Altered States

PRX

Psychedelics are now at the center of a global conversation about mental health, mysticism, and even how we experience illness and death. In Altered States, host Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores how people are taking these drugs, who has access to them, how they're regulated, who stands to profit, and what these substances might offer us as individuals and as a society. Co-produced by PRX and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, Altered States is an award-winning podcast, taking home a 2025 Signal Award for Science and the 2026 Webby Award for Science and Education. To learn more, visit us our...

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Altered States

Episodes (25)

Dec 3, 2025 Sex, Psychedelics and Consent (Pt. 2)
Dec 3, 2025 Psychedelic Church vs. State of Utah (Pt. 1)
Nov 19, 2025 Psychedelics for Anorexia?

Altered States

Dec 3, 2025
28 minutes
32 MB

Allegations of sexual, financial, and psychological abuse sometimes arise in the growing psychedelic church movement in Utah and beyond. A leader or guide might use their authority to pressure people – usually women – into having sexual contact with them. How might mind-altering substances play into such abuses of power? How should practitioners navigate consent? And what can psychedelic churches do to keep people safe? For a transcript of this episode, please visit this link.

Altered States

Sex, Psychedelics and Consent (Pt. 2)

PRX

00:00 -27:42