← Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

Season 2

8 episodes · 2017

  1. 1

    The Psychedelic Toad

    Nov 28, 201744 min★ 9.1

    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. 2

    Peyote: The Divine Messenger

    Dec 5, 201744 min★ 8.7

    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. 3

    Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf

    Dec 12, 201744 min★ 8.4

    Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.

  4. 4

    Wizards of DMT

    Dec 19, 201744 min★ 8.9

    Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.

  5. 5

    Ketamine: Realms and Realities

    Dec 26, 201744 min★ 8.7

    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. 6

    A Clandestine Chemist's Tale

    Jan 2, 201844 min★ 8.9

    Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.

  7. 7

    A Fungal Fairy Tale

    Jan 9, 201844 min★ 8.8

    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. 8

    The Cactus Apprentice

    Jan 16, 201844 min★ 8.3

    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.