Why abandoning psychedelic research in the 1970s was a blow to science Work on medical uses of mind-altering substances was sidelined for decades by the political backlash against drugs, a misstep that has echoes in today’s intolerance of some fields of study

My piece in the latest @newscientist.com about #psychedelics and science.

You can listen to 'THE TRIP' podcast series now on BBC Sounds (or in other podcast places).

🌿 New Podcast Alert: “The Trip” on BBC Radio 4 🎧

Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is featured in episodes 9 & 10 of BBC Radio 4’s new podcast series “The Trip”, presented by @timhayward.bsky.social and produced by @haunted.audio and by @loftusmedia.bsky.social

Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Uproarious times at #ftweekendfestival's inaugural food quiz today, feat. @timhayward.bsky.social, Ajesh Patel, Sarit Packer, Melissa Thompson, and hosted by FT restaurant critic @jayrayner1.bsky.social – ending with guess-the-restaurant charades

@timhayward.bsky.social The Trip was fantastic. Thank you to you and the production team. And I've never even smoked a cigarette 😆.

This amazing series by Tim Hayward and Richard Ward @haunted.audio (🙏🙏🙏) also featured renowned neuroscientists such as @christimmermann.bsky.social, @katrinpreller.bsky.social, Gul Dölen, as well as nurses, historians, philosophers, sociologists, etc.

Enjoy! 🎧

BBC Radio 4 - Understand, The Trip, 10. Unknown unknowns What more is there to learn about psychedelics? Tim Hayward makes a case for curiosity.

In the first episode, I explain what is specific about psychedelics as treatment in psychiatry.
In last episode, dealing about the future of psychedelics, I talk about the possible dissociation between the psychedelic experience and the therapeutic effects:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎙️ I am very proud to have participated (with a very strong French accent) to the BBC Radio 4 program Understand entitled "The Trip", about the science, culture, history and future of psychedelics 🌈

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Deeply grateful to all who shared insight, experiences and expertise @lucieberko.bsky.social @erikadyck.bsky.social @mikejay.bsky.social @drdluke.bsky.social @profjoneill.bsky.social @andrewpenn.bsky.social @katrinpreller.bsky.social @petersjostedth.bsky.social @christimmermann.bsky.social + others.

BBC Radio 4 - Understand, The Trip, 1. Altered States Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

Big thanks to the whole crew at @loftusmedia.bsky.social particularly Kirsten Lass and Rosamund Jones, and to Dan Clarke at Radio 4 for pressing the magic button.

A short trailer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Episode 1 is here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Understand, The Trip Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

NEW TEN-PART AUDIO SERIES about #PSYCHEDELICS
Out now on BBC Sounds - and other podcast spaces.

Co-written & presented by the beautifully curious @timhayward.bsky.social
Production, sound design and mix by me.

It's been a fascinating and challenging process to get here...

I do hope you'll listen.

BBC Radio 4 - Understand, The Trip Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

Really enjoying BBC Radio 4s series The Trip exploring the history of psychedelics. 🍄

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Understand, The Trip, 1. Altered States Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

BBCRadio3 & BBCRadio4 have had something of a love affair with psychedelics & mushrooms over the last few years. Tim Hayward now joins the likes of @michaelpollan.bsky.social & @garylachman.bsky.social in chasing the angels again. 1 for @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Understand: The Trip - Podcast Reviews - Podcast Rex A new BBC Radio 4 series looking at the science of psychedelics, how they affect our consciousness and why they have been so sought after for experimentation and mental health research. There’s a personal dimension in this series too, with the host Tim Hayward having experienced 14 days in a coma. “A few years ago, […]

New on Podcast Rex: Understand: The Trip https://podcastrex.com/reviews/understand-the-trip

Might be good...

How to make the perfect ice cube [FREE TO READ] Good drinks deserve chunky, crystal-clear ice

have you ever thought very very hard about ice cubes and how they could be better?

this @timhayward.bsky.social piece is fascinating and - as one commenter says - finally, a use for the insulated mug freebies they give you at corporate events.

Read on... on.ft.com/3UkWjGH

In a new ten-part series, Tim Hayward takes a mind-altering look at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Understand, The Trip Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

New 10-part podcast from BBC Radio 4 about #psychedelics starting on August 4 (Monday). Philosopher of mind Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes mentioned on his Insta that he'll be a guest on one of the installments.

In a new ten-part series, Tim Hayward takes a mind-altering look at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Oh yay! It’s good stuff. I’m also experimenting with using a Japanese ‘mandolin’ grater to shape the insulated cup blocks into cubes😖

I shall be testing this, of course😏

Yeah… but now you mention it. Isopropyl Martini?

Ah Boxing Day the heteronormative holiday adverts have begun. A sea of smug infinity pool bothering breeders in their bland villas

Rock, and I cannot stress this strongly enough, roll.

Finally! A guaranteed, 100% effective cure for Male Pattern Baldness.

Buy this book for everyone you know this Christmas.

Somewhere I have the menu for The Isobar, the private cocktail bar at the Lawn Road Flats (Isokon Building). It was covered in aluminium leaf and featured weather maps and a barograph. 🍸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Believe me, I’m working on it 😉

As we teeter on the edge of the ‘Quad-demic’ I recommend precautionary doses of a broad-spectrum antibiotic…

I’ve certainly relied on its structural integrity on occasion.

It’s what happens when the middle class need to build a quick barricade