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Michael Pollan

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That quickly? Two? One? Boom, and we're live. Mr. Pollan, how are you?

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Hey, good. Good to be here.

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There you go. Okay.

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What's happening, man? How are you?

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Good. Good to be in LA.

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Good to have you here. I've been a fan of your work for a long time, man, and I got really

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excited when I found out that you were writing a book on psychedelics. And I'm just, I think

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it's an amazing subject, and I'm glad someone who's respected like yourself is getting it.

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It's a crackpot subject, right? It's one of those subjects where you're like, oh no, Michael

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Pollan found drugs. Like, what's he doing? He's having a crisis. He's out there doing

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mushrooms.

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It is a bit of a departure. I think that there are people who are expecting another book

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on food or agriculture, and we're a little surprised. But so far, people have been following

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me, you know, who cared about food and ag, and there's more overlap than I ever would

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have guessed.

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You caught the perfect wave. I think your book is coming out right when John Hopkins'

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Research Center is starting to put out these studies on it. People are starting to recognize

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that MDMA has amazing results for post-traumatic stress disorder from veterans, and marijuana

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is becoming legal in more and more states. It's like you're catching this wave.

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Yeah, and I didn't know that. You know, you never know where the culture's going to be,

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