Today’s episode announces my new freelance business: White Whale Creations.
https://www.whitewhalecreations.com/

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For today’s interview:
Why did the cannabis plant evolve cannabinoids? How do scientists study them?

Matthieu Conroy worked at the Institute of Cannabis Research in the lab of Dr. Sang Hyuck Park where he tried to answer these problems. Today he tells us about the leading hypotheses for the evolution of the cannabinoids and the methods for studying them.

Dr. Park’s site:
https://www.csupueblo.edu/profile/sang-hyuck-park/index.html

Dr. Park’s publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sang-Hyuck-Park

In this special bonus episode, here’s a lecture that Lex gave at the UK Psychedelic Society explaining the biochemistry of cannabis through the metaphor of Moby-Dick. The human brain is an ocean. The endocannabinoids are whales. The phytocannabinoids are elephants. Neurons are gigantic & complex underwater cities. And anandamide is our Great White Whale!

Listen today to hear how the endocannabinoid system regulates neurogenesis, synaptic transmission, the mitochondria, genetic transcription & more.

For more lectures, check out the UK Psychedelic Society for excellent speakers on a range of topics:
https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/

& read three of the the Moby-Dick endocannabinoid graphic novels here:
https://www.lexpelger.com/work/anandamide-or-the-cannabinoid

Dr Nick Herbert is one of the original bad boys of quantum physics. Today he explains quantum reality, quantum tantra, and his pursuit of the riddles of consciousness. He also reads his quantum poetry and explains the history behind David Kaiser’s book “How the Hippies Saved Physics.” 

Nick's Blog: "your one-stop site for sex, drugs and quantum physics." 

http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/ 

His site: 

http://www2.cruzio.com/~quanta/index.html 

His poetry books: 

http://www.quantumtantra.com/BOOKPAGE/BOOKPAGE.htm 

The excellent nonfiction book about Nick & his cohort by David Kaiser: 

'How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival' 

https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393342314 

Favorite posts: 

Ten Years Old: Quantum Tantra Blog 

http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2018/09/ten-years-old-quantum-tantra-blog.html 

Bell's Theorem Blues 

http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2014/11/bells-theorem-blues.html 

No More Safe Science 

http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-more-safe-science.html 

Opening Night 

http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2010/09/opening-night.html 

Elements of Tantra 

http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2016/02/happy-valentines-day-2016.html