The Microdose
The Microdose, jane c. hu, Whitney Bauck, Shayla Love, Misha Schwarz, Anna Marie Yanny, Robin BerghausAn independent journalism newsletter supported by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
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Do people hear voices when they take ayahuasca? 5 Questions with social anthropologist David Dupuis
When people drink ayahuasca, the psychedelic brew that originates from the Amazon rainforest, they sometimes have visual hallucinations. They might see geometric patterns and fractals, or visions of animals and human-like beings. Often, whe...
Big changes ahead for Oregon’s psilocybin agency, New bill seeks to turn Trump’s psychedelics executive order into permanent law
Happy Friday and welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
An industry in flux as Oregon plans to merge its psilocybin services with the...
Fungi in the forests of Yunnan: 5 Questions for filmmaker April Fan
Deep in the forests of Yunnan Province in southwest China, wild mushrooms push up through the soil each rainy season, and local families climb steep, pathless mountains to find them. Among them is a mushroom called Jian Shou Qing, a type of...
Do psychedelics create false memories? 5 Questions with psychologist Samuli Kangaslampi
In the best-selling 2025 memoir, The Tell, Amy Griffin, a billionaire venture capitalist, wrote that after MDMA-assisted therapy, she recovered memories of rape by her middle school teacher. “I knew that these memories were real,” she wrote...
Definium releases LSD for depression Phase 3 results and Colorado activists fight recent bill’s amendments to sharing psychedelics
Happy Friday and welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
Definium releases LSD for depression Phase 3 results
On Monday, New York-base...
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Journalist who reports on intersections between ecology and society for the Guardian, Grist, the New York Times, Atmos and more. Always on the lookout for climate solutions. Obsessed with fungi.
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Misha Schwarz is a Program Coordinator for The Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Fellowship and an Associate Producer at Actual Films. She is a visual storyteller interested in the intersection of social justice, trauma, and healing.
I'm a neuroscience researcher turned science journalist.
Robin writes and produces feature articles, documentaries, and podcasts on advances in science, health, medicine, and technology.
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