What Michael Pollan has said about Psilocybin
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 28, 2026
Michael Pollan, Journalist and author of How to Change Your Mind, has been quoted on Psilocybin 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Pollan reports hearing that psilocybin from Compass Pathways could be approved before the end of the year.
“And then psilocybin coming from a company called Compass Pathways is also close. You know, I hear before the end of the year”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:48:38
Pollan argues that psychedelics have great therapeutic potential because existing mental health treatments work poorly.
“the field of mental health needs new tools. The ones they have just don't work very well”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:51:20
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Pollan reports hearing that psilocybin from Compass Pathways could be approved before the end of the year.
“And then psilocybin coming from a company called Compass Pathways is also close. You know, I hear before the end of the year”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:48:38 · Psilocybin
Episodes
What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael PollanHuberman Lab · Sep 28, 2026 · 2 h 3 min
Andrew Huberman and author Michael Pollan discuss consciousness, plant intelligence, the microbiome, psychedelics, food politics and Pollan's experiment quitting caffeine.
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