Politics · 21 min
This Is Your Mind on Plants
By Michael Pollan
This episode unpacks Michael Pollan's 'This Is Your Mind on Plants,' exploring humanity's intricate, often paradoxical, co-evolution with psychoactive plants. We examine how opium, caffeine, and mescaline have profoundly shaped our consciousness, culture, and legal systems.
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Politics
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21 min
What it is about
psychoactive plants, consciousness, caffeine
Who it is for
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of psychoactive plants, consciousness, caffeine and better judgment in how they apply it.
The author
Michael Pollan brings a credible and useful lens to psychoactive plants, consciousness, caffeine, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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