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Psychedelic Salon episodes

September 04, 2017 Salon2 – 026 “CBD and Bluebird Botanicals”
Guest speakers: Kevin Leibrock and Michael Harinen
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Year this lecture was recorded: 2017
Kevin Liebrock and Michael Harinen from Bluebird Botanicals tell us about their work producing high quality CBD oil that can be shipped to all fifty U.S. states. They answer some of the most commonly asked questions that people have about CBD. They also explain the process of producing whole plant extracts from Colorado hemp and discuss the ongoing involvement of the FDA, DEA and the Department of Agriculture in the cannabis industry.
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https://www.bluebird-botanicals.com/
53 min
August 22, 2017 Salon2 025 – “Cannabis Pair O’ Docs”
Guest speakers: Matthew Markert and Frank Sacco
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Year this lecture was recorded: 2017
For Marijuana Month, this week is our Cannabis "Paradox" Pair o' Docs episode.
Dr. Matthew Markert shares thoughts about cannabis, epilepsy and the brain. As an MD/PhD interested in altered states of consciousness, he chose epilepsy as a way to study unusual states of the brain. You can email him at stanfordneuromed (at) gmail (dot) com.
Then we hear from Frank Sacco, a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at William James College, who works with his father to create an online healing community for people wishing to explore the altered state of consciousness induced by cannabis for healing. Learn about their work and share your own story on their site Virtual Healing Communities.
Thanks to Robert Heinlein for the Pair O' Docs joke in 'Number of the Beast.'
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1 hr 9 min
August 14, 2017 Salon2 024 – “Cannabis Ceremonies”
Guest speaker: Becca Williams
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Date this lecture was recorded: 2017
After much work with cannabis, Becca Williams learned how to use it as a Spirit Plant medicine. She teaches people about the power of cannabis to heal traumas and now leads Cannabis Ceremonies in Denver, Colorado. Her work also includes excellent educational videos. Her Website, Cannabis Ceremonies, is overflowing with content.
Cannabis Ceremonies on YouTube
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44 min
August 12, 2017 Podcast 546 – “Insanity”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
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Date this lecture was recorded: August 27, 1992
[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna
"What I'm always afraid of is that I'll be ostracized, except that it will be entirely deserved. . . . Disgraced! . . . Did you hear how this guy ended up?"
"Even as it is, I'm practically a 'Repent! The end is nigh!' person. . . . [The Timewave] is basically 'the end is nigh' rap of some sort."
"From the point of view of the 19th Century, we don't have to worry about madness. We are mad, every last one of us."
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Transcripts of Terence McKenna talks
1 hr 38 min
August 08, 2017 Salon2-023 – “Mona Zhang’s Cannabis News”
Guest speaker: Mona Zhang
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Date this lecture was recorded: 2017
Mona Zhang writes an important newsletter about cannabis, where she gives us an update on news around the weed world and what she saw in the smoking scenes of Beijing, London & New York. You may sign up for her excellent newsletter at http://wordonthetree.com/
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Ascended Minds Podcast
(interview with Lorenzo)
38 min
August 02, 2017 Podcast 545 – “Current Research and Future Trends of Psychedelics, Stanford 2/3/91”
Guest speakers: Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, Richard Yensen, and Timothy Leary
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Date this lecture was recorded: February 3, 1991
Today's podcast features a panel discussion that took place at a psychedelic conference that was held at Stanford University in February of 1991, which is before the World Wide Web came into existence. At the time, conferences such as this were the primary means of communicating information about psychedelics to the public-at-large. Participants were: Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, Richard Yensen, and Dr. Timothy Leary who, in addition to his own comments, also provided some amusing running commentary during several of the other talks. And we get to hear a young Rick Doblin give one of his most detailed descriptions about how he first came to become involved in psychedelic research.
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1 hr 41 min
July 31, 2017 Salon2 022 – “Psycho-Tech with Dr. Roberts”
Guest speaker: Dr. Thomas B. Roberts
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Date this lecture was recorded: 2017
Dr. Thomas Roberts is one of the most forward thinking people in the field of psychedelics. This interview covers his experiences leading up to the idea of psycho-technologies. His book, "The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values" is a valuable addition to any explorer's bookshelf and his approach to psychedelic scholarship envisions the future of creative thinking fostered by these old tools.
Also see:
Home Page of Dr. Thomas B. Roberts
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Psychedelic Scholarship by Thomas B. Roberts, PhD

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55 min
July 27, 2017 Salon2 021 – “Tipper Stage’s Harm Prevention”
Guest speakers: Mitchell Gomez, Lex Pelger, and Margie Weiss-Hoffman
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Date these talks were recorded: May 2017
For this entry in the Psychedelic History Project, here are three short lectures from the stage of the Tipper and Friends festival in Florida. Mitchell Gomez of DanceSafe starts with his work in festival harm reduction, Lex Pelger talks about psychoactive storytelling, and Margie Weiss-Hoffman. She became an activist about the use of confidential informants after her daughter was murdered in a police sting gone wrong. For more information on her work, see: The Rachel Morningstar Foundation.
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38 min
July 24, 2017 Salon2 020 – “New Drugs and Safe Parties”
Guest speaker: Mitchell Gomez
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Date this lecture was recorded: 2017
Mitchell Gomez of DanceSafe walks us through what is happening with drugs in the wild and what his organization is doing to reduced harm at festivals, parties and other psychoactive gatherings of the tribe.
On the street today, MDMA is strong, ketamine is cut, and fentanyl is everywhere. Mitchell also explains more about DanceSafe's drug education, harm reduction and reagent testing services.

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46 min
July 21, 2017 Salon2 019 – “Wild Bill Radacinski”
Guest speaker: William Radacinski
The last great mushroom conference of the millennium - Breitenbush, OR 1999
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Date this lecture was recorded: June 2017
Wild Bill knows no bounds. A native of Queens and an explorer of psychedelic space, he is an old friend of Lorenzo who has some interesting experiences to share.
This is the first episode in our Psychedelic History Project featuring the voices of the people.
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Wild Bill, Lorenzo & granddaughter Haylee
Wild Bill, Marycie, Lorenzo
Nick Sand and Bill Radacinski
51 min