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A Brave New Mind - Psychedelic Medicine in Aotearoa

by Dr Will Evans and Susi Maclean
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About the show

Psychedelic medicine is on its way to Aotearoa, and we're taking you on the journey. Join us each week as we ask the big questions, and ponder the potentials and pitfalls of this burgeoning field with local scientists and researchers, the big overseas names in the field, Kiwi clinicians, those gearing up to take therapeutic psychedelics into the mainstream, and more.