The Drug Science Podcast cover art

All Episodes

The Drug Science Podcast — 161 episodes

#
Title
1

158. The Story of Pharmacology with Prof Rod Flower

2

157. Psychedelics and Christianity with Wendi Rees

3

156. Training Grandmothers to Treat Depression with Dr Dixon Chibanda

4

155. The History of Schizophrenia with Justin Garson

5

154. Is Medical Cannabis Over-Prescribed? with Dr Andy Barker

6

153. Psychedelics, Couples and Sex with Sarah Tilley

7

152. Cocaine and Alcohol with David Hillier

8

151. Francis Crick: From DNA to the Brain with Prof Matthew Cobb

9

150. Synthetic Alcohol with David Orren

10

149. Psilocybin for Cancer with Dr Lauren Macdonald

11

148. Sleep, Dreams and Sigmund Freud with Prof Mark Solms

12

147. Rewarding the Human Mind with Dr Harriet De Wit

13

146. Vaping in Schools with Hannah Dawes and Dr Rachael Andrews

14

145. Psychedelics, Power and the Price of Healing with Erica Rex

15

144. On Drugs: Philosophy, Consciousness and Sobriety with Justin Smith-Ruiu

16

143. Psychedelics for Palliative care with Prof Robert Schoevers

17

142. Animal Research and the Future of Depression with Prof Emma Robinson

18

141. Clubs, Raves, Drugs and Social Media with Simon Doherty

19

140. Which therapy works best for psychedelics? with Prof Sara Tai

20

139. Poppers with Adam Zmith

21

138. Scottish Ambulance Service - Frontline Trauma with John, Joanne and Ryan

22

137. Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom with Dr Andy Letcher

23

136. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology with Jenny Chapman and Dr Stephen Naulls

24

135. Ethnomycology with Darren Le Baron

25

134. Tribe with Bruce Parry

26

133. Psychedelic Ethics with Dr Edward Jacobs and Sam Bloomfield

27

132. The Fellowship of the River with Dr Joe Tafur

28

131. Scientists, Poets and Dissidents with Mike Jay

29

130. Psychedelics and Women's Health with Dr Grace Blest-Hopley

30

129. Decolonising Plant Medicine with ICEERS

31

128. Former Doctor, Former Prisoner with Dr Tim Kerr

32

127. Psychedelic Therapy in the UK with Dr Laurie Higbed and Dr Owain Winfield

33

126. The body keeps the score with Dr Bessel van der Kolk

34

125. The 5-HT hypothesis of depression with Prof Philip Cowen and Dr Sameer Jauhar

35

124. The power of Medicine with Josh Dugdale

36

123. Memory, Movies and Psychedelics with Prof Ravi Das

37

122. Street Drugs Discussions with Prof Chris Chandler and Dr James Morgan

38

121. What is Naturalistic Research? with Dr Matthew X. Lowe

39

120. Ask David Anything

40

119. American Politics vs Science with Zoe Cormier

41

118. Psychotherapy with Andrew Feldmár

42

117. Drugs and Music with Jon Hopkins

43

116. Reducing drug harms in the UK with Dr Gillian Shorter and Prof Alex Stevens

44

115. Six years of medical cannabis in the UK with Dr Leon Barron, Dr Callie Seaman and Michael Sassano

45

114. Chemsex with Darren Murphy

46

113. Psychiatrists and Curanderos with Dr Simon Ruffell

47

112. Parties, drugs and young people with Dr Karenza Moore

48

111. OCD and Psychedelics with Rose Cartwright

49

110. Ancient Wisdom in the Modern World with Satya

50

109. Prisons and Drugs with Prof Karen Duke and Prof Susanne MacGregor

51

108. Psychedelic Education in the UK with Dr Duncan Still

52

107. Kava with Dr Apo Aporosa

53

106. The Microdot Gang with Kate Hayes

54

105. MDMA medicalisation in the US with Dr Julie Holland

55

104. Psychedelics in New Zealand with Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy

56

103. Neuroimaging with Prof Mitul Mehta

57

102. MDMA and the Octopus with Dr Gül Dölen

58

101. LSD, Nazis and the CIA with Norman Ohler

59

100. 100 Years of the Maudsley Hospital with Dr James Rucker

60

99. Anyone's Child with Anne-Marie Cockburn and Jane Slater

61

98. The Merseyside Experiment with John Marks

62

97. 5-MeO-DMT with Patrick Cox

63

96. Ayahuasca: Before and After with Evgeny Lebedev

64

95. Psilocybin for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Sorcha O'Connor

65

94. Can psychedelics help us improve our romantic relationships? with Tommaso Barba

66

93. Psilocybin for Anorexia Nervosa with Hannah Douglass

67

92. Psilocybin for Gambling Addiction with Dr Rayyan Zafar

68

91. The Psychedelic Industry with Josh Hardman

69

90. Investing in Psychedelics with Dustin Robinson

70

89. David Vs David with Dr David Erritzoe

71

88. Psychonauts with Mike Jay

72

87. Mental Health in Academia with Dr Meg Spriggs

73

86. Diamorphine Assisted Treatment with Danny Ahmed

74

85. MDMA, Ketamine and Cannabis with Prof Valerie Curran

75

84. Will DMT be a medicine in the UK? with Dr Carol Routledge

76

83. Australia medicalises MDMA and psilocybin with Peter Hunt

77

82. Psychedelics in Europe with Tadeusz Hawrot and Frédéric Destrebecq

78

81. Head Injury, Professional Rugby and Psychedelics with Rory Lamont

79

80. Cannabis for Epilepsy with Dr Evan Lewis

80

79. Smoking vs Vaping with Dr Alex Wodak

81

78. Are Psychedelics Anti-inflammatory? with Dr Charles Nichols

82

77. Is Depression Evolutionary? with Dr Charles Raison

83

76. What is Decriminalisation? with Kassandra Frederique

84

T21 - Medical Cannabis bonus episode

85

75. DMT for Depression with Dr Graham Campbell

86

74. Welcome to Season 4 with Dr Thurgur and Prof Neill

87

Drug Science LIVE - Part 2

88

Drug Science LIVE - Part 1

89

73. Overdose Prevention Centres with Gillian Shorter and Mat Southwell

90

72. The Student Society Network with Libby Furminger and Ben Clayden

91

71. Drugs in the Media with Mattha Busby

92

70. The Placebo Effect with Andrew Gold

93

69. Amphetamine, Heroin and Cocaine with Prof Aldo Badiani

94

68. Bipolar, Schizophrenia and Depression with Prof Allan Young

95

67. Why People Don't Like Science? with Robin Ince

96

66. Benzos, Dope and Tranq with Manisha Krishnan

97

65. Addiction, Rats and Nazi Germany with Professor Bruce Alexander

98

64. Autism with Melanie Sykes

99

63. Indigenous Wisdom with Mark Plotkin

100

62. Blood of the cocaine war with Wade Davis

101

61. Ethnopharmacology Part 2 with Dr Dennis McKenna

102

60. Ketamine, Cannabis and Alcohol with Prof Celia Morgan

103

59. How to become a psychedelic therapist with Dr Rosalind Watts

104

58. The Black Review with Dame Carol Black

105

57. British vs US Drug Policy with Ethan Nadelmann

106

56. Microdosing Psychedelics with Dr James Fadiman

107

55. The Right to Try with Spencer Hawkswell

108

54. Ketamine with Paul Glue

109

53. Moral Panic with Cory Doctorow

110

52. Drug Laws with Niamh Eastwood

111

51. Music and Psychedelics with Mendel Kaelen

112

50. Labour Party with Dan Carden MP

113

49. Medical Cannabis in the UK with Professor Mike Barnes

114

48. Liberal Democrats with Norman Baker

115

47. Psychedelics for Palliative Care with Dr Margaret Ross

116

46. Human Behaviour with Dame Theresa Marteau

117

45. Psycholytic therapy with MDMA and LSD with Dr Peter Gasser

118

44. Ibogaine with Professor Deborah Mash

119

43. Opium, Caffeine and Mescaline with Michael Pollan

120

42. Alternatives to Prohibition with Sheila Vakharia and Alex Stevens

121

41. Couples counselling and MDMA with Annie and Michael Mithoefer

122

40. Recovery from the SAS with Ollie Ollerton

123

39. Underground Psychotherapy with Friederike Meckel Fischer

124

38. Drug Markets with Julia Buxton

125

37. MAPS with Rick Doblin

126

36. Psychedelic Renaissance with Amanda Feilding

127

35. Crack Cocaine with Professor Carl Hart

128

34. Psilocybin vs Antidepressants with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris

129

33. Trauma and Stress with Dr Gabor Maté

130

32. Drug Consumption Rooms with Peter Krykant

131

31. The Philosophy of Psychedelics with Dr. Peter Hughes

132

30. Getting High Without Drugs with Dr. David Luke

133

29. International Drug Policy with Steve Rolles

134

28. Drug Gangs in the UK with Mobeen Azhar

135

27. Pharmacology of Drugs with Dr David Nichols

136

26. Synthetic Opioids with Bryce Pardo

137

25. Psychedelics for Addiction with Professor Matt Johnson

138

24. The War on Drugs with Johann Hari

139

23. Neuropsychopharmacology with Joss Stone

140

22. Medical Psychedelics Working Group Q&A with Professor Jo Neill

141

21. Drugs and consciousness with Professor Roland Griffiths

142

20. Sex and drugs with Dr. Alex Dymock & Dr. Leah Moyle

143

19. DMT with Chris Timmermann and Chloe Sakal

144

18. Conservative Drug Policy Reform with Crispin Blunt MP

145

17. Veterans & Psychedelics part 3 – From Shock to Awe with Mitch Schultz

146

16. Veterans & Psychedelics part 2 – Ayahuasca for PTSD with Dr. Kate Pate & Nathan Pohl

147

15. Veterans & Psychedelics part 1 – Heroic Hearts Foundation with Jesse Gould & Keith Abraham

148

14. Mescaline with Mike Jay

149

13. The Vape Debate with Gerry Stimson

150

12. Ayahuasca with Dr Simon Ruffell

151

11. Policing Drugs – Undercover with Neil Woods

152

10. MDMA-Assisted Therapy with Dr Ben Sessa & Chris Trudgian

153

9. Global Drug Trends with Professor Adam Winstock

154

8. Medical Cannabis, Mum & Me with Lucy and Kate Stafford

155

7. Ethnopharmacology with Dr Dennis McKenna

156

6. Psychedelics Live Show: Part 2

157

5. Psychedelics Live Show: Part 1

158

4. Addiction - physical or psychological?

159

3. Medicinal Marijuana

160

2. Drug testing at festivals

161

1. Alcohol - the good, the bad, the alternative?