A bonanza of new new state psychedelics plus more in The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter out of the BCSP's journalism pillar. Subscribe today! themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

State and federal legislative updates plus more in The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter out of the BCSP.'s journalism pillar Subscribe today! themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

The Microdose spoke with anesthesiologist Harrison Shong-Wen Chow about how dreams during surgery have relieved trauma symptoms. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here: themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Hey Bay Area! Tickets are on sale now for Psychedelia & Cinema, our film series in partnership with @bampfa.bsky.social. Screenings fill quickly, get your tickets today! https://bampfa.org/program/psychedelia-cinema

The Microdose talked to Henrik Jungaberle, a medical psychologist and the founder and CEO of the MIND Foundation. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here: themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Thanks @kalwradio.bsky.social and Bay Made for featuring our podcast, Altered States this week! Altered States is made in partnership with @prx.org and explores the stories and debates about psychedelics with smart and thorough reporting. www.kalw.org/show/bay-made

Do you read The Microdose? It's an independent newsletter out of the BCSP's journalism pillar with great reporting, including a weekly roundup of news from the field. Read or subscribe at themicrodose.substack.com

For NPR’s @planetmoney.bsky.social , 2025 Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi took a deep dive into Zide Door, the world’s largest psychedelic mushroom church. Listen here: www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...

The Microdose talked to Zoe Dubus, a historian who is trying to spotlight the legacies of three women psychedelic practitioners. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here: themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Do you read The Microdose? It's an independent newsletter out of the BCSP's journalism pillar with great reporting, including a weekly roundup of news from the field. Read or subscribe at https://themicrodose.substack.com/

🎥 Congrats to our 2nd cohort of Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Fellows! ✨ Prod & Post: Alexandra Roca, Otilia Padua, Will Wertz ✨ R&D: Ewan Waddell, Jia Li, Julia Ngeow ✨ Student: Claire Crawford (UCLA) 🔗 tinyurl.com/mycoskie2026

Sarmiento is a masters student studying integrative spiritual care at Harvard Divinity School. Her platform, sunflower.sutras, was launched with the support of the Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her full Q&A with the BCSP. psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...

Charlotte James is a healer and ceremonial facilitator. She's also the founder of New Old Ways, a multidimensional learning space that was launched with the support of the Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her Q&A with the BCSP. psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...

In this week's edition of our newsletter, our @scipsychedelics.bsky.social Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow @scigat.bsky.social shares what drove him to cover Joe Rogan's obsession with his home country's mad honey. Read and subscribe here: buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...

Here are some of the headlines you might of missed in last week's roundup from The Microdose, a free newsletter from the BCSP✨Not yet a subscriber? Sign up today themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Xochitl Bernadette Moreno is a Xicana filmmaker, ceremonialist and media maker. Her project, Ancestral Medicine: Healing the Streets, launched as a result of the Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her Q&A with the BCSP. psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...

Chelsea Coyle is a brand strategist, community builder & creative designer. Her project, Psychedelic Genius, launched as a result of the Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her Q&A with the BCSP. psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...

The Microdose talked to Olivia Marcus about how psychedelic advertisements fit into the legacy of pharmaceutical marketing, and the repeating themes she sees in psychedelics ads.🍃 Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here: themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Here are some of the headlines you might of missed in last week's roundup from The Microdose, a free newsletter from the BCSP✨Not yet a subscriber? Sign up today themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Scientific research doesn't happen in a vacuum. Last month, the BCSP and Kavli Center convened a group of researchers to examine how our own backgrounds and disciplines shape the questions we choose to ask. Dive into the key takeaways here: psychedelics.berkeley.edu/putting-ethi...

More great work from Saugat Bolakhe, one of our 2025 Ferris-UC Berkeley Journalism Fellows.

Make sure to check out these upcoming UC events in the field of psychedelics ✨ Imaginarium: imagination.ucsd.edu/imaginarium/ Berkeley Law Panel: www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...

The Microdose talked with Adam Aronovich about using humor to critique society, and how he wields social media to keep wellness culture in check 🍃 Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here: themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

The Microdose talked to researcher Colin Domnauer about a mushroom that reliably produces fairy-tale-like visions. Subscribe to the Microdose Newsletter for the full Q&A 🍃 themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

The Microdose talked to neuropharmacologist Patricia Whitaker about the discovery of serotonin and how the neurotransmitter in many ways gave rise to the modern field of neuroscience. Subscribe to read the full Q&A 🍃https://themicrodose.substack.com/

Meet the newest addition to the BCSP, @ranajean.bsky.social! 🎉 Rana is our new Executive Director of Communications, a role that will guide the Center’s strategic communications and voice as it continues to advance psychedelic research for the public good. psychedelics.berkeley.edu/rana-freedma...

In March of this year, Jillian founded Ket-a-Grip, a 12-step program meeting specifically for people struggling with ketamine use. The Microdose talked to Jillian about her experiences with ketamine, and what Ket-a-Grip uniquely offers to its members. themicrodose.substack.com

The Microdose talked to aphantasia researcher and neuroscientist at the University of New South Wales, Joel Pearson, about the experience of aphantasia, and the potential consequences if psychedelics could actually switch on a film reel in the mind. themicrodose.substack.com

🚨CALLING ALL JOURNALISTS 🚨 Ten $10,000 reporting grants will be awarded to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/

Episode 8 of the Altered States Podcast is out now! A new study explores whether psilocybin might help young adults with severe anorexia. Listen here: psychedelics.berkeley.edu/season-2-epi...

@its-nice-that.bsky.social covered @elasticmag.bsky.social’s first issue about dying. Elastic is a print magazine of psychedelic art and literature, and @hbrenhouse.bsky.social , the founder/editor is a fellow of our Psychedelics in Society and Culture program.

Our friends at the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology are hosting an event on the legal ramifications of rescheduling psychedelics on Monday, November 17. Anyone is welcome to register🎉 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...

Reporter Adreanna Rodriguez gets invited to Texas to harvest peyote, a psychoactive cactus often caught in the crosshairs of the so-called psychedelic Renaissance. Listen to the full episode here: psychedelics.berkeley.edu/season-2-epi...

The Microdose spoke with anthropologist Justine Quijada about animism, a broad category of beliefs and practices that assumes the “animation of all nature." Read the full Q&A in this week's newsletter. 🌿 themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @scipsychedelics.bsky.social's Michael Silver and Marlena Robbins, and former chief scientific officer of Lykos Therapeutics, Berra Yazar-Klosinski, about the future of psychedelic research and therapy. ❓Have you tried or want to try psychedelic therapy? 📻 Listen:

“These medicines have their own consciousness” - Marlena Robbins on the indigenous perspective of psychedelics.

“There’s a lot of catching up to do” - Michael Silver on the gap in psychedelic research in the last several decades.

Happening now on @kqedforum.bsky.social. BCSP’s Michael Silver and Marlena Robbins discuss research on psychedelics as potential treatments for mental health disorders with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social rigal.bsky.social. Listen at www.kqed.org/forum

Episode 7 of the Altered States Podcast is up now! What can twitching mice reveal about the human brain? Find the full episode here: psychedelics.berkeley.edu/season-2-epi...

🎥✨ DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply for The Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Fellowship by November 7th at 11:59pm PT. fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/mycoskie/app...

🎥 ONE WEEK LEFT! The Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Fellowship supports filmmakers exploring the evolving world of psychedelics — from science and policy to culture and consciousness. Grants range from $5-20K. Deadline: Oct. 30 👉 fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/mycoskie/

Episode 5 of the Altered States Podcast is up now! How did a psychedelic religion founded to promote peace end up spreading right-wing political propaganda? Listen here: psychedelics.berkeley.edu/season-2-epi...

Mónica Álvarez Franco and Tatiana García recently returned from their first film shoot in the mountain communities outside Oaxaca where they working on a documentary called “Voices from the Earth.” Read the full Q&A in today's Microdose Newsletter themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe

Our podcast, Altered States, won a prestigious Signal award! Take a listen to Season 2 out now!

🚨 Calling documentary filmmakers! 🚨 The Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Doc Fellowship is now accepting applications. Awards ranging from $5k to $20k. Deadline: Oct 30 Apply here → fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/mycoskie/

Will you be at hashtag#PS2025? Make sure to check out these three panels facilitated by core members of the BCSP team. You can also read more about each session on the BCSP website! lnkd.in/ewt4gA4m

My latest: This Is Your Priest on Drugs | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

We're growing! The BCSP is hiring an Executive Director of Communications to shape our voice and lead communications efforts. If you're a visionary communicator ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you! #CommunicationsJobs #StrategicComms #PsychedelicScience

Gül Dölan, a senior science advisor at the BCSP, was recently featured in an episode of NPR's All Things Considered podcast 🎧 The episode discusses an effort to begin clinical trials for Ibogaine, a psychoactive drug that is said to treat PTSD. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

Some sufferers of cluster headaches are turning to psilocybin to treat their debilitating pain — with promising results. Check out this piece published in @theguardian.com by Psychedelic Journalism Ferriss Fellow Sammie Seamon www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...