Nick Jikomes

Mind & Matter

Science EN ↓ 303 episodes

Whether food, drugs or ideas, what you consume influences who you become. Learn directly from the best scientists & thinkers alive today about how your mind-body reacts to what you feed it. The weekly M&M podcast features conversations with the most interesting scientists, thinkers, and technology entrepreneurs alive today. Not medical advice. At M&M, we are interested in trying to figure out how things work, not affirming our existing beliefs. We prefer consulting primary rather than secondary sources and independent rather than institutional voices. If we encounter uncomfortable truths or th...

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Nick Jikomes

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Chance, Evolution & the Nature of Innovation | Sean B. Carroll | Episode 3 01.01.2021 1:36:51

Send us Fan Mail Sean B. Carroll, PhD is an award-winning biologist, author, and filmmaker. Nick and Sean discuss everything from Sean's unique career trajectory and writing process, to dinosaurs and snake venom, to COVID19, the evolution of viruses, and why comedians and scientists are kindred spirits. Support the show Support my work: Good Chemistry : Science-based health consulting AquaTr...

Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, DMT Facts & Myths, Inflammation & Novel Psychedelic Medicines | Charles Nichols | 2 25.12.2020 1:53:27

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Nichols is a professor of pharmacology at Louisiana State University. He has been studying the molecular, genetic, and behavioral effects of psychedelics for nearly 25 years and is considered one of the world’s top experts on the biological effects of psychedelics in the brain and body. Nick spoke to Charles for almost two hours, covering a wide range of topics related to how...

Immortality Key: Psychedelics, Ancient Mysteries & Early Christianity | Brian Muraresku | Episode 1 14.12.2020 1:30:08

Send us Fan Mail Brian is the author of the New York Times-bestselling book, "The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion With No Name." Brian is fluent in Ancient Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit, and spent over a decade putting together an incredible story about the intentional use of psychoactive plants in the ancient world, including scientific evidence for the ritual use of sp...