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Josh Flaum: Greg's Condo in Orlando

June 28, 2019

On a dull night in Orlando, young Josh Flaum decides to experiment with drugs he can buy over the counter.

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Tags Josh Flaum, drugs, Orlando, Season 9, Florida

Myq Kaplan: Electric Meat

December 1, 2017

Comedian Myq Kaplan has a spiritual epiphany while experimenting with ayahuasca.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Myq Kaplan, drug use, drugs, ayahuasca, comedy

Gail Thomas: Patient Number 13

December 1, 2017

Actor Gail Thomas is invited to take part in a study testing mushrooms as treatment for depression in cancer survivors.

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In Health and Medicine, Psychology Tags Gail Thomas, cancer, drugs, mental health, depression, study participant, Psilocybin

Daniel Miller: Black Holes

August 8, 2014

At four years old, Daniel Miller became one of the youngest people in the state of Texas ever to testify in court -- against his own mother, for sexual assault. As an adult, he struggles for stability, but finds hope in physics.

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Tags Daniel Miller, season 4, physics, scientist origin story, abuse, childhood, addiction, drug addiction, drugs

Arran Frood: A therapeutic trip

November 25, 2012

Arran Frood is a science writer who specializes in writing about studies of psychedelic drugs, but a routine story turns personal when he finds himself in a study of MDMA and therapy.

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Tags Arran Frood, journalism, drug use, drugs, MDMA

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