How to Change Your Mind Chapter 1: LSD (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary

How to Change Your Mind

Chapter 1: LSD (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary

From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus - and the CIA.

Director

Lucy Walker

Composer

Justin Melland

Cinematographers

Pablo Berron | Lars Skree (additional cinematography)

Editors

Andy Grieve | Tyler Temple Higgins

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 12, 2022

Release date

Jul 12, 2022 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Pollan Self - Author, How to Change Your Mind Self - Author, How to Change Your Mind See fewer	Cooked (2016)
Erika Gagnon Self - Ceremonial Leader Self - Ceremonial Leader See fewer	How to Change Your Mind (2022)
Felix Scholkmann Self - Study Participant Self - Study Participant See fewer	How to Change Your Mind (2022)
James Fadiman Self - Psychologist (as Dr. James Fadiman) Self - Psychologist (as Dr. James Fadiman) See fewer	Groove (2000)
Peter Gasser Self - Psychiatrist (as Dr. Peter Gasser) Self - Psychiatrist (as Dr. Peter Gasser) See fewer	Il Cibo degli Dei (2014)
Franz X. Vollenweider Self - Neuropsychiatrist (as Dr. Franz Vollenweider) Self - Neuropsychiatrist (as Dr. Franz Vollenweider) See fewer	Descending the Mountain (2021)
Jeffrey Bader Self - Study Participant Self - Study Participant See fewer	How to Change Your Mind (2022)
Ayelet Waldman Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Unbelievable (2019)
Stewart Brand Self - Founder, Whole Earth Catalog (archive footage) Self - Founder, Whole Earth Catalog (archive footage) See fewer	Pandora's Promise (2013)
Ram Dass Self - Professor of Clinical Psychology (archive footage) (as Richard Alpert) Self - Professor of Clinical Psychology (archive footage) (as Richard Alpert) See fewer	Being Ram Dass
Douglas Engelbart Self - Computer Pioneer (archive footage) (as Dr. Doug Engelbart) Self - Computer Pioneer (archive footage) (as Dr. Doug Engelbart) See fewer	Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance (1998)
Merv Griffin Self - Host, Merv Griffin Show (archive footage) Self - Host, Merv Griffin Show (archive footage) See fewer	Jeopardy! (1984)
Albert Hofmann Self - Chemist (archive footage) (as Dr. Albert Hofmann) Self - Chemist (archive footage) (as Dr. Albert Hofmann) See fewer	A Bicycle Trip (2008)
Aldous Huxley Self - Author, The Doors of Perception (archive footage) Self - Author, The Doors of Perception (archive footage) See fewer	A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
Steve Jobs Self - Co-Founder of Apple Computers (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder of Apple Computers (archive footage) See fewer	Toy Story (1995)
Ken Kesey Self - Author (archive footage) Self - Author (archive footage) See fewer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Timothy Leary Self - Psychologist (archive footage) (as Dr. Timothy Leary) Self - Psychologist (archive footage) (as Dr. Timothy Leary) See fewer	Roadside Prophets (1992)
Kary B. Mullis Self - Inventor, PCR Test (archive footage) Self - Inventor, PCR Test (archive footage) See fewer	Glaucocamaleo (2013)
Richard Nixon Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Humphry Osmond Self - Psychiatrist (archive footage) (as Dr. Humphry Osmond) Self - Psychiatrist (archive footage) (as Dr. Humphry Osmond) See fewer	Acid Delirium of the Senses (1968)
Ronald Reagan Self - Governor of California, 1967-1975 (archive footage) Self - Governor of California, 1967-1975 (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Bill Wilson Self - Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (archive footage) See fewer	Bill's Own Story (1965)