#8 Erika Dyck: History of LSD, propaganda, moral panics, Osmond and Huxley, Native American Church

You can support this podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/curiousonearth Episode details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96851116 My Finnish Patreon page http://patreon.com/soinnunmaanhenry Episode 8: Erika Dyck, professor of the history of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. This episode was recorded on November 25th, 2024. Video version: https://youtu.be/OFEie24ocN8 Download mp3 on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/curiousonearth/8-erika-dyck Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3vMgsfV Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3S8KvWt RSS: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:879419647/sounds.rss 00:00:00 In this episode... 00:00:47 Foreword 00:03:16 How Erika started doing LSD research 00:05:38 Neglected areas of LSD research 00:09:01 LSD research in Saskatchewan 00:15:26 Canada's involvement in World Wars 00:17:43 Humphry Osmond, LSD research pioneer 00:22:25 Etymology of "hallucinogen" 00:27:52 What is (a) psychedelic? 00:31:32 Origin story of "psychedelic" 00:34:15 Psychedelics and new cognitive categories 00:41:06 Interdisciplinary psychedelic conferences 00:42:53 Psychedelic ethics 00:47:32 Osmond and Saskatchewan 00:56:42 Native American Church 00:59:31 Psychedelics and reductionism 01:05:27 Peyote rituals and history of NAC 01:16:56 Psychedelic therapy and ceremony 01:22:26 Myths about indigenous use of psychedelics 01:27:12 Psychedelics, schizophrenia and AA 01:34:54 LSD inspired architecture 01:42:25 Huxleys 01:52:04 Neglected women in historical narratives 02:01:22 Rita and Al Hubbard 02:14:26 Sidney Cohen and side effects of LSD 02:19:39 Psychedelic backlash 02:27:12 Moral panics 02:34:03 Drugs – genuine concern or convenient scapegoats? 02:42:11 Unpredictability of psychedelics 02:51:27 Better drug education 02:55:49 Drug propaganda and institutions 02:58:32 Hype and psychedelic philanthropy 03:04:47 End of the first wave of psychedelic research 03:14:00 Final questions 03:17:57 Afterword Erika's X https://t.ly/9KtSx Erika's LinkedIn https://t.ly/22i2A Erika's university page https://t.ly/xrFz1 Osmond's and Smythie's Schizophrenia: A New Approach https://t.ly/c_4Nl Erika's book Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus https://t.ly/9Q3QL The Hallucinogens by Hoffer and Osmond https://t.ly/YPlKL Rick Doblin's psychedelic house https://t.ly/weel2 Noidan käsikirja (Usborne Guide to the Supernatural World) https://t.ly/cST3U Sidney Cohen's 1960 paper https://t.ly/YYerw Sidney Cohen's 1962 paper https://t.ly/V80f5 Sidney Cohen's 1963 paper https://t.ly/bB2ef Stuart Hall Moral panic book https://t.ly/sK1rF Pace and Devenot on right-wing psychedelia https://t.ly/6mbDe ----- Curious on Earth crafts slower media in an era of one-minute attention spans. Host Henry Soinnunmaa is a Finnish musician, writer and amateur generalist. Facebook: https://facebook.com/curiousonearth X: https://x.com/curiousonearth Instagram: https://instagram.com/curiousonearth