Podcasts by The Psychonauts
South African science writer Leonie Joubert trips into the strange new world of psychedelic psychiatry, ahead of hallucinogenic mushrooms going on trial in South Africa in 2018.
Further podcasts by Science writer Leonie Joubert trips into the real of psychedelic psychiatry, as hallucinogenic mushrooms go on trial in South Africa
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The Psychonauts Thank You Plant Medicine global campaign from 2020-01-08T10:44:32
On 20 February 2020, people around the world are going to share stories of the healing and transformation that they’ve experienced through the use of psychedelic medicine. It’s a bit like a global ...
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The Psychonauts Episode 9 - Clusterf*ck from 2019-02-20T18:14:21
For some people, depression can be a terminal illness.
American novelist David Foster Wallace was one of its victims. He died of depression in September 2008. A few years before that, he wrote...
The Psychonauts Voice Diary 7 Kalk Bay Books from 2018-10-10T11:43:31
Kalk Bay Books is an independent bookstore outside Cape Town that regularly invites authors to speak about their latest book projects. This month, they hosted science writer Leonie Joubert to speak...
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Psychonauts Episode 8 - Going Gonzo from 2018-09-25T15:02:41
In South Africa, the underground psilocybin community is relatively new, and from the outside might look more like a religious group than a collective of therapists. These journey guides work by a ...
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Psychonauts Episode 7 - The Octopus's Garden from 2018-09-04T16:09:08
Human beings are hardwired to ruminate, leading to depression, anxiety, and addictive rituals.
Boosting our emotional wellbeing with techniques like mindfulness and meditation is a bit like go...
Psychonauts Voice Diary 6 - Legislation from 2018-08-22T09:42:02
A quick update on the status of the podcast after a long silence, and a look at the different legal routes that could see hallucinogenic mushrooms decriminalised or legalised in South Africa. And i...
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Psychonauts Voice Diary 5 - Accessing psychedelic medicine in South Africa from 2018-05-28T17:53:14
Many South Africans are seeking out psychedelic medicine and retreats, even though it's illegal. In the interests of harm reduction, this Voice Diary looks at how to put medical support in place fo...
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Psychonauts Voice Diary 4 - Ibogaine from 2018-03-06T14:34:55
The South African government has already opened the door for psychedelic-assisted therapy: in 2016, it allowed the potent psychedelic, ibogaine, to be prescribed as a medicine. If one psychedelic i...
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Psychonauts Episode 6 - 'Bad' Trips & Bogeymen from 2017-12-22T11:49:29
One of the oldest myths about psychedelics is that playing with them is like a game of Russian roulette: for every few fun trips, there’s a bad one loaded in the chamber and waiting to flip you int...
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Psychonauts Voice Diary 3 - a PechaKucha talk from 2017-11-08T11:31:11
Voice Diary 3: The Psychonauts on the PechaKucha platform.
South Africa's Constitution upholds our right to healthcare. Given how unaffordable and inaccessible mental health treatment is in So...
Psychonaut Voice Diary 2 - a model for bringing psilocybin assisted therapy to South Africa from 2017-10-20T09:01:27
A voice diary insert that lays out how the South African public health care system could roll out this form of therapy to the communities most in need of mental health support.
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Psychonauts Episode 5 - Hacking Consciousness from 2017-10-12T11:02:49
Physical movement, like running, is to the body what meditation is to the brain, it makes us fit, agile, healthy, and strong. When used together with psychedelics, these can create a trilogy of pra...
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Psychonauts Voice Diary 1 from 2017-10-12T10:45:40
A voice diary insert to keep everyone up to speed with behind-the-scenes podcast developments.
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Psychonauts Episode 4 - Bottom of the Bottle from 2017-09-13T13:16:13
As recently as the 1960s, the hallucinogen LSD showed promise in treating alcoholism and heroin addiction. But then the moral panic at the Flower Power generation got psychedelics frogmarched into ...
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Psychonauts Episode 3 - Shellshocked from 2017-08-22T09:28:51
A traumatic event can be like an emotional sledgehammer to the brain, rewiring your nervous system, so it’s always revving in the red. It could leave you permanently edgy, your startle response on ...
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Psychonauts Episode 1 - Tripping the Blues from 2017-08-11T11:27:24
Some neuroscientists are confirming what their colleagues were discovering in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s: that a few deep psychedelic ‘trips’, supported by conventional psychotherapy methods, may be ...
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Psychonauts Episode 2 - The Drug Den from 2017-08-11T10:44:46
The police arrived at a suburban home, near Cape Town, in the early hours of a Sunday morning, shortly before Christmas in 2014. They thought they’d stumbled upon a drug den or some kind of sex rin...
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Psychonauts Welcome - An introduction of sorts from 2017-07-26T10:10:53
Cape Town-based science writer Leonie Joubert introduces The Psychonauts, and explains why she's departed from her usual written form of storytelling.
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