Ketamine can induce an out-of-body experience, with some individuals reporting sensations of leaving their body and floating above it, similar to near-death experiences. Patients have described the ketamine experience as a sensation of being the car and then transitioning to being a passenger in the car, conveying a profound dissociative effect.
Kara and Scott are back with a lot to discuss! They start with the new Wall Street Journal piece on Elon Musk’s drug use, and get some medical expertise and insights from Kara's brother, Dr. Jeffrey Swisher. Then, they discuss the fallout from Harvard president Claudine Gay's resignation, and Bill Ackman's wife facing plagiarism charges. Plus, Disney's family feud between ESPN and Jimmy Kimmel, a possible Warner Bros/Paramount merger on the horizon, and more.
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