Nathan Messer from DanceSafe.org joins us for a discussion about harm reduction, drug education, testing kits, EcstasyData.org, research chemicals, levamisole in cocaine, and the Club Health Conference 2013.

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Tim Wallace Murphy joins us for a discussion on Western spiritual tradition, alchemy, freemasonry, Knights Templar, Catholicism, Islam, and a history of secret Gnostic practice. Plus, a discussion of the history of the Israel Palestine conflict and his new e-book Genesis of a Tragedy.

Be sure to check out Tim Wallace Murphy's author page at Amazon.com.

Rak Razam joins us to talk about the release of his film 'Aya: Awakenings', premiering at the MAPS Psychedelic Science conference this week. We discuss Australian subculture, ayahuasca tourism, smoked 5-Me0-DMT EEG scanning, film making, and more. Be sure to check out Aya: Awakenings at aya-awakenings.com, Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey on Amazon.com, the In a Perfect World Podcast, and Rak Razam's other work at RakRazam.com.

Daniel Waterman joins us to discuss his upcoming book, Entheogens Society and Law, co-written with jailed psychedelic chemist Casey Hardison. Also, DoseNation and Psychedelic Information Theory updates, and questions about Obama's announced brain mapping initiative.

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Dr. Ken Hildebrandt joins us for a discussion about industrial hemp, chemtrails, activism, elections, and politics. You can find out more about Ken Hildebrandt at ElectKen.com and find out more about electoral activism at OfTopConcern.com

James W. Jesso joins us for a discussion of his book Decomposing The Shadow, and talks about his own journey to find the healing potential of magic mushrooms. Also, our hosts discuss the backlash against science and reality when TED takes down questionable video speeches from psychedelic philosophers Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock.

Be sure to check out the Decomposing The Shadow funding campaign on IndieGogo.com.

Originally published in 1980, the 2013 edition of R. Gordon Wasson's The Wondrous Mushroom: Mycolatry in Mesoamerica has just been issued by City Lights Books. Early in his career, Wasson was Vice-President of J. P. Morgan but later became the 'father of ethnomycology', dedicating his life to the study of psychoactive mushrooms in religion, culture, and history. In The Wondrous Mushroom he examines mushroom use in Mesoamerica, going over the evidence that he had first found thirty years before and introducing new information that had surfaced in the meantime. In many respects, the book is a knowledge map that seeks to draw not only the directions of research and their fungi-laced content and conclusions, but also go a step beyond and speculate on further possibilities.

Dave Nichols is interviewed about psychedelic chemistry, NBOMe chemicals, Chinese research chemicals, animal studies, hallucinogenic receptor binding, the purest LSD in the world, the most potent hallucinogen in the world, and more.

Be sure to check out the review Hallucinogens, by Dave Nichols, published in Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Widely considered to be the best summary of hallucinogenic action ever published.

Alexandre Tannous joins us for a discussion about sacred music, music theory, equal temperament, microtonal scales, harmonic ratios, dubstep, music as a form of mind control, and more.

In late 2012, music writer and avid record collector Patrick Lundborg returned with a follow-up to his acclaimed book Acid Archives. This time though, the focus was not exclusively on psychedelic music, but rather psychedelic culture in a general, all encompassing sense. In Psychedelia: An Ancient Culture, A Modern Way of Life, the Swedish DIY scholar takes on the exhausting task of summarizing and discussing the past, present and future of all things psychedelic.