Who among us doesn’t yearn for spiritual enlightenment, euphoria, or just an overwhelming sense of peace? “Sasha” Shulgin has made a 30-year career of it. But Shulgin’s search is unique.
He’s the patron saint of psychonauts. A chemist, he searches for compounds, keys to unlock the mind. In the 1960s, he rediscovered then championed the drug MDMA, better known as Ecstasy. And, as the War on Drugs scrambles to squelch American teens’ X appetite, Shulgin works away at his lab, creating, mixing, and sampling, new concoctions.
Together he and his wife Ann are dedicated to a disciplined, if drugged, exploration of the subconscious, and they spread the word of their research in the name of safety, psychology, and spirit. Sasha and Ann Shulgin’s acid test.
Guests:
Alexander and Ann Shulgin, together they create and test chemical compounds with the intention of furthering mental health medicine, and they have co-written two books, “PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story” and “TIHKAL: The Continuation”
Dr. Barry Kosofsky, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Assistant Neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital