Brief: Have Tech Bros Killed Psychedelics?
Dec 06, 2025•29 min
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Episode description
"Immortality influencer" Bryan Johnson recently livestreamed his second-ever psilocybin trip "for science." But was it, really? Derek and Julian break down the performative nature of this stunt and discuss the growing right-wing influence on psychedelics culture.
Show Notes
Bryan Johnson Has Discovered Shrooms, and He Really Wants You to Know It
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
How the Right Coopted Psychedelics
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