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James W. Jesso | Adventures Through The Mind
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Writer and host of the Adventures Through The Mind podcast.

Exploring: psychedelics | mental health | society | cognitive neuroscience | psychology | spirituality | and more...

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Hey y’all.

My name is James Jesso, and I am an author, researcher, and podcaster focusing on psychedelic research, medicine, spirituality, and culture.

I host the Adventures Through The Mind podcast and YouTube channel.

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Music As A Technology For #Psychedelic Ceremony | East Forest 

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This is a clip from “Music for Mushrooms (and the Nearly-Lost Art of Being Moved by Music) | East Forest ~ ATTMind Podcast 201”
Music As A Technology For Psychedelic Ceremony | @Eastforestmusic
This is a clip from *“Music for Mushrooms (and the Nearly-Lost Art of Being Moved by Music) | @Eastforestmusic ~ ATTMind Podcast 201”*Check out the full ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Author and psychotherapist Marc Aixala from @iceers.bsky.social is on the show to talk to us about #psychedelicintegration

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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#Psychedelics, The Polycrisis, The Constant Background Noise Of Dread | with East Forest 

Psychedelics, The Polycrisis, The Constant Background Noise Of Dread | East Forest
This is a clip from *“Music for Mushrooms (and the Nearly-Lost Art of Being Moved by Music) | @Eastforestmusic ~ ATTMind Podcast 201”*Check out the full e...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Music As A Technology For #Psychedelic Ceremony | with East Forest youtu.be/38DD2HMuOLk?...
Music As A Technology For Psychedelic Ceremony | @Eastforestmusic
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November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Music for Mushrooms (and the Nearly-Lost Art of Being Moved by Music) | with East Forest @eastforest.bsky.social ~ ATTMind 201

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Music for Mushrooms (and the Nearly-Lost Art of Being Moved by Music) | East Forest
East Forest is a musician and documentary filmmaker exploring the intersection of music and psychedelic consciousness.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
An outline of #psilocybin —including the evolution and cultural history of psilocybin-containing mushrooms; psilocybin's chemistry and pharmacology; a description of the psychedelic experiences it can produce; and what current research suggests about its clinical use. 

Psilocybin: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Phenomenology, History, and Medical Uses
Host James W. Jesso offers a crash course in psilocybin mushrooms....This is a clip from “Psychedelics in Research & Practice | James W. Jesso ~ ATTMind Podc...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Psychedelic Flashbacks: What They Are, and What They Are Not (HPPD) - Ed Prideaux

@EdPrideaux discusses the the phenomenon of "#Psychedelic Flashbacks" and how they relate to Hallucinogen Perception Persisting Disorder, also known as as #HPPD.

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MICRO:10 - Psychedelic Flashbacks: What They Are, and What They Are Not (HPPD) - Ed Prideaux | James W. Jesso / Adventures Through The Mind
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October 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A clip from episode 200, outlining what #psychedelics are, what defines them as psychedelics, and how they generally work.

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Psychedelics Explained: What They Are, How They Work, and What They Do to Our Minds
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October 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is the FIRST time I have done something like this and I am both excited and anxious about how it will be received.

In celebration of Adventures Through The Mind ep 200, instead of an interview, I recorded a straight-talk lecture on #psychedelics. Enjoy!

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Psychedelics in Research & Practice | James W. Jesso ~ ATTMind Podcast 200
James Jesso presents the current research on psychedelics, including Psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, Ketamine, and Ibogaine.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This should be interesting!
A conversation between Paul Levy and Robert Falconer

Levy's work focuses on "the nightmare mind virus" #wetiko; and Falconer on applying #IFS to #psychedelictherapy and what he called "unattached burdens" (aka, spirit possession).

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What the Fu@k Is Happening and What Can We Do About It?
Explore Wetiko, entities, and the psyche with Paul Levy & Robert Falconer in this groundbreaking online dialogue on inner and outer forces.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Well this is cool!!!

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Altered States Database
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August 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Mycologist Alex Dorr unpacks the hidden world of #fungi—from their billion-year origins to their vital partnerships with plants. He explains how #mushrooms cycle life and death, build soil, store carbon, and sustain entire ecosystems

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MICRO:09 - The Fungi Kingdom and the Life Cycle of Mushrooms, Alex Dorr | James W. Jesso / Adventures Through The Mind
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August 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wade Richardson argues against alcohol's destructiveness and health risks and explores the potential of psychedelics in overcoming addiction.

This is a clip from “The Psychedelic Mindmeld: Telepathically Exploring Shared Consciousness - ATTMind 199”

Full episode at https://bit.ly/ATTMind199
August 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
How we regard #psilocybin, as a something and as a process, is the foundation of the mindset with which, through which, and by which our psychedelic experiences and their outcomes are manifest.

(Art by Alex Grey)
August 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Psychedelic Mindmeld: Telepathically Exploring Shared Consciousness | Wade Richardson ~ ATTMind Podcast 199

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August 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Carl Hayden Smith discusses psychedelic use within modern festival culture, sacred approaches vs. recreational use, and the importance of intention, health, and reverence when entering these spaces.

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July 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Carl Hayden Smiths explains #cyberdelics — Virtual reality, sound, and light technologies that create altered states. Carl Also discusses "holotechnica stacking" - combining breathwork, psychedelics, and advanced tech for lasting consciousness change.

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July 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Carl Hayden Smith and I discuss the troubling trend of digitally resurrecting deceased loved ones through AI. Carl shares his personal approach to grief after losing his mother, advocating for authentic mourning over technological comfort.

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July 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Carl Hayden Smith contrasts transhuman approaches to psychedelics technologies like extended-state DMT to their usage with hyperhumanist ethics. He shares his Imperial College research DMTx experiences and warns against overuse of sacred medicines.

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July 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Carl Hayden Smith presents #virtualreality as sensory deprivation, explaining how most VR replaces imagination with animation, contrasting "hot" and "cold" media. Mixed reality offers new possibilities for consciousness exploration.

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July 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Carl Hayden Smith and I discuss how digital media rewires our brains and attention—exploring the "attention war," AI's impact on authenticity, and why we might abandon screens when everything becomes unreliable and artificially generated.

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July 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hyperhumanism: Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Age of #AI —an interview with Carl Hayden Smith

Adventures Through The Mind Podcast, ep 198

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June 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#Microdosing Helps EVERYTHING?!?
In my recent interview with them, Jim Fadiman and Jordan Gruber shared with me the 4 mechanisms they believe may be behind the incredibly diverse set of things microdosing #psychedelics seems to help with. 

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June 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM