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Episode 521: I Trip, Ergot I Am
Episode 521: I Trip, Ergot I Am
This week host Dave Bledsoe got into a batch of Rye and woke up the next day convinced he had ergotism. (Turns out his body was rejecting top shelf whiskey) On the show this week bring you part one of the story of LSD and the 1960s. (By talking about anything but the 1960s. Naturally.)
Along the way we discover that Dave has big plans for the future. (He is gonna get SO HIGH!) Then we dive right into the ancient history of hallucinogens and human civilization. (We have religion because of them!) Then we learn about ergotism. (Which Dave was shocked to learn wasn’t about him!) Then we meet the man who created LSD and the people who made it groovy!
Our Sponsor this week is The Little Dudes Who Live In the Walls, who wants you that are VERY high. We open with Jimmy Carter and close with Grateful Dave, who is on a journey.
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
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The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s30knXhV940?si=IkOKdtMZKD--tDND
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Citations Needed:
How Do Psychedelics Work in the Brain?
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_do_psychedelics_work_in_the_brain
The long history of psychedelics in religion, from ergot-spiked wine to magic mushrooms
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-21/religion-psychedelic-renaissance-peyote-magic-mushrooms-lsd/101346594
Wikipedia: The History of LSD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Discovery
High Times: When does self-experimentation cross the line?
https://web.archive.org/web/20230408075721/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/high-times
LSD experiments by the United States Army
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0957154X17717678?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
High Anxiety: LSD in the Cold War
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/high-anxiety-lsd-in-the-cold-war
When Aldous Huxley Opened the Doors of Perception
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/
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Episode 521: I Trip, Ergot I Am
This week host Dave Bledsoe got into a batch of Rye and woke up the next day convinced he had ergotism. (Turns out his body was rejecting top shelf whiskey) On the show this week bring you part one of the story of LSD and the 1960s. (By talking about anything but the 1960s. Naturally.)
Along the way we discover that Dave has big plans for the future. (He is gonna get SO HIGH!) Then we dive right into the ancient history of hallucinogens and human civilization. (We have religion because of them!) Then we learn about ergotism. (Which Dave was shocked to learn wasn’t about him!) Then we meet the man who created LSD and the people who made it groovy!
Our Sponsor this week is The Little Dudes Who Live In the Walls, who wants you that are VERY high. We open with Jimmy Carter and close with Grateful Dave, who is on a journey.
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq
Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/s30knXhV940?si=IkOKdtMZKD--tDND
Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop
Citations Needed:
How Do Psychedelics Work in the Brain?
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_do_psychedelics_work_in_the_brain
The long history of psychedelics in religion, from ergot-spiked wine to magic mushrooms
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-21/religion-psychedelic-renaissance-peyote-magic-mushrooms-lsd/101346594
Wikipedia: The History of LSD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Discovery
High Times: When does self-experimentation cross the line?
https://web.archive.org/web/20230408075721/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/high-times
LSD experiments by the United States Army
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0957154X17717678?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
High Anxiety: LSD in the Cold War
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/high-anxiety-lsd-in-the-cold-war
When Aldous Huxley Opened the Doors of Perception
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/
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