Ari Shaffir unpacks Rolf’s experience of doing psychedelics for the first time

May 07, 2019 • 02:39:18
Ari Shaffir unpacks Rolf’s experience of doing psychedelics for the first time
Deviate
Ari Shaffir unpacks Rolf’s experience of doing psychedelics for the first time

May 07 2019 | 02:39:18

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Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“In the end, you’ll have this [psychedelic] experience that people paint about, people write about, and musicians compose songs about.” – Ari Shaffir

Ari Shaffir (@AriShaffir) is a comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor. He is the current host of the Skeptic Tank podcast. For more information on Ari, visit his website, where you can read the Shroomfest Primer discussed in this episode.

In the Season Two premiere of Deviate, Rolf reflects on his first psilocybin mushroom experience with Ari (13:00); his view on how mushrooms enhance appreciation of travel and living in the moment (59:00); the reaction to one’s surroundings on psychedelics, and how setting matters (1:19:00); the language of psychedelics and journaling (1:30:00); and the idea of performance, along with final reflections (2:06:00).

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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