Most DMT experiences are famously brief. A person may enter an intense altered state, encounter vivid landscapes or apparent entities, and begin returning to ordinary consciousness before they have time to understand what is happening. Daniel McQueen believes extended-state DMT could change that. In a conversation with Ayahuasca Podcast host Sam Believ, McQueen discusses DMTX, […]
Can psychedelics fit comfortably inside modern capitalism, or are they fundamentally resistant to being turned into conventional products? That question runs through a wide-ranging conversation between Ayahuasca Podcast host Sam Believ and entrepreneur Ronan Levy. Levy is the co-founder and former executive chairman of Field Trip Health and author of The Ketamine Breakthrough. His path […]
Psychedelics are often discussed as tools for personal healing, but can they also change the systems and cultures people live within? That question sits at the center of a conversation between Ayahuasca Podcast host Sam Believ and author and cultural commentator Alexander Beiner. Beiner, author of The Bigger Picture, explores the tension between the transformative […]
For much of Cory Firth’s life, achievement was closely tied to pressure. Competitive sports taught him to perform and prove himself, and that pattern later followed him into business. From the outside, his career looked successful. Internally, however, he had struggled with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts since childhood. In a conversation on the Ayahuasca […]
At around 40 years old, Adam Butler appeared to have everything society says should make a person successful: high-paying jobs, multiple houses, sports cars, and relationships. Internally, however, his life was collapsing. He was struggling with alcohol, depression, broken relationships, anger, and suicidal thoughts. In a conversation on the Ayahuasca Podcast, Butler described how psychedelics […]
Paul F. Austin has spent more than a decade helping move psychedelics from the counterculture into mainstream conversations about healing, creativity, leadership, and personal transformation. As the founder of Third Wave and the Psychedelic Coaching Institute, his work focuses heavily on education, responsible use, and what he calls the “third wave” of psychedelics. In a […]
A group of 12 combat sports athletes recently came together in the Colombian Andes for an unusual experiment: four ayahuasca ceremonies combined with scientific observation, brain mapping, and a shared focus on trauma and traumatic brain injury. The group included MMA fighters, UFC veterans, bare-knuckle boxers, wrestlers, and jiu-jitsu competitors, many with championship-level careers. The […]
Tim Morrison’s path into healing work began with a sudden physical collapse. Once an elite Muay Thai fighter and strength coach, he suffered serious neck injuries that ended his fighting career and left him with chronic nerve pain. The loss of identity was even harder, and Morrison entered a period of depression and uncertainty. Eventually, […]
Filmmaker and musician Metta Beshay approaches psychoactive plants from a citizen scientist perspective, with a strong interest in ethnobotany, history, culture, and how people actually use these plants. After spending time with Shipibo communities in the Peruvian Amazon, Beshay joined Sam Believ on the Ayahuasca Podcast to discuss ayahuasca tourism, indigenous culture, icaros, jungle life, […]
Most people begin working on themselves because they want to feel happier, become more successful, or improve their relationships. But according to Sam Believ, founder of LaWayra Ayahuasca Retreat in Colombia, genuine transformation often begins somewhere far less comfortable—during life’s most painful moments. In a conversation about men’s personal development, Sam reflected on how emotional […]