Episode 1
The Psychedelic Toad
2017-11-28 • 44 min
Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.
TV season
2017-11-28
Episode 1
2017-11-28 • 44 min
Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.
Episode 2
2017-12-05 • 44 min
From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.
Episode 3
2017-12-12 • 44 min
Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.
Episode 4
2017-12-19 • 44 min
Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.
Episode 5
2017-12-26 • 44 min
Hamilton heads to India to see industrial Ketamine synthesis, and speak with therapists and luminaries in an attempt to understand the role of dissociative anesthetics in society.
Episode 6
2018-01-02 • 44 min
Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.
Episode 7
2018-01-09 • 44 min
Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.
Episode 8
2018-01-16 • 44 min
Deep in the Andean highlands of Peru, Hamilton becomes the apprentice of a local shaman, learning how to use the night-blooming San Pedro cactus as a medicine.