Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 36 episodes
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Divergent States cuts through psychedelic hype with grounded, curious conversations about what these substances actually do. Hosted by 3L1T3, founder of r/Psychonaut, the world’s largest psychedelic harm-reduction community, and co-hosted by Bryan, a USMC veteran and advocate for psychedelic healing, the show brings together lived experience, science, and culture without losing its sense of humor. This isn’t a spiritual podcast. This isn’t a marketing platform. No mysticism. No sales pitch. Just real conversations, harm reduction, and honest questions. We explore how psychedelics shape mental health, creativity, and society, from underground use and peer-support communities to clinical trials, therapy rooms, and shifting public attitudes. Some episodes get serious. Some get weird. All of them are grounded in respect for the people actually taking these substances and living with the outcomes. </p
Unknown Host hosts Divergent States, a science show with 36 episodes published.
Dori Lewis is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, Natural Medicine Facilitator, and Co-Founder of Elemental Psychedelics. She also owns Reflective Healing Center, one of Colorado's licensed psychedelic healing center
Former NFL player and College Football Hall of Famer Robert Gallery joins Divergent States for one of the most raw conversations we’ve had on the show. After retiring from professional football, Robert began experiencing
Dennis Walker joins Divergent States to unpack how psychedelic stories actually become “news,” why sensationalism dominates drug coverage, and how media narratives shape public perception around psychedelics. We discuss
Psychedelics don’t fix your life. They don’t make you a better person. They don’t replace responsibility. And they don’t solve the problems waiting for you when you come back. In this episode, we sit down with Talia Eise
If one or two psychedelic sessions can produce measurable improvements in treatment-resistant depression, why does modern psychiatry still rely on daily medication? In this episode of Divergent States , we sit down with
This is the human center of The Many Faces of Coca. By the time coca enters Western conversations, it’s already been abstracted—reduced to policy, drugs, or crime. But for millions of people, coca isn’t any of those thin
The Many Faces of Coca – Part Two In Part Two of the Many Faces of Coca series, 3L1T3 and Bryan sit down with renowned ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna to explore the science behind the coca leaf. Part One focused on h
In Part One of The Many Faces of Coca , 3L1T3 and Bryan sit down with Wade Davis to unpack the long history of the coca leaf and how a plant used for over 8,000 years became globally criminalized. This conversation isn’t
Iboga has a reputation. It’s intense. It’s long. It carries real risk. And for some people, it’s life-changing. But what actually happens inside a retreat container? And what does this work look like behind the scenes? I
What happens when a 25-year career at CNN ends — and a new life begins? In this episode of Divergent States , we talk with Cesar Marin , former CNN producer and founder of Microdosing Over 50 , about how psychedelics hel
What really happens when psychedelics change someone, and why do some people come back grounded while others spiral into ego, conspiracy, or spiritual bypassing? In this long-form conversation, comedian and science-minde
Season Two of Divergent States is about something simple and surprisingly rare: exploring altered states without losing touch with reality. In this preview episode, 3L1T3 and Bryan share two short moments from upcoming c
Dennis McKenna joins 3L1T3 and Valerie Beltran to discuss the future of psychedelics, indigenous knowledge, and whether we are ready to bring these tools into mainstream culture without repeating the extractive patterns
In this episode of Divergent States , 3L1T3 sits down with Betty Aldworth , the new co-president of MAPS, as she steps into shared leadership with Ismail Ali following Rick Doblin’s four-decade run. Betty brings decades
Dr. Bronner’s Cosmic Engagement Officer David Bronner joins Divergent States for a candid, nuts-and-bolts conversation about building an “All One” company culture, pushing for psychedelic policy reform, and rewiring glob
Psychedelics are no longer the fringe—they’re reshaping medicine, culture, and consciousness itself. In this episode of Divergent States , 3L1T3 and Bryan sit down with Joe Moore , co-founder and CEO of Psychedelics Toda
Psychedelics are often framed as creativity boosters, but that’s not exactly what’s happening. In this conversation with Reggie Watts, we explore what psychedelics actually do to the creative process, from removing self-
History shows politics can make or break psychedelic medicine, will we repeat the 1960s backlash, or finally move forward? In this episode of Divergent States , we explore the uneasy intersection of psychedelics and poli
In this episode of Divergent States , we sit down with Kabir Nath , CEO of Compass Pathways, and Dr. Steve Levine , Chief Patient Officer, to talk about the future of psychedelic medicine. From FDA approval and insurance
In this episode of Divergent States , host 3L1T3 and co-host Bryan sit down with Paul F. Austin , founder of The Third Wave and the Psychedelic Coaching Institute. We dive deep into microdosing psychedelics, intentional
Dennis Mckenna
renowned ethnopharmacologist and consciousness explorer
2 appearances on this show
Wade Davis
cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, writer, photographer and National Geographic explorer-in-residence · National Geographic
1 appearance on this show
Shane Mauss
Comedian
1 appearance on this show
David Bronner
Cosmic Engagement Officer · Dr. Bronner’s
1 appearance on this show
Reggie Watts
Comedian, Musician, Audiophile
1 appearance on this show
Paul F. Austin
The Third Wave
1 appearance on this show
Amber Capone
VETS
2 appearances on this show
Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Senator, Ret. and Professor of Practice · Arizona State University
1 appearance on this show
Tom Feegel
CEO & co-founder · Beond
1 appearance on this show
Rick Doblin
founder and former Executive Director · Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
1 appearance on this show
Joshua White
Senior Sales Director · FintechOS
2 appearances on this show
Hamilton Morris
journalist and chemist · Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
1 appearance on this show
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