MDMA-assisted psychotherapy
Subject in Mental Health
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has come up in 4 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferriss Show, The Shawn Ryan Show. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Andrew HubermanAmerican neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast
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 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Huberman said the influential study showing MDMA killed neurons was retracted because the lab had injected methamphetamine instead.
“That paper was retracted because that laboratory accidentally injected methamphetamine, not MDMA”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 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
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argued altered states should enhance rather than replace ordinary conscious life.
“experiencing these altered states of consciousness should enhance your experience as a human, should not replace it”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 32:06
Shawn RyanFormer U.S. Navy SEAL and CIA contractor, host of the Shawn Ryan Show
Ryan says he does MDMA therapy with his wife and recommends it.
“I do MDMA therapy with my wife, and it's fucking amazing”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #309 Megyn Kelly - "I Now Have to Worry About Getting Shot Because of My Opinion" (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:42:54
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 2 episodes
- The Tim Ferriss Show · 1 episode
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
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.
#309 Megyn Kelly - "I Now Have to Worry About Getting Shot Because of My Opinion"The Shawn Ryan Show · Jun 1, 2026 · 3 h 26 min
Megyn Kelly joins Shawn Ryan to discuss the Iran war, Israel's influence on US politics, Trump administration turmoil, AI, and threats against her.
#2492 - Ari ShaffirThe Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 h 42 min
Joe Rogan and comedian Ari Shaffir discuss Shaffir's seven months of off-grid travel, psychedelic drug policy, MMA weight cutting, Gaza, ancient megaliths, and his storytelling series The End.