Dr. Adam Gazzaley (Part 2): The Future of Psychedelics and Nature as Experiential Medicine

Photo courtesy Dr. Adam Gazzaley

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Show Notes

Dr. Adam Gazzaley is a neuroscientist, neurologist, inventor, author of the book The Distracted Mind, a nature photographer, entrepreneur, and investor. He’s the founder and executive director of Neuroscape, and the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry at UCSF. 

He’s also the co-founder and Chief Science Advisor of Akili at Jazz Venture Partners, he’s a member of the Board of Trustees and Science Council of the California Academy of Sciences. Adam has authored over 180 scientific articles and delivered over 700 talks. 

In this second part of our conversation, Adam details the ways his lab is creating the future of experiential medicine with the most advanced methods for nature connection and psychedelics research I’ve ever heard of. In short, it’s absolutely mind bending. We also weaved into the conversation our mutual love of nature photography and looked at it through Adam’s unique lens of neuroscience, and of course, Adam shares with us how he likes to microdose nature.

Enjoy the Ride,

Jeff


Episode Links

Dr. Adam Gazzaley’s Website

Neuroscape (Dr. Gazzaley’s lab)

Wanderings (Dr. Gazzaley’s nature photography)

Akili

The Distracted Mind by Dr. Adam Gazzaley

The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

Jazz Venture Partners

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Show Production Credits

Podcast cover art by Ahab Nimry

Outro music by Tyler Johnson

Editing by Aashish M.

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