A Short, Strange Trip

In 1971, five hippies made a trek through the Amazon looking for rare psychedelic drugs. One of them was Terence McKenna, who, along with his brother Dennis, would go on to change the way Americans thought about “magic mushrooms” forever. We talk to John O’Connor, author of “A Short, Strange Trip: An Untold Story of Magic Mushrooms, Madness, and a Search for the Meaning of Life in the Amazon.” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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A Short, Strange Trip is an episode from The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura.

This episode is 00:19:29 long.

This episode was published on Apr 9, 2026.

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