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What is Healing, What is Ceremony?
From Aspen Public Radio | Part of the Aspen Psychedelic Symposium 2023 series | 58:30
This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “What is Healing, What is Ceremony?” brought Veronica Lightning Horse Perez and Remi Olajoyegbe to the stage, moderated by Jaz Cadoch. Panelists explore the history and contemporary practice of healing through plant-based medicines, exploring cultural and ceremonial use, the nature of healing, human experience and transformation with an overview of psychedelics today.
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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “What is Healing, What is Ceremony?” brought Veronica Lightning Horse Perez and Remi Olajoyegbe to the stage, moderated by Jaz Cadoch. Panelists explore the history and contemporary practice of healing through plant-based medicines, exploring cultural and ceremonial use, the nature of healing, human experience and transformation with an overview of psychedelics today. Panelists include: Veronica Lightning Horse Perez, trainer of NLP, TLT, Hypnosis and Life Coaches, Psychedelic Practitioner and Integration Specialist; Founder of Lightning Horse Healing Grounds; and co-Chief Proponent for the Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022 in Colorado Remi Olajoyegbe, London-based coach to c-suite leaders, social entrepreneur, named one of the Top 100 Women in European Finance; selected in 2014 to be part of BBC's BAME (Black & Asian Minority Ethnic) Expert Voices; trained practitioner in systemic work, including family and organizational constellations; co-founder of Medicine Festival, launched in 2020, a Trustee of BOA Foundation and is an Advisory Board Member of Woven Science; for the last decade, Remi has worked with indigenous medicine tribes from Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Colombia, and her work includes integration coaching Jaz Cadoch (moderator), cultural and medical anthropologist who has been studying the psychedelic movement since 2016; director of the Global Psychedelic Society, a collection of leaders of psychedelic societies around the world and co-founder of ALKEMI Consulting & Development This panel discussion was one of five sessions produced into a radio special, recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium. The series features discussions on ceremonial use, mental health treatments, pain management, the role of public policy, and a special keynote lecture presented by Dennis McKenna. Hear from groundbreaking researchers, scientists, doctors and others working in the field— alongside individuals who have had these life-changing experiences.
Mental Health Breakthroughs
From Aspen Public Radio | Part of the Aspen Psychedelic Symposium 2023 series | 58:00
This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Mental Health Breakthroughs” brought Kevin Franciotti, Meg Richmond, and Matthew X. Lowe, to the stage, moderated by Brandon Burns. The conversation was directed at those struggling to heal from depression, anxiety or substance use disorder, where psilocybin –and other psychedelic-assisted therapies– can offer hope.
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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Mental Health Breakthroughs” brought Kevin Franciotti, Meg Richmond, and Matthew X. Lowe, to the stage, moderated by Brandon Burns. The conversation was directed at those struggling to heal from depression, anxiety or substance use disorder, where psilocybin –and other psychedelic-assisted therapies– can offer hope. Panelists include: Kevin Franciotti, MA, a Colorado-based writer, therapist, advisor & thought leader in the fields of psychology, psychedelics & substance abuse counseling. He is a Licensed Addiction Counselor and the founder of Psychedelics in Recovery, a 12-step based program for individuals using plant medicines in their recovery process Meg Richmond, a Celtic medicine woman, Ayahuasca church founder, and policy reform advocate; pioneering a nationally viable model for the protected use of plants as sacraments; co-founder of The HeartQuarters organization in Denver, Colorado, pioneering a hybrid profit/nonprofit model for community centers which facilitate the use of entheogens under the constitutionally protected liberties of the Religious Freedoms and Restorations Act Matthew X. Lowe, PhD, Director of Research for Realm of Caring, a non-profit cannabis research organization; Executive Director & Chief Scientific Officer for Unlimited Sciences, a psychedelics research non-profit Brandon Burns (moderator), CEO/Owner of Peaks Recovery Centers, a comprehensive dual diagnosis drug & alcohol addiction treatment center, who sees the behavioral healthcare industry as fraught with fragmentation, lacking a unified approach to treating SUD and MH, and has moved to challenge industry wide narratives in support of patient care and outcomes, including his passion and support for the Natural Medicine Health Act and the innovative potential for plant based medicines within behavioral healthcare settings This panel discussion was one of five sessions produced into a radio special, recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium. The series features discussions on ceremonial use, mental health treatments, pain management, the role of public policy, and a special keynote lecture presented by Dennis McKenna. Hear from groundbreaking researchers, scientists, doctors and others working in the field— alongside individuals who have had these life-changing experiences.
The Neuroscience of Psychedelics
From Aspen Public Radio | Part of the Aspen Psychedelic Symposium 2023 series | 58:00
This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “The Neuroscience of Psychedelics” brought Court Wing, Dave Rabin, and Scott Thompson, to the stage, moderated by Nicole Foerster. Panelists explore how researchers have been exploring the neurobiological mechanisms of psychedelic drugs, the resulting changes in brain activity, and what treating chronic pain with psychedelics looks like.
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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “The Neuroscience of Psychedelics” brought Court Wing, Dave Rabin, and Scott Thompson, to the stage, moderated by Nicole Foerster. Panelists explore how researchers have been exploring the neurobiological mechanisms of psychedelic drugs, the resulting changes in brain activity, and what treating chronic pain with psychedelics looks like. Panelists include: Court Wing, founder and CEO of REMAP Therapeutics, dedicated to exploring, innovating and developing the intersection between psychedelics and chronic pain with significant experience in injury recovery, applied neurophysiology, neuromuscular rehabilitation, performance training, and psychedelics; study participant in NYU’s clinical trial of "Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder" (March 2020) Dr. Dave Rabin MD, PhD, a board-certified psychiatrist, neuroscientist, entrepreneur and inventor, who is the co-founder & chief innovation officer at Apollo Neuroscience, focusing on plant and natural medicines and medicine-assisted psychotherapy, specializing in treatment-resistant mental illnesses including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder Scott Thompson, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Novel Therapeutics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry, his research is focused on understanding brain plasticity and how psychedelic compounds engage these processes to exert their antidepressant actions Nicole Foerster (moderator), co-proponent of Initiative 61 and founder of Decriminalize Nature Boulder County; advocate for psilocybin mushrooms as a treatment for cluster headaches; a mental health professional, and a proponent for the full decriminalization of entheogenic plants and fungi This panel discussion was one of five sessions produced into a radio special, recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium. The series features discussions on ceremonial use, mental health treatments, pain management, the role of public policy, and a special keynote lecture presented by Dennis McKenna. Hear from groundbreaking researchers, scientists, doctors and others working in the field— alongside individuals who have had these life-changing experiences.
Where do we go from here?
From Aspen Public Radio | Part of the Aspen Psychedelic Symposium 2023 series | 58:00
This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Where do we go from here?” brought Scarlet Masius, Kevin Matthews, and Natasia Poinsatte, to the stage, moderated by Zach Leary. Panelists discuss the many questions around what access might look like in the years ahead, why harm reduction efforts are an important next step, and how the conversation should continue.
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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Where do we go from here?” brought Scarlet Masius, Kevin Matthews, and Natasia Poinsatte, to the stage, moderated by Zach Leary. Panelists discuss the many questions around what access might look like in the years ahead, why harm reduction efforts are an important next step, and how the conversation should continue. Panelists include: Scarlet Masius, Head of Community at Tactogen; formerly ran a creative consultancy called Liminalia, working with MAPS, Esalen, Omidyar Network and other orgs to build creative and participatory communities; former Executive Director of the Safety Net Fund, which financially supported 1,200 artists impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; and trained psychedelic peer support facilitator, working to create systemic change for global healing through the stewardship of public education initiatives, harm reduction, and community organizing Kevin Matthews, a Denver native and leading advocate for liberating access to psychedelic plant and fungi medicine nationwide; co-Designated Representative of the Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022; Coalition Director for Natural Medicine Colorado; and President of the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel Natasia Poinsatte, Director of Healing Advocacy Fund in Colorado, a non-profit working to support safe, equitable access to psychedelic therapies and research director at RBI Strategies and Research where she supported the passage of the Natural Medicine Health Act Zach Leary (moderator), host of the MAPS and “It’s All Happening” podcasts; writer, futurist, spiritualist, wellness facilitator, integration coach and socio-cultural theorist; son of psychologist author and champion of psychedelic counterculture, Tim Leary, Zach studied under Ram Dass, giving him a front-row seat to the most important cultural movements of the late 20th century This panel discussion was one of five sessions produced into a radio special, recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium. The series features discussions on ceremonial use, mental health treatments, pain management, the role of public policy, and a special keynote lecture presented by Dennis McKenna. Hear from groundbreaking researchers, scientists, doctors and others working in the field— alongside individuals who have had these life-changing experiences.