E1 - Chapter 1: LSD

Aired: July 12, 2022

From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus — and the CIA.

E2 - Chapter 2: Psilocybin

Aired: July 12, 2022

Magic mushrooms, long considered sacred by the Indigenous Mazatec in Mexico, become the subject of scientific studies measuring their intense effects.

E3 - Chapter 3: MDMA

Aired: July 12, 2022

Championed by both therapists and ravers, ecstasy stands out as the first psychedelic likely to become legalized, thanks to passionate advocates.

E4 - Chapter 4: Mescaline

Aired: July 12, 2022

Mescaline, the psychoactive molecule in San Pedro and peyote cacti, a sacred medicine that Native Americans have had to fight for the right to use.