Psilocybin
Subject in Medicine
Psilocybin has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Michael PollanJournalist and author of How to Change Your Mind
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
- 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
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026Michael Pollan
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
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
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.