83: Madison Margolin on Journalism and her Jewish Psychedelic Journey
In this episode, Madison and Jeffrey discuss her Hindu-influenced Jewish upbringing, how she became a journalist, the important role psychedelics have played in her life and Judaism, her living part-time in Israel and being there during the start of the current war, her book, and much more…
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LP561tXLBfA
Learn more:
Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker
Producer: Kait Grey
Editor: Nick Case
Recording date: 10/27/23
https://twitter.com/margolinmadison
https://www.instagram.com/madisonmargolin
https://www.madisonmargolin.com/
https://beherenownetwork.com/category/madison/
Other resources:
Exile & Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground
Amazon: https://hayhs.com/ee_pp_pb_az
Amazon Kindle: https://hayhs.com/ee_pp_eb_az
Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3MCeu6q
Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/3MXvYvF
Booktopia: https://bit.ly/45yoGWc
Books-A-Million: https://bit.ly/3N6Ux9D
Waterstones: https://bit.ly/42drIw9
Indigo: https://bit.ly/4282uzl
Bio:
Best way to contact me is through the contact form on my website: madisonmargolin.com
I'm a writer specializing in psychedelics and cannabis. I also cover Jewish life, science, and other drugs. Based between New York and California, I have written for Rolling Stone, Playboy Magazine, The Progressive Magazine, High Times Magazine, Nylon, Bon Appetit, Broccoli Magazine, LA Weekly, Motherboard, the Village Voice, Tablet, Times of Israel, Merry Jane, the Forward, Narratively, VICE, Cannabis Wire, Miss Grass, Leafly, The Influence, Christian Science Monitor, Freedom Leaf, Inverse, Marijuana Moment, Herb, Deutsche Welle, and other publications.
In addition to writing, I've had the honor to speak about cannabis journalism and cannabis feminism at conferences like AAN (Association of Alternative Newsmedia, San Diego 7/18), Digital Hollywood (Los Angeles 5/18, 10/18), The Rind/Limone Creative's Women in Weed (11/18), The Cannabis Media Summit (12/18), and so forth.
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
12:07 – Education
23:52 – Jewish Psychedelic Scene
25:57 – Early Career
32:24 – Current Endeavors
34:24 – State of Psych Movement
41:24 – Set and Setting Podcast
43:15 – Exile & Ecstasy
46:47 – Ram Dass
50:10 – Tzfat
53:04 – Ayin Press
55:06 – October 7th
1:06:29 – When Work Affected Change
1:08:17 – Mentor
1:11:47 – Ask Jeff a Question
1:15:54 – Most Grateful for
1:17:23 – Snap Your Fingers
1:18:10 – How to Support