IN this episode I spoke with Adam Strauss and Shane Mauss
We Discuss
Shane’s podcast Here We Are
The role of Cognitive Biases in human life
The hygiene hypothesis and the potential up-regulation of our psychological sensitivity as a result
Shane’s upbringing in small-town Wisconsin and how it set him up to go ‘against the grain’ and eventually saw him get interested in psychedelics
How comedy helped him connect with his Father, “…I just loved seeing him laugh” and how subsequent psychedelic trips have given him context for this sensibility
Shane demonstrates his world-class hand whistling ability -
Shane alludes to how he feels psychedelics mediate between one's’ inner world and outer experience
The fact that the visceral ‘take away messages’ from psychedelic experiences what Matthew Johnson calls ‘duh moments’
How psychedelic trips help Shane distil his comedic approach to be more authentic
Adam Strauss Joins us as a ‘re-dose’!
Shane gets to the bottom of a story about an unforgettable ‘editorial decision’. It was for this documentary btw
Adam and Shane outline how they would like a neuroscience and fMRI ‘101’ to be out there
Adam’s desires to see some info on the attenuating effect of SSRIs on psilocybin
Shane’s experience working with mycomeditations and his anecdotal experience of people on SSRIs struggling to have profound phenomenological experiences with high doses of psilocybin
Niall’s concerns over the potential risks associated with abrupt SSRI withdrawal and the potential for suicidality and SSRI discontinuation syndrome as people prepare to take psychedelics
Adam talks about his various experiences with LSD vs Psilocybin and how surrendering to the various experiences helped him get to the ‘other side’
Adam tells a story about bothering the emergency services (and penis jokes are made)
The potential emergence of psychedelic orthodoxy and the risk of dogma
The upcoming Pittsburgh SOAP conference
Horizons conference NYC
Adam’s website and twitter
Shane’s website, twitter documentary and current show stand up science
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