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Divergent StatesDivergent StatesWilliam Leonard Pickard - The Acid King, the Rose, and the ReturnWhat happens when the most hunted man in psychedelic history walks free and joins us for a conversation?In this deeply reflective episode of Divergent States, I sit down with William Leonard Pickard: chemist, philosopher, author of The Rose of Paracelsus, and the man once called the “Acid King.” After decades behind bars, Pickard returns with revelations about time, memory, suffering, redemption, and the spiritual cost of psychedelic pursuit.We discuss the rise and fall of the most infamous LSD lab in history, Pickard's views on Ibogaine and modern psychedelic commercialization, and how prison reshaped his...2025-07-0452 minThe Unadulterated IntellectThe Unadulterated Intellect#82 – William Leonard Pickard, George Church, Glenn Cohen, Ruth L. Okedij, Tina Liu, and Alex Zhavoronkov: Petrie-Flom Center Open House – Health Law, Biotechnology, and the Future (09/19/2024)(00:00) Introduction (02:27) Petrie-Flom Center Open House – Health Law, Biotechnology, and the Future (51:55) Q&A --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theunadulteratedintellect/support2024-12-121h 06Ibogaine UncoveredIbogaine UncoveredWilliam Leonard Pickard: The Rebel Scientist Who Predicted FentanylWilliam Leonard Pickard is a former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, Harvard fellow in drug policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. His 1996 prediction of the fentanyl epidemic was published by RAND in The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids. Also known as the Acid King, Pickard was the central figure in the largest LSD manufacturing case in history. Manufacturing tens of millions of doses with a partner, at its height, Pickard’s lab produced up to a kilogram of LSD approximately every fi...2024-10-1157 minPsychedelics TodayPsychedelics TodayPT504 – Rethinking Drug Education: From D.A.R.E. Scare Tactics to an Evidence-Based Approach, with Joey Lichter, Ph.D.In this episode, Joe interviews Joey Lichter, Ph.D.: professor in the Chemistry & Biochemistry department at Miami’s Florida International University, and one of the few professors in the U.S. teaching a course about psychedelics at the collegiate level. He talks about his path towards the course, the challenge of creating a curriculum that covers everything in a few months, and the importance of teaching young minds about psychedelics the right away; shifting drug education from the “Just say no!” D.A.R.E. model to a more balanced, honest, and evidence-based approach. He aims for his st...2024-04-171h 06The Psychedelic SkepticThe Psychedelic SkepticMeet the Acid King: A Conversation with Leonard PickardOur guest today was Alleged to have produced "90% of the world's LSD," William Leonard Pickard is a former drug policy fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and deputy director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. With two life sentences without parole, he served 20 years in maximum security federal prisons, and was released in 2020. Currently, he is a senior advisor for JLS Fund II LP and the Fireside Project. He is a research affiliate with Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center on Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Program on...2023-12-0135 minPsychedelic-RevolutionPsychedelic-RevolutionJudd Weiss and the AdvancedMyco "Shrum Bag" for Artisan Mushroom Grow SuccessJudd Weiss joins the Psychedelic-Revolution to share his deep knowledge of psychedelics.  Judd is the President of AdvancedMyco the inventor and manufacturer of Shrum the “All In One Shroom Bag” that makes growing artisan mushrooms not only possible but easy!Judd is an Attorney, a Writer and a Speaker as wells as a Human that enjoys demystifying complex problems with honesty and integrityhttps://www.instagram.com/advancedmyco/?hl=enhttps://linktr.ee/advancedmycologyAcid Kinghttps://www.vice.com/en/article/wxqmwz/william-leonard-pickard-acid-king-bookHamilton's Pharmacopeiahtt...2023-11-2450 min"The Rose of Paracelsus" by Leonard Pickard (rebroadcast)On Thursday August 6th, 2020 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a review of William Leonard Pickard’s magisterial novelized biography “The Rose of Paracelsus”(2019). This 650 page masterwork is already considered literature by the academic community. Like Mallory’s “The Morte de Arthur” “The Rose” was entirely written in prison. It recounts Pickard’s academic, scientific, and extra-legal career from the early 1960s until his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in 2000. It is beautifully written, fast paced and well structured. It is subtitled “On Secrets and Sacraments” which aptly describes what it delivers. Pickard was not only a psychedelic alchemist, he was also...2023-10-1346 minThe Unadulterated IntellectThe Unadulterated Intellect#49 – William Leonard Pickard: Underground Histories and Overground Futures + Interview with Julian VayneWilliam Leonard Pickard is a former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, Harvard fellow in drug policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. His 1996 prediction of the fentanyl epidemic was published by RAND in The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids. In 2015 Pickard published The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments, a 656-page autobiography that blends fiction and nonfiction. The book centers around six chemists in an international drug organization. One of the Six tells Pickard, the book's narrator, that the making o...2023-09-021h 23Cato PodcastCato PodcastPromise and Pitfalls in Taking Psychedelic Medicine MainstreamThe promising results thus far in the clinical use of psychedelics shouldn't obscure the pitfalls of the regulatory processes. Researcher William Leonard Pickard discusses what the future might hold for psychedelic medicines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-06-1028 minCato PodcastCato PodcastPromise and Pitfalls in Taking Psychedelic Medicine MainstreamThe promising results thus far in the clinical use of psychedelics shouldn't obscure the pitfalls of the regulatory processes. Researcher William Leonard Pickard discusses what the future might hold for psychedelic medicines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2022-06-1028 minPsychedelics TodayPsychedelics TodayPT311 – William Leonard Pickard – LSD, Fentanyl, Prison, and the Greatest Gift of All: The Natural MindIn this episode of the podcast, Joe speaks in-person with chemist and drug researcher, William Leonard Pickard; famous for being sentenced to two life sentences in 2004 for the alleged manufacture of 90% of the world’s LSD.  www.psychedelicstoday.com2022-04-191h 34Reads and WeedsReads and WeedsEpisode 67 The Rose of Paracelsus by William Leonard PickardShelly hangs with Myc again to dive into the mind of William Leonard Pickard. Myc calls him an ENIGMA-defined as 'a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand'. I would have to agree. In the middle of reading this epic memoir that is at times magical realism and often an historical reference, I heard him speak at the inaugural Enthoefest. He was the most present soft spoken world traveling master chemist recently released from a life prison sentence psychonaut that I have ever met. His journey takes him out of prison to the monastery to Harvard...2021-10-251h 09True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark BoyerTrue Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark Boyer"LSD CAUSES PARANOIA AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN IT" -- TIMOTHY LEARY. DENNIS MCDOUGLE IS OUR SPECIAL GUESTA search for the truth behind the DEA’s life imprisonment of acid's most famous martyr. Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the “Acid King:” William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA. A narrative for fans of Mich...2021-05-0136 minNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryDennis McDougal, "Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King" (Simon and Schuster, 2020)Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King (Simon and Schuster, 2020) traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the “Acid King”: William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a scientific prodigy, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, a man who believed LSD would save lives, and one of the first voices warning about the dangers of fentanyl. He was also a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the...2021-04-0755 minWhat You Don\'t KnowWhat You Don't Know07 The Acid KingSean & Sarah talk Sean's tips getting stolen at work, Sarah's crippling Skyrim addiction, our senior superlatives in high school AND William Leonard Pickard the Acid King, a Harvard and Princeton educated man who was making $40 million worth of LSD EVERY 5 weeks. We talk his background and what eventually led to the biggest LSD drug bust in history. Follow @WYDKpod on Instagram!2020-09-0743 minPlus ThreePlus Three#20 - The LSD Silo Bust (Everything You Wanted to Know and a Few Things You Didn’t)In response to the unexpected early release of William Leonard Pickard from prison, we discuss some of the characters and stories surrounding the case. Having served twenty years of a double life sentence for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and dispense LSD— charges which he disputes— Pickard has never spoken publicly about the specifics of his case, and some of the drug-media coverage of this story has evidenced glaring omissions. Using court documents, lesser-known first-person accounts, and excerpts from Pickard's book, The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments, we call attention to some of the murkier aspe...2020-08-271h 27"The Rose of Paracelsus" by Leonard PickardOn Thursday August 6th, 2020 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a review of William Leonard Pickard’s magisterial novelized biography “The Rose of Paracelsus”(2019). This 650 page masterwork is already considered literature by the academic community. Like Mallory’s “The Morte de Arthur” “The Rose” was entirely written in prison. It recounts Pickard’s academic, scientific, and extra-legal career from the early 1960s until his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in 2000. It is beautifully written, fast paced and well structured. It is subtitled “On Secrets and Sacraments” which aptly describes what it delivers. Pickard was not only a psychedelic alchemist, he was also...2020-08-0746 minPsychedelics TodayPsychedelics TodaySolidarity Fridays - Week 18In today's Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe and Kyle sit down to discuss recent topics in the news and analyze the ongoing debate of decriminalization vs. legalization.  They first discuss the story of LSD chemist William Leonard Pickard, who was released from prison on July 27th due mostly to his age, health status and risk for contracting Covid-19, and while it's great that he's out, how it changes nothing about the conspiracy surrounding his arrest ("Halperngate") and the very questionable DEA claims of LSD availability decreasing by 95% after his imprisonment.  They then talk about Denver mushroom gr...2020-07-311h 00BACKSEAT VIEWBACKSEAT VIEWLargest LSD Manufacturer In History Released From Prison | backseat view #19William Leonard Pickard released from a double life sentence, doctor runs 22 miles with a mask, Trump signs order to lower prescription drug costs, Grimes and Elon public drama, and Meg Thee Stallion finally speaks after being shot in the foot.2020-07-2821 minPsychedelic SalonPsychedelic SalonPodcast 609 – “The Rose Garden – Introduction”Guest speakers: William Leonard Pickard Kat & Alexa Lakey, discussing The Rose from Santa Cruz, and Cusco, Peru Julian Vayne & Nikki Wyrd, reading from Devon, England Brother David Steindl-Rast, reading from Gut Aich Priory in Salzburg, Austria Ben Sessa MD, reading from London, England Ralf Jeutter, reading from Germany Julie Holland MD, discussing The Rose from New York City Ryan Place, reading from Detroit, Michigan Mark Schunemann. reading from the University of Oxford Estia from University of Durham (UK), reading from Paris Jo from University of Durham, reading at Durham, England Nese Devenot PhD, reading from Case Western University School of...2019-06-103h 38Psychedelic SalonPsychedelic SalonPodcast 609 – “The Rose Garden – Introduction”Guest speakers: William Leonard Pickard Kat & Alexa Lakey, discussing The Rose from Santa Cruz, and Cusco, Peru Julian Vayne & Nikki Wyrd, reading from Devon, England Brother David Steindl-Rast, reading from Gut Aich Priory in Salzburg, Austria Ben Sessa MD, reading from London, England Ralf Jeutter, reading from Germany Julie Holland MD, discussing The Rose from New York City Ryan Place, reading from Detroit, Michigan Mark Schunemann. reading from the University of Oxford Estia from University of Durham (UK), reading from Paris Jo from University of Durham, reading at Durham, England Nese Devenot PhD, reading from Case Western University School of...2019-06-103h 38Psychedelic SalonPsychedelic SalonPodcast 609 – “The Rose Garden – Introduction”Guest speakers: William Leonard Pickard Kat & Alexa Lakey, discussing The Rose from Santa Cruz, and Cusco, Peru Julian Vayne & Nikki Wyrd, reading from Devon, England Brother David Steindl-Rast, reading from Gut Aich Priory in Salzburg, Austria Ben Sessa MD, reading from London, England Ralf Jeutter, reading from Germany Julie Holland MD, discussing The Rose from New York City Ryan Place, reading from Detroit, Michigan Mark Schunemann. reading from the University of Oxford Estia from University of Durham (UK), reading from Paris Jo from University of Durham, reading at Durham, England Nese Devenot PhD, reading from Case Western University School of...2019-06-103h 38Psychedelic SalonPsychedelic SalonPodcast 609 – “The Rose Garden – Introduction”Guest speakers: William Leonard Pickard Kat & Alexa Lakey, discussing The Rose from Santa Cruz, and Cusco, Peru Julian Vayne & Nikki Wyrd, reading from Devon, England Brother David Steindl-Rast, reading from Gut Aich Priory in Salzburg, Austria Ben Sessa MD, reading from London, England Ralf Jeutter, reading from Germany Julie Holland MD, discussing The Rose from New York City Ryan Place, reading from Detroit, Michigan Mark Schunemann. reading from the University of Oxford Estia from University of Durham (UK), reading from Paris Jo from University of Durham, reading at Durham, England Nese Devenot PhD, reading from Case Western University School of...2019-06-103h 38Language of BromanceLanguage of BromanceDiscover Half a CoachellaDiscover the George Jung (From the Movie Blow) of LSD.  William Leonard Pickard was a man with an interesting history.  He was a smarty pants in school but left college after his first semester.  Along the way he became a self taught chemist who created the biggest LSD empire in the United States.   Pickard’s tale is one that Richard long's for as he was able to just get a Management job at a college with no training.  This gave him the ability to learn and develop his craft.   All of this led...2019-01-201h 01