Psychedelic Salon

Psychedelic Salon


Latest Episodes

Podcast 660 - "Celebrating Timothy Leary's 100th Birthday"
October 22, 2020

Today's podcast features a recording of a live salon in which former friends and associates of Dr. Timothy Leary shared their remembrances of him on the occasion of 100th anniversary of Dr. Leary's birth. Among other first-hand accounts, we learned the tr

Podcast 659 - "Krishnamurti Revisited"
October 14, 2020

Today I am going to replay a recording of J. Krishnamurti that I first played here in the salon in January of 2009. A lot has happened since then, but I haven't noticed any overall change for the better in the way we humans interact with one another. My t

Podcast 658 - "Legal Questions and Answers"
October 06, 2020

Today's podcast features attorney Gary Smith who has just published a major compendium of drug laws in the United States as well as in several other nations. In this wide-ranging interview, which took place during a live session of the Psychedelic Salon,

Podcast 657 - "Psychedelic Law and Terence McKenna"
September 27, 2020

Today's program features a collection of short Terence McKenna sound bites that may have some relevance to life during today's pandemic. Additionally, I have included four brief answers to legal questions by Gary Smith, author of Psychedelia Lex and next

Podcast 656 - "Damer and McKenna Discuss Covid-19"
September 01, 2020

Bruce Damer and Dennis McKenna engage in a spirited conversation for a tribute to Dennis' brother, Terence. This conversation was recorded on April 4th, 2020 at an online event held during the early phases of the COVID-19 epidemic. This tribute to Terence

Podcast 655 - "Datura Tips from a Psychedelic Sailor"
August 17, 2020

Today's program features a recent conversation in the live salon with Rio Hahn. He is an explorer, photographer/filmmaker, and author. Popularly known by the sobriquet “Rio,” given to him during his Amazon River explorations. He is a Fellow of the Royal G

Podcast 654 - "Bitcoin Is Psychedelic"
July 16, 2020

Today's podcast features Brandon Quittem whose essay, "Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money" provided us with a launching pad for a lively discussion about ways in which the world's financial system may experience turbulence brought about by cryptocurrency. I

Podcast 654 - "Bitcoin Is Psychedelic"
July 16, 2020

Today's podcast features Brandon Quittem whose essay, "Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money" provided us with a launching pad for a lively discussion about ways in which the world's financial system may experience turbulence brought about by cryptocurrency. I

Podcast 653 - "We Cannot Have a Pacified Movement"
June 12, 2020

If you only listen to one podcast from the Psychedelic Salon, I hope that it is this one. While these podcasts have been focused primarily about preserving talks by our elders and promoting the ideas of our “new elders”, today’s podcast is different. Betw

Podcast 653 - "We Cannot Have a Pacified Movement"
June 12, 2020

If you only listen to one podcast from the Psychedelic Salon, I hope that it is this one. While these podcasts have been focused primarily about preserving talks by our elders and promoting the ideas of our “new elders”, today’s podcast is different. Betw