Story of the Week with Joel Stein

The Hallucinogenic Toad Doctor

Oct 20, 2022

26:16

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After the Break, People Die. Is That Too Dark?

02:28

The Guru of Toad

01:35

The Ego Manic Toad

01:43

Introduction

4min

The Guru of Toad

2min

I Heal Myself by Smoking Toad

2min

Octavia - The Top Toad Smoker in the World

3min

Toad Smoking Retreat

2min

After the Break, People Die. Is That Too Dark?

2min

Toad Smoking - Octavio's Philosophy

2min

The Toad Trip and Octavio

2min

Octavia's Manslaughter

3min

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The Ego Manic Toad

2min

11.

Should I or Should I Not Smoke the Toad?

4min

A Mexican doctor and former crack addict’s TED talk at Burning Man helped popularize hallucinogenic toad poison as a treatment for addiction…and a shortcut to enlightenment. Host Joel Stein speaks to Kimon De Greef about his New Yorker article “The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads.”

You can read the full story here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/the-pied-piper-of-psychedelic-toads

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