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A Veteran's Mission to Redesign Immersive Sound Therapy What happens when the music meant to support healing becomes its own source of disruption? Rogers Masson knows firsthand. A U.S. Army veteran and Grammy-voting music producer who spent over three decades living with PTSD, Masson entered the MAPS/FDA expanded access MDMA-assisted therapy trials at the Pearl Institute in Asheville, North Caroli...

On this episode, host Jim Tate sits down with Chris Pauli, Co-Founder and Molecular Biologist at Tryptomics, a Colorado-based biotech laboratory pioneering testing and research services for psychoactive plants and fungi. From his early work sequencing the cannabis genome to building one of the first dedicated psychedelic testing labs, Pauli brings a rigorous scientific lens to a field that urgentl...

S1E18: Ontological Shock and the Healing Threshold: A Psychedelic Clinician’s Field Guide with Peter Addy, PhD. Join host Jim Tate sits and his guest psychedelic researcher and psychotherapist Peter Addy, PhD for an honest, nuanced, and scientifically grounded survey of the current psychedelic landscape. From the mechanics of harm reduction and integration therapy to the politics of federal schedu...

S1E17: Healing From the Inside Out: Bénédicte Mannix on Psilocybin, Mental Homeostasis, and the Art of the Private Retreat Join host Jim Tate and his guest Bénédicte (Ben) Mannix , holistic psilocybin therapist, sophrotherapist, and founder of Sophrodelic in Kingston, Jamaica for a candid and illuminating conversation about what truly personalized psychedelic-assisted therapy looks and feels like...

S1E16: Clearing the Plaque: How DMT Saved One Man's Life and What Science Is Beginning to Confirm Join host Jim Tate and his guest DMT Field Guide author Adam Butler, psychedelic philosopher, prolific author, and passionate DMT advocate , for a candid, deeply personal conversation at the intersection of mental health, neuroplasticity, and the emerging science of psychedelic medicine. Butler, autho...

S1E15: The People's Mushroom: Psychedelics, Policy, and the Push to Reclaim Scotland's Indigenous Apothecary with Anna Ross, PhD Join host Jim Tate travels north of the border to speak with Dr. Anna Ross, lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, co-founder of the Scottish Psychedelic Research Group (SPRG), and self-described "lived and living experience researcher" who came up through Scotland's 1...

S1E14: Extended-State DMT (DMTx) Method Join host Jim Tate and his guest Daniel McQueen, a professional psychedelic therapist and executive director of the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness, a psychedelic harm-reduction program and international psychedelic therapy training program focusing on Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy and Cannabis-Assisted Psychotherapy. McQueen discusses his journey f...

S1E13: Sacred Healing or Clinical Care? Join host Jim Tate and his guest Justin Townsend, Founder and CEO of Myco Meditations, a leading psilocybin-assisted retreat organization based in Jamaica. Together, they explore the emerging role of psychedelics at the intersection of clinical treatment, sacred ceremony, and cultural transformation. From 6,000+ psilocybin journeys hosted in safe, structured...

S1E12: Salvia, Somatics, and the Kappa Receptor: A Different Kind of Journey Join host Jim Tate and his guest Christopher Solomon, somatic Salvia guide, teacher, and inventor of a pipe that aids in the mindful exploration of Salvia divinorum, for a grounded conversation about one of the psychedelic ecosystem’s most misunderstood medicines. Solomon argues that salvia’s reputation is often shaped by...

S1E11: Bridging Healing & Mystery, Psilocybin’s Role at the Intersection of Mental Health, Spirituality and Community Join host Jim Tate and his guest, prolific author, educator and psychedelic wellness expert Matt Zemon. Matt is a thought leader at the intersection of psychedelics, science, and spiritual experience. After his own profound mushroom experience transformed him from skeptic to seeker...

S1E10: From Combat to Community: Jesse Gould and the Veteran-Led Psychedelic Movement Join host Jim Tate and his guest Jesse Gould, Founder and President of the Heroic Hearts Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit connecting military veterans and their families to structured psychedelic retreat programs with peer support and integration coaching. The conversation explores the veteran suicide crisis, the e...

S1E9: Sacraments and Psychedelics with Pastor Dave Hodges Join host Jim Tate and his guest Dave Hodges, Founder and Pastor of the Church of Ambrosia. Pastor Dave has built a multi-pronged movement focusing on safety, education, community, and legal recognition of entheogenic sacraments. By fusing scientific rigor with spiritual guidance and activism, Dave’s created a model both pragmatic and profo...

S1E8: Inside Oregon’s Psilocybin Experiment: Practice, Policy, and Lived Experience with Heidi Venture Join host Jim Tate and his guest Heidi Venture, co-founder of Vital Reset, one of Oregon’s first licensed psilocybin service centers. Heidi shares her insights on how Oregon’s landmark psilocybin law translates into day-to-day realities for clients, facilitators, and service center owners. Jim an...

S1E7:: Sky Mountain 5-MeO-DMT Retreats Join host Jim Tate and his guest Roger Kaufman, co‑host and co‑facilitator at Sky Mountain, a private retreat where psychotherapists Roger Kaufman and Dustin Kerrone will serve as your emissaries to the infinite. Roger shares insights on the mission and therapeutic philosophy of Sky Mountain.

S1E6: The Spirit Pharmacist: Psychedelic Safety, SSRIs, and the Myth of Serotonin Syndrome Join host Jim Tate and his guest Ben Malcolm, PharmD, MPH. known globally as The Spirit Pharmacist, for a deep, science-grounded exploration of psychedelic pharmacology, psychiatric medications, and safety. From SSRI tapering and serotonin syndrome myths to psilocybin dosing, ibogaine’s role in opioid addict...

S1E5: From Battlefield to Beckley: Neil Markey on Psychedelics, PTSD, and Purpose Join host Jim Tate and his guest Neil Markey, Co‑Founder and CEO of Beckley Retreats, to uncover how their immersive, legally sanctioned five‑night psilocybin retreats in Jamaica (and truffle retreats in the Netherlands) combine artisanal ritual, high‑caliber safety standards, and group dynamics for transformational...

S1E4: Ibogaine Isn’t a Pill: Building a Hospital-Grade Psychedelic ‘Reset’ at Beond. Host Jim Tate speaks with Tom Feegel, CEO & Co-Founder of Beond Ibogaine, about what it means to deliver ibogaine in a medically monitored setting.

S1E3: Melissa Stangl on Soltara’s Shipibo-Guided Ayahuasca Model, Safety Screening, and Integration That Actually Sticks. In this timely conversation, host Jim Tate engages Melissa Stangl, Founding Partner & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Soltara Healing Center, about her unlikely pivot from biomedical engineering and cancer research into the operational “backbone” of plant medicine work. Melissa...

S1E2: Mushrooms, Methods, and Meaning: Inside Jamaica’s Legal Psilocybin Supply with Rose Hill’s Charles Lazarus Host Jim Tate and Charles Lazarus, from Rose Hill discuss legal context, cultivation science, clinical collaboration, whole mushroom vs. synthetics, veteran healing programs, microdosing and mindset, along with ethical entrepreneurship.

S1E1: Modern Psychedelics and the Neuroplastic Revolution with Joe Dolce On this episode, host Jim Tate and executive producer Gregg Anthony Masters, MPH engage Joe Dolce, author of 'Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration'. Jim sits down with Joe to unpack the new science and ancient wisdom reshaping humanity’s relationship with consciousness. From the citizen-science wave of mi...