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Episode 8: Erika Dyck, professor of the history of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

This episode was recorded on November 25th, 2024.
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00:00:00 In this episode...
00:00:47 Foreword
00:03:16 How Erika started doing LSD research
00:05:38 Neglected areas of LSD research
00:09:01 LSD research in Saskatchewan
00:15:26 Canada's involvement in World Wars
00:17:43 Humphry Osmond, LSD research pioneer
00:22:25 Etymology of "hallucinogen"
00:27:52 What is (a) psychedelic?
00:31:32 Origin story of "psychedelic"
00:34:15 Psychedelics and new cognitive categories
00:41:06 Interdisciplinary psychedelic conferences
00:42:53 Psychedelic ethics
00:47:32 Osmond and Saskatchewan
00:56:42 Native American Church
00:59:31 Psychedelics and reductionism
01:05:27 Peyote rituals and history of NAC
01:16:56 Psychedelic therapy and ceremony
01:22:26 Myths about indigenous use of psychedelics
01:27:12 Psychedelics, schizophrenia and AA
01:34:54 LSD inspired architecture
01:42:25 Huxleys
01:52:04 Neglected women in historical narratives
02:01:22 Rita and Al Hubbard
02:14:26 Sidney Cohen and side effects of LSD
02:19:39 Psychedelic backlash
02:27:12 Moral panics
02:34:03 Drugs – genuine concern or convenient scapegoats?
02:42:11 Unpredictability of psychedelics
02:51:27 Better drug education
02:55:49 Drug propaganda and institutions
02:58:32 Hype and psychedelic philanthropy
03:04:47 End of the first wave of psychedelic research
03:14:00 Final questions
03:17:57 Afterword

Erika's X https://t.ly/9KtSx
Erika's LinkedIn https://t.ly/22i2A
Erika's university page https://t.ly/xrFz1

Osmond's and Smythie's Schizophrenia: A New Approach https://t.ly/c_4Nl
Erika's book Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus https://t.ly/9Q3QL
The Hallucinogens by Hoffer and Osmond https://t.ly/YPlKL
Rick Doblin's psychedelic house https://t.ly/weel2
Noidan käsikirja (Usborne Guide to the Supernatural World) https://t.ly/cST3U
Sidney Cohen's 1960 paper https://t.ly/YYerw
Sidney Cohen's 1962 paper https://t.ly/V80f5
Sidney Cohen's 1963 paper https://t.ly/bB2ef
Stuart Hall Moral panic book https://t.ly/sK1rF
Pace and Devenot on right-wing psychedelia https://t.ly/6mbDe

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