The Trip Report

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves.. Today, we’re speaking with Reed Finlay , a visionary designer and the founder of Set and Setting Design , a company dedicated to creating transformative spaces for healing and human connection. Reed’s journey began in traditional architecture, where he spent over 25 years designing everything from high-end homes to sustainab...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves . Today, we’re speaking with Josh White , the founder and executive director of Fireside Project , an innovative nonprofit that offers psychedelic coaching and real-time peer support for people navigating psychedelic experiences. After a career as a lawyer representing the city and county of San Francisco, he shifted his focus...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves. Today, we’re speaking with Tom Morgan , a writer, thinker, and founder of Leading Edge , a community dedicated to exploring human transformation and the evolution of intelligence. Tom’s journey began on the trading floors of Wall Street, where he built a successful career in finance before experiencing a profound and disorien...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves . Today, I am speaking with Gabe Charalambides , a former aerospace engineer turned mental health and psychedelic entrepreneur. Gabe is the founder of Odyssey , a pioneering organization offering psilocybin-assisted retreats and private sessions under Oregon’s psilocybin legalization framework. Gabe’s journey began in the worl...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves . Today, I am speaking with Hailey Gilmore , the former Medical Science Liason at MAPS PBC, Lykos Therapeutics, and founder of Luminous Research Consulting Hailey joined MAPS in 2020, where she spearheaded their investigator-initiated trials (IIT) program, overseeing how MDMA-assisted therapy could address diverse clinical ind...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves . Today, we are speaking with Dr. James Cooke , neuroscientist, philosopher, and author of the recently released book, Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious and Alive. This groundbreaking work offers a bold new perspective on the nature of consciousness, bridging the gap between science and spirituality, and challenging co...

Before we dive in, please fill out the below brief reader survey—it takes 60 seconds—to help us better understand what you like and would like to see more of from The Trip Report in 2025! Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves . Today, I am speaking with Dillan DiNardo , CEO of Mindstate Design Labs , an innovative drug development company taking a unique approach...

Welcome to another Special Dispatch from The Trip Report Podcas t, a production of Beckley Waves .  Today, I am speaking with Matt Zorn , a litigator and partner at Yetter Coleman . With a practice spanning antitrust, competition, IP, and a deep focus on controlled substances and drug regulation, Matt brings a unique perspective to the shifting landscape of drug policy and health agency reform. Wh...

Welcome to a Special Dispatch of The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves . Today, I’m joined by Nick Gillespie , Editor-at-Large of Reason magazine , to discuss the results of the US election and specifically what it might mean for psychedelic policy, research, and drug development.   As a veteran observer of the intersection between politics, regulation, and civil liberties, Nick o...

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Welcome back to The Trip Report , a production of Beckley Waves . In this episode, we’re joined by Lucia Huang , Co-Founder and CEO of Osmind , a mental health startup that seeks to transform psychiatry by supporting clinicians with a novel treatment and research platform that streamlines measurement-based care. Measurement-based care in mental health is a clinical approach tha...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves . Today's conversation is with Shamil Chandaria , and as I alluded to in last week’s newsletter introducing computational neuroscience —it is the longest and most technical conversation we’ve had to date. I have wanted to speak with Shamil since I watched his lecture at Oxford titled The Bayesian Brain and Meditation . Shamil i...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves , a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Over the past year, we’ve spoken with researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, and practitioners who are pioneering new paths in the world of psychedelics and mental health.  After over thirty episodes of The Trip Report Podcast , I figured it was time to give a peek behind the scenes of Beckley Wa...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, I am speaking with Dr. Rachelle Sampson and Dr. Bennet Zelner, the primary investigators of The Connected Leadership Study . Rachelle and Bennet are both faculty at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and share a deep interest in how psychedelics might catalyze system...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves , a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today’s conversation is a unique one as I am speaking with Rebecca Kronman , a licensed therapist and the founder of Plant Parenthood , a digital community exploring the intersection of psychedelics and family life. Rebecca and Plant Parenthood have been at the forefront of conversations about p...

Welcome to The Trip Report Podcas t, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Last week on the podcast,  I spoke with Dr. Carlene MacMillan , psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer of  Osmind,  about the FDA’s rejection of MDMA Assisted Therapy.  That conversation focused on some of the problems with the application, including potentially missing data, inaccurate or unreported...

Welcome to a special episode of The Trip Report Podcas t, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, we’re dissecting the FDA’s rejection of Lykos Therapeutics MDMA Assisted Therapy with Dr. Carlene MacMillan MD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer at Osmind . In her role at Osmind, Dr. MacMillan has the unique experience of helping practices across th...

Today, we are speaking with Dr. Selma Holden, MD , a physician-therapist and director of the  Riverbird Clinic , an innovative group psychotherapy and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy practice in Portland, Maine. Before starting Riverbird, Dr. Holden practiced family medicine in rural Maine and received research training through the Integrative Medicine Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. I...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, we are speaking with East Forest , the renowned musician, producer, and ceremony guide, who is best known for his songs and soundtracks specifically created for psychedelic journeys. He recently completed a feature narrative documentary called  Music for Mushrooms , which aims to inspire pe...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves , a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, I am speaking with Joanna Kempner, PhD , a medical sociologist with deep expertise in the healthcare system’s approach—and shortcomings—to treating chronic illness.  Joanna is well known for her research on the social dynamics of medicine and has written extensively on the topic of migrain...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, in honor of PTSD Awareness Month, we are speaking with filmmaker Brandon Kapelow , the writer and director of the short film titled An Act of Service which was published under the New York Times Op-Docs banner in the Spring of 2024. This powerful documentary explores the journey of a fire c...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio Today, we have the honor of speaking with distinguished neuroscientist and researcher of consciousness, Christof Koch, Ph. D . Christof is the Chief Scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation and Chief Scientist and President of the Allen Institute for Brain Science .  He has been a prominent figure...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, I am speaking with Manesh Girn, Ph. D , a prominent researcher and science communicator in the field of psychedelics and neuroscience.  Manesh is a postdoctoral researcher at UCSF in Robin Carhart-Harris's lab. His fascinating background bridges psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Man...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, I am speaking with Dennis Walker , AKA the Mycopreneur . I don’t know about you, but I am always flummoxed by the seriousness of the discourse among stakeholders in the ‘psychedelic renaissance.’ My guess is that this earnestness is the result of a few things: * a reverence and respect for...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, we have the privilege of speaking with Bruce Damer , a distinguished astrobiologist from the University of California, Santa Cruz.  He is also the Director and Chief Scientist at the BIOTA Institute and the co-founder and president of the Center for MINDS , which stands for the Multidiscipl...

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast , a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio. Today, I am speaking with Dr. Pedro Texeira, Ph. D a scientist studying health behavior change and health psychology at the University of Lisbon and founder of the psychedelic educational non-profit Safe Journey . About 18 months ago, I came across a paper authored by Pedro, Robin Carhart-Harris,...