83: Madison Margolin on Journalism and her Jewish Psychedelic Journey

In this episode, Madison and Jeffrey discuss her Hindu-influenced Jewish upbringing, how she became a journalist, the important role psychedelics have played in her life and Judaism, her living part-time in Israel and being there during the start of the current war, her book, and much more… Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LP561tXLBfA Learn more: Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker Producer: Kait Grey Editor: Nick Case Recording date: 10/27/23 https://twitter.com/margolinmadison https://www.instagram.com/madisonmargolin https://www.madisonmargolin.com/ https://ayinpress.org/ https://beherenownetwork.com/category/madison/ Other resources: Exile & Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground Amazon: https://hayhs.com/ee_pp_pb_az Amazon Kindle: https://hayhs.com/ee_pp_eb_az Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3MCeu6q Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/3MXvYvF Booktopia: https://bit.ly/45yoGWc Books-A-Million: https://bit.ly/3N6Ux9D Waterstones: https://bit.ly/42drIw9 Indigo: https://bit.ly/4282uzl Bio: Best way to contact me is through the contact form on my website: madisonmargolin.com I'm a writer specializing in psychedelics and cannabis. I also cover Jewish life, science, and other drugs. Based between New York and California, I have written for Rolling Stone, Playboy Magazine, The Progressive Magazine, High Times Magazine, Nylon, Bon Appetit, Broccoli Magazine, LA Weekly, Motherboard, the Village Voice, Tablet, Times of Israel, Merry Jane, the Forward, Narratively, VICE, Cannabis Wire, Miss Grass, Leafly, The Influence, Christian Science Monitor, Freedom Leaf, Inverse, Marijuana Moment, Herb, Deutsche Welle, and other publications. In addition to writing, I've had the honor to speak about cannabis journalism and cannabis feminism at conferences like AAN (Association of Alternative Newsmedia, San Diego 7/18), Digital Hollywood (Los Angeles 5/18, 10/18), The Rind/Limone Creative's Women in Weed (11/18), The Cannabis Media Summit (12/18), and so forth. Chapters:  0:00 - Intro  12:07 - Education  23:52 - Jewish Psychedelic Scene  25:57 - Early Career 32:24 - Current Endeavors  34:24 - State of Psych Movement  41:24 - Set and Setting Podcast  43:15 - Exile & Ecstasy  46:47 - Ram Dass  50:10 - Tzfat 53:04 - Ayin Press 55:06 - October 7th  1:06:29 - When Work Affected Change  1:08:17 - Mentor  1:11:47 - Ask Jeff a Question  1:15:54 - Most Grateful for  1:17:23 - Snap Your Fingers  1:18:10 - How to Support