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This week, Apryl and Rachael talk to Jag Davies from the Drug Policy Alliance about the long, strange evolution of psychedelics in America -- from use by Native Americans in ceremony to breakthrough treatments for psychiatric disorders to mind-altering experiences to becoming front and center in the War on Drugs propaganda movement and back to a resurgence in research and treatment for PTSD, drug addiction and depression. They also look at the permeating influence of the War on Drugs and its devastating effects.

For 22 years Adrian struggled with opiate addiction. After countless efforts to kick only to return to using, he found himself at Death's door. Then he found Dr. Mash and the sacred shamanic plant medicine ibogaine and his world changed. This week Adrian takes us on his miraculous journey.

How does a field researcher/restoration ecologist go from saving Coho Salmon in the wilds of the Northwest to searching for Sasquatch on Reality TV? This week we talk with Ranae Holland, aka the Skeptical Scientist, about her synchronistic journey to Finding Bigfoot.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! As a holiday special, we're flying solo this week. No special guests, simply the two of us and a bunch of weird facts we wanted to share with each other. And also with you!

They say that laughter is the best medicine, but what do you do when it's actually a symptom? In 1962 Tanganyika (now Tanzania) a girls’ school broke into laughter and it wasn't funny. This week we talk with Christian Hempelmann of Texas A&M University to find out more about the Laughter Epidemic.

This week Apryl and Rachael talk to wise and hilarious Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky and find out just how f’d up they (and everyone else) are – or maybe aren’t.

This week Apryl and Rachael talk to wise and hilarious Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky and find out just how f’d up they (and everyone else) are – or maybe aren’t.

The year is 1990 and Anwar Al Graishy, who was attending school in New York at the time, has returned home to Kuwait for his summer vacation only to find himself in the middle of a war just a few weeks later. That's when shit gets real. Join us as Anwar takes us on a journey like none we've taken before.

The year is 1990 and Anwar Al Graishy, who was attending school in New York at the time, has returned home to Kuwait for his summer vacation only to find himself in the middle of a war just a few weeks later. Listen as Anwar takes you on a journey like none you've taken before.