The Hamilton Morris Podcast
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The Hamilton Morris Podcast is a series focused on the chemistry, history, and cultural impact of psychoactive substances
c/hamilton-morris
The Hamilton Morris Podcast is a series focused on the chemistry, history, and cultural impact of psychoactive substances
…he decides to reinvestigate has this premonition has this premonition is exposed to it. Somehow people debate this endlessly. David E. Nichols thinks it was a spontaneous mystical experience. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. I don't understand exactly why he thinks…
…to think that maybe 25 years ago, there was a period where William Leonard Picard or someone like that was working with David Nichols and it was all scientific research and then you look at the circumstances today and David Nichols is you know still…
…that was working with David Nichols and it was all scientific research and then you look at the circumstances today and David Nichols is you know still doing scientific research and the interest in psychedelics is greater than it's ever been and William…
…we go. So I'm really happy to share this interview with Robert Oberlander. He is not a household name like David E. Nichols or Alexander Shulgin or Albert Hoffman, but it's very important to recognize that behind these titans of psychedelic chemistry, there…
…The name was sort of familiar, but he's just one of these names. You see a scientific publication, a paper authored by David E. Nichols, Robert Oberlander, and there's no story behind it. You don't really know who this guy is. And so he brought me up…
…research... seems very mysterious. What kind of person is involved in this world? Who is there? Who is working with David Nichols at that time? Yeah, that's a good question. All right. Well, typically the medicinal chemistry graduate student, somebody with…
…but there were certainly chemists working. And so during these dark ages, there were people like you and people like David Nichols that were continuously researching this area and doing very important work. So it never actually ended. Right. You're right.…
…done about it now. It's over 30 years ago. And I just checked, and yes, it was in 2001, David Nichols published a paper, A Novel Fluorinated Tryptamine with Highly Potent Serotonin 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist Properties, and it's the 4-Fluoro-5-Methoxy-Prolidine…