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Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) is the author of eight books, including How to Change Your Mind, Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. A longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan teaches writing at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. His newest book is This Is Your Mind on Plants.

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Intro: 00:00
Where Michael’s engagement with nature began [05:52]
The timing of This Is Your Mind On Plants [12:31]
Plants or molecules that did and didn't make the cut [17:06]
Nixon's criminalization of drugs was politically motivated. [19:38]
Jim Hogshire and how Michael wound up on the radar of law enforcement [24:56]
Harper’s Magazine owner Rick MacArthur and his defense of First Amendment rights [38:59]
The irrationality and hypocrisy of the war on drugs and why prohibition is a losing strategy [42:44]
The public's embracing of psychedelics since Michael wrote How to Change Your Mind [48:38]
How is mescaline unique from other psychedelics? [58:39]
Mescaline, peyote, and protecting Native American culture [1:02:52]
The obstacle-laden path to writing This Is Your Mind On Plants [1:09:10]
After the drug war, what does the drug peace look like? [1:12:37]
Practical applications for decriminalized mescaline [1:17:08]
A vision for psychedelics in 50 years [1:19:42]
The work of the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics [1:26:53]
The goal of the Ferriss UC Berkeley Journalism Fellowship [1:28:43]
Why supporting quality journalism in the psychedelic space right now is so important [1:35:30]
US vs. UK: coffee or tea? [1:36:32]
The importance of caffeine to the rise of capitalism [1:39:20]
Why sleep researchers often abstain from caffeine [1:41:30]
Is caffeine a boon or bane to our species? [1:43:57]
My experience with coffee culture in Japan [1:45:50]
What we can expect from the upcoming Netflix documentary series based on How to Change Your Mind [1:47:33]
Michael’s tips and recommended resources for the novice gardener [1:49:23]
One important correction on the John Jeavons book Michael referred to [1:54:33]
Parting thoughts. [1:55:02]

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