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Out Of Our Minds

This week, Charles Foster explores how psychedelic drugs are changing lives; and Alan Jenkins on the lure of the open seas.


'Ten Trips: The new reality of psychedelics', by Andy Mitchell

'Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a

guide from the expert', by David Nutt

'I feel love: MDMA and the quest for connection in a fractured world',

by Rachel Nuwer

'Psychonauts: Drugs and the making of the modern mind', by Mike Jay

'Sailing Alone: A history', by Richard J King


Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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