How to Change Your Mind came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 7 times across the episodes we processed. This page collects every one of those moments: who said it, what they said, and the exact point in the episode.
Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind has crossed over onto Diary of a CEO, Joe Rogan, and Tim Ferriss, 7 mentions total. Psychedelics research keeps finding an audience across wildly different show formats.
Each of those 7 references is quoted straight from the transcript with a timestamp link. We're not summarizing takes, we're showing you what was actually said and where.
When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third.
Where to get it & every mention“people who have been doing this since before Michael Pollan's exceptional book, How to Change Your Mind” — Tim Ferriss 00:48:18
Tim Ferriss answers listener questions on the AI tsunami, arguing offline, relational, and in-real-life advantages matter more as machines eat white-collar work.
“Dr Carl Hart all these different people Michael Polland and his amazing book all these people that are talking about these experiences now” — Joe Rogan 01:48:59
MAPS founder Rick Doblin on pushing MDMA therapy through the FDA, ibogaine for addiction, debunking psychedelic myths, and the ethics of commercializing sacred substances.
“If you want a good overview, I think How to Change Your Mind is a great place to start” — Tim Ferriss 02:55:01
Andrew Huberman walks Tim Ferriss through his weekly training split, supplement stack, and the five daily foundations of physical and mental performance.
“I would recommend to those who haven't read it how to change your mind by Michael pollen gives a pretty good overview” — Tim Ferriss 00:41:34
Psychopharmacologist Dr. Suresh Muthukumaraswamy explains ketamine, classical psychedelics, and the first randomized LSD microdosing trial run in New Zealand.
“one first step there is to introduce them to How to Change Your Mind, the book by Michael Pollan. And if they're willing to read that” — Tim Ferriss 01:16:49
Tim Ferriss answers live and submitted Q&A on sleep, parenting, fear, mood, psychedelics, learning, and travel.
“the first thing was reading michael pollan's book uh how to change your mind i know you're also friends with michael and i did not know him at the time” — Adam Gazzaley 00:45:28
Neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley on FDA-cleared video game medicine and launching a UCSF psychedelic research division with Robin Carhart-Harris.
“Michael Pollan, for those interested, his book How to Change Your Mind is exceptional. I also have two interviews with him on this podcast.” — Tim Ferriss 00:33:26
Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin on Amazon shamans, real vs fake healers, hallucinogens like yopo and ayahuasca, and preserving rainforest medicine.
