The birth of 'New Age' America

Half a century ago this year -- fall 1960 -- psychologist Timothy Leary ate psilocybin mushrooms in Mexico and had what he would call "the deepest religious experience" of his life.

He came home to promote psychedelics as the path to revelation, revolution. Richard Nixon called him the most dangerous man in America. Much of the 1960s danced to his tune.

My guest today tells the remarkable story of how a tiny band of seekers and psychic explorers ended up changing the culture of a nation, and its very understanding of mind, body and spirit.

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