Episode 496: Michael Pollan

Published: July 27, 2022, 12:08 p.m.

b'Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for\\xa0New York Times Magazine, the host of Netflix\'s\\xa0How to Change Your Mind, and the author of nine books. The latest is\\xa0This Is Your Mind On Plants.\\n\\u201cI have found myself at two distinct points in my history having this transition from being the journalist, learning at the feet of these people, to becoming an advocate. And it\\u2019s an awkward role for a journalist, but at a certain point it would be kind of false to pretend you didn\'t have points of view, that there weren\'t directions in which you think the world should go. And the great thing about doing narrative nonfiction is that editors cut you a fair amount of slack at the end of a 10,000\\u2013word piece to say what you think.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@michaelpollan\\n\\nmichaelpollan.com\\n\\nPollan on Longform\\n\\nPollan on Longform Podcast\\n\\nPollan\\u2019s\\xa0New York Times\\xa0archive\\n\\nPollan\\u2019s\\xa0Harper\\u2019s\\xa0archive\\n\\n01:00\\xa0How To Change Your Mind\\xa0(Penguin Press \\u2022 2018)\\n\\n01:00\\xa0How To Change Your Mind\\xa0(Netflix \\u2022 2022)\\n\\n06:00\\xa0"Channels of Communication Magazine"\\n\\n\\n09:00\\xa0"The Microdose Newsletter"\\n\\n\\n11:00\\xa0"The Future of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy"\\xa0(Rick Doblin \\u2022 TED \\u2022 April 2019)\\n\\n15:00\\xa0Second Nature\\xa0(Grove Press; Reprint Edition \\u2022 2003)\\n\\n17:00\\xa0"Caffeine"\\xa0(Audible \\u2022 2019)\\n\\n17:00\\xa0"Opium, Made Easy"\\xa0(Harper\\u2019s \\u2022 April 1997)\\n\\n20:00\\xa0The Botany of Desire\\xa0(Random House \\u2022 2002)\\n\\n20:00\\xa0"Trip Treatment"\\xa0(New Yorker \\u2022 Feb 2015)\\n\\n21:00\\xa0The Omnivore\\u2019s Dilemma\\xa0(Penguin Press \\u2022 2007)\\n\\n22:00\\xa0Fast Food Nation\\xa0(Eric Schlosser \\u2022 Penguin Random House \\u2022 2001)\\n\\n24:00\\xa0A Life On Our Planet\\xa0(David Attenborough \\u2022 Netflix \\u2022 2020)\\n\\n27:00\\xa0"The Morning After"\\xa0(Robert Stone \\u2022 Harper\\u2019s \\u2022 Nov 1996)\\n\\n27:00\\xa0"In Darkest Hollywood"\\xa0(Stanley Elkin \\u2022 Harper\\u2019s \\u2022 Dec 1989)\\n\\n28:00\\xa0"Shipping Out"\\xa0(David Foster Wallace \\u2022 Harper\\u2019s \\u2022 Jan 1996)\\n\\n28:00\\xa0"Gravy Boat: My Week on the High Seas with Paula Deen and Friends"\\xa0(Caity Weaver \\u2022 Gawker \\u2022 Feb 2014)\\n\\n28:00\\xa0"Ticket to the fair"\\xa0(David Foster Wallace \\u2022 Harper\\u2019s \\u2022 July 1994)\\n\\n35:00\\xa0Food Rules\\xa0(Penguin Press \\u2022 2009)\\n\\n42:00\\xa0"The Rubber Hand Illusion"\\xa0(Horizon \\u2022 BBC \\u2022 Oct 2010)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'