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8 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Tue, Nov 28, 201744 mins
Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.

Episode 2
Tue, Dec 5, 201744 mins
From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.

Episode 3
Tue, Dec 19, 201743 mins
Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.

Episode 4
Tue, Dec 12, 201744 mins
Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.

Episode 5
Tue, Dec 26, 201744 mins
Hamilton heads to India to see industrial Ketamine synthesis, and speak with therapists and luminaries in an attempt to understand the role of dissociative anesthetics in society.

Episode 6
Tue, Jan 2, 201844 mins
Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.
Episode 7
Tue, Jan 9, 201844 mins
Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.

Episode 8
Tue, Jan 16, 201844 mins
Deep in the Andean highlands of Peru, Hamilton becomes the apprentice of a local shaman, learning how to use the night-blooming San Pedro cactus as a medicine.