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JLS Podcast

by crucible68

We explore biotechnology, psychedelics, artificial intelligence, creativity, and cognitive enhancement. We interview biotech CEOS, researchers, philanthropists, and public intellectuals concerned with what may come. Join us to share in the green-growing edge of life, and of courageous thought, as we explore the potential futures of our species. These podcasts are released on this platform and on Youtube after first being posted on Patreon for a month or longer. The free versions of these conversations are made, in part, with the help of Leonard's sponsors. Hope you enjoy! Leonard is a research affiliate at Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center on Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Program on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR), and an advisor at JLS Fund NYC.

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Episodes

  1. Eric André | There Are No Rules

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Eric André Eric André is a comedian and performer known for taking things into strange and unpredictable territory. He joins Leonard for a conversation that goes just about everywhere — comedy, performing, drugs, God, caffeine, altered...

  2. The Man Who Brought Psychedelics Into Mainstream Medicine | Rick Doblin

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Rick Doblin Rick Doblin is the founder of MAPS and one of the central figures in the modern psychedelic movement. For decades, his work has focused on bringing psychedelic research out of the underground and into legitimate science,...

  3. A Harvard Doctor Challenges Everything We Think About Cannabis | Peter Grinspoon

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Peter Grinspoon Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Mass General Hospital, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and an author and public voice on cannabis, addiction, recovery, and drug policy. His perspective combines...

  4. AI Will Change Humanity Faster Than You Think | Bohan Lou

    🎙️ JLS Fund Podcast: Bohan Lou in conversation with William Leonard Pickard 🚀 Background on Bohan Lou: Partner at Chemistry.vc, host of the Deus Ex Machina podcast, and investor focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and frontier technologies. Known for his...

  5. Ibogaine May Change How We Treat Trauma | Kenneth Shinozuka

    🎙️ JLS Fund Podcast: Kenneth Shinozuka in conversation with William Leonard Pickard** 🚀 **Background on Kenneth Shinozuka** Stanford postdoctoral researcher studying psychedelic neuroscience, with a focus on ibogaine, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, addiction, veterans, and consciousness. His…

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  6. Can We Build a Smarter Human Race? | Stephen Hsu

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🧬 About Stephen Hsu Stephen Hsu is a theoretical physicist, entrepreneur, and pioneer in computational genomics. A professor at Michigan State University and cofounder of Genomic Prediction, his work spans theoretical physics, artificial...

  7. Writing the Code of Life with Adrian Woolfson

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Adrian Woolfson Adrian Woolfson is a molecular biologist, physician, entrepreneur, and author exploring the frontier where genetics, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence converge. His work examines one of the defining questions...

  8. The Future of Cognitive Freedom with Nick Gillespie

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Nick Gillespie Nick Gillespie is one of the most influential voices in modern libertarian thought. As Editor-at-Large of Reason Magazine, author, filmmaker, and cultural commentator, he has spent decades exploring the intersection of...

  9. Internet Creator Vint Cerf on AI, AGI & What Comes Next

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Vint Cerf Vint Cerf is widely recognized as one of the architects of the modern internet. As a key designer of the TCP/IP protocols that allowed computers to communicate globally, Cerf helped lay the foundation for the digital world. A...

  10. East Forest on Mushrooms & the Mystical Secret Behind Sound

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About East Forest East Forest is a musician, composer, and guide whose work lives at the intersection of sound, meditation, and inner transformation. Known for creating immersive musical journeys used in ceremonies, concerts, and therapeutic...

  11. Consciousness Gets Strange with Duncan Trussell

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Duncan Trussell Duncan Trussell is a comedian, podcaster, and modern-day philosopher-trickster whose work blends humor, spirituality, and existential inquiry. Through stand-up, storytelling, and his long-running podcast, he explores the...

  12. The War on Drugs is Built on a Lie — Carl Hart Explains Why

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Carl Hart Carl Hart is a neuroscientist, professor, and outspoken advocate for evidence-based drug policy and human autonomy. A former Air Force serviceman who rose to become a leading researcher at Columbia University, Hart has…

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  13. Tom Feegel Reveals What Really Happens Inside an Ibogaine Clinic

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Tom Feegel Tom Feegel is the co-founder (with Tali Eisenberg) of BEOND Ibogaine Clinic in Cancún, a medically rigorous program at the forefront of ibogaine-based treatment. Unlike lab-based research or policy debates, Feegel works…

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  14. Norman Ohler on Nazis, Psychedelics, and Power

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard 🚀 About Norman Ohler International bestselling author of Blitzed and Tripped, Norman Ohler is a historian and cultural investigator whose work exposes the hidden role of drugs in shaping 20th-century war, fascism, and modern consciousness. His...

  15. William Leonard Pickard x David Bronner: Psychedelic Reform, Conscious Business, and the Future of Activism

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: William Leonard Pickard in conversation with David Bronner 🚀 Background on David Bronner Cosmic CEO of Dr. Bronner’s, activist, burner, philanthropist, and longtime force in drug policy reform. 🌈 Psychedelic Origins Bronner reflects on the transformative psychedelic initiations...

  16. William Leonard Pickard x Hamilton Morris: Psychedelics, Pharmacopeia, and the Future of Research

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: William Leonard Pickard in conversation with Hamilton Morris 🚀 Background on Hamilton Morris: Journalist, documentarian, and creator of the Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia series, known for exploring the cultural, chemical, and human dimensions of psychedelics. 🧠 Inside Hamilton’s...

  17. William Leonard Pickard x Bryan Hubbard: Ibogaine & the New Policy Frontier

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: William Leonard Pickard interviews Bryan Hubbard, Executive Director of the American Ibogaine Initiative 🚀 Background on Bryan Hubbard: Legal expert, policy leader, and addiction recovery advocate with deep roots in underserved communities. Formerly: Chairman of the Kentucky...

  18. William Leonard Pickard x Jonathan Sporn: Ibogaine & Innovation

    🎙️ JLS Podcast: Leaders in Biotech Interview with Jonathan Sporn, CEO of Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals 🚀 Company Background Founded 4 years ago with a $5,000 investment, now raised $80M in Series A funding. NIH awarded $13M in non-dilutive grants. AbbVie investment: $60M upfront, $2B in milestone...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We explore biotechnology, psychedelics, artificial intelligence, creativity, and cognitive enhancement. We interview biotech CEOS, researchers, philanthropists, and public intellectuals concerned with what may come. Join us to share in the green-growing edge of life, and of courageous thought, as we explore the potential futures of our species.

These podcasts are released on this platform and on Youtube after first being posted on Patreon for a month or longer. The free versions of these conversations are made, in part, with the help of Leonard's sponsors. Hope you enjoy!

Leonard is a research affiliate at Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center on Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Program on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR), and an advisor at JLS Fund NYC.

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We explore biotechnology, psychedelics, artificial intelligence, creativity, and cognitive enhancement. We interview biotech CEOS, researchers, philanthropists, and public intellectuals concerned with what may come. Join us to share in the green-growing edge of life, and of courageous thought, as...

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