Shrooms in the News Vol. 5: All the Guided Psilocybin Therapy Headlines Fit to Print
Shrooms in the News for Spring 2025—a roundup of what’s happening in the world of legal psilocybin mushroom therapy in Oregon.
What Oprah Got Wrong and Right—A breakdown of her lovely conversation with Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan and Oprah Winfrey’s conversation—which included testimonials from psychedelic evangelists joining via video call—was both profound and superficial, inspiring and incomplete, so I thought I’d jump in with my tie-dyed crayon and color outside the lines.
Goons on the Ice, Microdosing Golfers and Gridiron Trauma—How psychedelics help athletes repair, reset and thrive
As a former elite athlete, this topic is pretty near and dear to my heart. When we think psychedelics, most of us will conjure up visions of drum circles and glow sticks or tapestries and eye masks. Locker rooms with lineups scrawled on whiteboards or 20-page scouting reports don’t immediately come to mind. That said, athletes are generally strong candidates for psilocybin therapy, and here’s why.
Shrooms in the News Volume 4: Anderson Cooper, Demoralization and Lasting Belief
Here’s your 4th installment of al the shroom news fit to print. From a 60 Minutes report spotlighting folks one year after psychedelic therapy to calls for research participants at UC San Francisco, it’s a whole lot of good news in the wellness realm.
I hear ya. If you feel like staying in tune with news from the brave new world of legal psilocybin therapy, I’d be happy to let you in on the conversation.