Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

Season 2

2017 · 8 episodes · 5h 52m in all · 7.3/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. The Psychedelic Toad

   28 Nov 2017 · 44 min · 9.0/10

   Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.

2. 

   2. Peyote: The Divine Messenger

   5 Dec 2017 · 44 min

   From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.

3. 

   3. Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf

   12 Dec 2017 · 44 min · 6.0/10

   Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.

4. 

   4. Wizards of DMT

   19 Dec 2017 · 44 min

   Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.

5. 

   5. Ketamine: Realms and Realities

   26 Dec 2017 · 44 min

   Hamilton heads to India to see industrial Ketamine synthesis, and speak with therapists and luminaries in an attempt to understand the role of dissociative anesthetics in society.

6. 

   6. A Clandestine Chemist's Tale

   2 Jan 2018 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.

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   7. A Fungal Fairy Tale

   9 Jan 2018 · 44 min

   Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.

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   8. The Cactus Apprentice

   16 Jan 2018 · 44 min

   Deep in the Andean highlands of Peru, Hamilton becomes the apprentice of a local shaman, learning how to use the night-blooming San Pedro cactus as a medicine.