Madison Margolin is a journalist covering psychedelics, cannabis, spirituality, and Jewish life. She is also the author of Exile & Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming Of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground (Hay House Publishing 2023). Co-founder of DoubleBlind Magazine, she has written for publications like Rolling Stone, Playboy, VICE, and several other outlets. She currently works as a contributing editor to both Lucid News, where she manages a informational and community resource site, as well as Ayin Press, where she curates a column—"Speaking from Experience"—featuring in-depth conversations with artists, scientists, mystics, healers, activists, and fringe thought leaders engaging with a range of paradigm-shifting encounters. Also a co-founder of the Jewish Psychedelic Summit and host of the Be Here Now Network's Set & Setting podcast, Madison has traveled everywhere from pot farms in the Emerald Triangle to the shores of the Ganges River, and all over Israel-Palestine, exploring the role of plant medicine in religion, mental health, and conflict resolution. With a master's from Columbia Journalism school and a bachelor's in rhetoric and linguistics from UC Berkeley, she got her start in media with a column on cannabis at the Village Voice, after having lived in south Tel Aviv working with Eritrean refugees. With almost a decade's worth of experience covering psychedelics, cannabis, and religion/spirituality, Madison's work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, KCRW, and other outlets. She offers classes, workshops, and consulting on the topic(s) of Judaism and psychedelics, and has presented at conferences like SXSW, Horizons: Perspectives in Psychedelics, the Association of Alternative New Media, and more.