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you may know Hamilton Morris from his VICE show back in the day, but nowadays heās a working chemist with a focus on psychedelic research, who has a podcast wherein he interviews drug chemists/people who have interesting stories to tell about pharmacology and chemistry. Hamilton is incredibly intelligent and I find the interviews fascinating even if the chemistry discussion is too advanced for me.
my favorite episodes are āPaying The Price For a Free Chemistry Educationā wherein he interviews a clandestine chemist who was effectively enslaved by associates of Sammy the Bull Gravano to synthesize large quantities of MDA for them to sell. Another great one is āWhat Happened to the Kentucky Ibogaine Program?ā where he interviews the lawyer who spearheaded the program in Kentucky to use the psychedelic Ibogaine as a treatment for opioid use disorder. If you have any interest in pharmacology, chemistry, or the sociology of drugs, I think youād find it fascinating.
Jan 18, 2025
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If youve ever been curious about the culture and science around drugs, Vice had a series called Hamiltonās Pharmacopia. Some episodes/ specials are available on YT.
Premise: Documentary Series- Hamilton Morris is a chemist with a proclivity for studying the effects of different substances and how they work. Each episode is interesting he interviews all sorts of ppl from all walks of life. For instance: interviews a visual artist seemingly addicted to DMT, Native Americans who welcomed him to experience a guided ritual, scientists who did jail time for synthseizing research chemicalsā¦ and so so so many more. Iām not super into the chemistry aspect, but a significant aspect of his show is based in the sociological and psychological affects of illicit substance.
I linked one of my favorite episodes:)
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May 25, 2024
Back when Vice was good, Hamilton Morris introduced himself and his gonzo scientific research to the world. The ONLY Patreon I subscribe to. The first season is free on YouTube, I think the others were on Hulu last I checked.
Feb 19, 2025
i havenāt watched them all and idk if theyāre relaxing necessarily, but itās this guy who literally just travels and learns about the cultivation / production, culture, and effects (firsthand) of different drugs lol
the actual show is on hulu but the older, shorter version of it is on youtube totally free
Jul 17, 2024
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oh golly oh gee... Iām honored that anyone here on PI.FYI even recognizes me!! how sweet to be thought of. uhhhh as for who I am and what Iām about: my name is Ethyn, Iām 22, Iām American (flyover state), cultural Catholic, my favorite color is purple, of a forgiving disposition
Iāve been using this app basically since launch (?) bc a tiktok mutual was clued in on the ground floor and I got the invite lol. I consider myself a very curious and open-minded person and something I love about this place is how committed it is to sincerity, such that I can no longer stand the casual cruelty and close-mindedness of almost all other social media. so PI.FYI is the only social media Iām active on anymore. I suppose the reason Iām more of a lurker is because I love getting to read recs from others (and Iām pretty liberal with the like button) but I feel strange reccing something if Iām not like 100% behind it lol. like thereās gonna be a test. Iāll also go two days or so without logging on and then Iāll catch up on all the recs I missed so it results in a spam for my mutuals <3
As far as interests, I generally consider myself to be an ooky and kooky type of person. I love art in all mediums, but especially films, books, paintings, and poetry. Iāve recād PLENTY of all four if you care to take a look :) Iāll make the occasional lifestyle rec but most of the stuff I talk about on here is art. Lol since the earliest days of this site Iāve kinda harped on the function of story as the thing that makes us human, and myth as manifestations of the collective unconscious. This is one of my most foundational beliefs and lenses for the world.
Another common theme youāll see in my recs is my love for the classics. Classic movies, classic books, all of it!! I think if something is classic thereās almost always a reason, and I think itās important to understand foundations of influence for art that comes after. Everything is in context!!!! Everything is interdependent!!!!
some of my favorite films: The Wicker Man (1973), Goodfellas (1990), Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), Viy (1967), Nosferatu (1922), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
some of my favorite literature: All of Edgar Allan Poe, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, the work of William S. Burroughs, the work of Yasunari Kawabata, and all world myth categorically.
I want to affirm becoming!!!! I want to exist in service of the liberation of the full breadth of human potential!!! I want to be ripped screaming and bloody from the womb!!!! I will incarnate just to touch the wound ten thousand more times!!!!
Mar 13, 2025
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study the folklore and myth of your actual local region. live your daily life under the logic of fairytales. communicate as heavily as possible in proverbs and riddles. humans are a storytelling creature and there is a reason these archetypes and motifs appear to humans across times/cultures/places
Feb 13, 2024
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Substack that emails you the entirety of Bram Stokerās Dracula in real time. since the novel is composed of diary entries, it sends you the diary entries day by day so you can read it on the same timeline in which it takes place. it started earlier this month but itās not too late to catch up!! or you could wait until next may. classics can be intimidating but this gives you the opportunity to read it in daily segments in your email and follow along in an immersive way :)
May 20, 2024