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Season 1 – How to Change Your Mind

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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney and New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan present this documentary series event in four parts, each focused on a different mind-altering substance: LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, and mescaline. With Pollan as our guide, we journey to the frontiers of the new psychedelic renaissance -- and look back at almost-forgotten historical context -- to explore the potential of these substances to heal and change minds as well as culture.
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Bob Strauss San Francisco Chronicle 07/12/2022
3/4
“How to Change Your Mind” provides multiple worthy views that can be mind-blowing. It’s not the same as getting high, but whatever turns you on. Go to Full Review Natalia Winkelman Boston Globe 07/08/2022
There is something oversimplified about this TV version of “How to Change Your Mind,” as if its knowledge has been run through a sieve. But worthy pieces of insight still fleck the episodes. Go to Full Review Adam Manno The Daily Beast 09/13/2022
Immediately fascinating is the relatively recent discoveries of LSD and MDMA, the two most recognized and referenced of the four. Go to Full Review Graeme Tuckett The Post NZ 07/25/2022
This is a fascinating, serious and determinedly non-sensational look ... Go to Full Review James Delingpole The Spectator 07/21/2022
Having watched How to Change Your Mind, I think I may have done the drug a disservice. Go to Full Review Carey-Ann Pawsey Orca Sound 07/20/2022
3/5
A series like this tries to show the different sides of the issue and indicates there are other ways of thinking about or viewing psychedelics. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brian S 04/16/2024 Only 22 minutes into the first episode and Pollan misleads the audience by suggesting it was lsd and not belladonna that helped Bill Wilson to have his spiritual experience. While Bill did use lsd to treat his depression, he did so at least two decades after he had stopped drinking. See more Erik B 09/28/2023 Super interesting look at the potential benefits of psychedelics. See more drey s @Dreysamuelson3 09/29/2022 I loved it--Pollan is an engaging, intelligent, and amiable host, and the series is very persuasive that psychedelic therapy, performed by trained professionals, can be extremely effective, as well as the world tragically lost decades of key research time by stupidly prohibiting it. See more 07/26/2022 excellent and insightful show with lots of history and scientific evidence for those interested in learning about psychedelics See more 07/22/2022 It could finally grasp an understanding of what the experiences of me and my friends looked like using psychedelic substances. The balance of medical facts and elaborating ones' emotions is well done and I truly believe that this series can change the general perception on plants called "drugs" :D See more 07/18/2022 Revealing truth about psychedelics. See more Read all reviews
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Michael Pollan

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 12, 2022 Chapter 1: LSD From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus -- and the CIA. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 12, 2022 Chapter 2: Psilocybin Magic mushrooms, long considered sacred by the indigenous Mazatec in Mexico, become the subject of scientific studies measuring their intense effects. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 12, 2022 Chapter 3: MDMA Championed by both therapists and ravers, ecstasy stands out as the first psychedelic likely to become legalized, thanks to passionate advocates. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 12, 2022 Chapter 4: Mescaline Mescaline, the psychoactive molecule in San Pedro and peyote cacti, a sacred medicine that Native Americans have had to fight for the right to use. Details

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How to Change Your Mind — Season 1

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Season Info

Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 12, 2022
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