#125 Meet The World’s Greatest Endogenous DMT Psychedelic Scientist

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Evan McGloughlin interviews Steven Barker, the world's longest-running DMT researcher, about the brain's production of DMT and its implications.

Get One Month Free of Consensus (The Best Ai Science Tool): https://get.consensus.app/we00d2cmjpqe Upgrade Your Shaving Experience With Henson (100 FREE BLADES): https://hensonshaving.com/thegiantsshoulder Want a full breakdown of your own conscious inner experience? Join the Giant's Shoulder community: https://www.skool.com/the-giants-shoulder-6526/about Steven Barker is the world's longest-running DMT researcher and the analytical chemist who helped prove the molecule exists in the mammalian brain. He argues your brain manufactures its own psychedelic at the same concentration as serotonin — and floods your cortex with it under stress and as you die.Expect to learn why Steven believes your brain produces DMT at serotonin-level concentrations, how 29 years of drug-testing racehorses gave him the tools to find it, why he says David Nichols is wrong about endogenous DMT, why stress can make brain DMT spike tenfold, how a hidden receptor inside your neurons may explain how psychedelics rewire the brain, why the DMT trip might be neuroplasticity you can actually feel, what DMT entities really are, and much more… Timestamps 0:00:00 Trailer 0:02:40 The Recurring Dream That Started a…

People in this episode

Host: Evan McGloughlin

Guest: Steven Barker

Topics covered

• DMT research
• psychedelics
• neuroplasticity
• brain chemistry
• drug testing
• consciousness

Keywords

• DMT
• psychedelics
• brain
• serotonin
• neuroplasticity
• consciousness
• drug testing
• Steven Barker

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