Top 18 Podcasts About Drugs
These are the shows we'd point a curious friend to if they wanted to understand drugs from more than one side. Some come from scientists and reporters and others come from people who lived it, and a few finished series made the list because they still hold up.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 01Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Dave & Chris
Dave Manheim trades addiction war stories and listener calls with pitch-black humor, and a lot of people in recovery treat it like a meeting.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 02The Hamilton Morris Podcast
Hamilton Morris
The Hamilton's Pharmacopeia host gets into the chemistry and odd history of psychoactive compounds with the researchers who know them best.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 03Great Moments in Weed History
David Bienenstock
David Bienenstock, a longtime cannabis journalist, tells one story per episode from weed's long history, and most of them are funnier than you'd expect.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 04Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today
Joe Moore and Kyle Buller have interviewed psychedelic researchers and practitioners since 2016, and they give the harms as much airtime as the benefits.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 05The Underworld Podcast
The Underworld Podcast
Two journalists talk with reporters on the ground about cartels and the trafficking networks behind the global drug trade.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 06The Drug Science Podcast
Drug Science
Neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt and his guests look at what the evidence actually says about the harms and possible uses of different drugs.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 07The Trip Report Report
Lubb Dupp Studios
Like if Erowid was a podcast. Deep drug history, lore, and of course deranged trip reports sourced from the web and beyond.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 08Narcotica Podcast
Christopher Moraff, Troy Farah, Zachary Seigel
Working drug reporters talk through the stories they cover, which can be anything from fentanyl policy to forgotten corners of drug history.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 09Collateral Damage from The Intercept
The Intercept
Each episode, Radley Balko tells the story of one person killed in the drug war and the policing tactics that led to it.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 10PSYCHOACTIVE
iHeartPodcasts and Protozoa
Drug Policy Alliance founder Ethan Nadelmann has frank conversations about adult drug use, often with guests who see it very differently than he does.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 11The Psychedelic Podcast
Third Wave
Third Wave founder Paul F. Austin asks researchers and practitioners where psychedelic medicine is headed, and microdosing comes up a lot.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 12Recovery Elevator
Paul Churchill
People who quit drinking tell their own stories, and the community that's grown around the show is a big reason listeners stay.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 13Mycopreneur
Dennis Walker
Dennis Walker talks with people building businesses and projects around mushrooms, and he brings a satirist's sense of humor to the psychedelic world.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 14History on Drugs Podcast
Isaac Campos
Historian Isaac Campos talks with other scholars about how drugs have moved through history, from opium to modern cannabis laws.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 15Say Why To Drugs
Suzi Gage
Psychologist Suzi Gage covers one substance per episode and explains what the research shows about it in a light, friendly way.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 16Drug Cultures
Unquantifiable Creations
Skye Hawthorne looks at how different groups through history have used psychoactive drugs and why, including a surprising episode on early Mormons.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 17The Psymposia Podcast
Psymposia
The Psymposia team looks critically, and often skeptically, at the psychedelic industry and the money and politics behind it.
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EDITORIAL PICK / 18Flourishing After Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher
Carl Erik Fisher
Addiction psychiatrist Carl Erik Fisher, author of The Urge, talks with researchers and writers about what recovery can look like.
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