Welcome to Pills & Power - a raw, revealing, and often ridiculous dive into the world of drugs, addiction, and the bizarre truths that never made it into your school textbooks.From crack dens to chemistry labs, from devastating lows to euphoric highs, we explore the stories, science, and stigma surrounding drugs and the people who use them.We’re your hosts, Eliza and Ray, and we’re here to unpack the highs, the lows, and all the messy, mind-blowing bits in between.🎙️ Expect wild history, uncomfortable truths, and a few laughs along the way.Subscribe now and join us on this trip!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Pills & Power - a raw, revealing, and often ridiculous dive into the world of drugs, addiction, and the bizarre truths that never made it into your school textbooks. From crack dens to chemistry labs, from devastating lows to euphoric highs, we explore the stories, science, and stigma surrounding drugs and the people who use them.
Recent episodes include "Meth Monks: Smoke in the Sanctuary" (4 March 2026, 42 minutes), "Kahve: The Biography of a Cup of Joe" (25 February 2026, 56 minutes), and "Ergot Fungus & Witchcraft: Holy Fire, and Visions of Hell" (18 February 2026, 46 minutes).
Pills and Power publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for Pills and Power is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Pills and Power requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Pills and Power's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Pills and Power are Health & Wellness Services and Psychiatric & Addiction Hospitals. Pills and Power has a society audience.
Pills and Power is a society podcast with 21 episodes published.
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Episode #9
<p>A temple stands empty after a drug raid. Robes folded. Bowls untouched. Silence where chanting once lived.</p><p>This episode begins inside that abandoned sanctuary, then follows the trail outward to the Golden...
Episode #8
<p>Before it fueled boardrooms and builders, revolutions and writers, coffee was a humble cherry growing wild in the highlands of Ethiopia. In this episode, we trace the epic journey of coffee from its legendary...
<p>Ergot is one of the most influential organisms you’ve probably never heard of.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we break down what ergot actually is, how it infects crops, and what happens when humans consume it. We...
<p>In this episode, we unpack the Second Opium War—the conflict that forced China to legalize opium, opened Beijing to foreign powers, and helped ignite the “Century of Humiliation.” From the Arrow Incident to the...
<p>This episode examines the complex interplay of silver, tea, and global trade that set the stage for the Opium Wars. It explores Ming China’s silver-based tax system, the influx of silver from Japan and the Americas...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode, we dive into one of the most infamous modern cults in history: Heaven’s Gate. Under the broader lens of human sacrifice, we examine the role pharmaceuticals played in the group’s final act, and how...
<p>Bog bodies, ancient psychedelics, and the unsettling chemistry of ritual killing—welcome to history’s darkest trip. We dive into Iron Age bog bodies in Roman Britain—well-groomed men carefully stunned, strangled...
<p>Drugs weren’t just used to reach the gods—sometimes, they were the gods. In this episode of Pills and Power, we explore deities whose identities were inseparable from intoxicating substances. From Shiva and the...
Episode #1
<p>The Stoned Age is a quick trip back to prehistory to explore our oldest drugs and where they fit into the very fabric of being human. From “caveman meth” to mushroom-headed shamans, this episode looks at how we know...
Pills and Power
<p>Season 2 of Pills and Power is coming—and it’s bigger, older and weirder than ever.</p><p><br></p><p>This season we dive into prehistoric drugs, religion, cults, power, and the rituals people swear by—from ancient...
Episode #10
<p>What happens when a hostage crisis collides with geopolitics, decades of oppression, and one of the most potent drugs on Earth? In October 2002, Chechen militants took over a packed Moscow theater—and the Russian...
<p>What started with speakeasies and rum runners during U.S. Prohibition spiraled into a global criminal network. In this episode, we trace the underground booze routes of the 1920s, and how these early smuggling...
<p>Step right up! In this episode, we dive into the raucous world of Wild West traveling medicine shows—part vaudeville, part medieval quackery, and all about the drugs. From narcotic-laced “cures” to the birth of the...
<p>In Part 1, we sniffed around the medical labs. Now, in Part 2, we hit the streets. This episode dives into how real-life Victorians embraced the white stuff: from coca wine and the original cocaine-laced Coca-Cola to...
<p>This episode uncovers how a sacred South American leaf turned into Victorian society’s favorite “miracle” drug. Ray and Eliza explore coca’s ancient uses, its transformation into cocaine, and the irony of prudish...
<p>Beneath the brutal order of South African prisons lies the secret code of the Numbers gang — a sprawling brotherhood with its own legends, rules, and rituals. In this episode, Ray and Eliza trace the gang’s shadowy...
<p>When the troops came home from World War II, they didn’t just bring back stories—they brought back a taste for amphetamines. In this episode, we trace how wartime “pep pills” flooded postwar America—this time...
<p>During WWII, methamphetamine wasn’t just a drug—it was a weapon. In this episode, we explore how drug affected Nazi brains, powered Blitzkrieg tactics, fueled Hitler’s personal addiction, and found their way into the...
<p>In this episode, we unravel the surprising colonial legacy behind one of the world's most iconic cocktails: the Gin and Tonic. What began as a bitter necessity for British soldiers in India turned into a fashionable...
Episode #1
<p>In this episode, we dive into one of the most infamous covert programs in U.S. history: MK-Ultra. Born in the shadows of the Cold War, this CIA-led operation explored the use of LSD to control people’s minds—...
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