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Unveiling the iboga experience for first-timers and shamans alike, Iboganautics is the podcast committed to discovering everything there is to know about "Tabernanthe iboga," or simply called iboga, a naturally occurring psychedelic plant from Gabon in western Central Africa. While other podcasters and content producers mainly focus on the addiction interruption properties of ibogaine, the main acting alkaloid in iboga, there is so much more to discuss, so much more one could and should know for a richer appreciation of the experience. For this reason, I invite members of the iboga community and other experts on the podcast to speak not just about addiction but about alternative topics pertaining to iboga-the-plant as well as the subjective experiences elicited by iboga. After several transformative personal experiences in addition to my own academic research, I speak with people that have something educational and interesting to say about this substance/experience, directly or indirectly related; for example, from scholars in neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and botany to experienced staff at retreat centers, artists, lay experts, and so on. While there’s much good information about iboga across multiple media, I believe there’s more to discover by conversing with said experts. For more information, visit https://amhouot.com/iboganautics/

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1.8_Socio-psychedelic Imaginaries and the Power of Analogies_Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg

April 03, 2020 • A.M.

Dr. Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna’s Department of Science and Technology Studies. She was a visiting researcher at Harvard University, a scholar at the Munich Center for Technology in Society, Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and the list goes on. In general, her research focuses on the sociopolitical dynamics and governance structures of emerging technoscientific fields, with an emphasis on the role of retro-prospective imaginations, regulation, and public engagement. At the time of our conversation, she’s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program in Science, Technology, and Society where she’s currently researching the medicalization of psychedelics in the United States, how regulation shapes psychedelic science, and how science is mobilized to achieve regulatory changes in order to foster the responsible re-integration of psychedelics into society. In this episode we’re going to talk about how we can conceptualize psychedelics within the context of medicine and STS. Specific topics discussed are: the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries and how she developed her concept of “socio-psychedelic imaginaries”; psychedelic decriminalization and grassroots movements mainly in the United States; how psychedelics-as-medicine and psychedelics-as-technology are inscribed with values and beliefs from society; the concept of Self; Claudia’s transformative experiences with Zen Buddhist meditation practices; the misuse of analogies in psychedelic discourse; and the importance of integrating lessons learned from psychedelic experiences into our everyday lives. Also, visit my Podcast Supplements article regarding afterthoughts of Claudia and I's conversation (https://amhouot.com/31-socio-psychedelic-imaginaries-and-the-power-of-analogies-with-claudia-schwarz-plaschg/).

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