Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 32m
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Since Aug 2025
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Quick breathers on Holotropic Breathwork, New Ageism and psychedelic therapy.

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Quick Breather #12 - My call with Phil Wolfson

Jan 26, 2026 32m

This recording contains discussion of abuses that took place in a clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy. The trial was run by MAPS, an organisation founded by Rick Doblin. Stan Grof is Rick…

Quick Breather #11 (pt.2) - Rose, 2024 in Simon et al., 2025

Dec 09, 2025 24m

In part 2 of Quick Breather #11, I get back to my ivory tower and talk about Rose 2024: doi.org/10.1556/2054.2024.00363 as cited in Simon et al., 2025 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-26198-4I also…

Quick Breather #11 (pt.1) - Hamilton Morris' group chat

Dec 09, 2025 27m

This was supposed to be just a brief intro to the recording I made yesterday, but I ended up going on for a while…Dao Anh Kahn’s penis valley:…

Quick Breather #10 - Hamilton Morris, seeming "seriously mentally ill", Psymposia, Jess Taylor, Joe Rogan, MK Ultra

Nov 29, 2025 32m

In order of mentions:* I didn’t actually mention Moira Donegan’s tweet, but coincidentally, just before I recorded this, she summed up one of the patterns of responses guys like Hamilton use:* My…

Quick Breather #9 - Staying sane in insanity, suicide, kundalini awakening, Doblin on Williams, anger and crying

Oct 30, 2025 23m

[Content warning: discussion of suicide, death, Nolan Williams, a psychedelics researcher who died by suicide in Australia a few years ago, kundalini awakening and psychosis]I started recording these…

Quick Breather #8 - Jung, simplicity, Dumme Michel, Rolling Stone, MAPS image rehab, Psychedelics Today paid community, Shameless talks about The Tell

Oct 07, 2025 58m

An extra-long, public holiday Monday recording:* Jung and simplicity:https://substack.com/home/post/p-175231954[my image selection, in praise of la folie…. L’Éloge de la Folie – Erasmus]See also:…

Quick Breather #7 - Hamilton Morris and Andrew Callaghan, MAPS, The Tell, NYT, Landyn Greenstien

Sep 29, 2025 34m

Content warning: this episode covers addiction, overdose, sexual assault, and victim-blaming* Image: Konspiratorzy – stan I (1931) by Tadeusz Makowski * The Curious Life and Mind-Altering Death of…

Quick Breather #6 - Dimensions of Dying and Rebirth, Casey Paleos, Wolff et al., 2025, The Tell, Salvia Tiktok

Sep 22, 2025 44m

Links and notes in order of mention: * The Dimensions of Dying and Rebirth* Casey “not-like-the-other-psychiatrists” Paleos and the NYC psychedelic therapy scene around Fluence are big GPM (II-IV). *…

Quick Breather #5 - Gabor Mate. Grof on violence, the Microdose and the Eleusinian Mysteries, Will Hall calls for retraction, Hamilton Morris' deleted interview and talk wtih Rick Doblin

Sep 15, 2025 34m

This week I talk about a few things involving violence, victim blaming and general misogyny — please take care when considering whether/when you listen. First, I mention being back in Canberra and…

Quick Breather #4 - Breathwork and apathy, stroboscopic light and Stan's first LSD trip, the Tell, certification for facilitators in the Ethical Trip

Sep 08, 2025 38m

This week I go back to last week and talk about my breathwork session, stroboscopic light and Stan's first LSD trip, the book The Tell and discussion of certification for facilitators in the Ethical…

Quick Breather #3 - Synergistic Press, Buckminster Fuller, Myron Stolaroff, the Sequoia Seminars, Drawing it Out by Sherana Frances, Meduna’s mixture, Rachel Yehuda, Bessel van der Kolk, Gaza + Ben S

Aug 25, 2025 39m

This week I take the quick out of quick breather and talk for 39 minutes. Topics include Synergistic Press, Buckminster Fuller, Myron Stolaroff, the Sequoia Seminars, Drawing it Out by Sherana…

Quick Breather #2 - Dave Asprey, the Cleveland Clinic, Psychedelic Alpha on one year post FDA, Luisa de Álvarez de Toledo, Rick Doblin on touch, Hunt Priest and Rick Doblin again.

Aug 17, 2025 35m

In order of mentions in this quick breather…* NY Post on Dave Asprey and Grof:“It felt like tripping balls — my mind was on a hyperdrive tour of the universe. But there were no drugs involved,”…

Quick Breather #1 - Phil Wolfson and Hunt Priest

Aug 10, 2025 25m

Welcome to the first audio recording for my Substack, Deep Breaths, about Holotropic Breathwork and Stan Grof's influence on psychedelic therapy.Today I am going to speak about two different topics.…

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