alison Gopnik take a trip with artist, scientist, and founder of the Beckley Foundation, Amanda Feilding.

Ash and Nick touch on the week in drug news, before Ash delves deeper into the tales he's brought back for us from his trip to the Beyond Psychedelics conference in Prague.First panel: Rick Doblin, William Richards, Amanda Feilding and David Nichols - Chanllenges and shadows of the psychedelic movementSecond segment: Melissa Warner and Jack Alloca from the Australian Psychedelic Society talking meditation and Bufo alvarius respectively.Third segment: Lea Petříková, Ph.D. cand.: Pharm'n'Film: Altered States of Consciousness in Sandoz Arthouse Films

Amanda Feilding, Countess of Wemyss and March, also known as Lady Neidpath, sits cross-legged on a bench on a tiny island at the center of an artificial pond in her English country estate, a 15-minute drive outside of Oxford. At her feet is a tiny pure-white cloud of a dog, which traipses around chewing on the grass, only occasionally coughing it up. Feilding is 75 years old.

Last year I met with Amanda Feilding Founder of the Beckley Foundation and Dr. Robin Cahart-Harris Neuroscientist and talk to them about the new wave of scientific research into psychedelics

America's District Attorneys endorse crackdown on marijuana. Plus, Amanda Feilding on the Future of Psychedelic Medicine from Psychedelic Science 2017.

Casey William Hardison is an entheogenic activist and psychedelic chemist who most famously known for getting busted making LSD In the U.K. and defending himself in court, by acting as his own lawyer during his trial.  Instead of arguing he did not commit the acts, he argued that--as long as he harmed no one--he had the human right to engage in his chosen entheogenic praxis. Casey stood for cognitive liberty and freedom of thought and continues to do so to this day.  During his trial, Casey challenged the drug laws as a discriminatory affront to free thought, therapeutic choice and free religion. The trial judge rejected these arguments and an eight-week trial ensued after which Casey was convicted on March 18, 2005 on 6 of 8 counts and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on April 22, 2005.  Aside from being known for being kidnapped by men with guns for partaking in a peaceful loving activity, Casey has attended entheogen-related conferences, wrote articles for the MAPS Bulletin, The Entheogen Review, and contributed to Erowid.  Casey is a freedom fighter of the highest order of love and light.  Extensive show notes and links are below.  if you enjoy this show please leave a 5-star rating and review on iTunes. You can also support this how for as little as $1 a month at www.patreon.com/mikebranc   FYI - I kind of went off the rails and ranted in anger about Sessions, Trump and the war on drugs in the begining of this episode for a about 20 minutes. You can skip ahead if you want to get to the interview.   Thank you!  #M I N D R I G H T S Show Notes and Links:   Eroded Vault- Casey William Harrison: https://erowid.org/culture/characters/hardison_casey/   Erowid:  erowid.org   Burning Man: https://burningman.org/   Maps MDMA: http://www.maps.org/research/mdma   Psychedelic Science: http://psychedelicscience.org/   The Beckley foundation:  http://beckleyfoundation.org/   Amanda Fielding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Feilding   William Blake: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3679-if-the-doors-of-perception-were-cleansed-every-thing-would     Jung and Alchemy: http://www.carl-jung.net/alchemy.html   Remembering Nick Sand - Orange Sunshine LSD Chemist: https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/nick-sand-orange-sunshine-lsd-chemist-dies-75/   Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/tonight-on-viceland-hamiltons-pharmacopeia-lizard-school     The Grateful Dead: http://www.dead.net/     Richard Evans Shultes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evans_Schultes   MAPS vol 10 # 2 2000: http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n2/v10n2.pdf   Pharmacotheon Entheogenic Drugs Their Plant Sources and Histories by Jonathan Ott:   https://www.amazon.com/Pharmacotheon-Entheogenic-Drugs-Sources-Histories/dp/0961423439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495210221&sr=8-1&keywords=entheogenic+drugs+their+plant+sources+and+history+-+Jonathan+Ott   Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline By Richard Evans Shultes: https://www.amazon.com/Ethnobotany-Discipline-Richard-Evans-Schultes/dp/0881929727/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495210285&sr=8-1&keywords=ethnobotany     Ethnobiology Conference: https://ethnobiology.org/conference/upcoming   Mentor, Sasha Shulgin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shulgin   https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Shulgin/e/B000APJGIC/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1495210495&sr=8-1   The amazing 2c-T-7 molecule: https://erowid.org/chemicals/2ct7/2ct7.shtml     Brave New World By Aldous Huxley: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World/dp/B0012QED5Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495210778&sr=8-1&keywords=aldous+huxley+brave+new+world     Erik Davis  Article: https://aeon.co/essays/new-psychedelics-research-is-on-a-knife-edge-of-meaning   Noosphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere    Gaia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(mythology)   2-cd molecule: https://erowid.org/chemicals/2cd/2cd.shtml   Center For cognitive liberty & Ethics: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/     On cognitive liberty part 1,2,3,4 Richard Glen Boire: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/curriculum/oncoglib_123.htm     The November Coalition:  November.org  - the razor wire - drug war prisoners : http://therazorwire.org/     Drug War Stats: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-war-statistics   Benjamin Rush:https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Rush     Thomas Paine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine   cognitive liberty shirt - unlock your mind symbol: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/tshirts.html   Sylvia Tyson:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Tyson   journal of cognitive liberty - http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n2/v10n2.pdf -   Psychedelic Salon: https://psychedelicsalon.com/     The Spirit Of The Internet: https://www.matrixmasters.com/spirit/html/html.html   The Gunners Dream by Pink Floyd - “and no-one kills the children anymore” :  http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/the-gunner-dream-final-lyrics.html   Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/casey.william.freeblood     just Google casey LSD: https://www.google.com/search?q=casey+lsd&oq=casey+lsd&aqs=chrome..69i57.1885j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8   Civil Disobedience By Henery David Thoreau  

Host Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation, a UK-based think-tank and UN-accredited NGO, whose dual purpose is the scientific investigation of consciousness and the creation of balanced drug policies. They discuss recent studies conducted by the Beckley Foundation that use brain imaging technologies to analyze the effects of LSD, and to aid our understanding of the mechanism of action of psychedelic substances.

Watch the Full Episode for Free in The London Real Academy.  Amanda Feilding is not only a recognised artist and scientist but also carries the title, Countess of Wemyss and March. Born into a family of rich aristocratic heritage she seems an unlikely advocate for psychedelic drug policy reform, but she is leading one of the most informed and rational conversations with the donation funded Beckley Foundation - of which she is the founder and Director. The Beckley Foundation is a UK-based think-tank that, since its establishment in 1998, has been at the forefront of global drug policy reform and scientific research into the potential medical benefits of psychoactive substances, with a particular focus on cannabis and the psychedelics. The Foundation’s Scientific Programme collaborates with leading experts and institutions on a wide range of projects investigating the neurophysiology, pharmacology and subjective effects of meditation and psychoactive substances. This pioneering research has shed much light on the mechanisms of action of these substances, their therapeutic potential and consciousness itself. The Foundation’s Policy Programme has greatly influenced global drug policy reform. The Foundation had been responsible for organising a series of pivotal international seminars at the House of Lords, publishing over 40 much-cited books and reports, holding numerous meetings with thought-leaders, and advising other policy makers such as President Pérez Molina of Guatemala on drug policy reform. Amanda is changing the conversation and perhaps is one of the most exciting guests relating to the field of drug reform that we’ve had on the show. Your mind will be blown, don’t miss it!   Follow the Beckley Foundation:  on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheBeckleyFoundation  and Twitter: http://twitter.com/beckleyresearch Donate to the Beckley Foundation to help fund our valuable research: http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/donate-2/

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