Michelle Lhooq is a journalist who covers subcultures, drugs, raves, and everything in between. Her Substack newsletter Rave New World ​is a raw, immersive window into modern counterculture in all its ecstasies and contradictions. (Be sure to subscribe at ravenewworld.substack.com).

In this interview, we spoke about the spiritual side of raving, the intersections between ecology and nightlife, dissociation and ketamine, the future of psychedelics, post-pandemic parties, and so much more.