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This Is Your Mind on Plants

Michael Pollan

The instant Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: Peop...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Kara Swisher praised the book, saying it explores opium, coffee and mescaline and that anything Pollan writes is interesting.

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I would recommend Michael Pollan's latest book. This is Your Mind on Plants. I think anything he writes is really interesting. This is about opium, coffee and mescaline, essentially.

— Episode: Opinion Crossover: California Republican...

Episode: Opinion Crossover: California Republicans, Faceboo...

Kara Swisher praised the book, saying it explores opium, coffee and mescaline and that anything Pollan writes is interesting.

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I would recommend Michael Pollan's latest book. This is Your Mind on Plants. I think anything he writes is really interesting. This is about opium, coffee and mescaline, essentially.

Episode: Opinion Crossover: California Republicans, Faceboo...

Kara Swisher praised it as a fascinating look at opium, coffee and mescaline and their effects on the mind.

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I would recommend Michael Pollan's latest book, This Is Your Mind on Plants, which covers opium, coffee and mescaline and is really interesting.

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah highlighted the book as part of Michael Pollan's work that reshapes how we view everyday substances, from coffee to psychedelics. He praised Pollan for changing public perception and delivering beautiful accounts of our relationship with what we consume. The discussion positioned the title as a noteworthy exploration of mindset and plant-based experiences.

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Episode: Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan [VIDEO]

It was mentioned as one of Michael Pollan's books exploring how we see the world and what we consume, with an example given of how we view coffee versus the perception of using substances like mushrooms.

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He has single-handedly changed the perception of I mean like millions and millions of people when it comes to psychedelics and it's not only psychedelics you know he wrote the omnivores dilemma, this is your mind on plants, how to change your mind and he's written beautiful accounts of how we see the world of what we take.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

A great book by Michael Pollan was referenced, specifically the follow-up to 'How to Change Your Mind' that discussed caffeine.

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Yep there's a great Michael Poland book this is your mind on plants is that what it's called well he wrote how did you change your mind and then you wrote a follow-up book where he came on the show ta...

— Episode: Meditation Party with Sebene Selassie an...

Episode: Meditation Party with Sebene Selassie and Jeff War...

A great book by Michael Pollan was referenced, specifically the follow-up to 'How to Change Your Mind' that discussed caffeine.

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Yep there's a great Michael Poland book this is your mind on plants is that what it's called well he wrote how did you change your mind and then you wrote a follow-up book where he came on the show talk about it

Chasing Life

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Chasing Life

This book delves into how plants and plant-based substances, including caffeine and cannabis, impact the mind and alter human consciousness. The author examines the larger implications of humans' innate desire to modify their brain states using substances.

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In his latest book, which is called This Is Your Mind on Plants, Pollan dives deep into how plants and plant-based substances, from cannabis to caffeine, alter us and alter our minds.

— Episode: Michael Pollan Spills the Beans on the C...

Episode: Michael Pollan Spills the Beans on the Caffeinated...

This book delves into how plants and plant-based substances, including caffeine and cannabis, impact the mind and alter human consciousness. The author examines the larger implications of humans' innate desire to modify their brain states using substances.

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In his latest book, which is called This Is Your Mind on Plants, Pollan dives deep into how plants and plant-based substances, from cannabis to caffeine, alter us and alter our minds.

On Being with Krista Tippett

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On Being with Krista Tippett

This book delves into the ways humans have integrated mind-altering plants into their lives and social functions, using caffeine as a prime example. The author's caffeine fast and the impact it had on his sense of self were discussed.

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And his newest book, This is Your Mind on Plants, delves into the ordinary ways in which we have integrated a relationship with mind-altering plants, caffeine being exhibit A, into our basic lives and...

— Episode: Michael Pollan and Katherine May - The F...

Episode: Michael Pollan and Katherine May - The Future of H...

This book delves into the ways humans have integrated mind-altering plants into their lives and social functions, using caffeine as a prime example. The author's caffeine fast and the impact it had on his sense of self were discussed.

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And his newest book, This is Your Mind on Plants, delves into the ordinary ways in which we have integrated a relationship with mind-altering plants, caffeine being exhibit A, into our basic lives and our social functioning.

And of course, this has been a great strategy for the coffee and tea plant, pretty obscure plants in obscure parts of the world that now circumnavigate the world.

Michael Pollan's latest bestselling book is This Is Your Mind on Plants.

Episode: Michael Pollan and Katherine May - The Future of H...

It explores the ways in which humans have integrated relationships with mind-altering plants into their lives and social functioning, with caffeine used as a prime example; it was described as delving into the ordinary ways in which we have integrated a relationship with mind-altering plants, caffeine being exhibit A, into our basic lives and our social functioning.

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And his newest book, This is Your Mind on Plants, delves into the ordinary ways in which we have integrated a relationship with mind-altering plants, caffeine being exhibit A, into our basic lives and our social functioning.

And that's how I came to understand spiritual experience. It's deep connection. And it might be with God for some people, but for me, it's with nature. It's with music. It's with all these things that I merged with when this barrier came down.

Michael Pollan's latest bestselling book is This Is Your Mind on Plants.

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