Tag: Griffiths

Roland Griffiths, and his legacy

No one person has led the so-called psychedelic renaissance. Many have played vital roles: Rick Doblin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, best-selling author Michael Pollan, philanthropist and podcaster Tim Ferriss and Bob Jesse, an influential beh...

The Birth of a Nation: My Reckoning with D.W. Griffith’s Grand, Racist Cinematic Spectacle

Former US president, Barack Obama, remarked in a June 2023 interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that “race has always been the fault line of life and politics in the United States.” His comments were made in the context of a recharged sense of division and l...