Guest speaker: Benjamin De Loenen International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 In today's podcast Benjamin De Loenen, the founder of ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service), talks about things that led him to start this organization, which comes to the defense of plants and is dedicated to sharing the science and best practices around their use. ICEERS.ORG The Ayahuasca Defense Fund http://ayahuascadefense.com/ Ayahuasca Technical Report http://news.iceers.org/2017/07/2017-ayahuasca-technical-report/ Ayahuasca Good Practice Guide http://iceers.org/Documents_ICEERS_site/Safety&Ethics/Ayahuasca-Good_Practice_Guide_ICEERS2014.pdf Videos from the second World Ayahuasca Conference https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFSYWkLS73y6hwEaBHmIJyyQ9XCbMauc1&mc_cid=a1a4803e3a&mc_eid=4d4a945542 Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Psychedelic Salon Magazine https://flipboard.com/@lorenzohagerty/psychedelic-salon-beqt65mhy

Guest speakers: Annie Oak and friends Photo source: Fortune420.com PROGRAM NOTES: Today's podcast features a panel of distinguished women, all of whom are participating in various ways in the burgeoning new world of legal cannabis growing, distribution, and education. The panel assembled on the last evening in August at the 2017 Burning Man Festival, where they spoke in the Palenque Norte Lecture tent. You don't have to be a woman to get a lot out of the information and experience of these amazing women entrepreneurs. Just give it a listen and you will understand what I mean. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Guest speaker: Dave Nichols Photo by Jon Hanna from the Erowid.org vault of Dr. David Nichols PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 As the founding president of the Heffter Research Institute, a chemist who crafted some of the most important research molecules of this generation and a leader in the psychedelic community, we're pleased to present an interview with Dr. David Nichols. He talks about the impetus for his interest in these molecules, the potential dangers of microdosing and the feelings of a chemist whose creations escaped the laboratory and - while doing much good - also caused harm. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Microdosing with LSD and its Research Potential Legal highs: the dark side of medicinal chemistry http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110105/full/469007a.html Review of psychedelics by Dr. Nichols: http://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/68/2/264 LSD Neuroscience - David E. Nichols at Psychedelic Science 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUGRcuA16E To support Lex Pelger's Psychedelic Salon 2.0 podcasts, join the No Nonsense Club: https://www.patreon.com/NoNonsense

Guest speaker: Rick Doblin Lorenzo looks on as Jon Hanna delivers the very first Palenque Norte Lecture at the 2003 Burning Man Festival. PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: September 1, 2017 Today we feature the 2017 Palenque Norte Lecture delivered by the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, Rick Doblin. In this wide ranging talk, besides an update about the recent FDA approval for MAPS' major Phase 3 study of MDMA, we are treated to the fascinating story of how Rick was able to convince his conservative family into supporting his decision to pursue the investigation of psychedelic medicines. "What I intimated in my early LSD and mescaline sessions, they weren't all beautiful and peaceful and, you know, unity with god. They more were like taking a very ridged intellectual person and helping me to start to feel, and helping me have emotions, and helping me to start to wrestle with some deeper emotions." -Rick Doblin Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option MAPS.ORG http://www.maps.org/

Guest speaker: Keeper Trout PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 The wonderful Keeper Trout shares with us today includes his experiences archiving the files of Dr. Alexander Shulgin, working to collect the chemistry of psychedelic plants and medicines (particularly mescaline containing plants), and the cultural and legal history of the Native use of peyote and cactus as well as its suppression by the United States government. Keeper Trout is a multifaceted and delightful character who gives us today's engaging interview. See Trout's work on Shulgin's archive here: www.shulginarchive.org More about his work conserving the cactus here: www.cactusconservation.org And his own excellent and thorough work on the chemistry and history of use of psychedelics: http://Troutsnotes.com Also, here is the article in which Keeper mentioned: Hallucinations of Neutrality in the Oregon Peyote Case, by Harry F. Tepker, Jr. https://works.bepress.com/harry_f_tepker/23/ To support the Psychedelic Salon 2.0 broadcast, join the No Nonsense! Club on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NoNonsense Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Hemp for Victory

Guest speaker: Android Jones Android Jones delivering his 2017 Palenque Norte Lecture PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: August 2017 Today's podcast features the Palenque Norte Lecture given by visionary artist Android Jones at the 2017 Burning Man Festival. Rather than give a structured lecture, Jones answers questions from the audience about the process he uses, including the use of entheogens, to create the fantastical images that we have seen on album covers, festival posters, live performances, and online at YouTube and Vimeo. If you have ever wondered how a work of art, such as his intriguing video titled Samskara came about, this evening conversation on the playa with Android Jones will fascinate you. [NOTE: The following quotations are by Android Jones [When facing a blank canvas] "you've got all these possibilities, and every time you make a decision the infinite possibilities are collapsing. By making a piece of art we are actually collapsing infinity. Every yes is a no to every other thing that you do." "I don't take psychedelics to try to understand some sort of like forth dimensional entities' agenda on Earth. I take psychedelics so I can understand the majesty of nature. I take psychedelics and I study the ways that trees grow. I take psychedelics and I look at the way that bees will start moving around the hives and the shapes they make. Psychedelics are not inspiring, but they help me gain a whole new level of insight into what is the most inspiring thing, which is just raw, beautiful nature that's around us all the time." "I like making art more than sex. I like it more than any other thing that there is. . . . I'm a junkie for that deep creative flow space." Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Android Jones' Website Android Jones on Vimeo Samskara - An experience by Android Jones Left to right:Phong, Chris Aimone, Bruce Damer, Andrew (Android) Jones, Samantha Sweetwater

Guest speaker: Ben Stewart Ben Stewart PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 The filmmaker Ben Stewart sits down in Lex Pelger's living room to share his story about the journey that led him to making films and how the psychedelics helped shape his path. You can learn more about his work on his website: http://talismanicidols.net/ Watch Ben Stewart's videos at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtkjwwba5AyYyIkq-DSZkw Follow Ben on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KymaticaNamaste/ And see everything Gaia.com is up to at: https://www.gaia.com As always, this is a No Nonsense production. Any assistance is always appreciated. Join us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/NoNonsense Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Guest speaker: Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow delivering his Palenque Norte Lecture at the 2017 Burning Man Festival PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: August 2017 Today's podcast features the 2017 Palenque Norte Lecture by Cory Doctorow. In this talk, which was given during the Burning Man Festival, Cory walks us through some of the current issues having an impact on our ability to have our thoughts and words exchanged between ourselves without the threat of Big Brother listening in. As he explains, this isn't a case of winning or losing, it is about the ongoing efforts we all must make so as to keep the Internet free and not simply be the tool of big corporations and governments to spread their stories at the expense of We the People. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Guest speaker: Neal Goldsmith PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: October 4, 2017 Today we hear from Neal Goldsmith about the speakers at the Horizons psychedelics conference this weekend: http://www.horizonsnyc.org/ And then our old friend Brian talks about the Saturday night event with Duncan Trussel. https://www.psymposia.com/events/microdosing-duncan-trussell/ If you can't make it, you can watch the show on their livestream. And as always, if you'd like to have your events, gatherings and work promoted, shoot an email to Lex: pelger (at) gmail (dot) com Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option

Guest speaker: Sergey Baranov Sergey Baranov PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 The path to peyote for a Russian seeker named Sergey Baranov. Throughout communities spanning the Americas, Sergey explored plant medicines and even faced a near-death experience before finally settling in Peru and founding the 'Cactus House' where he now leads ceremonies. Sergey Baranov's Website: http://shamansworld.org/ His Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/huachumawasi/ Path: Seeking Truth in a World of Lies by Sergey Baranov https://www.amazon.com/Path-Sergey-Baranov/dp/1480040711/ "Mescaline: An Ancient Medicine for the Soul" by Sergey Baranov https://wakeup-world.com/2017/05/06/mescaline-an-ancient-medicine-for-the-soul/ "Huachuma – The Visionary Cactus from the Peruvian Andes" by Sergey Baranov http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/06/19/huachuma-visionary-cactus-peruvian-andes/ Meetings with Sergey Baranov: Sacrifice Your Fears for Your Vision http://astore.amazon.com/matrixmasterscom/detail/154421460X Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Altered Conference 2017 - BERLIN 3 - 4 November 2017 https://www.alteredconference.com/ Use the code PSYCHEDELICSALON at the checkout for a discounted ticket TantraPunk Podcast 126 with Lorenzo https://tantrapunk.com/decrypting-the-cyberdelic-revolution-with-lorenzo-hagerty-tpp126/ This Is Not A Drill Podcast 39 with Lorenzo https://superorganism.space/