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The Psychedelic Toad

Episode number: 1

Overview: Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.

Peyote: The Divine Messenger

Episode number: 2

Overview: From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.

Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf

Episode number: 3

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

Wizards of DMT

Episode number: 4

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

Ketamine: Realms and Realities

Episode number: 5

Overview: 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.

A Clandestine Chemist's Tale

Episode number: 6

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

A Fungal Fairy Tale

Episode number: 7

Overview: Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.

The Cactus Apprentice

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.