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Timothy Leary

ministrippingonutopia | Grand Central Publishing

book

Review: Tripping on Utopia Complicates the History of Psychedelics

Mind-altering drugs have long been seen as tools for both liberation and control.

Jesse Walker | 3.15.2024 6:00 AM

Rick Dublin gives a speech | Illustration: Lex Villena; Bret Hartman / TED

Psychedelics

Rick Doblin: The Man Behind the 'Psychedelic '20s'

The founder of MAPS talks about FDA approval for MDMA-assisted therapy and the "psychedelic renaissance" he has helped create.

Nick Gillespie | 9.6.2023 4:09 PM

soulonice | Dell

Friday A/V Club

Eldridge Cleaver: The Mormon Years

Friday A/V Club: A former Black Panther's winding path

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2021 9:00 AM

liddy | NBC

Friday A/V Club

G. Gordon Liddy: The Hollywood Years

Friday A/V Club: How a Watergate burglar spent the '80s

Jesse Walker | 4.2.2021 9:00 AM

psychedelic_1161x653 | Showtime

Television

Trip Out with Timothy Leary's Ex-Girlfriend in My Psychedelic Love Story

A documentary describes a drug-fueled countercultural romance.

Glenn Garvin | 11.27.2020 3:00 PM

Have_a_Good_Trip__Adventures_in_Psychedelics_00_13_50_20_R | Netflix, Sunset Rose Pictures

Psychedelics

Have a Good Trip Explores Psychedelic Celebrities

New documentary features Sting, Sarah Silverman, Anthony Bourdain, Carrie Fisher, and others discussing the good, bad, and ugly of LSD.

Nick Gillespie | 5.13.2020 3:00 PM

doblinincar | Sarah Rose Siskind

Psychedelics

Rick Doblin: 'People Should Have the Fundamental Human Right To Change Their Consciousness'

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is making MDMA and other drugs medically legitimate and socially acceptable.

Nick Gillespie | 4.8.2020 12:05 PM

babaramdass | Baba Ram Dass, @babaramdass on Instagram.

Psychedelics

Thank You, Ram Dass!

The pioneering psychedelic researcher, Timothy Leary collaborator, and New Age seeker exemplified America's postwar turn to individualism.

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2019 4:40 PM

wbai | WBAI

Radio

The Possibly Pending Death of a Legendary Radio Station

Friday A/V Club: When Timothy Leary, Ayn Rand, and Big Mama Thornton shared a microphone

Jesse Walker | 10.18.2019 9:00 AM

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Reason Podcast

Why Can't Psychedelics (and Other Drugs) Just Be for Fun?: Podcast

LSD, psilocybin, and other hallucinogenics are gaining new acceptance as serious medicine. But what if you want to do them just for fun, asks Jacob Sullum.

Nick Gillespie | 11.9.2018 3:20 PM

Large image on homepages | Penguin

Psychedelics

Who Controls Your Cortex?

Michael Pollan's new book portrays Timothy Leary as a reckless self-promoter, but Leary asked the right questions about psychedelics.

Jacob Sullum | 11.6.2018 6:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Twelve Books

Timothy Leary

1972: The Year That Made 2018 Seem Sane

Richard Nixon's battle with Timothy Leary puts today's culture wars to shame.

Brian Doherty | 6.23.2018 6:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Crown Archetype

John Perry Barlow

The Insanely Eventful Life of Grateful Dead Lyricist John Perry Barlow

A posthumous memoir from a mutant genius

Mike Godwin | 6.16.2018 6:00 AM

Large image for longform feature pages. | Joanna Andreasson

Basic Income

The Indestructible Idea of the Basic Income

Is this the only policy proposal Tom Paine, Huey Long, Milton Friedman, Timothy Leary, and Sam Altman can agree on?

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2017 12:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Intercon Production

Friday A/V Club

The Cyberpunk Future That Wasn't

Friday A/V Club: The cyber-hype of the early '90s

Jesse Walker | 10.21.2016 12:35 PM

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Policy

Friday A/V Club: You Are Watching LSD-TV

There was a time when psychedelics could get friendly coverage on a commercial TV news show.

Jesse Walker | 11.6.2015 1:23 PM

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Politics

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Transhumanism and the Singularity…

...but were afraid to ask. Q&A with R.U. Sirius & Jay Cornell, authors of Transcendence: The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism & the Singularity.

Nick Gillespie | 5.7.2015 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Psychedelic Science: Magic Mushrooms

Alex Manning and Paul Feine | 11.1.2013 1:43 PM

Culture

Timothy Leary's Video Games

More than just Mind Mirror

Jesse Walker | 9.30.2013 5:01 PM

Politics

Hitch a Ride on Timothy Leary's Trip Through Time!

Nick Gillespie | 5.7.2013 3:16 PM

Policy

Psychedelic Science: Still Hassled by the Man

Brian Doherty | 4.26.2013 8:31 PM

Economics

How Timothy Leary Adds Value to an Unopened Envelope

Jesse Walker | 6.1.2012 10:52 AM

Politics

"So when I got the invitation to go to Dr. Timothy…Leary's Beverly Hills house Saturday to watch him endorse [Ron] Paul for president, I was curious."

Matt Welch | 12.30.2011 10:45 AM

Culture

Timothy Leary Speaks from Beyond the Grave

Jesse Walker | 7.5.2011 12:25 PM

Policy

Friday Mini Book Review: I Have America Surrounded

Brian Doherty | 12.21.2007 5:59 PM

Drug Policy

Spiritual Highs and Legal Blows

The power and peril of religious exemptions from drug prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2007 9:48 AM

Policy

The Acid Guru's Long, Strange Trip

A flawed biography paints a bleary picture of Timothy Leary.

Jesse Walker | 11.2.2006 12:03 PM

Politics

Timothy Leary, the Internet, and the LP

Nick Gillespie | 6.19.2006 10:02 AM

Politics

LSD: Let the State Disintegrate

Nick Gillespie | 6.15.2006 12:00 AM

Timothy Leary

Neocons for Leary

Brian Doherty | 1.3.2003 12:47 PM

Policy

Timothy Leary's New Trip

A REASON interview

Jeff Riggenbach | 4.1.1977 11:38 AM

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