LILY: So I’m wondering if you could take us back to what you think of as the beginning of your experience.ĬLAIRE: I had a good relationship with psychedelics. And to protect their identities, we’ve changed the names and voices of some of the people that we’ve interviewed. IO TILLETT WRIGHT: Just a quick note: This series deals with sexual assault, so please keep that in mind when you decide when and where to listen. I was told that if I told the story of what happened to me, I was going to single-handedly destroy the psychedelic renaissance. I see the possibility that people could get hurt - and get deeply hurt. Now I want to have an honest conversation because people’s safety depends on it. Ross: I used to have such faith in the work. Now she’s ready to talk openly about her experience. Their mission is to make psychedelic therapy more widely available in order to “promote the evolution of humankind.” Collaborator Lily Kay Ross spent years experimenting with drugs, and at 23, she undertook that mission herself and trained to become a “guide,” an underground psychedelic therapist.
And there are already psychedelic start-ups in the billions.īut beyond the mainstream is an underground world rife with abuse, where guides and shamans seek to treat trauma with illegal practices. If you live in New York City, you’ve probably gotten the ad for a luxury ketamine trip in a velvet chair. Molly is crawling out of the clubs and into therapists’ offices. Some cities and states have already decriminalized mushrooms. Goop is taking TV cameras on mushroom retreats. Host iO Tillett Wright: People are handing out hallucinogenic toad venom as party favors. We all want relief, after all - and now more than ever, we’re finding it in psychedelics. In the premiere episode of Power Trip, the first season of New York Magazine’s new investigative podcast series Cover Story, we embark on an exploration of the dark underbelly of psychedelic therapy. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photos: Provided Lily Kay Ross (center) pictured with Neşe Devenot (right) and a Horizons attendee.
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