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The conversation at the crossroads of faith & psychedelics.

Pastors and priests, veterans and healers, researchers and seekers. Long, honest conversations about what happens when people of faith meet the mystery.

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Rob Nelson

Biologist and documentary filmmaker, back from Ep. 20

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EP. 045OCT 21, 20261 HR 45 MIN

Rob Nelson returns

Biologist, filmmaker, and our guest from Episode 20

Rob is a biologist who uses new media and documentary filmmaking to help people understand complex scientific topics. Much of his educational work is experiential: he and his family test out, or live through, the things he teaches. He's back to pick up where Episode 20 left off.

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“A thoughtful conversation on the topic of psychedelics, among people of faith.”
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Forty-plus conversations is a lot of listening. These are good doors in.

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Meet the host

Clint shares a short biography and why the topic of psychedelics matters to a man of faith. Twenty minutes, and the best place to begin.

21 MIN
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Dr. William Richards

The psychologist and author of Sacred Knowledge, one of the pioneers of research into psychedelics and religious experience, joined by returning guest Jonathan Hansen.

2 HR
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Rev. Hunt Priest

An Episcopal priest who took part in the Johns Hopkins and NYU psilocybin study of religious leaders, and founded Ligare to explore it in a Christian framework.

1 HR 17 MIN
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    Your host

    Meet Clint Kyles

    Clint lives in the southern United States with his wife and three children, where they are active members of their church and community.

    He started the podcast in 2021 to make room for a conversation most churches aren't having yet: what psychedelics are, what they aren't, and what people of faith are finding on the other side of the experience.

    Moderator, Psilocybin Conference 2024Plus 8 guest appearances on other shows
    Off the mic

    Faith, family, and the occasional blimp

    The show is one part of a full life. Here's some of the rest of it.

    Clint and his wife on their wedding day
    Where it started
    A young Clint holding his newborn child
    Becoming Dad
    Clint with ashes on his forehead
    Ash Wednesday
    Clint in hunter orange holding a large lion's mane mushroom
    Lion's mane, found wild
    Clint in front of the Christ of the Ozarks statue
    Christ of the Ozarks
    Clint standing in front of the Goodyear blimp
    Hello, blimp
    Recording with Dr. William Richards and Jonathan Hansen
    Recording Ep. 036
    In other rooms

    Clint, on other shows

    Interviews and panels where the questions get turned around on the host.

    Psilocybin Conference 2024 poster naming Clint Kyles as moderator
    The bookshelf

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    Books from guests of the show and the voices that shaped the conversation. Most of the authors have sat down with Clint.

    Psychedelics and Christian Faith by Ron Cole-Turner, with a foreword by Rev. Hunt Priest, our guest on Episode 005.

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