Documentaries, talks, and testimony on therapeutic psilocybin, each summarized in plain language and linked to where it plays.
SubscriptionA four-episode Netflix docuseries, released July 12, 2022, based on Michael Pollan's book and presented by Pollan, directed by Lucy Walker and Alison Ellwood with Alex Gibney among the executive producers.
Directed by time-lapse cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg and narrated by Brie Larson, this documentary surveys the biology and ecological roles of fungi, using microscopic and time-lapse photography of mushrooms and…
SubscriptionA feature documentary directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk that follows three former U.S.
FreeAn Australian feature documentary, part of SBS's Australia Uncovered strand, that follows Dr Paul Liknaitzky, head of Australia's first clinical…
FreeThis NOVA documentary, which premiered on PBS on October 19, 2022, examines the renewed scientific study of psychedelic substances.
This feature documentary, the second film from the team behind DOSED, follows Laurie Brooks, a mother from British Columbia diagnosed with late-stage…
SubscriptionA four-episode Netflix docuseries, released July 12, 2022, based on Michael Pollan's book and presented by Pollan, directed by Lucy Walker and Alison…
This feature documentary follows a double-blind scientific study conducted on Mount Rigi in Switzerland, where experienced Zen meditators who had…
FreeA BBC Two documentary, first broadcast 19 May 2021 and filmed over roughly 16 months, with access to a clinical trial at Imperial College London's…
DOSED is a feature documentary that follows Adrianne, a woman who, after years of prescription medications, turns to underground psychedelic options…
Directed by time-lapse cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg and narrated by Brie Larson, this documentary surveys the biology and ecological roles of…
A feature documentary directed by Farzin Toussi about ayahuasca, an Amazonian plant brew, and the shamanic traditions surrounding its ceremonial use.
Feature documentary directed by Luc Côté and Janine Sagert that follows two U.S.
FreeDirected by Monty Wates, this feature documentary follows an early clinical trial at Imperial College London that administered psilocybin to…
An Israeli feature documentary directed by Gil Karni, following participants in a clinical study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic…
SubscriptionDocumentary series created and hosted by science journalist Hamilton Morris, originally broadcast on Viceland beginning October 26, 2016 and running…
FreeThis documentary follows clinical research into psilocybin-assisted therapy for end-of-life psychological distress in people with advanced or…
This feature documentary surveys scientific and historical research into the use of psychedelic compounds for medical and psychological purposes.
FreeIn this TEDxHiltonHead talk, experimental psychologist Matthew W.
FreeA recorded Grand Rounds talk from the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
FreeIn this Yale Department of Psychiatry seminar recorded January 23, 2023, mycologist and author Paul Stamets presents on psilocybin-producing…
FreeA recorded lecture from the UC Davis Psychedelic Summit, held March 2023 and published to the UC Davis Health YouTube channel.
FreeThis is the Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute event listing for a Neurosciences Seminar Series talk given by Gul Dolen, then of the Department…
FreeIn this Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar, recorded March 8, 2021, psychopharmacologist Roland Griffiths reviews two decades of…
FreeIn this TEDxKC talk, Mary Cosimano, a clinical researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, describes her work…
FreeIn this TEDMED 2020 talk, neuroscientist Frederick Streeter Barrett of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Center for Psychedelic…
FreeFilmed on the main stage at TED2019 in Vancouver, this talk by researcher Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic…
FreeA keynote address delivered by author Michael Pollan at the 2018 National Bioneers Conference, introduced by Bioneers co-founder Kenny Ausubel.
FreeIn this TEDxOxford talk, clinical psychologist Rosalind Watts describes her work as a therapist on Imperial College London's…
FreeIn this TEDxMarin talk, clinical psychologist and NYU School of Medicine researcher Anthony P.
FreeRecorded at the Psychedelic Science 2017 conference in Oakland, California, this conference session features Stephen Ross and Gabrielle Agin-Liebes…
FreeRecorded at the 2016 Horizons conference, this lecture features Roland Griffiths, a psychopharmacologist at Johns Hopkins University, summarizing…
FreeIn this TEDxWarwick talk, neuroscientist Robin Carhart-Harris describes his brain-imaging research on psychedelic compounds, including LSD and…
FreeIn this TEDMED 2015 talk, psychopharmacologist Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins describes his laboratory's research on psilocybin, the psychoactive…
FreeFilmed at TED2008, mycologist Paul Stamets outlines six proposed applications of fungal mycelium to environmental and public-health problems.
FreeIn this long-form Big Think interview, Johns Hopkins psychiatry and behavioral sciences professor Dr.
FreeIn this short UW Medicine newsroom video, Dr.
FreeIn this long-form Huberman Lab interview, neuroscientist Andrew Huberman speaks with Robin Carhart-Harris, a researcher who has studied the…
FreeEpisode 121 of the Mind & Matter Podcast, hosted by neuroscientist Nick Jikomes, featuring Dr.
FreeIn this episode of CNN's Chasing Life podcast, neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr.
FreeEpisode 33 of Scripps Research's "Science Changing Life" podcast, part of a mini-series on brain health.
FreeEpisode 18 of the talkBD podcast from CREST.BD, a bipolar disorder research network.
FreeIn this Psych Scene Hub conversation, psychiatrist Dr Sanil Rege interviews Professor David Nutt, Head of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College…
FreeIn this episode of the American Psychological Association's Speaking of Psychology podcast, host Kim I.
FreeA Big Think compilation interview in which several speakers discuss contemporary research into psychedelic compounds such as psilocybin and LSD.
FreeIn this short TIME interview, author and journalist Michael Pollan discusses the research behind his book "How to Change Your Mind," which examines…
FreeIn this FoundMyFitness interview (Episode #030), host Rhonda Patrick speaks with Johns Hopkins clinical pharmacologist Roland Griffiths about his…
FreeThis CNN report follows Martha Stem, a retired paralegal in her early 70s, who participated in a five-day legal psilocybin retreat in Oregon in 2025…
FreeIn this 60 Minutes segment, correspondent Anderson Cooper follows U.S.
FreeFive front-line clinicians who took part in a University of Washington clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy describe their experiences…
FreeSeason 4, Episode 5 of the Emmy-winning series produced by Emory Brain Health and Georgia Public Broadcasting, first aired May 17, 2023.
FreeIn this episode of One Mind's Brain Waves series, host Brandon Staglin speaks with Ben, a participant in a Yale University clinical trial studying…
FreeThis clip is drawn from a 60 Minutes segment that originally aired on CBS in August 2020, in which correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on academic…
FreeAn excerpt from a 60 Minutes segment that aired October 13, 2019, in which correspondent Anderson Cooper interviews Kerry Pappas, a woman diagnosed…
FreeThis PBS NewsHour science report, written by Caleb Hellerman of the Global Health Reporting Center, covers two clinical studies of psilocybin, a…
FreeA short patient-interview clip drawn from "Science & Sacraments," a documentary produced for the Purdue University Psychoactive Substances Research…
FreeIn this extended interview from the Heffter Research Institute, a trial participant named Sarah describes her experience taking part in a psilocybin…
FreeA conference lecture by Anthony P. Bossis, PhD, recorded at the MAPS Psychedelic Science 2013 conference and titled in full "Love and Transcendence:…
FreeIn this entry in UC Berkeley's '101 in 101' series, neuroscientist Michael Silver explains the science of psychedelics in roughly 101 seconds.
FreeThis animated TED-Ed lesson, written by psychiatrist Anees Bahji, traces the scientific story of psychedelics.
FreeA short BBC News segment reporting on a clinical trial that tested COMP360, a synthetic formulation of psilocybin, in people with treatment-resistant…
FreeThis short NOVA clip, from Season 49 of the PBS science series produced by WGBH, outlines current scientific thinking on how psychedelic compounds…
FreeIn this short NYU Langone Health video, senior study author Dr.
FreeIn this short Big Think explainer, Dr. Matthew W. Johnson, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins, discusses how classic…
FreeIn this entry in WIRED's "Tech Support" series, author and journalist Michael Pollan, who wrote "This Is Your Mind on Plants," responds to questions…
FreeAn educational SciShow Psych explainer, hosted by Anthony Brown, on what current research describes happening in the brain after taking psilocybin.
FreeThis short Johns Hopkins Medicine video accompanies the institution's November 2020 announcement of a study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, on…
SubscriptionAn episode of the Vox-produced Netflix series The Mind, Explained, narrated by Emma Stone.
FreeIn this CBS Sunday Morning segment, originally broadcast March 18, 2018, correspondent Faith Salie reports on renewed scientific interest in LSD and…
FreeIn this PBS NewsHour segment that aired January 25, 2017, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on renewed scientific interest in psychedelic…
On this NYU Langone Health news page (dated December 1, 2016), the institution reports results from its single-dose psilocybin study in patients with…
FreeThis PBS NewsHour politics page carries an Associated Press report, published April 18, 2026, on an executive order President Trump signed directing…
FreeAn ABC News health report accompanying coverage of a U.S.
FreeAn official instructional video from Colorado's Natural Medicine Division, published on the state Department of Revenue's YouTube channel, walking…
FreeAn episode of Fronteras, a public-affairs interview program from KRWG Public Media distributed via PBS.
FreeThis CNN Health article by Katie Hunt, published June 30, 2023, reports on Australia's regulatory change taking effect July 1, 2023, under which the…
FreeA recorded session in Emerge Law Group's free virtual panel series on Oregon's Psilocybin Services Act (Measure 109).
This CBS News Weekender segment reports that Oregon has become the first U.S.
FreeA recorded briefing from the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics presenting the inaugural Berkeley Psychedelics Survey, a national…
A TheraPsil white paper, first published January 2022 with a February 2023 update, explaining how patients in Canada can access psilocybin through…
FreeThis PBS NewsHour page carries an Associated Press report on Colorado's November 2022 vote on Proposition 122, the Natural Medicine Health Act.
FreeThis recorded Psychedelics Today webinar, part of the Eyes on Oregon series, covers the Oregon Health Authority's proposed final rules for the…
Slide deck from a CAPRA-hosted online webinar, 'Psychedelic Restricted Drugs: Legal Access Pathways,' presented August 18, 2022 by two Health Canada…
FreeRecorded at the Horizons Northwest 2022 conference in Portland, Oregon (Thursday, September 15), this talk is a briefing from the Oregon Health…
FreeA short explainer from Oregon Public Broadcasting outlining Measure 109, the Psilocybin Mushroom Services Program initiative on Oregon's November…
FreeAn episode of Third Wave's Psychedelic Podcast in which host Paul F.
Directed by Susan Hess Logeais, this feature documentary surveys the six-decade career of Czech-born psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, one of the figures…
A 2011 Swiss-German documentary by Martin Witz tracing the history of LSD, assembled largely from more than fifty film archives plus contemporary…
FreeA National Film Board of Canada documentary by Connie Littlefield on the early history of LSD, discovered by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1943.
FreeA 1979 Mexican ethnographic documentary directed by Nicolás Echevarría that records the daily life and ritual practice of María Sabina, a Mazatec…
FreeA 1971 American educational anti-drug short, hosted by musician Tommy Roe, that examines popular arguments made in support of LSD and other…
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