Michealpolan: My last book was five years ago. I'm not n ther people who can produce a book every year or two. So i don't know if i'm that productive. He says he's been very fortunate in his writing career on many dimensions. One is my the editing i've gotten. Other is just kind of like routine.
Michael Pollan has long been fascinated by nature and the ways we connect and clash with it, with decades of writing covering food, farming, cooking, and architecture. Pollan's latest fascination? Our widespread and ancient desire to use nature to change our consciousness.
He joins Tyler to discuss his research and experience with psychedelics, including what kinds of people most benefit from them, what it can teach us about profundity, how it can change your personality and political views, the importance of culture in shaping the experience, the proper way to integrate it into mainstream practice, and - most importantly of all - whether it's any fun.
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Recorded July 20th, 2018 Other ways to connect