In conversation with Dr Julie Holland on her most recent book, Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, The Sleep You're Missing, The Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy. Dr Holland is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, author, research scientist and assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine. Other books by Dr Julie Holland include: - Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER and - The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Can...
Feb 02, 2017•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Richard Miller interviews Dr. Dennis McKenna: Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss. Dr. McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist who has studied plant hallucinogens for over forty years. Outside of scientific circles he is best known as the brother of Terence McKenna, a cultural icon in the psychedelic community. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe...
Jan 28, 2017•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Crazywise by Dr. Richard L. Miller This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Jan 23, 2017•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Encouraging Community by Dr. Richard L. Miller This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Jan 23, 2017•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bill Ayers visits Mind Body Health & Politics to discuss "Demand The Impossible" This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Jan 22, 2017•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast A conversation with Philosopher, Charles Bush This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Jan 22, 2017•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Richard Miller in conversation with Dr Eric Maisel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Jan 22, 2017•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Lonnie Barbach, the country's foremost expert of Human Sexuality on her most recent book, For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy. Dr. Lonnie Barbach's books have sold over 4 million copies world wide. Her break through book: For Yourself, opened the closed door to female masturbation and was voted the most important self help book by 5,000 psychologists. The publication of Going the Distance: Finding and Keeping Lifelong Love, written with David Geisenger, Ph.D., her partner of 32 years, ha...
Jan 22, 2017•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller will interview Rob Valente, The UnDoctor. He specializes in discovering and addressing the underlying causes of chronic conditions and long-term illness rather than just treating symptoms. Rob Valente maintains a private health consulting practice in which he helps people who aren't getting relief from standard medical practice. The broadcast concludes with editorial comments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...
Oct 06, 2016•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller will interview Doctors Thaïs Mazur and Wendy Wood regarding their book, *Do No Harm: Mindful Engagement for a World in Crisis.* Doctors Mazur and Wood are authors, researchers, professors who serve traumatized and marginalized individuals, communities, and organizations through mediation, conflict management, integrative health education and training on compassion in action. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...
Sep 21, 2016•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller will interview Dr. Stella Resnick on her most recent book, *The Heart of Desire: Keys to the Pleasures of Love.* Dr. Stella Resnick is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California and a certified sex therapist who specializes in couples' therapy. She has appeared on Oprah, CNN Live, The O'Reilly Factor and has written articles for many national magazines. She is also the author of The Pleasure Zone. This is a public episode. If you'd lik...
Sep 07, 2016•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews multiple award-winning, best-selling author and educator, Janet Hardy, on her latest of 12 books, entitled *The Ethical Slut,* which has presently sold over 200,000 copies. Janet Hardy is a political activist championing the cause of positive sexual attitudes towards all forms of solo and consensual sexual behavior. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics...
Aug 10, 2016•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Miller interviews Fabian Lizaragga, a former LAPD Captain who was recently appointed as Chief of Police in the city of Ft. Bragg, California. They discuss Lizaragga's journey to his current position, including his stints of under-cover work, and the challenges currently facing law enforcement. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe...
Aug 08, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation, a UK-based think-tank and UN-accredited NGO, whose dual purpose is the scientific investigation of consciousness and the creation of balanced drug policies. They discuss recent studies conducted by the Beckley Foundation that use brain imaging technologies to analyze the effects of LSD, and to aid our understanding of the mechanism of action of psychedelic substances. This is a public episode. If you'd like...
Jul 21, 2016•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews author and motivational speaker James Peal, Ph.D. Peal says that each moment provides you with the opportunity to decide how you want to engage, your life, your work, your relationships. His book, *Check Your Tude,* provides a guide that lets the reader contrast the positive and negative mindsets that we face several times in our day to day experiences. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
Jul 06, 2016•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews author and motivational speaker James Peal, Ph.D. Peal says that each moment provides you with the opportunity to decide how you want to engage, your life, your work, your relationships. His book, *Check Your Tude,* provides a guide that lets the reader contrast the positive and negative mindsets that we face several times in our day to day experiences. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
Jul 06, 2016•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard L. Miller provides an overview of the main lessons he has learned in his 50 years as a clinical psychologist. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Jun 26, 2016•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews Tim Scully and Michael Randall – two major historical figures in the "War on Drugs." Tim Scully was the scientist taught to make LSD in quantity by LSD pioneer Owsley Stanley and Michael Randall was the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love whose world wide LSD distribution network financed the Weather Underground to successfully break Tim Leary out of Federal Prison where he was serving time for drug offenses. Both Scully and Randall served time in Fede...
Jun 23, 2016•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews Tim Scully and Michael Randall – two major historical figures in the "War on Drugs." Tim Scully was the scientist taught to make LSD in quantity by LSD pioneer Owsley Stanley and Michael Randall was the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love whose world wide LSD distribution network financed the Weather Underground to successfully break Tim Leary out of Federal Prison where he was serving time for drug offenses. Both Scully and Randall served time in Fede...
Jun 09, 2016•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews Charles Bush, Philosopher, Educator and Executive Director of the Redwood Senior Center in Fort Bragg, California. Charles Bush has lived on the Mendocino Coast for nearly four decades. Before coming to the Coast, he managed large residential service operations on college campuses. He co-founded Mendocino's successful and long-lived Community School. He retired from his position as director of Chamisa Mesa School near Taos, New Mexico, became the Executi...
Apr 19, 2016•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do we really need to make informed decisions about our health? Dr. Miller takes up the big questions about how our political systems influence our well-being at the most fundamental level. We must take responsibility, while simultaneously holding those in power accountable. Start your journey towards mental and physical well-being with an assessment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpoliti...
Apr 08, 2016•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller in conversation with Attorneys Patrick Pekin and John Allison regarding law and the legal profession. *Patrick Pekin began handling criminal cases in Salinas where he represented clients accused of every type of crime from DUI to homicide. Because Salinas is a high crime area, he became experienced in cases involving gangs and violence. He was appointed to represent prisoners housed in the Salinas Valley and Soledad State Prisons who were accused of in-prison crime...
Mar 16, 2016•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pulitzer prize nominated journalist Robert Whitaker describes the paradox of prescription drugs such as SSRIs and anti-psychotics in the treatment of depressed, anxious and mentally ill. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Feb 26, 2016•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Mithoefer spent a decade of his early career as a board certified emergency medical physician. He is certified in internal medicine and in 1991 he became certified in psychiatry. He and Annie Mithoefer have a private practice of psychiatry in clinical research in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. On November 2nd, 2001, Michael and Annie obtained FDA approval to run a clinical trial in the United States giving MDMA in combination with psychotherapy to treat chronic treatment resistant, post...
Feb 25, 2016•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast First in a Series on the Law and the Legal Profession: Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller will interview John Allison on his books *Transforming the Practice of Law: Reclaiming the Soul of the Legal Profession and Choosing Your Lawyer: An Insider's Practical Guide to Making a Really Good Choice.* Listen to Part II here: https://soundcloud.com/mbhp/attorneys-patrick-pekin-john-allison-on-the-legal-profession This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access ...
Feb 18, 2016•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews renowned New Yorker journalist Larissa MacFarquhar, whose new book, *Strangers Drowning* reveals the individuals who devote themselves fully to bettering the lives of strangers, even when it comes at great personal cost. Larissa MacFarquhar has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998. Her profile subjects have included John Ashbery, Barack Obama, Noam Chomsky, Hilary Mantel, Derek Parfit, David Chang, and Aaron Swartz, among many others. There a...
Feb 06, 2016•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast DOG MEDICINE: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself by Julie Barton is a deeply moving, honest and provocative memoir about a woman’s love for her dog, and the healing power of one very special animal named Bunker. It’s about how Bunker saved Julie’s life after she sank into a depression that nearly killed her. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe...
Jan 25, 2016•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rabbi Michael Lerner is one of America's most significant progressive intellectuals and political leaders. He is rabbi of the Bay Area congregation Beyt Tikkun and the co-founder and editor of Tikkun magazine: a bimonthly Jewish and interfaith critique of politics, culture, and society. Tikkun is one of the most respected intellectual/cultural magazines in the Jewish world, but also one of the most controversial because of its stand in favor of the rights of Palestinians, on the one hand, which ...
Dec 04, 2015•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Seán ÓLaoire, PhD, is a Catholic priest and licensed clinical psychologist specializing in transpersonal psychology. ÓLaoire regularly lectures and conducts scientific research on the effects of prayer. His books are A Sensible God and Why? What is Your Life Telling You about Why you are Here, A Sensible God, Spirits in Spacesuits - A Manual for Everyday Mystics, Building on the Edge of Europe: Survey of Irish Architecture, and Souls on Safari. In addition, he is cofounder and spiritual directo...
Nov 17, 2015•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Richard Miller presents his views on a variety of issues related to our health, planet, and economy, while taking calls from the audience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe
Oct 28, 2015•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
