#17 - Psychedelic Capitalists Part 2: Pandemic Profiteers and Non-Cooperative Actors

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07/08/20 • 98 min

Brian Normand, David Nickles, and Russell Hausfeld continue their conversation about neoliberals in psychedelia, including companies using the coronavirus pandemic to promote psychedelics for mental health. They also deconstruct non-profit vs. for-profit rhetoric and propose more pragmatic frameworks for examining the implications (and material realities) of psychedelic corporations and their operating structures, such as cooperative vs. non-cooperative.

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**Corporadelic: a six part series by Russell Hausfeld on the intersection of psychedelics and capitalism, and the early investors making it happen.

Calm Down. What’s the Worst Thing that the Wellness Industry Could do to Psychedelics?

Talking Psychedelic Capitalism in a WeWork Ballroom

Christian Angermayer’s ATAI Life Sciences is Positioned to Take the Psychedelic Throne From MAPS

Making Psychedelics Boring Again: Unless You’re a Privileged Psychedelic Executive, Of Course

Psychedelic Trade Secrets and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes — A Benefit to Investors, a Harm to Progress

Never Forget: Before There Was A Mush Rush, There Was A Plea For Decency

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#16 - Psychedelic Capitalists Part 1: Psilocybin and Gold and Lithium, oh my!

Brian Normand and Dave Nickles are joined by Psymposia Senior Writer Russell Hausfeld to discuss capitalist logic in psychedelia, the principles of open science, and the increasing eagerness of extractive industry players (including gold and lithium mining outfits and traders) looking to capitalize on psychedelics.

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**Corporadelic: a six part series by Russell Hausfeld on the intersection of psychedelics and capitalism, and the early investors making it happen.

Calm Down. What’s the Worst Thing that the Wellness Industry Could do to Psychedelics?

Talking Psychedelic Capitalism in a WeWork Ballroom

Christian Angermayer’s ATAI Life Sciences is Positioned to Take the Psychedelic Throne From MAPS

Making Psychedelics Boring Again: Unless You’re a Privileged Psychedelic Executive, Of Course

Psychedelic Trade Secrets and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes — A Benefit to Investors, a Harm to Progress

Never Forget: Before There Was A Mush Rush, There Was A Plea For Decency

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#18 - Seizing the Doors of Perception

In this episode, we unpack some of the characters and dynamics of the psychedelic “arm” of the Intellectual Dark Web. We use Neşe Devenot’s recently released video on Jamie Wheal, Lucian Tarnowski, and other affiliates of the Rebel Wisdom media platform to explore questions of power, class, and ahistorical theories of social change. Just how much sense do these self-labelled "sensemakers" actually make?

Co-hosts: Brian Normand, Neşe Devenot, David Nickles, Brian Pace. Editor: Matt Payne.

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