Joe Rogan Experience - #1565: Gary Laderman

Joe sits down with Gary Laderman, Professor of American Religious History Cultures at Emory University. The two discuss religion, psychedelics, death, and much more.

Show notes: Psychedelics, religion, and pornography

• French press coffee

• Psychedelics in Christianity

• Drugs are now legal in Oregon

• Johns Hopkins finds Psilocybin 4 times more effective in treating depression than SSRIs

• Holotropic breathing

• Celebrity worship syndrome

• Sacred Heart Medicine - Church in Oregon that offers psilocybin mushroom treatments

• Operation Midnight Climax part of MK Ultra

• Schizophrenic breaks from Marijuana

• MDMA helpful for treating PTSD

• South American Ikaros music

• Blue Oyster Cult - Band

• Lakota ghost dance

• Problems in Native American reservations

• The numbers mob game

• Religion in Native American cultures

• Child stars who were in the Mickey Mouse club

• Plague and famine across history

• Young people suicide rates

• Christianity and suicide

• Pornography consumption in the bible belt

• Deep Throat movie

• Article about Johnny Carson and his sidekick Ed McMahon liking Deep Throat

• Sammy Davis Jr and Linda Lovelace and Revenge Port

• Stepmother porn research

• UC Santa Barbara Porn Class

• % of internet traffic that’s related to pornography

• Amount of Americans classified as porn addicts

• John Humphrey Noyes on orgasms

• Stag films

• Mormonism and polygamy

• Mormons in Mexico

People Mentioned:

• Terrence McKenna

• Jack Herer “the emperor of hemp”

• Tristan Harris

• Richard Dawkins - JRE podcast

• Miley Cyrus on JRE

• Rob Lowe on JRE

• Harry Reems

• Johnny Carson

• Linda Lovelace

• John Humphrey Noyes

Books Mentioned:

• Gary Laderman books: Sacred Matters & Don't Think About Death: A Memoir on Mortality

• Book: Chaos by Tom O'neil about the Manson Family and LSD

• Yuval Noah Harari books - Sapiens and Homo Deus

Movies and Documentaries:

• Wormwood documentary on Netflix

• The Vow - HBO Series

• Wild Wild Country docuseries

More From Gary Laderman:

• Most recent book: Don't Think About Death: A Memoir on Mortality

• Bio, books, and publications

• Gary Laderman Twitter