281 - Psychedelics and PTSD

On today’s episode: A new milestone for the Perseverance rover! There’s some promising research into how psychedelics could help treat PTSD All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) . Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how. | Live Science Psychedelic drug ayahuasca could treat PTSD, early studies hint. But exactly how it works isn't clear. | Live Science MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study | Nature Medicine Investigating the safety and tolerability of single-dose psilocybin for post-traumatic stress disorder: A nonrandomized open-label clinical trial | Journal of Psychopharmacology CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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281 - Psychedelics and PTSD is an episode from All Around Science by Bobby Frankenberger.

This episode is 1:01:44 long.

This episode was published on Feb 16, 2026.

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