Podcast appearances and mentions of mac mcclelland

In this episode, I risk my professional reputation once again.  Mac and I bond over ayahuasca and MDMA.  She steps up to the mic to talk about her book Irritable Hearts (about her own struggle with PTSD after an assault while on a foreign assignment) and her recent expose for Rolling Stone magazine -- apparently there's an underground network of therapists and doctors who treat patients with hallucinogens, not to mention studies taking place at top American universities on the use of psychedelics to treat addiction, PTSD and depression.    

Mac McClelland joins the MAPS Podcast for the first original episode of content for the show. Mac is an award winning journalist who wrote the article “The Psychedelic Miracle” for Rolling Stone magazine. The sub headline reads: "How some doctors are risking everything to unleash the healing power of MDMA, ayahuasca and other hallucinogens.”  Mac’s fantastically in depth journalistic prose combined with her own personal experience with psychedelically assisted psycho-therapy creates an epic discovery into the world of psychedelic research and the doctors that engage in it.   Mac was interviewed by Zach Leary and the podcast is reflective of not only the Rolling Stone piece but also of her own personal journey, the current landscape of psychedelic research and an examination into corners of the country engaged in this work that you might know even exist.    Mac McClelland is an award-winning journalist and author of Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story and For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story From Burma’s Never-Ending War. She's written for Wired, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, New York, the New York Times Magazine, New York Times Book Review, Matter, and Sunset, among other publications, and corresponded for PBS and Vice News Tonight on HBO. She's additionally appeared on major national and international media outlets C-Span, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, the BBC, CBC, and Deutsche Welle.   

Mac McClelland is an award-winning journalist who has written for publications like Time Magazine, The New York Times and Mother Jones. She’s reported from every region in the United States, gone undercover in industry and the sex trade and reported internationally from places like Thailand, Haiti, Australia, Burma, Uganda, Turkey and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. McClelland has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Hillman Foundation, the Online News Association, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Association for Women in Communications. Her book “For Us Surrender is Out of the Question” was a finalist for the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Price. She’s been nominated for two National Magazine Awards for Feature Writing. And her work has been anthologized in Best American Magazine Writing, Best American Nonrequired Reading and Best Business Writing. She has written about a lot of human rights issues, including reporting from Haiti after the deadly earthquake in 2010. She often immerses herself in her stories, like when she worked in a massive warehouse for an online retailer for several weeks. Most recently, she’s written about Syrian refugee camps in Turkey for The New York Times. You can read a lot of McClelland's stories by visiting her own personal website. Since joining the podcast, McClelland's book “Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story,” has been published. The book is a beautiful yet painful look at how PTSD can affect reporters who have covered traumatic events.

Mac McClelland has written for Mother Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and others. Her book Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story came out this week. “I would just suddenly start sobbing, which is not something I usually do. I felt like I needed to be drunk all the time, which is also not something I usually do. I was having nightmares and I was having flashbacks. I was terrified and confused and disoriented all the time. I was a completely different person, unrecognizable even to myself.” Thanks to TinyLetter and Alarm Grid for sponsoring this week's episode. If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on iTunes. Show Notes: @MacMcClelland mac-mcclelland.com McClelland on Longform [1:00] Longform Podcast #6: Mac McClelland [1:00] Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story (Flatiron Books • 2015) [6:00] "Aftershocks: Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell" (Mother Jones • Jan 2011) [6:00] "Depression, Abuse, Suicide: Fishermen's Wives Face Post-Spill Trauma" (Mother Jones • Jun 2010) [11:00] "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave" (Mother Jones • Mar 2012) [11:00] "For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question" (Mother Jones • Mar 2010) [16:00] "I’m Gonna Need You to Fight Me On This: How Violent Sex Helped Ease My PTSD" (GOOD • Jun 2011) [16:00] "Is PTSD Contagious?" (Mother Jones • Jan/Feb 2013) [32:00] "'It's War': Being a cop in post-Charlie Hebdo France" (Matter • Feb 2015) [43:00] "SugarDaddy.com: Old Dogs, New Tricks" (Mother Jones • Jan 2008)

Co-hosted by managing editor Zoë Ruiz and Rumpus contributor Ryan Pittington, "For We Have Fallen to Our Knees" was an explosive Rumpus production at the frenetic Lit Crawl 2013. Featuring readings by Lucy Corin, Saeed Jones, Mac McClelland, and Brian McMullen. Comedy by Sean Keane and music by Michael Mullen. This reading was one of 83 readings at the infamous Lit Crawl on the final night of Litquake 2013. Recorded live at The Make-Out Room.

Max Linsky talks with Mac McClelland, human rights reporter for Mother Jones. Show notes: @MacMcClelland McClelland on Longform "For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question" (Mother Jones • Mar 2010) "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave" (Mother Jones • Feb 2012) "The Love That Dares" (Mother Jones • Jan 2012) "I'm Gonna Need You to Fight Me on This" (GOOD • Jun 2011) Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell (Mother Jones • Jan 2011)

Show #10 Hour 2 | Guests: Mac McClelland of Mother Jones, Mike Godwin of Godwin's Law, Peter Olney of ILWU, Gotta Laff of Political Carnival | Show Summary: Angie sits down with Mac McClelland of Mother Jones, Mike Godwin creator of Godwin's Law, and Peter Olney Organizing Director for ILWU to talk about the internet and privacy in the workplace. Once again, we start the top of the hour with political humor from Angie's demented sidekick Buttercup (GottaLaff).

Nicole Sandler talks with Kate Sheppard and Mac McClelland, both of Mother Jones magazine, about BP, Corexit and oil, and New Orleans 5 years after Katrina. Plus comedian John Fugelsang.