A Brave New Mind - Psychedelic Medicine in Aotearoa
Psychedelic medicine is on its way to Aotearoa, and we're taking you on the journey. Join us each week as we ask the big questions, and ponder the potentials and pitfalls of this burgeoning field with local scientists and researchers, the big overseas names in the field, Kiwi clinicians, those gearing up to take therapeutic psychedelics into the mainstream, and more.
Episodes
13 episodes
Dr BJ Miller - On Living and Dying Well
We wrap up season 1 back where we started, with Dr BJ Miller, one of the world's leading voices in palliative care. The connection between psychedelics and his field is a strong one, with a lot of the current research focused on easing sufferin...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:14:58
Dr Will Evans - the state of the psychedelic nation
While we count down to the end of the year and the end of Season One, we thought it was timely to take stock of the emerging field of psychedelic medicine in New Zealand.In this episode, Will covers off the country's first psychedelic medic...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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29:53
Dr Ros Watts - beyond the hype of psychedelics
Psychologist Dr Rosalind Watts is best known for her work at Imperial College London where she has done pioneering work in using psilocybin for depression.More recently, she became Clinical Director at Synthesis Retrea...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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57:39
Dr Marg Ross - Kicking off Australia's psychedelic medicine revolution
Dr Marg Ross is a senior psychologist working in Palliative Care at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, and the clinical lead in Australia’s first ever psychedelic medicine trial, which is looking at psilocybin and psychotherapy for end of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:02:21
Ketamine Clinics of Los Angeles - transforming lives one infusion at a time
Dr Steven Mandel and his son, Sam, run Ketamine Clinics of Los Angeles - one of the first infusion clinics in the United States.At KCLA they do ketamine infusions all day, every day, and they have developed their own regimen of personal...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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45:14
Prof David Nutt - Calling out the lies
Professor David Nutt is the Chair of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and a world-leading psychedelic researcher. He's a strong advocate for a rational, evidence based approach to psychedelics, and continues to, in his o...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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50:32
Saj Razvi - the promises and perils of psychedelic therapy
Saj Razvi has been involved in psychedelic therapy from almost every angle - as a researcher in the MAPS MDMA trials, as a psychotherapist, and now as a trainer of others looking to incorporate psychedelics into their practice. Saj beli...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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42:43
Dr Geoff Noller –institutional fear and loathing and psychedelics
Dr Geoff Noller is a medical anthropologist specialising in psychotropic drug research, with an emphasis on drug use as a cultural practice.We talked with Geoff about his work looking at kiwi attitudes to cannabis use, the nature of conscio...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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44:42
Rick Doblin - Psychedelics as a lifelong journey
Rick Doblin decided he wanted to be a psychedelic therapist when he was in his late teens, and has since dedicated his life to building the foundations needed to enable him - and others - to do the work legally, safely and effectively.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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51:50
Dr Lisa Reynolds - Taking the psychedelic pulse of clinicians
Psychedelic medicines have a long and chequered history - not the least because of wariness from the medical mainstream. That perception is changing fast, though, with a growing number of respected international researchers and clinicians point...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:44
Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy - how psychedelics break the research mold
Our chat with Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy took us down the kind of rabbit-hole that's becoming all too familiar as we continue our exploration of psychedelics as medicine. Despite - or because of - all the twists and turns it was an invigorating...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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54:10
Dr Graham Gulbransen - cannabis and the case for a 'yes' vote
A special bonus episode this week - with only a matter of days until the polls close, we thought we'd better get this one out pronto.West Auckland GP, Dr Graham Gulbransen, is a pioneer in the emerging field of medicinal cannabis. We had...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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44:29