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Witty Historian — 96 episodes

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How Hash Became the Soul of 1970s Counterculture

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Why Opium Dens Became Notorious in Victorian London

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How Valium Sedated 70s American Housewives

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The Spice That Got People HIGH for Centuries (2-Hour History for Sleep)

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Can’t Sleep? Here’s the Entire History of Sleeping Pills

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The Evolution of Designer Drugs Explained (2-Hour History for Sleep)

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How Anti-Drug Campaigns Took Over 1980s America

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What Getting Drunk & High Really Meant to the Vikings

9

How 90s Ravers Reinvented the Psychedelic Experience

10

The Strange History of American Weed: From Reefer Madness to 420

11

How Ecstasy Changed From the 1990s to Today

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Why Was Getting High So Normal in Victorian England?

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How a Village Healer Became the Face of Magic Mushrooms

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The Legendary Weed of the 1970s Explained

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How Amsterdam Became the Weed Capital of the World

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The Psychedelics Iceberg Explained

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Old Weed vs New Weed: What Actually Changed?

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Was Hitler’s Drug Use Actually Insane by 1930s Standards?

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The OPIOID That Treats OPIOID Addiction | History For Sleep

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Welcome To Witty Historian

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Inside the Most Extreme Drug Experiences

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Why a Drug Called Dragonfly Cost People Their Arms and Legs

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What Was Really on That Blotter Paper? (It Wasn’t LSD)

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The Most Terrifying Psychedelic That Came After Salvia

25

The Secret Chemistry Of Truth Serums: From Ancient Datura To Cold War Barbiturates

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How One Drug Turned Parkinson’s Patients Into Compulsive Gamblers

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The Forgotten Psychedelic That Terrified the 1960s

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Serotonin Storms: The Untold Dark Side of the SSRI Prescription Boom

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Every Way Humans Have Tried to Get High

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How a Soviet Anxiety Drug Became an Internet Addiction

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Vioxx: The Rise and Fall of Medicine’s Miracle Painkiller

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The 7 Levels of Drug Addiction: A Journey Through History

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The 4,000 Year History of Opioids

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Every Drug Ranked by How Quickly It Destroys You

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How One Man Turned Amphetamines Into a Superpower

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The Forgotten History of Quaaludes (America's Favorite Sedative)

37

We Need to Talk About Cocaine (Again)

38

The Craziest Drugs You’ve NEVER Heard Of

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Why Millions Took a Cough Medicine to Leave Their Own Mind

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Fentanyl Was Just the Beginning

41

How Gas Station Heroin Became an Addiction Nightmare

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A Miracle Drug That Wasn't a Miracle at All

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The Most Unpleasant Deliriants in History

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Why Nobody Trusted Their Drink in 1900s Chicago

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Mephedrone: The Drug That Took Over an Entire Generation

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How Victorians Turned Anesthesia Into Entertainment

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What Happened When America Banned Alcohol

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The Empire That Turned Drugs Into Global Business

49

What Doctors Believed About Cigarettes in the 1950s

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Why Hollywood's Biggest Stars Kept Dying the Same Way

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Why Ecstasy Made Strangers Feel Like Soulmates

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What the First LSD Experiments Actually Felt Like

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Every Drug Explained From the Beginning

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Why One Drug Made Success Feel Effortless (Until It Didn't)

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Why Speed Became the Drug Every Generation Rediscovered

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Why One Pill Made Heroin Users Impossible to Stop

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Why One Pill Turned Soldiers Into Human Weapons

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How a Drug Made People Impossible to Restrain

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Why One Drug Forced People to Relive Every Mistake

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Datura and What It Did to the Human Sense of Reality

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The Drink That Made People Think They Were Chosen

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Why One Drug Made Everything Else Feel Less Important

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Why One ‘Fake Cocaine’ Made People Chase the Wrong High

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What This Substance Did to People’s Sense of Control

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Why One Plant Sent People Into Another Universe

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Why One Pill Made Heroin Addicts Chase Higher Highs

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Why One Allergy Pill Turned People Into Ghost Whisperers

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Why One Purple Drink DESTROYED More Rappers Than Gang Violence

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Why One ‘Legal High’ Turned People Into Cannibals

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Why One 'Miracle' Pill Created America's Worst Drug Crisis

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Why One Russian Drug DESTROYED a Generation of Addicts

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Why One Drug Made People Think They Met God

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Why One Hookup Culture DESTROYED a Generation of Gay Men (History For Sleep)

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Why One ‘Happy Pill’ Turned People Into Emotional Zombies

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Why One Drug Turned People Into Walking Corpses (History For Sleep)

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Why One Drug Turned People Into Unstoppable Monsters

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Why One ‘Liquid Ecstasy’ DESTROYED NYC’s Nightlife

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Why One 'Sleeping Pill' Turned People Into Unconscious Criminals (History For Sleep)

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Why One 'Fake Weed' DESTROYED a Generation of Homeless (History For Sleep)

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Why One 'Legal' Drug DESTROYED More People Than Anyone Admits (History For Sleep)

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Why One Laughing Gas DESTROYED Thousands And It's Still Legal (History For Sleep)

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Why One ADHD Pill Made Gen Z Dependent for Life (History For Sleep)

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Why One Anxiety Pill DESTROYED a Generation of Rappers (History For Sleep)

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Why One Party Drug DESTROYED Thousands… and Cured Depression (History For Sleep)

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Why One Painkiller Destroyed More Americans Than Vietnam War (History For Sleep)

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Why One Drug DESTROYED an Entire Generation in Just 5 Years (History For Sleep)

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How a Therapy Drug Became the Most Popular Party Drug (MDMA/Ecstasy)

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The Shocking History of Cannabis: From Ancient Medicine to Modern Madness (History For Sleep)

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The Shocking History of LSD: From CIA Experiments to Hippies (History For Sleep)

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The Dark History of Meth: From Nazi Soldiers to American Housewives (History For Sleep)

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Gabapentin: Why One Pill Made Heroin Addicts Chase Higher Highs (History For Sleep)

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Lean: Why One Purple Drink Destroyed More Rappers Than Gang Violence (History For Sleep)

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Benadryl: Why One Allergy Pill Turned People Into Ghost Whisperers (History For Sleep)

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Bath Salts: Why One ‘Legal High’ Turned People Into Cannibals (History For Sleep)

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Krokodil: Why One Russian Drug Destroyed a Generation of Addicts (History For Sleep)

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DMT: Why One Drug Made People Think They Met God (History For Sleep)