Psychedelics, Joe Rogan, and caffeine | Michael Pollan meets Robin Ince

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Click here for part 2: https://youtu.be/Bjq2BlrBwDI #Psychedelics #caffeine #JoeRogan What was it like to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast? Why did the drug war start? What happens to you when you give up caffeine? What have childhood trauma or going to space got to do with taking psychedelics? In part 1 of his exclusive conversation with Robin Ince, Michael Pollan discusses all this and much more. Michael Pollan is an award-winning author, activist and journalist. His international bestselling books include How to Change Your Mind, In Defence of Food, and Food Rules – combine reporting with anthropology, philosophy, culture, health and natural history. He has previously spoken at Talks at Google, Bioneers, PowefulJRE, RSA, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Tim Ferris, The Royal Institution, UC Berkley Events, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Robin Ince is the co-presenter of Radio 4’s multiple award winning The Infinite Monkey Cage. He spent 2019 appearing across the world in the Universal tour with Brian Cox – travelling from LA to Oslo, Wellington to Aberdeen and ending up in Reykjavik after shows at the 02 and Wembley Arena. Robin co-wrote How to Build a Universe (part 1) with Brian Cox and his most recent book is I’m a Joke and So Are You, a book about why we become who we become and how we deal with it. He has spoken at TED and TEDx, has featured on BBC Radio 4 and Richard Herring’s podcasts on topics as far reaching as Creationism and Wonder, to Ricky Gervais and Chaos, and is the founder of The Cosmic Shambles Network. Click 'subscribe' for weekly videos featuring the world's most renowned artists and thinkers. How To Academy is the home of big thinking. From Richard Dawkins to Elizabeth Gilbert, Jordan Peterson to Slavoj Žižek, Emma Watson to Yuval Noah Harari, we invite the world’s most influential artists and thinkers to share their insights and ideas in livestreams and live events. We help businesses inspire clients and staff, and we host events, make podcasts and create films to spread knowledge and innovation across the globe. Visit https://howtoacademy.com/ for our upcoming events.