“Perhaps I’ve just been unfortunate in which podcasts I’ve happened to start with, but I’m struck by the strong infomercial quality of the ones I’ve heard so far. I’m hearing interviews with people representing various psychedelic-associated business ventures — psilocybin retreat centers, somebody who owns a chain of ketamine clinics in California. These are places that charge big bucks for psychedelic treatments. That’s not intrinsically evil, I guess, but when somebody is speaking as the owner or representative of an organization charging, and making, big bucks I simply do not trust them in the way I trust people who are giving their opinions about something from which they do not stand to gain — people who are just telling the interviewer what they know, or what they passionately believe. And these Psychedollar Therapy owners and reps really don’t sound the same way people do on podcasts when they have nothing to gain. There’s a lack of skepticism, lack of self doubt, shallowness of thought in these interviews with people representing some Psychedollar biz..”
ZanyButterflier via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/20/21