Episode guide
Hamilton's Pharmacopeia: Season 2
8 episodes · premiered Nov 28, 2017
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- Episode 1: The Psychedelic Toad Nov 28, 2017 · 44m Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.
- Episode 2: Peyote: The Divine Messenger Dec 5, 2017 · 44m From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.
- Episode 3: Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf Dec 12, 2017 · 44m Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.
- Episode 4: Wizards of DMT Dec 19, 2017 · 44m Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.
- Episode 5: Ketamine: Realms and Realities Dec 26, 2017 · 44m 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.
- Episode 6: A Clandestine Chemist's Tale Jan 2, 2018 · 44m Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.
- Episode 7: A Fungal Fairy Tale Jan 9, 2018 · 44m Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.
- Episode 8: The Cactus Apprentice Jan 16, 2018 · 44m 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.