About this episode

Erica Rex discusses her book and experiences with psychedelic medicine following her battle with breast cancer.

Seeing What Is There is at the center of this conversation with journalist and author Erica Rex, who joins Joe Moore to discuss her book Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era . Rex brings an unusual mix of personal experience and scientific rigor. She came to psychedelic medicine after breast cancer, participation in Roland Griffiths' clinical trial for cancer-related depression, and a long career in journalism covering science, nature, climate, and technology.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Moore

Guest: Erica Rex

Topics covered

• psychedelic medicine
• personal experience
• mental health
• journalism
• cancer
• depression

Keywords

• psychedelics
• mental health
• cancer
• journalism
• depression
• clinical trial

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roland Griffiths

Books & works: Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era

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