Joe Rogan Experience #1121 - Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. His new book "How To Change Your Mind" is available now. "How To Change Your Mind" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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May 24, 20181h 25mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 24, 2018
Duration: 1h 25m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Michael Pollan is an author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. His new book "How To Change Your Mind" is available now. "How To Change Your Mind" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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Joe Rogan
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Michael Pollan
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Michael Pollan, Joe Rogan Experience #1121 - Michael Pollan explores michael Pollan Explores Psychedelics, Consciousness, Healing, and Cultural Taboo Joe Rogan interviews author Michael Pollan about his book on psychedelics, focusing on how substances like psilocybin and LSD are being reconsidered by science and medicine. Pollan describes clinical research showing dramatic benefits for depression, anxiety, addiction, and end‑of‑life distress, especially when psychedelics are administered in guided, controlled settings. They discuss the neuroscience of ego dissolution, the role of the default mode network, and how these experiences can reset rigid mental patterns. The conversation also explores cultural stigma, historical and religious connections, policy issues, and Pollan’s own late‑in‑life psychedelic experiences.

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