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Joanna Steinhardt

Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

Eric L. Santner

J.T. Roane

Mark Padoongpatt

Calvin Warren

Alfie Bown

Simone Kolysh

Eugene Thacker

James Padilioni

Mary Hawkesworth

James Chamberlain

Charles Mills

Amy Allen

Anna L. Tsing

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Rosa Luxemburg

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Tehseen Noorani

In this episode, James welcomes back friend of the podcast Joanna Steinhardt and introduces Tehseen Noorani, co-editors of the recent “The Psychedelic Revival” series published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology. From PTSD and opiate rehabilitation therapy, legalization and decriminalization initiatives, to “tech bro” microdosing and New Age spirituality eco-tourism, it seems that psychedlics are all the rage for everyone these days (including your Boomer parents!). But how did we get here? Join James, Joanna, and Tehseen as they bring you up to speed on the plant and fungal movements and trajectories making up this psychedelic revival in its various post-1971 iterations following President Nixon’s declaration of the U.S. government’s War on Drugs. But does heralding the “revival” of psychedelia eclipse the traditional contributions of Indigenous American and African pharmacopic knowledges? Or might the revival lead to a revolution of ancestral consciousness capable of rescuing us from the crises of racial capitalism and the Anthropocene? “Turn on, tune in, drop out,” and give a listen! Special thanks to Joanna and Tehseen for providing an extensive episode bibliography! Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter. Like our Facebook page. RSS feed here. Patreon here. Thanks to Bad Infinity for the intro music from their album FutureCommons; always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click here. https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3   Links:Digital Media “The Psychedelic Revival,” Fieldsights series, Society for Cultural Anthropology Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Johns Hopkins University Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research Website of Dr. Monnica T. Williams (also see Patricia Kubala’s profile of Dr. Williams in “The Psychedelic Revival” series) Oakland Hyphae, a self-described collective of “Oakland-based intersectional #mycology enthusiasts. 100% Black Owned” Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Psymposia, “adversarial” investigative journalists working on a psychedelics and society beat Joanna’s 2016 Epistemic Unruliness interview on mycelial movements Joanna’s professional site Tehseen’s Durham University bio and Authority Research Network scholarshipBooks Giffort, Danielle. Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy. Univ. of MN Press, 2020. Labate, Beatriz Caiuby and Clancy Cavnar, eds. Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond. Oxford UP, 2014. Langlitz, Nick. Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain. UC Press, 2012. Lattin, Don. The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America. Harper Collins, 2010. Letcher, Andy. Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom. Ecco, 2008. Richards, William A. Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences. Columbia UP, 2015. Saldanha, Arun. Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race. Univ. of MN Press, 2007 Shipley, Morgan. Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America. Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2015.    Serotonin. Image by Kelsey Brooks, via Society for Cultural Anthropology: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival   via reddit user lysergic_serpent on r/lsd: https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/

In this episode, James welcomes back friend of the podcast Joanna Steinhardt and introduces Tehseen Noorani, co-editors of the recent <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“The Psychedelic Revival”</a> series published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology. From PTSD and opiate rehabilitation therapy, legalization and decriminalization initiatives, to “tech bro” microdosing and New Age spirituality eco-tourism, it seems that psychedlics are all the rage for everyone these days (including your Boomer parents!). But how did we get here? Join James, Joanna, and Tehseen as they bring you up to speed on the plant and fungal movements and trajectories making up this psychedelic revival in its various post-1971 iterations following President Nixon’s declaration of the U.S. government’s War on Drugs. But does heralding the “revival” of psychedelia eclipse the traditional contributions of Indigenous American and African pharmacopic knowledges? Or might the revival lead to a revolution of ancestral consciousness capable of rescuing us from the crises of racial capitalism and the Anthropocene? “Turn on, tune in, drop out,” and give a listen! Special thanks to Joanna and Tehseen for providing an extensive episode bibliography! Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-already-podcast-episodes/id879272845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iTunes</a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/AlwaysAlreadyOn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. RSS feed <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Infinity</a> for the intro music from their album <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity/sets/futurecommons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FutureCommons</a>; always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/psychedelic-revival.mp3</a> Links:Digital Media <ul> <li><a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“The Psychedelic Revival,”</a> Fieldsights series, Society for Cultural Anthropology</li> <li><a href="https://maps.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins University Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.monnicawilliams.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website of Dr. Monnica T. Williams </a>(also see <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/psychedelics-and-race-a-profile-of-dr-monnica-t-williams" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patricia Kubala’s profile</a> of Dr. Williams in “The Psychedelic Revival” series)</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oakland_hyphae/?utm_source=ig_embed" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Oakland Hyphae</a>, a self-described collective of “Oakland-based intersectional #mycology enthusiasts. 100% Black Owned”</li> <li><a href="https://chacruna.net/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines</a></li> <li><a href="http://psymposia/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Psymposia,</a> “adversarial” investigative journalists working on a psychedelics and society beat</li> <li>Joanna’s <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/steinhardt/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2016 Epistemic Unruliness interview</a> on mycelial movements</li> <li>Joanna’s <a href="https://jbsteinhardt.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">professional site</a></li> <li>Tehseen’s <a href="https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?id=17085" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Durham University</a> bio and <a href="http://www.authorityresearch.net/encountering-psychedelics.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Authority Research Network</a> scholarship</li></ul>Books <ul> <li>Giffort, Danielle. <a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/acid-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Acid Revival: </a><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/acid-revival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy.</a> Univ. of MN Press, 2020.</li> <li> Labate, Beatriz Caiuby and Clancy Cavnar, eds. <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ayahuasca-shamanism-in-the-amazon-and-beyond-9780199341207?q=labate&amp;lang=en&amp;cc=us" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond</a>. Oxford UP, 2014. </li> <li>Langlitz, Nick. <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520274822/neuropsychedelia" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain</a>. UC Press, 2012.</li> <li> Lattin, Don. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-harvard-psychedelic-club-don-lattin?variant=32205818920994" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America.</a> Harper Collins, 2010. </li> <li> Letcher, Andy. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/shroom-andy-letcher?variant=32154169081890" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom</a>. Ecco, 2008. </li> <li> Richards, William A. <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/sacred-knowledge/9780231174060" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences.</a> Columbia UP, 2015. </li> <li> Saldanha, Arun. <a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/psychedelic-white" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race.</a> Univ. of MN Press, 2007 </li> <li> Shipley, Morgan. <a href="https://rowman.com/isbn/9781498509091/psychedelic-mysticism-transforming-consciousness-religious-experiences-and-voluntary-peasants-in-postwar-america" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America.</a> Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2015. </li> </ul> <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Serotonin. Image by Kelsey Brooks, via Society for Cultural Anthropology: <a href="https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/the-psychedelic-revival</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>via reddit user lysergic_serpent on r/lsd: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/bb675s/ayahuasca_is_a_cruel_mistress/</a>

Interview: Joanna Steinhardt and Tehseen Noorani on the Psychedelic Revival — Epistemic Unruliness 32

In this rhizomatic episode, James is joined by Joanna Steinhardt, PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and today’s resident expert on all things mushroom! Joanna studies radical mycological subcultures, or practices relating to the appreciation of and strategic application of fungi. James and Joanna discuss the mycelial web that exists just beneath our feet, and how mycelium relates to other forms of life in the biosphere to contribute to healthy soil by recycling organic materials, purifying toxins, and in some special cases, lending itself in psychedelic fashion to the expansion of human consciousness. Are mushrooms the anthropocene’s antidote? Listen and find out! Find Joanna and check out her research on the web here. Remember to support us on Patreon to help offset/reimburse the cost of our fancy new microphone, which we have named Lacan. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter. Like our Facebook page. RSS feed here. Thanks to Leah Dion and to B for the music. Get the mp3 of the episode here. https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/steinhardt.mp3

In this rhizomatic episode, James is joined by <a href="http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/people/joanna-steinhardt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Steinhardt</a>, PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and today’s resident expert on all things mushroom! Joanna studies radical mycological subcultures, or practices relating to the appreciation of and strategic application of fungi. James and Joanna discuss the mycelial web that exists just beneath our feet, and how mycelium relates to other forms of life in the biosphere to contribute to healthy soil by recycling organic materials, purifying toxins, and in some special cases, lending itself in psychedelic fashion to the expansion of human consciousness. Are mushrooms the anthropocene’s antidote? Listen and find out! Find Joanna and check out her research on the web <a href="https://jbsteinhardt.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Remember to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaysalreadypodcast?ty=h" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">support us on Patreon</a> to help offset/reimburse the cost of our fancy new microphone, which we have named Lacan. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-already-podcast-episodes/id879272845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iTunes</a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/AlwaysAlreadyOn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. RSS feed <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to Leah Dion and to B for the music. Get the mp3 of the episode <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/steinhardt.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/steinhardt.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/steinhardt.mp3</a>

Interview: Joanna Steinhardt on Mushrooms, Ecological Movements, and the Anthropocene – Epistemic Unruliness 14