The Psychedelic Scene Podcast

In this episode of the Psychedelic Scene Podcast, host Jill Sitnick speaks with Carlos Tanner, Director of the Ayahuasca Foundation, about how PTSD outcomes are often misunderstood, especially when statistics are shared without context.

Carlos discusses follow-up data from a retreat program for veterans and explains what it actually means when someone no longer meets the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Rather than framing thi...

In this episode, host Jill Sitnick speaks with New Mexico firefighter and advocate Paul Walton, executive director of Firefighters for Plant Medicine. Paul has spent more than seventeen years on the front lines. Like many first responders, he carried a heavy mix of trauma, insomnia, and chronic pain. After an injury and surgery, he turned to medical cannabis as an alternative to opioids and found that it helped not only hi...

In this episode, we speak with David Esselman from the Fireside Project (firesideproject.org) about an AI training companion for facilitators, called Lucy. We explore how this tool supports trauma-informed listening practices for facilitators, not by offering advice, but by providing a safe simulation space to rehearse empathy, presence, and ethical decision-making.

📌 Guest: David Esselman, Senior Advisor, AI Initiatives: ...

In this episode, Jill Sitnick speaks with Stephan Kerby (aka “Kerby”), founder of the Mindscape Institute and developer of the first structured low-dose integration protocol for working with 5 (5-MeO). Together, they explore how trauma-informed facilitation, nervous system regulation, and a 6-month embodiment model are helping reshape the future of psychedelic healing.

We discuss:

• Why full-release doses aren’t always...

In this insightful episode of The Psychedelic Scene Podcast, host Jill Sitnick dives deep into the nuanced world of microdosing and ADHD with Wendy Perkins Schoeff, a trauma-informed coach and researcher. Wendy introduces her Metabolic Ecology Framework, which reframes ADHD not as a disorder, but as a symptom of systemic dysregulation.

🔍 What you'll learn in this episode:

• What ADHD really is beyond the common stereotype...

What happens after the psychedelic experience?

In this soul-level conversation, Jill Sitnik speaks with writer and Substack creator Andrew Weisse about a powerful but often overlooked part of psychedelic work: how we integrate and live with what we learn.

Andrew opens up about his journey from Wall Street to healing grief through psychedelics after personal loss and how that path led him to create a deeply reflective newslet...

In this episode, attorney Victoria Cvitanovic breaks down the fast-emerging intersection of psychedelics, AI, and data privacy. We talk about the risks of using AI during psychedelic journeys, why privacy needs to be a core community value, how legislators are already falling behind, and how AI could revolutionize psychedelic research.

We cover:

 • Why AI “feels” like a guide but can’t act like one
 • How psychede...