Black Psychedelic Revolution: An Interview with Dr. Nicholas Powers

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Dr. Juan Pablo Galindo interviews Dr. Nicholas Powers about the relationship between psychedelics and the Black community.

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, Dr. Juan Pablo Galindo sits down with Dr. Nicholas Powers, author of Black Psychedelic Revolution: From Trauma to Liberation, to discuss the often-overlooked relationship between psychedelics and the Black community. Dr. Powers unpacks the historical erasure of Black and Indigenous psychedelic traditions, the intersection of systemic oppression and the War on Drugs, and the radical potential of psychedelics as tools for personal and collective healin...

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Host: Dr. Juan Pablo Galindo

Guest: Dr. Nicholas Powers

Topics covered

• psychedelics
• Black community
• systemic oppression
• historical erasure
• personal healing
• collective healing

Keywords

• psychedelics
• Black community
• healing
• systemic oppression
• War on Drugs
• historical erasure
• Indigenous traditions

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Books & works: Black Psychedelic Revolution: From Trauma to Liberation

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