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January 20, 2024 55 mins

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Episode #30 of The Happiest Sad Person Podcast.

Join me, Alessandra, as I do a deep dive on my microdosing journey thus far. It's been a ride, to say the least. :)

As always, email suggestions to 11jacobsa@gmail.com.

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Things mentioned in the video:

Diary of a CEO, Bryan Johnson interview mentioning Kernel

Bipolar and psilocybin

Pros and cons of psychedelics

Esketamine for treatment resistant depression
&
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/nasal-esketamine-works-better-alternative-treatment-resistant-depressi-rcna118841

Pyschedelics  and their histories and misconceptions

The theory of Charles Manson and MK ULTRA

1960s music scene, laurel Canyon and the role of drugs

Timothy Leary, the "modern founder" of psychedelics

John M. Allegro book about the Bible and psychedelics

Native Americans and Psychedelics

Panpsychism

Conscious book

Psychedelic research now
&
https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-robin-carhart-harris-the-science-of-psychedelics-for-mental-health

Associated risks

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More books and articles and videos about psychedelics:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (a novel about the experience of being on drugs by a gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson)

Terrence McKenna and what he learned from psychedelics

Benefits of microdosing with Joe Rogan and Paul Stamets

Renewing research on psychedelics

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