What Andrew Huberman has said about MDMA-assisted psychotherapy
4 quotes · 2 episodes · Jul 22, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026
Andrew Huberman, American neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast, has been quoted on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy 4 times in 2 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience and The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on September 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Huberman said the influential study showing MDMA killed neurons was retracted because the lab had injected methamphetamine instead.
“That paper was retracted because that laboratory accidentally injected methamphetamine, not MDMA”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 11:57
Huberman said MDMA therapy failed FDA approval partly because of sexual improprieties by therapists during trials.
“The other was there was one, maybe two sexual improprieties of the therapist”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 12:56
Huberman described trauma resolution as a four-step process beginning with willingness and safe emotional experience.
“First of all, people have to have a willingness to address it, right? Second, they need to experience the painful feeling in a safe environment”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 19:40
Huberman reports that taking psilocybin a couple of hours after MDMA eliminated the two-day mood drop he otherwise experienced with MDMA.
“but the interesting thing was no two days later drop, which you do experience with MDMA. I just did not experience that if I took psilocybin with it”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols (Jul 22, 2026) · Listen from 34:47
Episodes
#2553 - Andrew HubermanThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 14, 2026 · 2 h 46 min
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman talks with Joe Rogan about his new book, psychedelic therapy, stress, neuroplasticity, peptides and medical gatekeeping.
#876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and ProtocolsThe Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 22, 2026 · 2 h 14 min
Andrew Huberman talks with Tim Ferriss about Dorian Yates-style training, psychedelics, peptides, cortisol, sleep technology and his book Protocols.
Others on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy
- Shawn Ryan · 1 quote
- Joe Rogan · 1 quote
Andrew Huberman on other topics
- Peptide therapy · 7 quotes
- Neuroplasticity · 5 quotes
- High-intensity resistance training · 4 quotes
- Brain-machine interfaces · 4 quotes
- Addiction and recovery · 4 quotes
- Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body · 3 quotes
- Psilocybin therapy · 2 quotes
- GLP-1 receptor agonists · 2 quotes