Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind | E158

Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind | E158 The Diary Of A CEO 3.19M subscribers Join Subscribe Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind | E158 The Diary Of A CEO 3.19M subscribers 654K views 1 year ago All The Diary Of A CEO Episodes This is the last episode of our USA series, over the past few months we've been releasing some incredible conversations that I'm sure you'll agree have brought us more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise. 654,940 views Jul 6, 2022 All The Diary Of A CEO Episodes This is the last episode of our USA series, over the past few months we've been releasing some incredible conversations that I'm sure you'll agree have brought us more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise. Michael Pollan is an author who between his five New York Times bestsellers has sold millions of books. Through exploring our connection to the natural world, he reveals sides of ourselves that we never knew we had. Topics: 00:00 Intro 01:32 Follow your passion 05:48 Immersive journalism 09:26 Trying to solve systemic problems with individual acts, BLM & food system 17:09 Caffeine and its impact on us 26:37 Pollination & drugs 30:18 Psychedelics 49:47 Are psychedelics the cure to mental health problems? 52:04 When to do psychedelics 52:04 How to freshen your mind & get out of your comfort zone 01:04:08 Our last guest’s question Michael: https://www.instagram.com/michael.pol... https://twitter.com/michaelpollan/ Michael’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Your-Pl... Michael’s Netflix series: https://www.netflix.com/title/80229847 Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ba... Sponsor: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Chapters View all Explore the podcast 224 episodes All The Diary Of A CEO Episodes The Diary Of A CEO … 1,383 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... @TheDiaryOfACEO Pinned by The Diary Of A CEO @TheDiaryOfACEO 1 year ago 🚨 If we hit 3,000 likes I’m going to make a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT about a major upcoming guest in the next episode!!! 🚨 🤯 243 Reply 33 replies @lelaanderson7453 @lelaanderson7453 1 year ago Just turned 78. An auto accident 3 years ago has changed my life. I don’t walk the same. I struggle with my memory. Was forced to stop working. Was forced to isolate due to Covid. This interview has reawaken my determination to restore my social, mental and physical health. I’m encouraged to continue moving toward being the me I want to be. I remember speaking to my psychiatrist 30 years ago after a difficult divorce if he could safely suggest a safe psychedelic experience to better understand myself. He asked if I were asking him to be my drug dealer. I’m now encouraged to seek out a safe inward experience. This program has been a great encouragement for me to continue searching. Thank you, thank you! 🙏🏽🍀 423 Reply 49 replies @salvatorerinaldo4613 @salvatorerinaldo4613 6 months ago (edited) I gave up caffeine 14 months ago after abusing it for 20 years. The first couple of months were tough, the first 3 weeks in particular were hell. If you allow enough time, not only you will feel yourself again but better overall. Now I'm less anxious, I have consistent energy throughout the day and I feel I can focus on things better. Like when I was a teenager 🙂 I also rediscovered the pleasure of a proper breakfast in the morning and - most importantly - I sleep like a baby and have lots of dreams. Caffeine is a legalized drug serving a multi-billion dollar industry. It doesn't make sense to wake up tired and need a drug to get through your day. I drink lots of decaf teas now and feel more productive than ever. 210 Reply 23 replies @laurab9867 @laurab9867 3 months ago Now that I am a senior citizen, I notice how jaded older people are. Hearing this brilliant author say he is still naive and talking about 'not losing the sense of wonder' at his age is total validation. I am so glad I have not lost my curiosity and desire to learn new things. He also talks about habits being comforting but also stifling. I stay away from rigid thinkers like the plague. Anyway, there is so much to unpack here... Bravo, Steven! Another brilliant interview. 61 Reply 1 reply @Journey2Source @Journey2Source 1 year ago Michael Pollan...what a guy! Thanks Steven, you're changing the conversation and I genuinely believe the course of history 78 Reply 1 reply @darkvanishings4494 @darkvanishings4494 5 months ago (edited) This channel is literally life changing. I am learning so much about health and happiness and it's transforming my life and the life of my family in so many positive ways. This was another incredible guest. Mind blowing. Felt sorry for the cow though. When the cow wasn't saved, Michael described the experience so casually and dispassionately as if the cow was a tin of beans being put back on a supermarket shelf, rather than a sentient, feeling being who deserved to live. He should have saved the cow. I can't get enough of this channel. Brilliant guests. Stephen is so intelligent as well. 16 Reply 3 replies @sarsensurpri5986 @sarsensurpri5986 7 months ago (edited) Caffine part starts at 17:25 !!! Long winded start. 297 Reply 26 replies @casaMariaPT @casaMariaPT 7 months ago This guy for me has to be the most interesting man on Earth. The time went by so quickly and I was hanging on every word. And hats off to you Stephen, there is nothing ruins my enjoyment of an interview more than an interviewer that doesn’t know when to shut up and listen. You always ask the right questions, always open-ended and just let your guest run with it. Fabulous, fabulous channel, thank you. 19 Reply @rootkite @rootkite 7 months ago (edited) I believe that discussions such as this are how the world will change. My deepest gratitude to you both; let's usher in and recall the truths and tools we need to transform our civilization for the blossoming of life itself, in resonance with everything 💗 22 Reply @aubreyj.tennant1123 @aubreyj.tennant1123 2 months ago 20:13 giving up things as an experiment has had a profound effect in my life. As a result it gave me a sense of complete control over all of them including cigarettes, booze, food vía intermittent fasting, exercise and certain relationships! It changed the meaning of “trying to quit” into knowing I’d go back to it anytime I decided to. 9 Reply @JonatanRaven @JonatanRaven 6 months ago This channel is great. It's the only one I can binge-watch anything on that has videos longer than 15-minutes or so.. I've watched several of these interviews in the last few days and I'm actively watching them, not just putting them on in the background while doing something else. Well done! 23 Reply 2 replies @GlynTaylor @GlynTaylor 7 months ago Been watching about 3 of these types of podcasts everyday for the past month, and I'm still not bored. Making my life better in ways I couldn't have comprehended before, and there still seems to be no end to what there is to learn 40 Reply 3 replies @blaedy @blaedy 1 year ago (edited) I used to suffer from severe Depression and Anxiety and I can tell you that there is something within you that can get you back on track, for me personally I found my way to nature and to spirituality. I think its not initially the psychedelics, I think they can just trigger that experience you have to make by changing your perspective and way of thinking. I gladly achieved this by meditation and selfcare and I can tell you the worst thing you can do is doing drugs regularly, except maybe psychedelics under guidance. So what I am basically saying is: For those of you who don't want to try psychedelics to achieve that state of mind, you can do this on your own and as Wim Hof says "get high on your own supply" + Find comfort in discomfort!! 219 Reply 27 replies @sandyjones1014 @sandyjones1014 6 months ago We are so much more than we know. I admire this man for his ability to explore all the things that inspire him. Very fortunate man, and he's thankful for it, which is beautiful to see. Will follow him now. 9 Reply @shimmerychick @shimmerychick 4 months ago Amazing episode. I wish you could invite Sharhoo Izadi and Michael Pollan together for a discussion with each other. The Kindness Method seems to be another response to fill up the grooves of learned self-perception, and open our minds again to who we really are and who we can be. 6 Reply @kirstinstrand6292 @kirstinstrand6292 1 year ago I lost my fear of Death as I lay beside my nearly 107 year old mother, making sure that she did not die alone. Prior to this, was perplexed about how the death experience would feel. I had slight feelings of anxiety, but not terror. Now, I know what to expect. Is there another life to be experienced? Probably, yet it matters not to me. Life just is, for as long as we have it. 151 Reply 17 replies @Positivemojo111 @Positivemojo111 1 year ago OMG, he’s so intriguing, all his ideas have changed our lives! Thank you so much for speaking with him 🙏🏼💯🥰💯🙏🏼 13 Reply @newhealingfunandknowledge7785 @newhealingfunandknowledge7785 6 months ago My whole life is a psychedelic trip and now I realized it for real. And because I can talk about it with my true feelings, it is hard for others to be unemotional. 5 Reply 2 replies @divinemiss4284 @divinemiss4284 7 months ago What a fabulous conversation! Thank you Steven and Michael for the inspiration and kick in the butt I needed. Blessings to you both. 4 Reply 1 reply @lauralindsay8434 @lauralindsay8434 1 year ago One of the most interesting and informative and humbling hours of listening I've ever had the pleasure of. Thank you for your time and wisdom. I've been a coffee shop manager, I've been a stoner, a borderline alcoholic, a sugar addict, a smoker... I've been depressed for over 2/3rds of this lifetime. I've had a few moving psychedelic experiences and slowly but surely saw that my addictions were what held me down. I'm now a gardener and lover of life and only occasionally dabble with a previous crutch as a passing plaything instead of a lifeline. Now I am blessed enough to see the conciousness in every single thing around me and in everyone I look upon, even if they don't see it in me 👀👀👀 It's wonderful to learn a little bit about the ins and outs of the ride I've been on for nearly 38 years. Thank you again for the insights and the sharing 💞 Love to all who read this from a wonderful wee hill in Scotland 💙🌏💙 106 Reply 10 replies @RiniDalene @RiniDalene 1 month ago Watched this a few times…Love Michael Pollan’s insight to this life experience ❤ 2 Reply @ByEliPerry @ByEliPerry 1 year ago Glad I came across this! Great way to challenge the idea that we have control over our consciousness. I feel that more research is leading back to the idea of psychedelics unlocking higher consciousness. 12 Reply 1 reply @lisengel2498 @lisengel2498 5 months ago (edited) Great conversation and so many interesting questions and perspectives. I really love the knowledge that we are surrounded by sensitive beings - sensitivity that you can become aware of and feeling a deep connection with Life …. and so funny to know that bees prefer. citrus flowers with caffeine 🐝 my grandmother always if it was not for coffee, the world would stop running 😊but I Do Think that we have the capacity to deep experience of Music, plants, animals totally without drugs - maybe by having access to the consciousness of curiosity and awe that I suppose most of us know from childhood experiences. What do you Think about that? To know Paradise comes from this deep experience of being connected with everything. In 1991 I wrote a PhD from the University of Copenhagen about bodymind arts and science of how to deepen experience and connection with the Living now. Its all about body-heart-mind-world interdependency - 🎵🍀🎶💚🐸😊😺🎨🐝 3 Reply @joshsims7286 @joshsims7286 1 year ago This interview has answered so many questions I've had all my life. Wow. Mind blown. Thank you! 12 Reply @Noelsterrr @Noelsterrr 7 months ago I stopped consuming caffeine two months ago and I almost never have anxiety attacks anymore and I'm surprisingly more alert. 326 Reply 45 replies @gofigure7585 @gofigure7585 7 months ago Your podcast came up in my algorithm. Glad I listened. I found you both to be super interesting . I have a curious mind and love listening to new material, perspectives and ideas. Thank you so much! 9 Reply @shazmeenbank1630 @shazmeenbank1630 1 year ago I wait for your podcast to drop. It's opened my mind to the great people that exist in the world. Your podcast teaches so much it saves me time in learning on my own. Thank you Steve. 15 Reply @janicevick9088 @janicevick9088 7 months ago It’s people and conversations like this that I feel we need more of to change humanity for the better. Thank you both so much. 49 Reply 1 reply @beccavry @beccavry 7 months ago I'm a new subscriber, and just wanted to say how impressed I am with the thoughtful conversations you inspire with your guests. I've learned so many new ways of looking at life situations with the episodes I've watched so far. Thank you for sharing your talents, curiosity and wisdom with us! 8 Reply @Gloksic12 @Gloksic12 3 weeks ago I've actually experienced alot of what there describing without psychedelic. Especially the bout where ceo explains this sense of calling everyone he knows with the urge to apologize. alot of the euphoric gratitude they speak about. And This deep need for love and the feeling of it. I attribute it to the peace that surpasses human understanding the Bible talks about. I'm just a paycheck to paycheck 7 days a week working average joe what do I know 1 Reply @blbrightlights564 @blbrightlights564 7 months ago When I had my children I saw things in a new and fresh way. Their energy gives a whole new prospective on life. 25 Reply 1 reply @moepow8160 @moepow8160 7 months ago This is the first time I've listen to you or known about you. You said something that caught my attention. When you explained what you went through in your garden and you likened it to be a spiritual moment and you said it was very profound for you; and much more. But that's the just of what made me perk up. That's how I feel about my belief in God, believing in God gives me the same profound outlook so much so I have such a close personal relationship with God that I don't think I would have made it through my life and all the horrible things that I went through. I started this relationship at the age of 8 and continued to this day. I don't attend a specific church, I don't have friends that think like I do although there are people out there that believe in God, but I don't know if it's in the same way, I don't fanaticly read the Bible, but I do research. I don't preach to others unless they ask me about it or it comes about in a conversation. Saying what you said gives me a different way of thinking about this spiritual connection, like your garden... Thank you. 21 Reply 2 replies @owsmindopsystem3617 @owsmindopsystem3617 1 year ago "The cleverness of plants..." what a great statement and idea. Hats off. That man seems to really know his stuff. Thank you kindly. 30 Reply 2 replies @MrYalchin @MrYalchin 5 months ago Consciousness is something I am really getting into, to help tap into other part of my thought process. Just like you Steven, I am quite logical and sceptical with methods that are not in our Peripheral vision, something that has not been taught in our every day lives growing up. And now as we become adults, our own beliefs and questions arise. And that’s where I am. Love the thought provoking methods you have discussed on this podcast, as we all have been domesticated to think in a certain way from kids, to school, uni and then work. 1 Reply @haniyyah7708 @haniyyah7708 1 year ago Wow! Ending the USA series with this podcast is just amazing. I find your podcasts insightful and very interesting. I start to ask questions myself. Not only has this podcast broaden my knowledge but it has also helped me strive for my goals and desires. Thank you! 14 Reply @0ptimal @0ptimal 1 year ago (edited) Psychedelics strike me as something seemingly custom made for mind. Perception is the ultimate aspect of being conscious. To experience the world is to perceive the world. Everything we experience is constructed in our own unique way, we shape how we see life and everything in it, consciously or not. And this aspect of perception is highly malleable, you can see anything from countless perspectives. It can take effort and time, or it can be quick, but altering how you see something is very possible, and the impact can be as profound as you can imagine. But psychedelics somehow tap into the process, and take you directly to arguably the ultimate perspective. But how? How is it that nature just happened to create something that influences mind to take on the optimal perspective? It's astonishing. I think these compounds mean something, I think they're a huge clue into the inner workings of reality and mind. That mind isn't just some result of a mechanical process, but something fundamental and psychedelics are grown out of or from the same source. It's like an early human walking in the woods and finding a glove, having no idea what it is, but realizing that the fit was too perfect to be random.(a possible explanation could be that the two have evolved together. Often you see things in nature that seem perfectly balanced and there's a long evolutionary process that's made it so. Could that be the case here idk) 7 Reply @jagdeepkaur7286 @jagdeepkaur7286 1 year ago amazing podcast, thank you for bringing michael on 9 Reply @lisalowy2443 @lisalowy2443 1 month ago (edited) Just about to make a cup of coffee while I listen 😂 I am shocked to learn that 1/4 of the caffeine is still in us at night if we drink a coffee a midday! Reply @lulitmelake7534 @lulitmelake7534 6 months ago Thank you for this interview. It validated some of my thoughts and it’s without any form of drugs ( maybe caffeine ;) Fabulous interview and guest. 2 Reply 1 reply @dorinaelenidapodasca8335 @dorinaelenidapodasca8335 7 months ago Psychedelics helped me cure my CPTSD, depression and anxiety. I’m so happy to see that more and more public figures speak about the benefits of psychedelics. It’s a shame that they are not included in clinical therapy. I hope in the future that will not be the case anymore. 3 Reply 1 reply @luisduarte5818 @luisduarte5818 10 days ago I agree, in my younger years and working under stress i drank too much coffee and sent me to the hospital with Heart Arithmia, now still enjoy it but I limit myself to two cups a day only and finally learned that in life you can have everything but, only but with a Balance ! 1 Reply @originalindiechick7999 @originalindiechick7999 6 months ago Wow, this was a deep chat! 😍 Amazing about the plants & us, and the feeling of being the same as them. 🌱 ❤️ 10 Reply @hrsman72 @hrsman72 6 months ago This has a fantastic honesty, a really great dynamic tand thoughtful question,his channel is an unexpectedly rewarding discovery. I look forward to watching the channel grow. Thank you 4 Reply @Annalovestheocean @Annalovestheocean 2 months ago I totally resonate.. thanks for sharing brings me some clarity & reassurance that my decision to abstain from sm is the right for me. Sometimes I feel nobody around me really gets why or accept that I’m not on there. I don’t get how they don’t see it. Maybe they aren’t affected as much but I feel much better about myself & my relation with life without it 1 Reply @resonatingspirit @resonatingspirit 7 months ago One of the best interviews you have done … thank you Reply @MountainofInspiration @MountainofInspiration 7 months ago "Curiosity is a muscle that you have to cultivate." Love it 25 Reply @menarussell @menarussell 2 months ago He's talking about the 478 breathing technique. I love it. I share it with people. When I lie down to fall asleep, I do it and always fall asleep soon after. It's great to reduce anxiety as well. Dr Weil recommends doing it 3 times which takes less than 2 min and to do it twice daily regularly. He says the body does even better by doing it 2 x day, regularly. I highly recommend it. Great chat. Thank you for sharing this. 😊 6 Reply @douglasmccart8963 @douglasmccart8963 7 months ago What a fascinating guy he turned out to be after my initial reservations and Steve is a great interviewer slowly becoming my go to channel brilliant 2 Reply @Bomber411 @Bomber411 7 months ago As someone who has dealt with CPTSD, anxiety and depression my whole life and had about 20 years of intense psychotherapy trying many different techniques and systems, my sister showed up here once 2 summers ago with some (clean) MDMA, we went into the woods and she held space for me. My next psychotherapy apt a few days later my dr couldn't believe the change. It was night and day. I've done mushrooms a few times which helped in different ways, and I highly recommend these to anyone who isn't benefiting from conventional approach. No amount of meditation or mindful breathing exercises etc etc will do what psychedelics will and you'll lose many years trying to achieve it, where psychedelics can get you there with no delay. I think personally, I could benefit with another MDMA trip if she can source these again, and will definitely be doing mushrooms again, hopefully soon as it's been a few years and I could use a fresh "snowfall". Set and setting are vital! 9 Reply 2 replies @ssoundar4808 @ssoundar4808 7 months ago A great discussion with Michael Pollan, thank you so much! 1 Reply @marios3202 @marios3202 1 year ago An hour isn't long enough to speak with such a gifted man. The work he's doing to change the narrative and stigma around psychedelics. I'm so happy there's a chance my children may be able to take psilocybin or LSD to CURE their ailments instead of taking pharmaceuticals everyday for the rest of their lives. Thank you Michael. (Also, psilocybin cured ME six months ago. It works folks) Reply @shanegates678 @shanegates678 6 months ago Was speaking with my dad, a very intelligent and lateral thinking man, about consciousness and how far down it goes. I was surprised how quickly, like at the level well before insects that he said consciousness stopped. It became difficult to hypothesise with him what proto-consciousness might be let alone if it exists in plants or, at a stretch, in matter itself (aka panpsychism). Perhap the limitation is, as you say, the absence of psychedelic use on my fathers behalf.. im not saying I know about the degrees of consciousness in things, but I can imagine my capacity/interest to enter into the thinking of these things could well have been activated by a fairly robust history with psychedelics. Reply @Pharesm @Pharesm 1 month ago Interesting the point he makes about his writing style. I used to only read the most mind-bending authors, like Harlan Ellison, but these days, I'll be perfectly good with a plain old lecture, as long as I get the needed information in the shortest time possible, so I can return to whatever project I'm on... 2 Reply @Guanaalex @Guanaalex 1 month ago (edited) What a glowing genius. Thank you for this outstanding guest Michael. One more reason to love this live of wonders. Humble thanks. 2 Reply @michellehenrico9480 @michellehenrico9480 1 year ago Great discussion, loved the Q&A trend... Thank you for valuable content👌 5 Reply @edwardharlem9588 @edwardharlem9588 1 month ago That Raft and Sail was absolutely EPIC got the job done with bare minimum and also good call with using the modern hooks. A bit of a brutal way to kill those fish tho. Not sure if Rock hit would be "nicer" :^s Thank's for the awesome story! Subscribed Reply @retardeddog566 @retardeddog566 6 months ago What a Legend. So insightful & whole. Reply @Becky1498 @Becky1498 1 year ago such a great person to interview ! so excited to listen to this 4 Reply The Diary Of A CEO · 2 replies @user-fn3vy4ug2n @user-fn3vy4ug2n 7 months ago I appreciate Michaels' approach to sharing discovery process, rather than lecturing 2 Reply @117Haseo @117Haseo 11 days ago (edited) Your not gonna see this likely but this was a very fascinating interview and highlights some things about my own caffeine use so thank you. I sadly live in a state where psylocibin is expressly illegal so I would have to leave the state just to try it =/ Reply @rickutttonolastnamelmao9688 @rickutttonolastnamelmao9688 5 months ago Loved the story about Frank the cat! Fascinating and so funny! I’m picturing Frank every evening following him out to garden and looking up at him with his big eyes, soon to be bigger, or maybe smaller and red😂😂 3 Reply @leightaylor806 @leightaylor806 4 months ago Beez get a "buzz" out of caffeine! That was on purpose. What a delightful interviewee. I'm so glad I found this channel. Saying this is refreshing is an understatement 💯 8 Reply @talentgateway284 @talentgateway284 1 year ago Wow, what a really interesting and thought provoking conversation. Lots of things to reflect and think about. Brilliant as always. 6 Reply @MishaIsha1 @MishaIsha1 3 months ago "My default consciousness was caffeinated consciousness. " WOW 😮 That was a profound statement and not one I'd ever heard. 6 Reply @hbrianunderwood4946 @hbrianunderwood4946 1 month ago Michael is such a wonderful guest. Love his work. 2 Reply @giovannigaggia8300 @giovannigaggia8300 7 months ago Simply one of the best interviews I have ever seen!! Loved it! Thank you 6 Reply @carlogambiino @carlogambiino 1 year ago A podcast which makes you question but analysis so much which is right in front of us, fantastic and informative. Keep them coming Steven! 3 Reply 1 reply @sailingsam3815 @sailingsam3815 7 months ago I am so impressed with Mr. Pollan 1 Reply @ClaytonHardee @ClaytonHardee 7 months ago Fascinating discussion, really appreciated you sharing it! Michael is definitely a very interesting person. On the subject of psychedelics, Denver Colorado in 2019 decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms and in 2022 voted on an initiative that has legalized possession and use. “The initiative allows for the use of psilocybin at state-regulated centers under the supervision of licensed facilitators. It also legalizes personal private use, growing and sharing of psilocybin and psilocin, as well as three additional psychedelic compounds — DMT, ibogaine and mescaline — by adults over the age of 21.” -NBC News. Hopefully, the scientific and medical research will continue, and these psychedelics will also continue to help as many people as possible. 2 Reply 3 replies @salahhadji7985 @salahhadji7985 1 year ago Thanks you for this great podcasts I'm really appreciate your work hair, respectful man 😌 1 Reply The Diary Of A CEO · 2 replies @danieledwards1156 @danieledwards1156 1 year ago Always wait to listen to these podcasts because I want to be at my most receptive to them ✨ Reply @abacavip6426 @abacavip6426 5 months ago Very interesting interview, you posit questions in a very thoughtful way. Keep up the great work!!! Reply @clarecadman5330 @clarecadman5330 5 months ago I was always told to be quiet for being curious and asking to many questions. I’m still classed as a over thinker by family 😮 I’m 53! 😂 3 Reply 1 reply @kasiako355 @kasiako355 1 month ago Very interesting interview, thank you! ❤️ 1 Reply @anne-mariederrington423 @anne-mariederrington423 7 months ago (edited) Never done psychedelics etc.. and still struggle to understand how anyone can not see the sentience of the life around them.. not seeing it is odd to me and I think you will find a lot of humans have that same difficulty tbh Reply @MsDamosmum @MsDamosmum 7 months ago (edited) After watching his Netflix program I watch another one about psychedelics. Out of the 3 guys the program followed only one had some change, the other 2 remained depressed This guys program had me reach out to a clinic in Bristol but the 2nd program made me wonder if it was worth going any further 1 Reply @Meditacao-Vida @Meditacao-Vida 1 month ago Somebody already said: Love is the answer. 🙏🏾❤️ Reply @peterblankendaal2559 @peterblankendaal2559 2 months ago I have worked with ecologies for forty years and I have felt connected with nature for a lot of that time. A connection that tells me, we are all as important as each other, we all have something to give, we can all communicate and learn and love each other. I love communicating with plants, especially through touch, and they love it too. I love sharing a joke with a dog, and they love it too. We are all here together. But it is good to remember that not all of nature is loving, some is brutal and mean. We can try to communicate peacefully with all species, but it is not always possible. This is the reality of our planet. Reply @smallfootprint2961 @smallfootprint2961 7 months ago I had to quit coffee, for many reasons, but the main one was that I still had the affects (bad affects) at night. I really didn't like the way I felt at night. Now I see that the real me is quieter, more introspective, and more comfortable. Still not really happy. The caffeine hit made me happy, but the end of the day was horrible. 11 Reply @sharonsephton4066 @sharonsephton4066 1 year ago Brilliant subjects. I’m 50 and a strong dose of psychedelics completely shifted me in my early 20s. 10 Reply 2 replies @markmacfarlane3169 @markmacfarlane3169 7 months ago Well let's face it, who knows a person who takes caffeine multiple times every day who is happy and calm. A morning coffee or tea seems to be the optimum. 13 Reply 1 reply @MrKrayzeeKrysis @MrKrayzeeKrysis 1 year ago 6 years depression free thanks to Phsychedelics 62 Reply 11 replies @kasturiswami784 @kasturiswami784 7 months ago Such a wonderful interview. My g.son introduced me to pollan. We are vegetarians and agreed with him. I am a gardener and agree with him in that plants are sentient beings. They respond to you and your love. 6 Reply @BL-rb7jm @BL-rb7jm 5 months ago (edited) There was a product I used as a coffee substitute years ago when I was in my twenties, and it was called Cafflib. And it was great . Since then, they have come up with a lot of coffee substitutes, and I'm thinking, well, maybe I could incorporate that into my cofree. For example, half a cup of coffee and the rest does coffee substitute. It's like putting vegetables powder in with Your kids' smoothies. It still has the nice taste of a smoothie but hidden vegetables that are beneficial 1 Reply @cr2370 @cr2370 10 months ago The awe and wonder of the child like mind is so familiar on psychedelics because they promote neurogenesis. Awesome stuff. 5 Reply 1 reply @js8971 @js8971 7 months ago Cor. That was a great one... Touched on so many topics and seamlessly weaved them into one message... Great chat. Reply @relaxationspot7439 @relaxationspot7439 1 year ago This episode is so relatable. True story, I used to work long hours, drink so much coffee to keep me going. By thee time of going to bed, I would feel so tired and Nose bleed the next morning. Now, It's been close to a month without coffee and never nose bled again. 5 Reply @hilaryporter7841 @hilaryporter7841 7 months ago (edited) This is interesting stuff. Systems are more difficult to change than individuals.The corporations figured this out a long time ago and bought up the law schools through bribery and corruption. They've captured the law, it's easy for them to prey on individuals that step out of corporate line when individuals realize they need a change of system. Enjoyed the addiction to caffeine section. Have two days a week with minimal caffeine, it's been an interesting experiment with as you said, better sleep but little other difference. Sugar was a different matter as the withdrawal after removing that is far more powerful and mood altering. Again, the corporations also know this and ensure they put sugar in everything possible in order to keep up the addiction. Very profitable. How about a book on corporations and the human behaviours devoid of empathy which have risen out of their emergence. I used to think a lot about consciousness and somehow came to what I thought was a logical conclusion, that it is not individual, that it is communal, that it is carried by individuals as if they were hod carriers on a building site, each supporting a part of the communal 360 degrees of consciousness. It's just a theory, but as valid as any. Enjoyed the discussion. Thank you. Reply @ferdinandgleinser2681 @ferdinandgleinser2681 1 month ago (edited) I completely stopped drinking coffee for 2 years now, after at least 15 Years of being a total addict, drinking coffee basically non stop throughout the day. I wasn't even aware of what I was doing to myself until I ran out of coffee over a weekend once. The symptoms of withdrawal where so severe (very strong headaches for more than a week, super low energy throughout the whole day), that I realized, I can't be that dependent on a substance. I can say, that was the best decision ever. I am much more awake and focused now throughout the whole day, than before at the "caffeine-peak". I sleep a lot better, and also all my stomach issues just disappeared. I can recommend everybody, to at least try it for 6 months and see for yourself. Reply @suzi7925 @suzi7925 1 year ago I find myself so alone at times because I can't think in the short bursts these representations promote. It's nice to hear you speaking of these areas in need of improvement. I feel that no progress has been made in decades and it's easy to see with the angles being lifted. Yes black life matters. However, while people squabble over who gets to torture and maim and kill who, according g to whether they like green eyes, white or? Skin, what ever numeral can be estimated in aging, etc. Life matters or it doesn't. Bottom line, are they breathing? Well. Next, did we not establish torture, harassment and killing as on the books illegal, consequential to the inutiator if said crime? Well. What's your point. If I shot everyone I thought wasn't paying attention and responding in real my time time this state would be wounded. It's not allowable, unless it's you doing it. The general circulating thought is incapable of improvement. Take the homeless, and the sneering of their being messy. I'm sick of this. Put port-a potties, garbage receptacles and soap and water sinks down anywhere and everywhere people are out there trying to shelter in a nylon zip up bag. Everything gets dp. Mammals MUST ELIMINATE FECES AND URINE. Health and human services, another billion $? What the hell? Put those fundamental basic facilities where the people are. Step 1. Wouldn't cost 3 million dollars to do the state of Oregon's entire ousted people. Or wait till a rat gets sick and a flea dies too. Maybe it will kill us back for our infantile bitching and complaining when everything necessary is already invented for a stage one human humanity decency dignity move. No points to a country full of better men from me until we begin in a place that is easily done, and has some ability to prevent more suffering and so. The state policy manuals. Start there, then laws. Otherwise you go nowhere. 2 Reply 2 replies @sabrikay3877 @sabrikay3877 1 year ago Your podcast is the best addiction I could have! Thank you Steven 7 Reply 1 reply @fiachramacaonrae5449 @fiachramacaonrae5449 1 year ago I suffered from severe anxiety when I tried to withdraw from Neuroleptics. When I experimented with NOT trying to think my way out - my anxiety got worse at the start - and then it got better. Reply 5 replies @amitbt69 @amitbt69 1 month ago This guy is fascinating! Great talk. Thanks! Reply @adolfputlerson @adolfputlerson 7 months ago I'm 67, never tried any drugs and since years ago I see my death (through non painful suicide) as the best way to avoid ALL kinds of suffering inevitable if staying alive being old. When I was 20 I worked during some short weeks in a nursing home in Sweden. It marked me for life. And for death, hahaha. 8 Reply 3 replies @annaw7437 @annaw7437 1 year ago (edited) Saw him on Mayim's podcast and loved it! The interview was surprisingly short (for your standards) lol. Did he not want to talk about his childhood? That's always such an interesting part of all these extraordinary people's lives... 6 Reply @saraho5846 @saraho5846 6 months ago I don’t feel alienated from nature. As a believer in one creator I feel a deep connection with it because the God who with intention created me also created this magnificent world we’ve been blessed to live in. As he created me with a part of him that just allows the connection to become even deeper. 3 Reply @mikehome9548 @mikehome9548 1 year ago "Most of the caffeine researchers that I interviewed do not drink coffee or tea. These are people that understand the importance of sleep". What else needs to be said ? 89 Reply 14 replies @Verdeangela12 @Verdeangela12 2 months ago I greatly enjoyed Michael Pollon's interview & point of view. Super smart guy and very articulate. I'll definately be on the look out for one of his books, they all sound fascinating! P.S. I didn't mean 2B so dogmatic in my prior comment regarding 'Elsie' aka Cow #534. One of my Achiles Heels is that I literally can't stand hearing about any animal cruelty or torture. I admit, it does get my hackles up. Reply @jackolantern2yt @jackolantern2yt 2 weeks ago I guess I'm a bit of a late-comer to this video. First, let me say that I'm really enjoying your interviews and your interview style. Your questions are very insightful, showing that you've really done your homework leading up to the discussion. I just wanted to comment on the many references to "the scientific worldview". This phrase is often used as a criticism by people who describe themselves as "spiritual" (a word I find to be largely meaningless, given all the ways it's used). The scientific "worldview" does not necessarily lead to amoral treatment of the natural world. Science seeks only to understand the mechanisms underpinning how the natural world works. It was people who were operating from incomplete scientific knowledge that thought vivisection was okay because animals didn't feel pain (because we were the only creatures in "God's" creation with the capacity to think and feel---science had not yet illuminated the error in this thinking, so religious dogma filled in). It is the people who turn away from what science is telling us that are marching the planet toward environmental calamity. Science is the best tool we've ever invented for understanding the natural world, and society ignores its pronouncements at its peril. Let me reiterate that I love your channel and really appreciate the work you're doing. Thank you for all your efforts! Reply @ericrosolack4561 @ericrosolack4561 7 months ago If you want to learn about consciousness, read Power vs Force by David Hawkins. There’s a map of consciousness in it also that is very interesting. 3 Reply @katesmiles4208 @katesmiles4208 6 months ago So true your comment about not being able to deal with systems. When u chose not to save the animal, for a moment, i thought less of u. Then i smacked my self and got over it. A great eye opener for me to realise that mind set. Thanks Reply @agentbey @agentbey 7 months ago "No subject/object relationship…" This is the realization of the equanimity of mindfulness practice. Reply @bernadettebecher4689 @bernadettebecher4689 3 months ago Wow, lots of ideas to explore here. Yes, the brain getting stuck in certain patterns. I will think about that. Thank you for this amazing podcast. 5 Reply @mistermotoki @mistermotoki 2 months ago I love the emphasis on the coffee ☕️ house culture 🎉 Reply @silverdm123 @silverdm123 7 days ago So good to discover this guy. Thanks. Reply @deepyogabeatsdyb6180 @deepyogabeatsdyb6180 1 year ago Amazing!!! Best one so far! Literally love your work so inspiring! 4 Reply 1 reply @roblh31 @roblh31 1 month ago Great guest and show. Bring this guest back. Reply @dianaboughner7977 @dianaboughner7977 2 months ago Education in the field of moderation and how our food choices can help or hinder our bodily health ❤ 1 Reply @imartanius @imartanius 5 months ago I quit for about a year. Then I quit alcohol and decided i’d go back to my one cup a day. For about a week it was very nice. The next week I had to make the coffee much stronger to feel anything. About a month later I realized that the only thing coffee was doing anymore was “fixing” my need. So I quit again and since then I only use it as a drug. And wow does it work. Had to work quite late so I had a 20 ounce mug. I was tired when I took the first sip but roughly 3 hours later I still had good energy. Next day I felt no cravings and this to me makes the most sense. Why do something everyday, when it completely loses the effect you do it for to begin with and as an added negative it creates a need… Reminds me of smoking when I was a kid… never got anything from it, but the need was overwhelming. 6 Reply @shannonpeacock307 @shannonpeacock307 6 months ago James Nestor, the author of Breathe: The New Science of a Lost Art would be a great follow-up guest on some of the subjects touched upon here. Reply @timdilnutt6983 @timdilnutt6983 6 months ago Steven, The discussion around BLM, the reformation of the soul versus the reformation of this system, and the way politics is not working was fascinating and so important. Can you follow up on this in some way? Reply @mariaspieler2447 @mariaspieler2447 1 year ago I like the question about what's the cost of caffeine. I study Naturopathy, and learned that caffeine causes an awake feeling, sharper thinking, and a better working digestion, beacuse it accelerates many processes in the body as it enhances many of the functions of the sympathetic nervous system. That's the one which is on when we are stressed, the one which is constantly on when we suffer from chronic stress, the one which breaks down when we burn out. I think the cost of caffeine gets lost in a stressful working/private/everyday life, and remains unseen until you stop. 12 Reply 1 reply @nefrettitim6823 @nefrettitim6823 7 months ago 📚 YES!! Readers should be taken along on the journey!!🌄 1 Reply @Sunnahiman @Sunnahiman 7 months ago I am a African American 68 yr of age started drinking coffee 3 yrs ago it keeps me from feeling sad I am very happy drinking this. I drink at lease 4 cups no jitters or tiredness. I loss weight because it suppressed my desire to eat. My sleep is restless but I get about 6 hrs of sleep. I drink water throughout the day. I don't drink or smoke so coffee is my emotional pleasure. I move a lot I am physically in great health and exercise and do vitamins and green juices since the 70s. Caffeine is not addictive to me I drink it because of the level of happiness and energy I feel. If I decide not to drink coffee it's not a problem. 47 Reply 11 replies @Dbb27 @Dbb27 7 months ago (edited) Lol. Too funny it’s taken this brilliant man a lifetime to realize plants and insects are sentient beings. I learned from my father as a young child. 5 Reply 2 replies @grahamrobson998 @grahamrobson998 1 year ago Thank you Good Job A very calm well balanced interview. 2 Reply @stevenijsse @stevenijsse 7 months ago “” I think “” is The most common word in this video And is representative of People who are stuck in their minds- analysing everything “I feel “ which has not being used has a different meaning And we give everything meaning It’s all illusion 😊 2 Reply @gregmaggio5217 @gregmaggio5217 7 months ago (edited) I was up to 32 ounces of iced coffee per day, as an effort to stay awake in a feast or famen sales job, and although the coffee did keep me alert all day, it also negatively affected my sleep, mood, and anxiety levels. I decided to stop many times, but each time I failed because of the considerable withdrawal headaches that followed. I finally quit for good, and had consequently suffered from debilitating migraine headaches for nearly two weeks, and it was those painful headaches that compelled me never to start with coffee again.. 2 Reply 1 reply @bigben42 @bigben42 1 year ago I like it when he tells me to keep it to myself, it’s a nice trick 4 Reply @thesilverphist6483 @thesilverphist6483 1 year ago channels like this and minds like yours are burning a new path through reality 5 Reply 1 reply @jentom6565 @jentom6565 2 months ago (edited) This CD has three separate relaxation/meditation sessions on it https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxzpa8CIfZcihW4Z0F_ja0QF3W9KIatrsq guided by a very pleasant and direct male voice. Unlike so many other products of its type, this CD does not have bad synthesizer music, does not feature a phony or affected style of narration, and does not make any bogus claims to be subliminal or to re-train the brain or any of that balderdash. What you get is 1. a guided meditation for getting into a pleasantly relaxed state of body awareness while taking a stroll (superb for those easing back into a fitness routine slowly after an illness or injury) 2. A nice long breath-awareness relaxation session that if followed diligently can put you into very deep states of full-body relaxation and mental calmness, and 3. a buddhist-inspired meditation session designed to help you develop and maintain feelings of loving kindness toward not just yourself and your friends, but toward people you don't even like. The CD makes no claims to be designed for advanced meditators or for buddhists or hindus/yoga practitioners looking for very deep and esoteric stuff. It is geared more toward the average person who just wants to develop the habit of relaxation and stress relief through natural, healthy means. him, if you happen to be reading this, keep up the good work fella, and I love your accent. I would also like to note that I have never fallen asleep while listening to this product. I would like to kindly suggest to the reviewer who said this CD makes him fall asleep, that he might want to get checked to see if he has a sleep disorder, or if he is simply not setting aside ample time for restful sleep at night. A healthy person getting adequate rest at night should be able to go into deep states of mental relaxation without dozing off, if not all the time, then most of the time. 37 Reply @GR8APE69 @GR8APE69 6 months ago Steven asked about alternatives to psychedelics that you can use as "a new layer of snow" to fill in your old tracks in the sledding analogy. I would personally recommend mindfulness meditation. Reply @rosavmelo10 @rosavmelo10 2 months ago Amazing conversation! Reply 1 reply @levelupwithada @levelupwithada 1 year ago I love this channel! ❤ 2 Reply 1 reply @kenbranaugh8251 @kenbranaugh8251 7 months ago Good comments. Really impressive how intelligent and sensitive people become when they have a topic that is worthy of them. Usually comment section just makes me despair for mankind because it's just about junk. 1 Reply @tammiepulley7167 @tammiepulley7167 7 months ago I met Pollen in line at the airport and he was very chill and approachable. 2 Reply @monicsala6639 @monicsala6639 11 months ago Some people are naturally curious. I'm the same way and it's annoying to be around people like me . Lol we like to talk and discuss just for the sake of it. My husband is very patient. But having friends who are like minded is amazing. 4 Reply @christineodonnell2431 @christineodonnell2431 8 months ago Plants have consciousness. I've always felt this. Someone recently told me about trees and a scientific experiment. Trees in a certain region were subject to insect attack. A huge population of leaf eating insects would descend and start munching. The Trees would then produce a bitter compound to make the leaves unpalatable to the bugs. A scientist recorded the sound of thousands of bugs munching and played the recording to trees where no insects were present. The Trees reacted to the sound by producing 2 Reply @GavinScrimgeour @GavinScrimgeour 5 months ago My grandfather didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, took part in regular exercise but it was the coffee that killed him in the end - a crate of it fell on his head. Reply @karenpeatey6226 @karenpeatey6226 7 months ago This was awesome - you know to me utube info ipods like this are my pyschadelic - they inspire me to think outside my groove and recapture wonder again 2 Reply @linbaker8452 @linbaker8452 1 year ago What an interesting man! Wow! Thank you both! ❤️ 1 Reply @shannonpeacock307 @shannonpeacock307 6 months ago Can you get Gabor Mate and Michael Pollan on together? That would be amazing. 1 Reply @CraigSmith-ob9lp @CraigSmith-ob9lp 1 year ago Psychedelics “unlearn the unlearning”. Beautiful! 5 Reply @trenomas1 @trenomas1 1 year ago Normally we walk through life with blinkers. This is important. You can't see the whole forest if you're looking for a tree. You can't focus on picking berries if you're distracted by your scratchy shoes. But underneath your skin, in your psyche, and in your regular environment there are agitators and inflamations that you've come to ignore. They are still there. When you take psychadelics you can see them again. 2 Reply @denise2169 @denise2169 7 months ago I totally agree with Pollan about life and about humans being just another life form. Especially in the west, we have become so arrogant about being more important that the rest of life on earth! I do not wonder why the earth and our society is having such difficulty! One day, the earth will claim itself back and Nature will take over again. 😊 1 Reply @jimatsydney @jimatsydney 4 weeks ago I love coffee, not as a daily habit, but as a wonderful recovery lift after I have run a big race like a marathon. Using it every day wrecks it’s specialness. Reply 1 reply @ginomarone8831 @ginomarone8831 5 months ago I am not sure who this guy is however; starting at 17:10 as he’s talking about caffeine, I feel like he’s talking to me lol! This guy is 10000% spot on! My experience is exactly how he describes it to the T! Gonna cut back, maybe I’ll switch to black/green tea and won’t touch it after 10-11 AM. Want my sleep back… :) Reply @janaenae1338 @janaenae1338 1 year ago Ugh!!! I am so happy to be here with you two!!!💖😊💖 1 Reply @anne-marieh6128 @anne-marieh6128 7 months ago Absolutely on Breathing!!!’ Never realized how frequently i was holding my breath when stressed! 3 Reply 4 replies @ONDONNN @ONDONNN 9 months ago Great interview!! Polan is one of the greats researchers of his time. Did you talk to Graham Hancock yet..?! ;) 1 Reply @BL-rb7jm @BL-rb7jm 5 months ago I have been drinking coffee for 40 years and I got off of it for 3 weeks and I thought it was OK to have one coffee per day but then it changed to 2 coffees it Went to more. So I cannot totally quit coffee cold turkey like I did smoking 30 years ago. So the best way I know within myself is cut back every week until you have nothing if you want to quit totally. Right now I consume about 6 cups of coffee. So I'm thinking next week I could do 5 cups. And the week after that down to 4 et cetera andtil I get down to one cup daily for 3 weeks And then a 1/2 a cup For another 3 weeks and then total leash cut it off. Reply @suna033 @suna033 2 months ago Caffeine part starts 17:25 2 Reply @w.v.e.8643 @w.v.e.8643 3 months ago Drinking water can also be bad, it can kill you. I just wanna say: it depends on how you drink coffee. How you prepare it, the grind, the roasting time, the type of beans, the strength. And also the number of cups of coffee per day. Reply @wesleyharris1837 @wesleyharris1837 7 months ago I did one hour of Wim Hof breathing out on my deck after spending 15 minutes in my hot tub while the temperature on the deck was 1 degree Fahrenheit .. the pockets of my gym shorts were turned out and they froze solid the rest of me was about 90° even on the bottom of my feet after an hour I don’t always achieve this level, but evidently breath work is much more powerful than we would think, and we have more control over autonomic metabolism than previously observed in western science. 1 Reply @philstradamus3414 @philstradamus3414 1 year ago Love Michael Pollan! I find his topics super interesting 5 Reply @edmccullough7636 @edmccullough7636 2 months ago You be overly cautious, fearful, rain on the parade, buzz killer Michael….. I love you and pray for you🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻 Reply @chelseajohnston25 @chelseajohnston25 7 months ago I am parasympathetic dominant, so am very non anxious and relaxed… A few cups (double espresso shots) of coffee a day feels fine and I sleep great… I never slept well at any age however until I gave up wheat and processed foods at 21 yrs old. Then my migraines and hypoglycemia and challenges going to sleep dropped away. 1 Reply @javadhashtroudian5740 @javadhashtroudian5740 6 months ago In 1967 when I was a radical Atheist materialist chemist I heard about LSD-25 as a way of "rapid psychoanalysis" I was an absolute need but eventually after much search I managed to buy a sugar cube with 100 mcgm of pure Sandoz 8 hours after ingesting I was a changed person Near the end I had an experience that I could only verbalize as coming face to face with God Since then I suppose I have had 10 psychedelic experiences I'm still understanding things I discovered on that first trip Favorite psychedelic LSD-25 because it has no physical effects I'm now a Follower of Advaita Vedanta In fact I know I (my ego) is a social construct and there's no freewill. I can't say I feel no suffering at all but much less than I would without psychedelics and other altered state of consciousness work Reply @rawgasmiclove @rawgasmiclove 3 weeks ago One of the risks of psychedelics is putting hole's in your light body with recreational use/excess use (which quantity is unique to each individual)... Those hole's provide access to your incarnate vehicle to 'other' than Self 🙏🦋🌿💕 Nobody can or should advise outside of their own experience. Sharing their experience is one thing. Suggesting they know how psychedelics will affect or impact anyone else is a falsehood. Love & Respect to ALL on your journey 🙏❤ Reply @davelewis6256 @davelewis6256 1 year ago Great to get Anthony Hopkins on the show. 1 Reply @Philski-tf6yh @Philski-tf6yh 1 year ago Steven can you stop producing such great content! I’m watching all your interviews and buying all the stuff! This has to stop. 5 Reply @user-le8gr7du2j @user-le8gr7du2j 1 month ago Weaning off caffeine completely is really difficult, because its effect is systemic (nervous system/hormonal activity). Whenever I feel tired during the day, the first thing that comes to mind is coffee or some other caffeinated product. Caffeine whips the adrenal glands to produce too much cortisol (stress hormone), even to the point of shaking hands. Caffeine always reduces the quality of sleep and thus creates the need for constant caffeine consumption. At least athletes understand what too much cortisol means, it means Catabolism. Reply @AnnaArs09 @AnnaArs09 1 month ago There were moments in mt life when coffee's taste got gross for my for some reasons. One time I just stopped drinking coffee for two weeks unintentionally. I was fuzzy and got mild headaches and after two weeks there were no headaches and I was having the best quality sleep every night. That I believe is the cost if drinking coffee - quality of sleep. 1 Reply @benhounslow2714 @benhounslow2714 1 year ago Brilliant this is brilliant It's my dream to meet you Steven and to see one of these live!! Love brother 1 Reply @rwilson7197 @rwilson7197 3 months ago Coffee gave me a hiatal hernia. After teetotaling for 6 months or so, I resumed drinking coffee- decaf only. Still love the taste & no caffeine worries. 1 Reply @dirlenelopez6033 @dirlenelopez6033 7 months ago I never suffered from depression and drink 2 cups a day. I know someone who never drinks coffee and only eats healthy stuff and went to a clinic to treat depression and anxiety... very relative. 2 Reply @grunta101 @grunta101 1 year ago Thankyou for the time stamps, great interview:) 3 Reply @bigears5809 @bigears5809 1 day ago I've never had anxiety, and I love coffee. Not changing Reply @arismarios @arismarios 1 year ago (edited) Steven. I'm a big fan of your podcast. I find great value from the content, and I love your honesty and human approach! Thanks so much. A quick thought. I was just about to click on the video and then the title hit me with a thought...does the thumbnail 'you can fix you brain' suggest we are 'broken' and thus contradicts with your general sentiment with your podcasts that we should love ourselves? Juts a thought. 2 Reply @midgecooper1772 @midgecooper1772 1 month ago I didn't think I would like this man. I'm ashamed to say, I observed his bony face and thought he would annoy me, speaking about caffeine. I watched the whole thing and I LOVE him. Reply 1 reply @mysticmouse7983 @mysticmouse7983 2 months ago Great insight into spirituality Reply @DinaH.-uc4eh @DinaH.-uc4eh 4 months ago Terrence McKenna, an ethno-botanist, has a wide array of talks and essays about psychedelics, food and caffeine and their effects on the evolution of society. Reply @faith5401 @faith5401 6 months ago JESUS saved me from death in car accident n healed my C4, C5 neck fractured. HE healed my anxiety depression too. Thats all i know of, the MOST POWERFUL, MIRACLES I EVER EXPERIENCED IN LIFE. PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE N MERCY 🙏 ✝️♥️♥️♥️ 3 Reply @moxymouse1231 @moxymouse1231 7 months ago Drinking coffee my entire life and has never kept me from having a good night sleep. 1 Reply @ryankmdkt @ryankmdkt 13 days ago This is interesting because there are a plethora of studies delineating the benefits of the ergogenic effects of caffeine; especially the benefits it produces for people that lift weights. So, how do we reconcile the drawbacks of caffeine versus the benefits? Obviously, you have to give up one thing for another or maybe there is a way to optimize both? Drink less coffee, maybe only before a workout to get those benefits but no more than that? Do it before 3 o clock etc. ? Reply @aigul9583 @aigul9583 6 months ago Thank you, Steve, for this podcast with Michael Pollan! Your guests are amazing! Michael taught us a lot about psychedelics and his works are gem for the society. I love your podcasts because you have so wide range of guests and topics to discuss! Keep up the good work and good luck👍 1 Reply @meemaly3412 @meemaly3412 4 months ago 55:30 about the holographic breathwork... important segment... Thanks Steven for the amazing interviews❤ Reply @BrettWarniers @BrettWarniers 1 year ago welp, this settles it, ya boi is heading into the forest, eating a ton of mushrooms and decreasing oxygen flow to the brain while transcending the limiting routines of the snow grooves. Big thanks to both of yall :) Reply 1 reply @STRONGfamVALUEZ @STRONGfamVALUEZ 7 months ago Please do a piece on narcissistic abuse 6 Reply 1 reply @janaenae1338 @janaenae1338 1 year ago Sir, I love listening to you!😊 2 Reply 1 reply @lisengel2498 @lisengel2498 5 months ago (edited) Great learning process “ to give up something” for three Month and find out what your relationship with it is ? … and I admit for me it would be caffeine. I just wonder if it is possible to continue with decaf coffee ? because I love the smell and taste of coffee. 🙃🎶🖤🎵 Reply @SpotlessLeopard @SpotlessLeopard 7 months ago I'm a total caffeine monster and the way I look at it is at least it's not alcohol or narcotics; to me it's pretty harmless. I once counted how many cups I drank in a day by writing it down each time I made one. It came to 17. 2 Reply 3 replies @judithhowell5738 @judithhowell5738 5 months ago I had a dream where I observed myself disintegrate into a smaller smaller forms of physical existence. I went from being human and into a large animal then progressively finding myself in smaller and smaller creatures until I became a spider and still I had the full consciousness that I have that I have as human. after the spider I became a mote of dust floating in the air. I was still conscious and realised that "I am". So I believe now that even dust is self aware and sentient. Nothing exists without a mind or outside of the mind of God. Nothing can ever be destroyed. Self awareness is absolute, for everything. Even dirt. 1 Reply @stellarobinson3789 @stellarobinson3789 6 months ago So Fascinating, what an intelligent man. So Sad , he not keep the Cow tho. Surely he made friends , with him.? Anyway , wow , very insightful on Coffee and Phycadelics. The most high IQ ever this man has. Love .😀❤ Reply @NannyOggins @NannyOggins 2 months ago Stephen you really do find the most fascinating people to interview, this was so incredible! Thank you for consistently opening up my world. 4 Reply @felipearbusto9744 @felipearbusto9744 2 months ago 22:58 Surely the invention of the light bulb is more to blame than coffee for screwing up our circadian rhythm. Then the TV and now mobile media in our pocket. So switch off those devices earlier and light a candle instead. Thank you for uploading and sharing. 😀 1 Reply @AimEmery @AimEmery 7 months ago I remember when I had been off caffeine for a couple years, then when I restarted it in the morning, I just fell asleep one hour earlier. Reply @harris4041 @harris4041 3 months ago Personal experience: if you are fasting, coffee withdraw symptoms are gone, no headaches or anything. Reply @teachatami45 @teachatami45 7 months ago Shaming people that are shameless is impossible. I still believe shaming people is just part of the process. Reply @zell7792 @zell7792 1 year ago Great podcast! One question re Coffee does decaf solve the issue of caffeine for those who like the taste? 2 Reply 1 reply @vesnaya999 @vesnaya999 7 months ago I knew a grandma who lived 111, smoked few cigarettes and consumed 3 cups of coffee till her last day. There are no rules that apply to all. 435 Reply 91 replies @James-sc1lz @James-sc1lz 1 month ago (edited) Extremely interesting. I’m subscribed Great questions as always. Two highly intelligent people in the same room. What’s not to like. 1 Reply @nudisco300 @nudisco300 1 month ago (edited) Some people just can't take caffeine and it makes them anxious. I can't live without it - it makes me happy, alert, I sleep well, I wake up energetic. Without caffeine I'm depressed, sluggish, foggy and non productive. I think people are physiologically different. It's not for all but I love it. 5 or 6 black coffees are good for me a day. I actually feel better drinking coffee than alcohol. As I've got older alcohol deadens me and makes me less funny and energetic. Coffee does the opposite. Reply @DefaultName-mr3sp @DefaultName-mr3sp 2 months ago Love the answer…breaking habits and do new things Reply @pacorabanne9995 @pacorabanne9995 2 months ago I don't know if it gives them a buzz.. lovely, well done sir. Reply @cyberghost4043 @cyberghost4043 6 months ago This is so interesting man😊❤🙏 Reply @Star-zr4ls @Star-zr4ls 1 year ago They were returning my gaze. 🙌🏻 3 Reply @randersonwilliams @randersonwilliams 1 year ago I read his book a while ago and have had some incredibly enlightening experiences on mushrooms. How do I get to be invited into the audience? Reply @NightFlight1973 @NightFlight1973 3 weeks ago Just gave up caffeine. 3 cups a day resulted in heart palpitations/flip flops. After 24hrs of quitting, that cleared up. But, I'm in withdrawal fog. All my symptoms mirror whats said here. I've given up alcohol and other drugs and I can say that caffeine is by far the hardest to kick. I'm looking forward to the better regulated sleep, I've been insomniac for years. Reply @mikeformby86 @mikeformby86 3 months ago 30 years of acid reflux disappeared as soon as I quit my coffee addiction. I don't miss the ups & downs or spending the $$. Reply @PkmnMasterHolly @PkmnMasterHolly 7 months ago Thank you for this video!! 🔥 🥰 1 Reply @cyrusken6400 @cyrusken6400 1 year ago Thanks Steve. This Videos been awesome Reply 1 reply @Thedesertguy75 @Thedesertguy75 3 months ago I'm in my first week and the first few days were rough, mild headaches, some anxiety,and difficulty focusing. Today I felt a calm and peace of mind I haven't felt in years. I never thought caffeine was a real problem until I stopped. My stomach isn't as bloated, my skin feels more hydrated, no mid-day crashes....thank goodness....and my sleep has gotten so much better. My mood has improved which is great. I don't feel like a freaking Grinch every morning! 😊 Holy crap, it's just another legal drug that eats away at the nervous system, the gut, and the mind....it might as well be liquid cocaine... because those are the effects it has in the body. I hope to never touch it again. Health truly is number 1 in healing...the mind will follow...!Cheers!!😮🎉 5 Reply 1 reply @emastrovito @emastrovito 3 months ago Apart from being addictive, for many people coffee also acts as an excuse for consuming sugar or sugary foods. Reply @bradley244ify @bradley244ify 6 months ago I just participated in 😂a viewing of Henry Lewis Gates latest movies on the hot stories of black people and their contributions to the building of the United States. In the discussion afterward I noted how black English has become so much more mainstream in the last 50 years. This is something I have noted with my Maine cousins in that time period as well . Obviously the television and now tablets and cellphones have homogenized the English language to a large extent. This is just one way in which cultures are converging. It is important. Next we need more movement of more people to live in communities and neighborhoods with each other and churches with each other in order to make familiarity part of everyone’s daily lives. Addressing racial hatred can only be addressed when people live together and see each other as neighbors and friends. Maybe we need to start having coffee together. Reply @sweetbe49 @sweetbe49 7 months ago Change comes from each one of us from within. Then it will apply to Our Laws . 1 Reply @frisera4005 @frisera4005 1 month ago It was mentioned by mr Pollan that caffeine provides energy when consumed. Im guessing it was just poorly worded but the caffeine doesn't directly provide energy in the sense of supplying calories or fuel to your body, however it can certainly make you feel more energized and awake. Reply @timfallon8226 @timfallon8226 7 months ago The BLM phenomenon really hit me as a white man, I think education is the answer. But how do we teach these people to stop committing so much crime, to stop taking drugs and to stop resisting their lawful arrest? Reply @SpaceMuffin @SpaceMuffin 9 months ago He said "i'm not sure if the bees get a caffeine BUZZ" LOL 5 Reply @LG-qb3wk @LG-qb3wk 1 year ago Great conversation. I struggle with sleep so will try restricting my tea and coffee intake 2 Reply @sethkimtie2505 @sethkimtie2505 8 months ago His withdrawal symptoms were the same as mine but from dipping tobacco. I struggled with withdrawals ( vail of reality, moody can’t concentrate with anything , anxiety, cotton mouth always when waking up ) and had to go for my next high. I left dipping cold turkey last year June and never looked back. Knowing you are a slave to something would make me very sad and every time you fail, you get more angry with yourself on why you are still using and makes you depressed. But once you put your foot down you will not loose the war . 2 Reply @beanmachine8509 @beanmachine8509 6 months ago Quit caffeine late last year after, no regrets, so nice waking up fresh and not feeling like a zombie until i get that black nectar down me. Reply @mitubolari @mitubolari 1 year ago So so interesting! 👏👏 Reply @gigmeister5399 @gigmeister5399 6 months ago The answer lies within the subconciousness in humans. Intuition vs thought .... a big topic there ~ !! Reply @1NosyRosyWorld @1NosyRosyWorld 1 year ago Oy Vey! I - obviously obliviously - never thought of Coffee as a drug. My addict state is now exposed! Psilocybin has definitely helped me to see my ego as separate from my identity which was harsh and massively refreshing and liberating. Thank you for this lovely podcast! #SouthAfricaLove to you! 3 Reply @BLAQFiniks @BLAQFiniks 9 days ago I have a titbit about traveling: maybe even 10 years ago it was true (seeing new things, different brands, etc.), but now corporations killed it - you arrive to a different country and you see the SAME products (foods, clothing, gadgets, etc.) over and over again, even modern architecture tends to be the same concrete/glass box everywhere. It's really depressing... I was lucky as my family had annual vacations in different European countries (sometimes more than one per Summer) since I was five (year 1994) - then every country truly was different, despite already having Coca-Cola & McDonald's everywhere, the LOCAL brands & foods were very much dominating the market. Nowadays... I do not see the difference between countries anymore, no authenticity, and the same big names on every shelf~ Reply @denisedecker7330 @denisedecker7330 3 weeks ago I think it speaks volumes that he stated none of the research scientists he questioned drinks coffee. Reply @67maezinha @67maezinha 7 months ago I drink 3 cups of coffee a day. I sleep very well, at least 8 hrs a night. I do not suffer from anxiety or depression, on the contrary, I am very calm. I am 56 years old and I have been drinking coffee since I was a child. In my country, Brazil, in my time it was normal to give coffee to children. My grandfather had a small farm where he planted coffee. I learned the whole process of preparing coffee until it was roasted, ground, and filtered. All my family drinks coffee. My grandparents died of natural causes in their late 90s. Maybe caffeine tolerance is linked to some genetic factor. 2 Reply 4 replies @MindLifeFlow @MindLifeFlow 1 year ago Hi Steven and others watching this - wow! fascinating video to watch right? Michael Pollan has such useful advise - what is your take home message from this? 2 Reply @chloeherron @chloeherron 10 months ago LOVED THIS 1 Reply @AbbyS.Pumpkins @AbbyS.Pumpkins 1 year ago Coffee improves my digestion, energy, focus, productivity, creativity, and sense of well-being. I love you coffee. ☕️ ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ 10 Reply @nicolarollinson4381 @nicolarollinson4381 5 months ago Habits destroy our sense of wonder. A habit is a rut that gets deeper and deeper until you can't see over. Its relentless and utterly boring for me. But....some people are happy to live like that. They feel secure. Reply @zipkeen8339 @zipkeen8339 6 months ago i think there is a huge difference for me at least between black coffee and coffee with cream and/ or sugar Reply @teachertrx1204 @teachertrx1204 7 months ago Rupert Sheldrake, biologist from Oxford, has studied consciousness and telepathy between humans and animals. Check him out. He's way ahead of this guy 2 Reply @anthonyhemmens6481 @anthonyhemmens6481 1 month ago 'One death is a tragedy, one million deaths are a statistic!' It is our ability to connect with narrative, and our limited ability to connect beyond narrative, that explains the sorrow over a single cow and not the sorrow over a whole system of exploitation. Reply @randylaney3330 @randylaney3330 6 months ago Great talks Stephen Reply @adambutterworth7608 @adambutterworth7608 1 year ago I swear the thumbnail has changed about 3 times already since this got uploaded. 😂😂 It was something about Psychedelics this morning now it’s about caffeine and it was something else. Which is interesting because I didn’t click on it on the first 2 thumbnails but I clicked now. 5 Reply 1 reply @cherylbush9780 @cherylbush9780 5 months ago Wonderful interview. Reply @meetalitalpade @meetalitalpade 10 months ago I really like your Videos. You ask really amazing questions that are not just superficial, but you could go in deep. Steven I would like to know how you worked on yourself. Maybe Interview yourself? 1 Reply @teresastuart1516 @teresastuart1516 6 months ago I am 88 years old woman. From Bay Area in California. I can walk and stand straight. Exercise at home. 5 ft 6. 125 weight. I drink coffee every day but only 1 to 2. I was a runner when I was young. I don’t smoke ever also never drank any kind or liquor. No sugar or meat but fish and vegetables and fruit. On vacation over seas Far East. Thanks 😊 1 Reply 1 reply @DebbieBlanke @DebbieBlanke 13 days ago And then there is pure enjoyment. My morning Italian-brewed espresso is a ritual of sunshine. Ain’t nobody taking my sunshine. Reply @drewmccormick1089 @drewmccormick1089 1 year ago Such an amazing episode thank uoy Reply 1 reply @alaine5083 @alaine5083 1 year ago I've been 'clinically diagnosed' and took big pharma n got addicted... Fixed the addiction with INDEGINOUS MEDICINE have maintained excellent mental health for about 4 years now... I took LSD a month ago and OMG doctors shudve given me that stuff in the first place, cldnt believe how authentically happy I was feeling n laughed so much my tummy hurt... Can't wait to try shrooms 5 Reply 3 replies @xeropunt5749 @xeropunt5749 7 months ago Your faith & God’s grace. Knowledge & hard work. Prudence & courage. Discipline & perseverance Patience & solitude. You won’t feel lost & searching the bushes for meaning… Reply @newhealingfunandknowledge7785 @newhealingfunandknowledge7785 6 months ago I had Panic from the start and everything I learned is closed behind my safe place (my own phantasy) but I always lived with natural materials. So big money was never my dream, I just have to survive? Reply @sofiasaviranta5640 @sofiasaviranta5640 1 month ago Black coffee, no sugar is comfort and home for me.. though I got a suspected ADHD so it also work for naptimes 😅 Reply @joannetyrrell364 @joannetyrrell364 1 month ago This man needs to have a conversation with Russell Brand. His revelations on spirituality are so similar. ( Brand, previous episode) Reply @petemarkey626 @petemarkey626 7 months ago I have never heard of Michael, i feel i've missed a mentor; how could this happen? Answer... when you are ready a teacher will appear. Reply @frusia123 @frusia123 7 months ago Saving one animal won't change the whole meat industry, it will however change everything for that animal. It's the same with humans - I'm sure the speaker would appreciate his life being saved even if his life doesn't mean all that much from the perspective of the planet. 3 Reply 1 reply @windydays5023 @windydays5023 1 year ago amazing, great work! Thank you for putting such a great video! Reply @thomashelm4788 @thomashelm4788 1 year ago I would love to see Christian Horner on the podcast Reply @adamant6184 @adamant6184 7 months ago Wow hope they started a AA meeting for us caffine junkies!!! Reply @rickutttonolastnamelmao9688 @rickutttonolastnamelmao9688 5 months ago Wha5 a fantastic and enlightening chat. Cheers to something new an$ Frank the cat! Michael pollan-you changed my life years ago❤️🙏🌻🌞🍎🍄🌿🌈🌏 Reply @affiliatemarketingtraining @affiliatemarketingtraining 7 months ago Seeking new projects, learning new things... I feel consciousness is an adaptive tool.... 🤩 🎶 🤗 2 Reply @markjohnnojohnson5352 @markjohnnojohnson5352 1 year ago I need to change my mindset from suicidal to living.. I feel like I am surviving not thriving.😢 4 Reply 8 replies @brenellhornsby6566 @brenellhornsby6566 7 months ago If you are sincerely working on the Soul, you will question whether or not the franchise needs to exist. 1 Reply @djnv4702 @djnv4702 2 weeks ago (edited) Haha, even when I was a child I used to feel like plants had consciousness. Today, I give my plants names. I’ve notice plants do better when they’re in groups with other plants. I believe everything God has made has a bit of His fingerprints on or in them. (Having said that, we use to experiment with mushrooms and once I took LSD when I was 19. Saw rainbows in water, felt like a munchkin, heard weird sounds, was high for several hours. I never took again bc my brain was fried to the point I couldn’t count change for a day after. I came to the conclusion I liked being sane more than I liked to go to fantasy land.) Reply @deviladvocate9887 @deviladvocate9887 9 months ago Anything important that psychedelics will teach you is you have something called (will) composed of few functions and construct within it that actualised it's what control what conditions of your existence. It's remote control panel is akash. You can heal all you want if those are locked in perpetuity to self sabotage so will you. Other self awareness can abuse it or through your own ignorance or you can be binded so that another has power over you. There is no victims only ignorant beings since you placed yourself in state of disposition. On psychedelics there are intellects which have no singular identity that can help you get unstuck - result automated reset to authentic self. But note there can be layers, distractor implants or fragments of others beings interfering. Karma is imposing your will on others which means others will be able to force impose into you. That's all. Reply @iflow6306 @iflow6306 1 year ago The state on psychedelics is actually the right state and what it actually is, the "correct" world inside us and around us is exactly as it is on psychedelics...and our life that we think we live is just an illusion 1 Reply @tubermind @tubermind 3 months ago I live in the US, born and bred here. I have always observed and seen that living beings of all sizes and shapes have a consciousness. I'll be 64 soon. I wouldn't presume that there's a huge "we" which takes the hardline materialistic view. Our voices are just ignored, pitied, or mocked, often. So naturally it's been a very painful experience to see over my lifetime how the natural world is so taken for granted and treated with such arrogance and insensitivity. I won't say 'we' - I will say 'they' are killing our natural world. It's hard not to imagine that that's deliberate, however. Reply @kellyrichardson9562 @kellyrichardson9562 1 year ago Cannot wait to listen to this. I have a feeling this is going to be insightful and full of little nuggets of knowledge! Thanks in advance, Steven and Co! 3 Reply The Diary Of A CEO · 1 reply @bergerkos @bergerkos 2 weeks ago Thank you for your effort to organize this interview with an interesting person. But the SHOCKING truth about caffeine? Which one was it? I never heard it in this interview. 1 Reply @itsjustchristina7796 @itsjustchristina7796 7 months ago I have had many profound breakthroughs by stimulating both hemisphere s with music specifically drum n bass... And THC in meditation... MULTIPLE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS... however my brain losses sensitivity to music tones until I give myself a break... Reply @areid5907 @areid5907 2 months ago Caffeine use: "you are borrowing the energy from the future rather than creating it out of nothing," Reply @richardkasper5822 @richardkasper5822 1 year ago (edited) Loch ness monster was first reported by St Columba it's a fascinating story. 2 Reply @Zanelily @Zanelily 5 months ago I replaced coffee with cacao and the difference in my mental health and energy levels is night and day . Reply @tanakamawere @tanakamawere 1 year ago In all these conversations about spirituality, I like how scientists (or self-acclaimed objective people) borrow the idea of God, but leave Him or the being of God out. 16 Reply 2 replies @stargazerbird @stargazerbird 1 month ago I moved to Singapore from the uk 8 years ago. It was amazing. I loved the freshness and everything being so new. After a few years of course it wears off (although Covid lockdowns etc was another newness) and now we are going back to the uk. But I am sure I don’t want to ‘go back’ to the familiar. Looking to travel a lot more and maybe get a job in another country again. Reply @sandrag8656 @sandrag8656 1 year ago The is nothing more powerful then psychedelics. 2 Reply 3 replies @MoloiGWetsi @MoloiGWetsi 7 months ago So, what about those who drink coffee before they sleep and still manage to sleep? This is me 1 Reply 1 reply @heide-raquelfuss5580 @heide-raquelfuss5580 1 month ago (edited) Alcohol, coffee, sugar, sweeteners are causing my horrible state of mind and body. Chronically anxiety- panic attacks during my whole life. What caused mine>>> Sugar, sweeteners, coka cola, fanta, sprite, basically all sodas. Bread, cereal, pasta, cookies, pastries, chocomilk. Coffee, wine, beer, liquor. Some veggies. Cooking oils, mais, arachide, corn, canola etc. It is just horrible how sick i felt and still feel ( discovering my healing ) and how much sick people i see exist, just because we live and eat unhealthy. What people push us to be, to do, to eat, to this and that. Everything of modern life and the elites who are in charge and gov. are causing mental health problems to an extend that human kind never experienced before. Just horrible.😢 1 Reply @yearsapart9240 @yearsapart9240 1 year ago I quit caffeine cold turkey... for about an hour... it was the hardest hour of my life. Cigarettes were easier to quit!! 😑 1 Reply @janaenae1338 @janaenae1338 1 year ago ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💙💚💛🧡❤️ we are all the same person, living life in a bunch of different bodies!! Which means that... Every person that you meet...is really just YOU.... LIVING IN ANOTHER BODY!!! You see...you are INTERACTING with YOURSELF at ALL TIMES! & Once you understand this...you understand UNITY!✨ 🌈I and my father are one☀️✨ ✨❤️✨🧡✨💛✨💚✨💙✨💜 ✨🌈Love thy neighbor as thyself☀️ YOU ARE ME AND I AM YOU!!! I'll always be with you!!!🤗♥️🤗♥️🤗♥️ -God 3 Reply @EthanE3 @EthanE3 7 months ago I need to end my caffeine intake but I just don't do it. I believe it negatively affects my sleep, nervous system, and stomach. How do I stop? Sitting in the morning, sipping warm black coffee and getting that rush of alertness and motivation great. After about 3 hours, the rest of the day I suffer the consequences. Caffeine is a drug for me. Black coffee even elevates my blood sugar. Probably from cortisol Reply @i.m.9583 @i.m.9583 4 months ago Mix coffee always with L-Theanine. Every morning I tale 400-600mg L-Theanine and then after I take my triplle espresse. Makes you more focus and not shittery or nervous. Also green tea has l-theanine inside that's why it's a better alternative to coffee. 1 Reply @theshawlknitter-unplugged1863 @theshawlknitter-unplugged1863 7 months ago How do I find your other interviews with Michael Pollon? Reply @SN-jh3bb @SN-jh3bb 7 months ago (edited) interesting how lately people high in psychotic thought disturbance are pushing their magical realities as if those without such traits would hold anything of the type before or after. Reply @soomalubinda5002 @soomalubinda5002 8 months ago In Africa we have known phsycadellics since day one but science rubbed it off as primitivity 1 Reply @spiralsun1 @spiralsun1 7 months ago (edited) People tend to think we are all the same—physiologically or psychologically. When in reality according to science we live in different worlds. When I discovered caffeine late in high school I was suddenly able to graduate and actually participate in sports. I have absolutely no anxiety—perhaps the opposite problem. In addition, I did a DNA Test and found out I have the extra enzyme which breaks down the caffeine extra quickly. Like in 2 as opposed to 4 hours. So genetically, physiologically, I can drink 4 cups of coffee when someone more average would not be able to do that. I can drink coffee and fall asleep. No problem. Just wanted to be a voice in the wilderness of the mountain if data in the middle-of-the-bell-curve. Averages and means destroy everything truly interesting about individuals. The larger picture is to not lose yourself with general advice. Humans project how they are onto others even without the institutionally solidified prejudices of averages. That’s why war and conflict exist. 5 Reply @rochi_mochi_co @rochi_mochi_co 1 month ago I don't want to live to 100... I just want to be as healthy as I was when I was 30 😢 miss those days Reply @RealityCheck6969 @RealityCheck6969 2 months ago I love coffee but every time I drink it my day get 26-27 hour long. Even if I drink it early morning sleep won’t come at the regular hour. Every time. And that brakes my sleeping hour habit. Reply @anitab.1176 @anitab.1176 1 month ago " we don't know if the bees get a buzz" 😅😅😅 Reply @sarahwales6276 @sarahwales6276 1 year ago I thought he might have formed some kind of an attachment to that poor animal and saved its life. I can't believe he didn't even allow the people who wanted to save it to buy it. Saving one animal won't change the meat industry but it means everything to that one animal. I had cows for up to 20 years until they passed. Humans can be so selfish, he couldn't see that it Became about one cow. 1 Reply @louisfeyt4188 @louisfeyt4188 8 days ago if you do nothing today, nothing will change tomorrow. If you do SOMETHING today, tomorrow has already changed 1 Reply @Sunnahiman @Sunnahiman 7 months ago The true spiritual connection is when you think of God and all of creation. I did experience a communication with a plant I replanted in my yard i witnessed the plant feelings and watched when it was sad when I moved it all this was a natural high on nature. I need no drugs to appreciate life. Plants communication with humans are true my experiences was scary amazing. 3 Reply @staycurious3954 @staycurious3954 3 months ago I drink a decent amount of espresso every morning from a Moka pot. I quit once and noticed my joints quit hurting. I guess I should go ahead and stop again. I love chocolate though 😊 Reply @qine6559 @qine6559 1 year ago The editing is so good!! I think there is something that is quite refreshing with it! WOW! 1 Reply 1 reply @shirleyclemmer3299 @shirleyclemmer3299 7 months ago Thank you. ❤ Reply @SuzanneU @SuzanneU 5 months ago I have one cup of coffee with heavy cream in the morning. It's one of the great pleasures of my day. 1 Reply @longtalljay @longtalljay 1 month ago I've lived on 12 cups of brew made into 6 liters of cappuccino daily for 24 years (with 60 sachets of mixed artificial sweeteners). Reply @janaenae1338 @janaenae1338 1 year ago I love you so much!!!💓🤗💓 3 Reply 1 reply @jennieguy8625 @jennieguy8625 4 months ago (edited) Each plants DNA has a guardian have shrooms meditate and you can meet them !! ENERGY 👍 Castaneda 👍👏 1 Reply @babysq7777 @babysq7777 7 months ago Interesting that there was no emotional attachment to his character 534...to the point where he didn't even allow his readers to save him, all to make a point that saving one doesn't change anything 🤔 2 Reply 1 reply @STRONGfamVALUEZ @STRONGfamVALUEZ 7 months ago This is truth. I's it would eliminate more narcissistic an then what would happen ..peace n earth as we can understand Reply @pastryshack551 @pastryshack551 7 months ago I can tell you for sure that 2 cups of coffee in the morning sends my pressure in a high scale 166 over 118 never have I seen my pressure at that level. I have to try very hard to stop using coffee 1 Reply 1 reply @anitaaggarwal113 @anitaaggarwal113 6 months ago There's is a book you people may enjoy....The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby. Reply @ek6321 @ek6321 1 year ago The three-pound tofu between our ears doesn't produce consciousness, but rather reduces its volume to make it bearable. 3 Reply 1 reply @stanphillips7277 @stanphillips7277 7 months ago I'm living in a nursing home at 51 with emphasema and, anxiety, insomnia, and panic attacks. All well managed with opiates, benzodiazopines. I'm a recovered (or recovering if you'd prefer) alcoholic. I've used most drugs but, cocaine at 15 was my only addiction to so called "Hard Drugs" . I've used LSD in my youth but, not enough to have anything like a spiritual experience. I've given up alcohol, cigarettes and I have just one 8 oz cup of coffee a day. The problems with nursing homes (at least in the US) , these for-profit, terrible places that those who aren't wealthy, or have no family willing to take care of them are more than I'd have time for so, I'll stick to this. I've used marijuana (psychotropic not psychedelic) for all the yrs of my life save . The one I stuck strictly to the teaching of Alcoholics Anonymous which suggest no mind or mood altering drugs.The benefits (for me at least) for me are so many. Creativity, a sort of laser focus that I'll describe using an example. I watched wheel of fortune and jeopardy in that order and was unable to concentrate enough to play "Wheel" as well as I normally did, so I smoked and I got every answer (question right) to single jeopardy right for the first time ever. It helped me with depression and anxiety and as a lover of music and guitar player the ability to hear things I'd never heard before in songs I knew well (cliche maybe) . It calmed me and helped me get excited and curious about things I'd have otherwise found mundane . Patience and the greatest thing is after many seizures from withdrawal symptoms due to alcohol withdrawal and finally going to AA meetings I'd still relapse every few months for a couple of yrs . Finally I had a reunion with some close friends I'd not seen in a few years. I smoked a little and resisted any desire to join in drinking. I began smoking at night after I was finished work and concisely put, I went a full year without alcohol. I'm not recommending this for everyone and I'd be dead without AA. These abominations, these for-profit nursings homes even though my state passed a law yrs ago legalizing medical marijuana, it's still illegal at the federal level. So even if it may be a great opportunity for pain management after I broke my back (fractured a vertebrae) and, insomnia, depression (which doesn't help my appetite) and general quality of life. I'm not the same person as Michael said of coffee. BTW I used to drink a couple of pots a day because circumstances demanded me to work exhausted. I once used deep breathing exercises I learned at a young age to help with insomnia and although it didn't help with the insomnia it was effective in situations where I was nervous and I even had a nurse tell me to stop once because she couldn't take an accurate pulse . I truly enjoyed this interview on so many levels but, I'm so cut off from most of the things I'm curious about that while writing all of this I have become upset by my own situation. This of course doesn't detract from how well I enjoyed the interview with Michael and Michael, as an interviewer you asked all the right questions and, you're interjections were interesting and perfectly timed and quite appropriate. I'm going to subscribe to your channel BTW. I've looked at just some of the people and topics on your channel and, so far I like what I've heard so you'll be among a very elite group . I don't subscribe to just anyone. You'll have to forgive my mad diatribe, I'm at the end of quite a long and arduous day. 1 Reply 3 replies @jamespotts4848 @jamespotts4848 7 months ago (edited) I've tried coffee for a while, but later realized what it was doing to me and made the choice to stop using. Now all I use is pure water and nothing else. Learn what archons are and how they effect you. Reply @evelynramos445 @evelynramos445 1 month ago New word who brought it up! Cashed in Reply @briangrigsby1842 @briangrigsby1842 7 months ago who would have thought anything with a title of diary of a CEO could possibly be interesting. Reply @williamhilliard7386 @williamhilliard7386 3 weeks ago Thought should be like food , diversity of perspective. Reply @jeannemeger5491 @jeannemeger5491 1 year ago Consciousness is knowing myself as the same me from baby me to senior me. That is real and true. 3 Reply 4 replies @dalerohling5989 @dalerohling5989 1 month ago (edited) My moment of self discovery came when returning from a cannabis fast where clarity of my life and purpose came in an instant followed by three months if what I’ll call repentance, joy, and happiness. Seven months since, “I” has little significant difference to “all”. Health and vitality have emerged along with a redefinition of what God/Nature is has reversed from the objective(outward) to the subjective(subjective). All relationships are in a process of rebuilding. Miracle is the word to describe this experience. I am not this body, identity, or name any more, and the world is the great wide open. Reply @susanshaver912 @susanshaver912 1 month ago (edited) Still have a problem with sleep and I only have coffee about two days a month. Uh oh, insects have sentience ... I just flushed one that was in my house down the toilet. Sigh. I haven't done psychedelics but have meditated a lot. I am listening to Michael's concern that people are going to get hurt. "Habits blind us to reality". Yes, love is the most important thing in the world! Comfort zones are a problem. I am 77 and love traveling to new places. I used to do breathing exercises, I need to get back to that! What a great interview! I have always felt that habits are deadening! Reply @jdt8983 @jdt8983 1 year ago Yeah I used to virtue signal bit. But felt like a hypocrite so I quit. Not sure how to fight certain systems or if I had the power to change certain ones - how I would go about it. I think there are a lot of people out there like me. As for the factory farming Im mostly vegan and occasionally eat farm to fork. But then I hit a punching bag which is likely a product of extreme animal abuse. But again - me hitting a punching bag = everyone trying to save his one cow. And being vegan counts a little more but still doesn't quite fight the system intelligently. I think a lot of people would fight certain regulations if they had the time and energy to educate themselves and had the insight on where to begin Reply @etandrepont @etandrepont 7 months ago I gave up caffeine 13 years ago. I’m happier being myself as well as being addictive free! Sugar is my only vice that I’m wanting to tackle. As of late I’m taking in tons of bitter that curbs your cravings for sweets and breads. 1 Reply @MrTuncayKaradeniz @MrTuncayKaradeniz 7 days ago I'm a coffee addict. I will stop consuming immediately because I want to sleep. Reply @Test21Test @Test21Test 1 year ago Great work bro! Not sure about the 'I hope nobody is listening, but if you are, please keep it to yourself' line lol 5 Reply @nikcrosina @nikcrosina 1 month ago If you want to talk about coffee houses, then please don't mention the ones in London (did they even HAVE any, before Starbucks and colleagues) but mention the ones in Vienna. They are really one of the 'presents to the world' that Vienna bestowed onto the future inhabitants of this planet. Reply @teachatami45 @teachatami45 7 months ago Coffee is natural. Have it early in the morning and other natural things and go to sleep at the end of the day. 1 Reply @mphoasmapatel2090 @mphoasmapatel2090 1 year ago 🌝it’s something alright?would love to learn more,having had experience from it!. Reply @TheDavidlloydjones @TheDavidlloydjones 3 months ago Re Pollan's good and interesting "pests" stuff: statistic du Jour: if you spray standard bed-bug killer on bed bugs, it will kill 14% of them; if you spray pure water n bed bugs it will kill 14%of them. I mentioned this to our building's twice-a-month bug surveyor and he said "Yeah, everybody knows that -- but the new bug killer just coming out really works on all of them." I think that means "Stay tuned for the new bugs, just coming out..." Reply @thelondoners-lifeisart-sup2044 @thelondoners-lifeisart-sup2044 1 year ago Absolutely - cultivate curiosity :) Reply @salahhadji7985 @salahhadji7985 1 year ago Elon musk is the most wanted to see in this podcast 🔥 11 Reply 1 reply @Tienuyan @Tienuyan 2 months ago That biggest cost if you not be Brazilian. As a brazilian, where coffee is pretty much free and we barely spend money to drink it, we are used to 3-6-9 cups per day, and yes, i can drink coffee before sleep and sleep like a teenager. Is all about your body resistance to something. I got stung by a bee last month and felt nothing, if it was my mom, it would be rushing to the hospital. Reply @picilocarnal @picilocarnal 6 months ago Sad that it requires psychedelics (with the paranoia that they also create) to accept the reality of nature that many of us recognize without the need of psychedelics. 1 Reply @marcbooth6707 @marcbooth6707 7 months ago Mr. Pollan should have a conversation with Sadhguru. That would be very interesting. No? Reply @rafelrozon8891 @rafelrozon8891 7 months ago Unfiltered Apple vinegar 1 tablespoon in a glass of water is more effective than caffeine for not feeling sleepy Reply @deschampswhite7374 @deschampswhite7374 7 months ago Candid doctor...so caffeine is not necessarily a demon Reply @thesilverphist6483 @thesilverphist6483 1 year ago I smoked 1/2 a g of DMT , instant breaktrhough 3 Reply @Allplussomeminus @Allplussomeminus 1 year ago (edited) 0:51 Classic Editing with Steve's head turn on Pollan saying "And people are gonna get hurt". 1 Reply @dreamervanroom @dreamervanroom 7 months ago Michael: re the "saving one slave" analogy. There is an old scifi short story that maybe be called "Jerry was a man". I think that would/might interest you. 1 Reply @Daniel-ct8zv @Daniel-ct8zv 1 year ago (edited) He still speaks as if he is an owner of lives, He has good points, he hasn't learned cause i still see his voids... With all those drugs?.. Keep working on it i guess. 1 Reply @dazpatreg @dazpatreg 7 months ago 28:04 such a great subtle pun Reply @viking933 @viking933 3 weeks ago I am 78 years old and drink 3-4 organic Coffee with organic Milk for arround 65 years . And i Love it. Reply @colleenford8583 @colleenford8583 1 year ago Yes. But how can we get some?!? It's so frustrating!! 4 Reply 3 replies @jhelm1712 @jhelm1712 6 months ago That's why bee's are such hard workers and literally keep us alive . Save our bees !!!😁😁 Reply @lawyer1961 @lawyer1961 2 weeks ago Oh... that smell of coffee in the morning... I have a cup of coffee and a cigarette in the morning. 😂😂😂 Friends say I will die, but I feel so happy! I wonder if they will not die. Reply @joyharmon1110 @joyharmon1110 5 months ago we don't know if the bees get a buzz from caffeine.🤣🤣🤣 Reply @goayogastudio6284 @goayogastudio6284 3 weeks ago With the breath meditation, it's not lack of oxygen, it's increase in Prana/Chi .. Your vibration changes to a higher vibration / frequency - this is where the magic lives! You cannot access these states on low vibration / frequency. Reply @sheiladavies7275 @sheiladavies7275 2 months ago I agree that owning assets makes you rich, not spending all your income on depreciating goods. Reply @tamasidinadze471 @tamasidinadze471 1 year ago (edited) 1st comment: Great start to a great day 😌 4 Reply @barrydevine @barrydevine 7 months ago "We don't know if they get a buzz" he says about bees! Reply @greco37 @greco37 2 months ago Psychedelic drugs are not the answer. Fast for a couple of days and and you will see the improvement in your mood as the depression and anxiety begin to level out 1 Reply @Anthony-os8id @Anthony-os8id 7 months ago Might go boil the jug, and have my 11th cup ☕ Reply @cathihargaden1608 @cathihargaden1608 7 months ago Your experience re coming out of cave / is samadhi- space between you and subject is obliterated leaving only one thing every where but it’s an experience an insight but being that all the time is enlightenment it never leaves because u r it ❤hence most of our lives r distraction away from that one truth ❤ Reply @samieramohamed2467 @samieramohamed2467 2 weeks ago Nice talk personal thinking not based on clinical studies. Thanks Reply @It-Is-Finished @It-Is-Finished 1 year ago (edited) Humans didn't come into THE world. We are all growing FROM the universe. We are ONE with God and inside of God. Man, Animals, Plants, Water, Air, etc.. ALL IS ATOM, ALL ARE ONE. Time to start peeling off the FILTERS. 3 Reply @kasparovthegodofwar7752 @kasparovthegodofwar7752 1 month ago I've traded Sugar in for caffeine. Black espresso no sugar no cream. Sugar is the real killer. Caffeine helps me sleep Good. Strength energy and life is thought the roof. Coffee is the magic elixir of life! Reply @silverkitty2503 @silverkitty2503 5 months ago caffeine doesn't make me tired after my chemistry is diff Reply @MistuhLoLo @MistuhLoLo 7 months ago (edited) Did Michael Poll(e)n……just pass up on the opportunity to capitalize on the fact bee’s might get a “buzz” from caffeinated plants 😂 27:58 Reply @lg3494 @lg3494 1 year ago I don't really know why he wouldn't save the cow. It doesn't solve the systematic problems but it would have raised awareness of the problems and potentially inspired people to change. 2 Reply 2 replies @ellishawkins984 @ellishawkins984 5 months ago Mr Pollen saying bees may get a buzz out of caffiene - theres a joke in there somewhere Reply @George-po3fx @George-po3fx 7 months ago How gross. Cold and cruel. Yes one life counts. The fact he wanted to make a point with “his” “individual cow” story for an exposé of the effed up meat industry is important. The fact he remained so detached from this animal indicates his desire to achieve status outweighs his own humanity. 4 Reply 1 reply @vidtrax662 @vidtrax662 7 months ago Our brains and beings are as complex as the galaxies…we all react differently to substances. The variables are endless. A few words can drive a person mental 😅😂 Reply @jbkoa @jbkoa 7 months ago I've listened 3 times now and have yet to hear the " shocking truth about caffeine". I rarely drink coffee and do enjoy a good shroom experience occasionally but back to caffeine. Please enlighten me , what is the shocking truth about caffeine? 1 Reply @CandiceScissorHandz @CandiceScissorHandz 1 month ago I did San Pedro in Peru with a shaman @thediaryofaceo It was thee most amazing thing in the world Breathing with the mountains and connected to a hummingbird that stayed so long and dissecting the pixelated clouds Reply @freezyourit @freezyourit 7 months ago The problem is, some can afford psychedelics, while others can not. So, im not doubting that caffeine is horrible, not doubting that psychedelics can help. What then when we're financially unable to get psychedelics. What happens to the person. Reply @evetteshuk4372 @evetteshuk4372 7 months ago How do you find resources for treatment with psychedelics? Reply @padidanesh4461 @padidanesh4461 1 year ago I was very interested in this topic, but immediately lost interest as the guy says he just let the animal go through the process. No human being with compassion would do such a thing. Using the excuse that saving one will not change the system does not justify letting an animal that you have developed a personal connection with suffer such fate. “I did not eat it”, do you want a medal?! I’m glad that his publication started a positive movement for animal welfare, but I cannot take advice about other areas from such a person. 10 Reply 5 replies @100BlaQRaok.el_1 @100BlaQRaok.el_1 7 months ago The real issue with caffeine is the milk and sweeteners. I drink coffee with honey 90% of the time. Reply 4 replies @rredding @rredding 6 months ago (edited) Ok, reaction #790 here.. ;D Difficult to write something in a few words.. About conscience. There are some interesting, very wise contributions originating from Buddhism and Hinduism.. (Advait Vedanta). Suppose you are a screen, which reflects.. That you are like water, where thoughts come and go like ripples. You ARE NOT your thoughts (this is from Krishnamurti).. you are the Observer and that's conscience. But if you are like this, why wouldn't your dog or cat be like that.. Typical for us humans is that our brains prefer to be in the past or the future, your pet a bit less.. It's more in the now. Would the tree in the forest or in your garden experience it's environment? Does it have some kind of conscience? It responds to its environment and the seasons. Would it experience some kind of feelings? A microbe.. The same? Fungus? You can go even further. After humans, the animal and plant kingdom, there is the mineral kingdom. These are "dead objects". Rock, meteors, stars, but also products made by people. Now we are lost.. A silly thought to propose that these lifeless objects have some kind of concienceness, because we cannot see it, nor imagine that they have it. But like trees have their treeness, rocks may have "rockness" ;) And the Earth as a whole, certainly has conscience (yes, Gaia). It seems Gaia has caught a fever lately.. Reply @Maria2006001 @Maria2006001 7 months ago If I just listen and not watch, Michael Pollan sounds a lot like Mark Hyman :) Reply @juliesaville9241 @juliesaville9241 3 weeks ago How do we obtain some of this sensational substance ? Reply @OnRoadsLessTraveled @OnRoadsLessTraveled 3 weeks ago "we don't know if [bees] get a buzz" from caffeine laced nectar... nice! Reply @DeputyChiefWhip @DeputyChiefWhip 1 year ago (edited) Sorry Steven, but what an absolute load of rubbish. You don't need mind altering drugs to show you the way, you just need a change in behaviour or scenery. By taking psychedelics you're going to open up a can of worms... A user runs the risk of ruining their mental health, unlocking fears or responses that often they won't be able to deal with I know this through experience. This trend of giving hacks like this guy a platform that promotes not dealing with issues and escaping via drugs is disgraceful. 6 Reply 5 replies @CC-cr1oz @CC-cr1oz 7 months ago I drink dark roasted coffee with out sugar or honey or milk, 3 x a day. I'm not addicted. Reply @joanecloete9794 @joanecloete9794 2 months ago Took them sh##mies and the next week had zero nicotine cravings whatsoever. It was wild, cam back at party when I was breathing in all the second hand smoke and I caved Reply @carolp2365 @carolp2365 1 month ago I'm Italian, Espresso run in my blood.☕ Reply @willyouwright @willyouwright 6 months ago he needed to do a fast . that's give you a tonne more clarity and energy that caffeine never could.. Reply @GillCraneJournal @GillCraneJournal 5 months ago 🐝🐝You missed the pun ’ We don’t know if they (the bees) gets a buzz ! ‘ Reply @8Prescott @8Prescott 7 months ago It’s the monetary system! Time for a Resource Based Economy! Reply @d.e.b.b5788 @d.e.b.b5788 7 months ago Let's stop referring to any books as 'New York Times Best sellers'.They are declared this, despite usually not yet even being on the market, nor being bought or sold by the NY Times. It's a 'made up' term, to get people to believe that those books are somehow so popular that they have already sold millions of copies, when they usually haven't even yet sold ONE to any individuals. The closest they can come, is that they just assume that book stores and libraries will buy them in the future. So it's an incorrect term, all to get people to buy something. 1 Reply @mscrunchy68 @mscrunchy68 1 year ago On bees and caffeine:"We don't know if they get a buzz..." baboomcha! 2 Reply @purplegirl8036 @purplegirl8036 6 months ago I’ll give you the answer: no one has done enough experiments on coffee. If you can’t sleep how does that effect you? Reply @itsjustchristina7796 @itsjustchristina7796 7 months ago