This Is Your Brain on Psychedelics

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 28, 2019

Michael Pollan, author of many New York Times bestselling books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma, discusses his latest book (now in paperback), How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (Penguin Press, 2019), on psychedelics and what they show about human consciousness and mental illness.

EVENTS:

  • Tonight May 28, at 7:30 PM at Congregation Beth Elohim 271 Garfield Place in Brooklyn from Park Slope's Community Bookstore.  More info here.
  • Tomorrow Wednesday May 29, at 7:30PM at the 92nd Street Y (at Lexington Ave.).  Ticket info here.

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