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The Trip Report Report

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About the show

Like if Erowid was a podcast. Deep drug history, lore, and of course deranged trip reports sourced from the web and beyond.
The history of psychoactive drugs and the people who use them. One substance at a time, hosts Kai Marsella and Max Mindel combine deep historical research with appropriately unhinged first-person trip reports – drawing on genre pioneers like Thomas De Quincey and anonymous Erowid posters alike. Strap in for a sonic journey, from ancient coca rituals in the Andes to the mysterious workings of the Earth Coincidence Control Office and beyond. Made with love at Lubb Dupp Studios in Los Angeles, for entertainment purposes only.

Latest episodes

  • Cocaine XR: The Ballad of Pablo Pledgescobar [Preview]

    September 30, 2026 · 12 min

    We're giving you a taste, a beautiful bite, of what Trip Report Report Reserve listeners are calling a delectable auditory meal. For our first ever Reserve episode, we're exploring aa scandal from an esteemed educational institution of the…

  • Cocaine Part 6: One Last Line

    September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

    Over the last hundred years, cocaine has morphed from a glitzy Hollywood indulgence, to the drug of choice for tens of millions of people worldwide. We discuss the last hundred years of cocaine's history — with no shortage of side quests…

  • Cocaine Part 5: Crack, Contras, and the CIA

    August 20, 2026 · 2 hr 9 min

    Many of us have heard some version of this story, often oversimplified and misconstrued by Hollywood or the mainstream media, content to ignore primary sources in favor of demonizing the drug user. The truth as told by those who lived it…

  • Cocaine Part 4: OTC Odyssey

    August 6, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    We’re back with Cheth to discuss the first ever FLINTA trip reporter in the Western Cannon… Annie C. Meyers At the turn of the 20th century, Annie was a wealthy society woman living in Chicago when she came down with a head cold. She…

  • Cocaine Part 3: Cheth Meets the Fiends

    July 20, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

    Let's just start by saying, you’re welcome. We’ve heard your clamoring, and never expected things would move this fast but… we got the Big Dog in the house and he's off the leash (BARK!) Thats right folks its Kai, Max and the one and only…

  • Cocaine Part 2: Pharma, Freud, and at Least Four Friedrichs

    July 1, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    Cheth and Maven can talk forEVER about the Roman Empire, but Kai’s barely even heard of it. We talk about what we know best and this episode, that’s the origin of what would become Big Pharma, and the many Friedrichs who made it all…

  • Cocaine Part 1: I'm in Love With the Coca

    June 17, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    We’re back in a BIG way, taking you to a time before posh-goth ravers would bashfully ask for a bump on the dancefloor. In this episode we explore the coca leaf’s nearly 10,000 year history before being synthesized into the crystalline…

  • Business Lunch II: Talking Trepanation ft. Michelle Lhooq

    March 25, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    It's the crossover you didn't know you needed. We pulled out all the stops to convince embattled LA eatery, Horses, to reopen for one final business lunch. We sit down at this hyper exclusive luncheon to get the download on Michelle…