“Whatever is emerging, we want to help people explore it and experience it,” says Rick Doblin. GP interviewed the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) about the impact MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may have on PTSD, eating disorders, alcoholism, and other forms of trauma. Doblin explains the landsca ... Show More
Feb 24
The Pursuit Series: How to Define Your Personal Code
Emily Hickey—marketer and brand strategist—sits down with Gwyneth Paltrow to talk about personal codes, the inner principles that shape how we move through the world. They discuss reinvention, self-expression, and how aligning with your values can transform how you show up and br ... Show More
55m 18s
Feb 17
Histotripsy: Changing How We Treat Cancer
Gwyneth sits down with Mike Blue—CEO of HistoSonics—to explore histotripsy, a breakthrough noninvasive ultrasound technology designed to destroy tumors without surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. He shares the 25-year journey behind the technology, the patients already benefitin ... Show More
52m 18s
Nov 2020
The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy | Rick Doblin
Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this fascinating dive into the science of psychedelics, he explains how drugs like LSD, psilocy ... Show More
14m 50s
Dec 2022
Can Psychedelic Therapy Reset Our Social Media Brains?
When you look at the world, it can feel like we're in a precarious moment. If you’ve listened to past episodes, you know we call this the meta-crisis — an era of overlapping and interconnected crises like climate change, polarization, and the rise of decentralized technologies li ... Show More
42m 51s
Jun 2020
Will Psychedelics Save Mankind?
<p>Psychedelics have gotten very popular in the past few years for their therapeutic properties, but how much do you know about them? In this episode, I am going to talk about MDMA, which has a better success rate for PTSD than anything... ever! If all goes well with the FDA tria ... Show More
22m 59s
Sep 2021
MDMA for PTSD with Rick Doblin
Rick Doblin, psychotherapist and the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), returns to chat about methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and its positive effects on PTSD and trauma.Today, Doblin share what MDMA is, how it ... Show More
15m 56s
Aug 2019
#65 - Rick Doblin, Ph.D.: MDMA— the creation, scheduling, toxicity, therapeutic use, and changing public opinion of what is possibly the single most important synthetic molecule ever created by our species
<p>In this episode, Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of MAPS, discusses MDMA, a molecule that has (at a minimum) revolutionary therapeutic benefits for PTSD, but arguably could have, at the highest order, a lasting impact on humanity's ability to peacefully coexist. Ri ... Show More
3 h
Jan 2023
Can Psychedelic Medicine Fix Our Mental Health Crisis with Rick Doblin
This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Levels. We’re in the midst of a psychedelic renaissance. Compounds that have long been considered recreational drugs by conventional standards are finally being recognized through science as powe ... Show More
1h 37m