Welcome to the MAPS Audio Visual Archive. Below are several audio and visual files related to MAPS. Enjoy!
MAPS' Podcasts
MAPS' June, 2009 Podcast. MAPS' Psychedelic Spotlight, hosted by Ken Allen, debuted with an interview with MAPS President Rick Doblin Ph.D.
MAPS' Spring 2009 Podcast. Author David Jay Brown talks about the Ecology and Psychedelics special edition of the MAPS Bulletin
MAPS' 2007 Podcast. Dr. Michael Mithoefer discusses his MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder study.
MAPS' February, 2007 Podcast. DEA Administrative Law Judge recommends Prof. Craker get a license to grow marijuana at University Massachusetts Amherst, sponsored by MAPS.
MAPS' 2006 Podcast. Jag Davies, former MAPS Director of Communications, discusses Professor Craker's lawsuit agaist DEA seeking a MAPS-sponsored medical marijuana production facility.
MAPS' January 2006 Podcast. Interviews and lectures from the LSD Problem Child and Wonder Drug, International Symposium on the occasion of the 100th Birthday of Albert Hofmann.
This podcast has an interview with MAPS' good friend Dr. Neal Goldsmith. This an in-depth discussion of the influence of psychedelics on psychotherapy, with a lot about his personal background and experience.
June 1, 2009. MAPS' new podcast series, Psychedelic Spotlight (right click and select "Save file as..." to download), hosted by Ken Allen, debuted with an interview with MAPS President Rick Doblin Ph.D.
April 9, 2009. Rick Doblin Interviewed on the Opium Den:
MAPS president >Rick Doblin was interviewed on the online radio show The Opium Den Talkshow. The shows host Daniel Williams really enjoyed interviewing Rick and was particularly intrigued by stories of Ricks troubles as a younger man.
January 14, 2009. MAPS President Rick Doblin PhD Podcast Available at Gnostic Media.
On December 29, 2008, Jan Irvin uploaded a fantastic interview with MAPS President Rick Doblin PhD. The podcast is available on the Gnostic Media Website at: www.gnosticmedia.podomatic.com
Jan has two other podcasts that should interest MAPS supporters. On January 5, 2009 Jan posted an interview with Dr. Stanislav Grof who discusses LSD research and on January 12, Jan posted an interview with Dr. Roland Griffiths, who talks about psilocybin research.
December 19, 2008. The audio version of The Economist article about MAPS' Flagship MDMA/PTSD study is now available in MP3 format.
November 20, 2008.
CNN:"Ecstasy may help PTSD." Reported by CNN Chief Health Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
This two-minute cable television news segment was broadcast the day Dr. Mithoefer presented the findings of our MDMA/PTSD pilot study at the International Society for Traumatic Studies conference. Gail Westerfeld, one of Mithoefers Subjects, told CNN that she has been without nightmares for four years after her MDMA-assisted therapy sessions.
May 30, 2008. This recent letter from Rick Doblin, Ph.D. to the editor of The Economist about Albert Hofmann's death appeared in an audio release of the paper and is available here in MP3 format.
May 13, 2008. Another short audio clip about Albert Hofmann and his 'Problem Child' (MP3) from NPR.
May 7, 2008. Remembrances - 'Father of LSD' Dies at 102 by Scott Simon: This MP3 recording from the Weekend Edition (Saturday, May 3, 2008) of NPR discusses Albert Hofmann, the self-described "father of LSD," and his discovery of the substance while working for a pharmaceutical company in 1938 and includes Rick Doblin's comments about Hofmann's discovery and the state of current (and past historical) LSD research.
Presidential Politics in a Changing America (MP3): from WED APR 30, 2008 -
America as a whole is more diverse than ever before, but its increasingly crowded with citieseven neighborhoods--where everybody thinks like everybody else. What does that mean for the presidential campaigns? Is "political unification" a distant dream? Also, an update on a sluggish economy, and the life and death of Albert Hofman, who accidentally discovered LSD and started the "psychedelic generation."
March 12, 2008. This intriguing webisode of an interview with MAPS' Founder and President Rick Doblin, Ph.D. was filmed in New York a few months ago by the PostModernTimes.
February 19, 2008. Another intriging video from the BBC's Horizons Series is this clip entitled "Brittan's Most Dangerous Drug".
February 18, 2008. Listen to this excellent radio interview (available as WAV or MP3) on "Shattered Lives" with MAPS Staffer Lauren Anderson Payne.
February 12 was the one-year anniversary of DEA Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittners historic ruling in which she found that it would be in the public interest for the DEA to license Prof. Craker to produce marijuana for federally approved research, breaking NIDA's monopoly on the supply of marijuana legal for research. Since Judge Bittner's ruling, the DEA has predictably opted for its strategy of delay and has not yet issued a final ruling in response to Judge Bittner's recommendation.
On Monday, January 28, Sharon North interviewed MAPS Government Relations Associate Lauren Anderson Payne on Shattered Lives Radio KZFR, Community Radio for the Sacramento Valley. They discussed the current state of Professor Craker's bid for a license to produce research-grade marijuana for use in FDA-approved protocols. Currently MAPS is working with several other organizations to try to secure Senatorial support for the UMass-Amherst facility. We're starting to mobilize grassroots activists to contact their Senators to provide local support, in addition to the policy arguments we're providing directly to Senatorial staff. We're optimistic that other Senators will soon join Sens. Kennedy and Kerry by signing a letter of support addressed to the DEA urging it to implement Bittners ruling. Let your Senators know that you think medical marijuana research should be put in the hands of scientists, not blocked by politicians! Find your Senators' contact info at www.senate.gov and call them today! Your calls can make an important difference, in combination with our work in DC.
February 12, 2008. This video from BBC entitled Horizons: Psychedelic Science is an excellent introduction into the science and theory behind the psychedelic research movement and the ideas that motivated its founders and continues to drive its proponents.
January 28, 2008.MAPS Staffer Valerie Mojeiko Speaks on Psychedelic Therapy at the University of Amsterdam:
On January 28th MAPS Program Director Valerie Mojeiko addressed an audience of over two hundred and fifty psychology students and faculty, as well as others interested in MAPS research, at the University of Amsterdam. Her powerpoint presentation is available as a ZIP file online. Ms. Mojeiko spoke about MAPS current research into the use of LSD and MDMA in psychotherapy and about the principles of psychedelic emergency work. The talk was co-sponsored by Stichting Open, a Dutch foundation that is seeking to stimulate academic research into psychedelic substances.
July 21, 2007. MAPS founder and president Rick Doblin, PhD, gave an extensive intereview on "Of Consuming Interest" on the Progressive Radio Network. Click here to listen to a streaming mp3 of the interview. The interview is primarily about MAPS' strategy to halt the federal government's obstruction of medical marijuana research aimed at developing the plant into an FDA-approved medicine.
November 27, 2006. Interview on NYPR: Take note that MAPS researchers John Halpern and Michael Mitthoefer were featured on a New York Public Radio show on November 27th, 2006 about Therapeutic or Psychedelic Psychotherapy. The archived show can be heard here (or download by right clicking on the preceeding link and selecting 'save target as').
MAPS' first educational video, a practical introduction to the
principles of psychedelic therapy, is now available for viewing online. This 20-minute educational video teaches psychedelic drug users how to
minimize psychological risks and explore the therapeutic applications of
psychedelics. Narrated by Donna Dryer, M.D., the video demonstrates examples
of when and how to help a friend, peer, or loved one make the most out of a
difficult experience with psychedelics.
October 3, 2006. In 1979, ABC News aired a now-famous three-part report "Mission Mind Control" on the MK Ultra Project, a secret CIA program in the 1950's in which thousands of subjects were given experimental doses of LSD. Click here to watch it on Slave Revolt.
July 15, 2006.Weekend America aired "Soulfood" and "Magic Mushrooms for Health," interview segments with Roland Griffiths and Charlie Grob about psilocybin's therapuetic potential. The broadcast also features a terminal cancer patient speaking about her psilocybin treatment experiences. Click here to visit the web page for the full program broadcast from Weekend America. Scroll down to find the "Soulfood" and "Magic Mushrooms for Health" segements.
March 20, 2006. NPR's All Things Considered broadcasted a 7 minute+ report about Salvia divinorum. "A powerful and legal hallucinogenic herb is gaining popularity among teenagers and young adults. Salvia divinorum is also raising concerns among parents and lawmakers across the country."
March 19, 2006.
Richard Tarnas, author of Cosmos and Psyche, is interviewed by Mary Hynes on CBC Tapestry radio, a Canadian radio station. Overnight, the book's Amazon Canada bestseller ranking shot up from 2400 to 1. Mary Hynes' intelligent feature interview created the opportunity for Richard Tarnas to eloquently articulate the depth of the ideas and the perspective contained in the book. Click here to listen to the broadcast.
February 16, 2006. Dr. Michael Mithoefer and Annie Mithoefer were guests on Kathleen Brooks' radio show on World Talk Radio, Darkness to Light: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence, for an hour-long discussion of their MAPS-sponsored MDMA/PTSD study.
February 1, 2006.MAPS Update: Podcast February 2006
February 22, 2006. STONED STRAIGHT 2: broadcast nationally over CBC Radio One in Canada. "The War on Drugs is over. Drugs won. So now what?" Listen here (MP3 format)
Stone Straight 2 is a followup on Stoned Straight, which aired in 2003 over CBC Radio One in Canada.The half-hour radio documentary profiles a unique substance abuse treatment facility in New Mexico, which uses peyote 'medicine' to quell the fire of addiction. You'll hear from Dr. Charles Grob, a UCLA psychiatrist on the forefront of psychedelic medicine; Dr. George Greer, medical director of the Heffter Institute; Dr. Matthew Kelley, former head psychologist at the NCI treatment center in Gallup, NM; and Dr. Michael Persinger, a neuroscientist with surprising evidence on why human beings must seek altered states of awareness.
February 6-7, 2006. British psychiatrist Dr. Ben Sessa and Prof Lader debate the value of psychedelic research on BBC radio. Listen here (WMA format, 2 MB)
July 6, 2005.***Critical Mass Production's*** Entheogen trailer available for download. Sections of the trailer were filmed at MAPS' Oct. 1, 2004 event at Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Some interviews were conducted at the International Transpersonal Assocation conference in Palm Springs in June 2004, where MAPS coordinated a series of lectures on psychedelic research. Film directed by Rod Mann and Nikos Katsaounis and edited at RealityEngine.org.
May 11, 2005. Rick Doblin appears on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC Segment to talk about the MDMA therapy studies. Click for a video or transcript of the interview.
March 8, 2005.The NPR show, To the Point, hosted by Warren Olney, discussed Dr. Michael Mithoefer's MAPS-sponsored MDMA/PTSD study and FDA's newly approved expansion of the study to include subjects with war-related PTSD. Guests include Dr. Andrew Pomeranz (PTSD therapist), Dr. Michael Mithoefer, Rick Doblin, Ph.D. and Robert Dupont, Ph.D. (first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse). The story runs from 23:35-50:52.
February 23, 2005. New England Cable News airs a segment on the MAPS sponsored study at Harvard's McLean Hospital investigating the efficacy of MDMA in reducing the anxiety experienced by terminally ill cancer patients. Click here and scroll down to the 2/23/05 item "Doctors Look To Study Ecstasy's Effects" to view the video.
February 1, 2005. Independent community radio station WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa, Florida ran a story on MDMA research by MAPS staffer Brandy Doyle. (approx 5 minutes)
January 11, 2005.The Cultural Baggage, a half hour program featuring Rick Doblin, in mp3 format.
January 8, 2005. Dr. John Halpern is the guest on C-SPAN's Washington Journal for ***a live, half-hour national call-in show*** focused on Dr. Halpern's MAPS-sponsored study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in subjects with anxiety associated with advanced-stage cancer.
December 3, 2004.Lunart Productions has published an excerpt of its documentary film "Ibogaine - Rite of Passage". This documentary was produced by Ben De Loenen and premiered at the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. This 50 minute film explores the use of Ibogaine in the treatment of addiction and includes discussions of personal experiences by ex-addicts, treatment providers and 'experts'. The excerpt is available here.
October 28, 2004. View an interview with Rick Doblin on Boston's NiteBeat with Barry Nolan, on Comcast's cable channel. [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]
October 1, 2004.MAPS publishes video excerpts from presentations given at the MAPS benefit at Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors on Oct. 1, 2004 in NYC.
May 3, 2004. The National Film Board of Canada has placed some short clips on the internet of Connie Littlefield's excellent documentary about LSD, Hofmann's Portion. Connie is also making a documentary about Sasha Shulgin and is seeking additional funding to enable her to complete the project. MAPS is acting as fiscal sponsor for the Shulgin documentary and will pass on to Connie 100% of all donations made to this project.
Donations to the Shulgin film of $100 or more will receive a free VHS copy of Hofmann's Potion.
A DVD of Connie Littlefield's documentary is now available and can be ordered from the National Film Board store.
February 18, 2004. SF TV station KRON (Channel 4) ***broadcast a story on ibogaine*** as a treatment for addiction, featuring Dr. Deborah Mash who says she is going to submit to FDA her data gathered in her St. Kitts clinic, and patient/activist Patrick Kroupa. Dr. Deborah Mash's early research with ibogaine at the University of Miami was partially supported by MAPS.
February 13, 2004.The Journey of Ayahuasca Tea by John Rieger, NPR's The Savvy traveler. "The search for spiritual enlightenment is a growing sector of modern travel There's a new spiritual center developing in Iquitos, Peru. There, on the edge of the Peruvian Amazon jungle, a special sort of traveler is seeking out a powerful medicine made by the local shaman there. Ayahuasca Tea is a potent psychedelic that you drink under the guidance of a spiritual guide. Reporter John Rieger went in search of Ayahuasca, which is believed to heal broken souls."
November 18, 2003. WBUR, the Boston NPR station, broadcast a long, positive story about medical marijuana and the UMass Amherst project, with interviews with Rick Doblin, UMass Amherst Prof. Lyle Craker, and ONDCP's Dr. Andrea Barthwell. The story, "Massachusetts Considers Medical Marijuana," is by Rachel Gotbaum and begins by stating, "Governor Mitt Romney is expected to decide later this month whether he will join Senators Kennedy and Kerry and urge the federal drug enforcement administration to allow a Massachusetts professor to grow marijuana for medical research."
September 30, 2003. Rick Doblin interviewed by Dean Becker, named "BEST HOUSTON RADIO COMMENTARY" for 2003 by the Houston Press, for his show: Cultural Baggage - The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War. The broadcast of 29:00 is now online in ***MP3*** and ***RealAudio*** formats.
August 29, 2003.***The Infinite Mind radio show, "Psychedelics."***Guests include Dr. Mark Geyer, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego; Dr. Debra Mash, professor of neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine; Dr. Charles Schuster, director of the substance abuse clinical research division at Wayne State School of Medicine in Detroit and former director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; Jeffrey Bronfman, the North American representative of the UDV (Uniao do Vegetal) religion; Nick Bromell, author of "Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s." The program concludes with commentary from John Hockenberry. It was originally broadcast on February 26, 2003.
January 31, 2003.***View a video*** of Rick Doblin's presentation at the Entheogenesis Conference in Vancover BC on January 31, 2003 and view the slideshow.
July 24, 2000. Rivera Live show about Ecstasy aired on CNBC, featuring discussion between Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Sue Stevens, criminal defense attorney Michael Nasatir, Nancy Grace of Court TV and Ethan Brown of New York Magazine. RealPlayer Video: *** Part 1 / Parts 2 & 3***
August 10, 2000. Court TV's Crier Today feature on MDMA featuring Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Dr. David McDowell, Sue Stevens and Ethan Brown. RealPlayer Video: ***Part 1 / Part 2***
November 29, 2000. "Teen-Age Drug Use Down; Ecstasy Popularity Grows" -- "All Things Considered," National Public Radio. RealAudio: Listen / Read the Transcript
November 30, 2000.48 Hours, CBS 8:00 PM EST. The major TV network news show, 48 Hours, filmed an underground MDMA therapy session organized by MAPS as part of an hour-long documentary on MDMA. The patient was Sue Stevens. Her personal accounts of her prior MDMA sessions with her fiancé, Shane, as they faced his terminal illness, are posted on the MAPS website at http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v07n4/07405sue.html. The session that was filmed was focused on grief, and took place close to the year anniversary of Shane's death.
MTV 10:00 PM EST. MTV special on Ecstasy (MDMA). This special also features portions of Sue's underground MDMA therapy session. Watch it in Quicktime format: 28K (1.9 MB) / 56K (3.7 MB) For clarification of some blatantly misleading information from the MTV show about MDMA causing "holes in the brain" of a heavy MDMA user, see the commentary by Rick Doblin.
Psychedelic Crisis Video
This educational video produced by MAPS is a practical introduction to the principles of psychedelic therapy. This educational video teaches psychedelic drug users how to minimize psychological risks and explore the therapeutic applications of psychedelics. Introduced by Ingrid Pacey, MD, the video demonstrates examples of when and how to help another person make the most out of a difficult experience with psychedelics.
Psychedelic Crisis Video:
Lectures & Conferences: Audio & Video
November 20, 2008.
MAPS President Rick Doblin Debates Drug Policy in Ireland at Trinity College.
On October 9, 2008, MAPS President Rick Doblin was in Ireland to debate drug policy reform at the world’s oldest debating society, in the 324th Session of the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
The University Philosophical Society, which was founded in 1684, funded Rick’s trip to Ireland. Supporting the legalization of drugs was Rick , German publisher and drug legalization advocate Werner Pieper, and Trinity College’s Paul O'Mahony. Supporting continued criminalization was former Fine Gael (centre-right Irish political party) spokesperson on drug policy Damien English, head of the Health Service Executive's drugs and alcohol program Chris Murphy, columnist and blogger Tony Allwright, and Jonathan Wyse.
“Traditionally, the Phil has been a paper-reading Society, which means that our debates generally open with an essay on the subject under discussion, prepared by one of our members.” Rick’s invitation stated. “Our invited speakers and members of the Society are then given the opportunity to speak in response and bring their expertise and experience to bear on the essayist's ideas.”
Presenters:
Louis Silverstein, Columbia College Chicago
Tom Roberts, Northern Illinois University
Kathleen Gillolgy, Columbia Columbia College Chicago
Entheogen [god within; god- or spirit-facilitating]
a psychoactive sacramental; a plant or chemical substance taken
to occasion primary religious experience.
Religious traditions, both East and West, have celebrated the direct
mystical experience of the divine. Many people who have had such
direct perception of spirit appear to lead lives of greater understanding,
virtue, and joy as a result. From the time of the ancient civilizations
to the present, entheogens have played a role in that spiritual
quest. What is it about these substances and practices that contain
the possibility of bringing insights, grace, and joy to individuals
and to their communities?
June 22, 2005. View video segments of speakers at a MAPS sponsored one day scientific conference in Israel on May 24, 2005. The conference was held in conjunction with the Israeli Ministry of Health and The Society of Addiction Medicine in support of the proposed Israeli MDMA/PTSD study.
May 29, 2005. Listen to Rick Doblin's
presentation at MindStates VI at the Palace of Fine Arts in San
Francisco. This presentation is available in 128k
MP3 and 32k MP3
formats. His powerpoint
presentation is also available.
March 24, 2005.MAPS
conference in Israel. MAPS sponsored a one-day scientific
conference in Israel, in conjunction with the Israeli Ministry of
Health and the Society of Addiction Medicine, in support of the
proposed MDMA/PTSD study. After the conference, the study's primary
investigator, Dr. Moshe Kotler, submitted the study protocol.
Speakers, in order of presentation, were:
Rick Doblin, Ph.D., MAPS President
Michael Mithoefer, M.D., primary investigator for the U.S. MAPS-sponsored
MDMA/PTSD study
Raphael Mechoulam, Ph.D., Israeli cannabis researcher who discovered
THC and the endocannabinoid system
Jose Carlos Bouso, Ph.D. Candidate, primary investigator for
the proposed MAPS-sponsored MDMA/PTSD study in Spain
June May Ruse, Ph.D., director of the MDMA/PTSD Treatment Manual
project
Valerie Mojeiko, MAPS Clinical Research Associate coordinating
the outcome study on ibogaine for substance abuse
Udi Bastiaans, M.D., Israeli doctor researching ibogaine treatment
John Halpern, M.D., primary investigator for the MAPS-sponsored
study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for anxiety in cancer patients,
to be conducted at Harvard Medical School's McLean Hospital
February 16, 2005. Dr. Michael Mithoefer and Annie Mithoefer were guests on Kathleen Brooks' radio show on World Talk Radio, Darkness to Light: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence, for an hour-long discussion of their MAPS-sponsored MDMA/PTSD study.
August 30, 2004.August 30-Sept 5, 2004. Burning
Man. Recordings of three talks by MAPS staff and associates
are available in mp3 format.
Listen to Rick Doblin's talk at
Burning Man 2004. Listen to Dr. Michael Mithoefer's
talk on the MDMA/PTSD study. Listen to Randy Hencken, Sandra
Karpetas and Valerie Mojeiko talk about Ibogaine.
June 12, 2004.June 12-18, 2004. Dr. Stan Grof and the International Transpersonal
Association (ITA) organized the "16th International Transpersonal
Conference," at Palm Springs, California. MAPS sponsored a series
of talks on psychedelic research, which we have digitized and made
available for your listening pleasure. Talks include:
December 11, 2002. A lecture given by Dr. Christopher Wiegand
at the Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Arizona, called The
Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics. Doctor Wiegand is with
the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona's College
of Medicine. [Part
1][Part
2][Part
3][Part
4] (AVI Format)
October 26, 2001. Dr. Stan Grof, Psychology of the Future:
Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research. This is video of
a Grand Rounds lecture that Stan gave at the U. of Arizona, to the
psilocybin/OCD research team. MAPS paid Stan's expenses and made
the arrangements for his talk, and additional meetings with the
research team. [Part
1][Part
2][Part
3][Part
4][Part
5] (AVI Format)
Welcome to the MAPS Audio Visual Archive. Below are several audio and visual files related to MAPS. Enjoy!
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