In this episode, we had the privilege to speak to Norman Ohler, the best-selling author of the book Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany, and now his new book Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age where we discuss the history of LSD, its involvement in the the peace movement of the 1960s and how the CIA used it for its most notorious experiments.

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00:00 - Intro 02:27 - What made Norman want to research LSD 06:57 - History of LSD 15:03 - How Arthur Stoll, Albert Hofmann & Richard Willstätter were influential in the development of LSD 21:17 - MK-Ultra and how the CIA got involved with LSD 25:52 - The mysterious death of Frank Olson 29:05 - Operation Midnight Climax and the drugging of US citizens 32:17 - The most notorious experiment of MK-Ultra 35:34 - Nixon's War on Drugs and the ban of psychedelics' 45:28 - Difference between LSD and other psychedelics 47:45 - What are the negative effects of psychedelics? 54:32 - How psychedelics could have shaped our modern society 01:00:57 - Does the human brain require certain compounds to enhance its capabilities? 01:04:14 - Closing 01:05:06 - Outro

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