Episode 308 - Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out - The Amazing Life of Doctor Timothy Leary
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This episode explores the life of Timothy Leary, his journey through psychology, drug use, and counterculture.
TW: Suicide and Drug Use - What an episode! This episode we flashback to the 20's to attend the birth of Timothy Leary, a man who would get a doctorate in psychology and go on to become a respected psychologist before a trip to Mexico introduced him to psilocybin mushromms. We cover how psilocybin shaped and changed who he became, how he went on to be a central figure of the counterculture, his arrests, his ten year prison sentence for two, count them two marijuana roaches, how he escaped prison with the help of the Brotherhood of Love, became an international fugitive with help from the Weather Underground, how he was recaptured, finished out his sentence and then emerged and reinvented himself again and again challenging both traditional roles of psychology and spirituality as well as becoming fascinated by digital technology, virtual reality and internet culture in this man this guy was fascinating, Tune in, Turn On and Drop Out epissode of the Family Plot Podcast! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support .
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