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Steve Paulson

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show To the Best of Our Knowledge. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, here.

Was Jesus a Shaman?

Three questions for Manvir Singh, author of <i>Shamanism: The Timeless Religion</i>

October 7, 2025

Argue Your Way to a Fuller Life

Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied. Philosopher Agnes Callard on life lessons from Socrates.

January 17, 2025

Out of Your Head

Exploring psychedelic experiences that seem wider than the brain.

August 22, 2024

Is Christianity Based on Psychedelic Trips?

A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.

May 30, 2024

Consciousness, Creativity, and Godlike AI

American writer Meghan O’Gieblyn on when the mind is alive.

May 2, 2024

Will Psychedelics Replace Antidepressants?

Psychedelic treatment is helping patients make difficult emotional breakthroughs.

December 20, 2023

You Can Have Too Much Transcendence

Just ask this religious scholar who took 73 high-dose LSD trips.

November 22, 2023

Our Minds Remain Open When the LSD Wears Off

In a post-trip state, psychedelic researchers are finding, real healing begins.

August 18, 2023

Why Scientists Need to Get High

Psychoactive drugs have long been hailed as miracle cures. But you can only understand the paths they blaze through the mind if you’ve traveled them.

May 23, 2023

The Spiritual Consciousness of Christof Koch

What the neuroscientist is discovering is both humbling and frightening him.

October 13, 2021

The Neurologist Who Diagnoses Psychosomatics

Suzanne O’Sullivan on what medical science is missing about mysterious illnesses.

September 22, 2021

Consciousness Is Just a Feeling

With help from Freud, this neuropsychologist locates consciousness in choice.

March 3, 2021