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On Mental Illness and the Mist of Consciousness: William Brewer explains how Psychedelic Therapy Saved His Life

On Mental Illness and the Mist of Consciousness: William Brewer explains how Psychedelic Therapy Saved His Life

FromKeen On


On Mental Illness and the Mist of Consciousness: William Brewer explains how Psychedelic Therapy Saved His Life

FromKeen On

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

EPISODE 1425: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE RED ARROW, William Brewer, about a new literature of psychedelia as a mirror for our age of anxiety

William Brewer's debut novel The Red Arrow was published by Knopf in 2022. His book of poems, I Know Your Kind, was a winner of the National Poetry Series. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, A Public Space, The Sewanee Review, and The Best American Poetry series. Formerly a Stegner Fellow, he is currently a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University.

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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