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    The Hallucinogenic Toad Doctor

    The Hallucinogenic Toad Doctor

    FromStory of the Week with Joel Stein

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    The Hallucinogenic Toad Doctor

    FromStory of the Week with Joel Stein

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    Length:
    26 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 20, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    A Mexican doctor and former crack addict’s TED talk at Burning Man helped popularize hallucinogenic toad poison as a treatment for addiction…and a shortcut to enlightenment. Host Joel Stein speaks to Kimon De Greef about his New Yorker article “The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads.”
    You can read the full story here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/the-pied-piper-of-psychedelic-toadsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    Released:
    Oct 20, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (48)

    On Story of the Week, “journalist” Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. These are stories you’ll tell your friends about. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.