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Timothy Leary

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Basic Income/Negative Income Tax

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

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Technology

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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LSD

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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Transhumanism

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

Drug Policy

Psychedelic Science: Magic Mushrooms

Alex Manning and Paul Feine | 11.1.2013 1:43 PM

Video Games

Timothy Leary's Video Games

More than just Mind Mirror

Jesse Walker | 9.30.2013 5:01 PM

Timothy Leary

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

Nick Gillespie | 5.7.2013 3:16 PM

Drug 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

Ron Paul

"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

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Timothy Leary Speaks from Beyond the Grave

Jesse Walker | 7.5.2011 12:25 PM

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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

Timothy Leary

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

Libertarian Party

Timothy Leary, the Internet, and the LP

Nick Gillespie | 6.19.2006 10:02 AM

Timothy Leary

LSD: Let the State Disintegrate

Nick Gillespie | 6.15.2006 12:00 AM

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Neocons for Leary

Brian Doherty | 1.3.2003 12:47 PM

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Timothy Leary's New Trip

A REASON interview

Jeff Riggenbach | 4.1.1977 11:38 AM

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