<p>The very first MDMA pills hit Britain. Ecstasy fuses with the music of Acid House - and four ordinary people's lives are changed forever. #BattleOfRave
This podcast contains strong language and references to drug use.</p><p>Credits
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design ... Show More
Jul 2019
From the Vault: MDMA, Part 2
Some of you have tried the ecstasy. Others have merely heard about the drug on a TV sitcom, or heard about it in a news report. Either way, MDMA's power resonates through our culture -- and sometimes it's hard to distinguish the truth form the misinformation. But what exactly is ... Show More
41m 23s
Mar 2024
The Acid House Revolution
Between 1988 and 1994, the UK scrambled to make sense of acid house, with its radical new sounds, new drugs and new ways of partying. In a recent piece for the paper, Chal Ravens considers a reappraisal of the origins and political ramifications of the Second Summer of Love. She ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2020
Season Premiere: Driveway Elegies
<p><em>This episode contains strong language. </em></p><p>On the first episode of the new Modern Love podcast, we hear from two women who examine their lives through the contents of their homes — the car in the driveway, the stained teacups, the razor and shaving cream by the sin ... Show More
27m 57s
Jul 2024
156. Medication, Mumps, and Football Fever
Hey loves! In this episode, we’re diving into a rollercoaster of topics that’ll make you laugh, think, and maybe even cringe a little (in a good way, of course!). From my wild ride with medication highs and lows to nostalgic tales of trying to catch mumps just to skip school – ye ... Show More
46m 21s
Dec 2015
MDMA: Pharmacological Healer
<p>In the form of recreational ecstasy, the psychoactive drug MDMA carries with it a stigma of wide-eyed ravers, free love and counterculture pharmacological spirituality. But beyond its cultural legacy, MDMA offers a potent therapeutic tool for doctors and therapists -- if we ca ... Show More
40m 15s