Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
Season 2
2017 • 8 Episodes
Episodes
1. The Psychedelic Toad
November 28, 2017
Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.
2. Peyote: The Divine Messenger
December 5, 2017
From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.
3. Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf
December 12, 2017
Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.
4. Wizards of DMT
December 19, 2017
Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.
5. Ketamine: Realms and Realities
December 26, 2017
Hamilton heads to India to see industrial Ketamine synthesis, and speak with therapists and luminaries in an attempt to understand the role of dissociative anesthetics in society.
6. A Clandestine Chemist's Tale
January 2, 2018
Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.
7. A Fungal Fairy Tale
January 9, 2018
Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.
8. The Cactus Apprentice
January 16, 2018
Deep in the Andean highlands of Peru, Hamilton becomes the apprentice of a local shaman, learning how to use the night-blooming San Pedro cactus as a medicine.