Psychedelic Salon Podcasts: Recent Episodes
Lorenzo Hagerty
I am the producer of the Psychedelic Salon, a regular podcast series showcasing interviews, lectures, and assorted additional audio sources that feature some of the brightest, most creative individuals from the community of folks interested in psychoactives. The salon's podcasts began in March 2005 and continue today.
This audiobook tracks the introduction of psychedelics into the culture of Silicone Valley
The San Francisco Oracle is a story about a group of dreamers who believed a newspaper could change the world. Set in the heart of 1960s San Francisco, this novella follows Allen Cohen and the creative tribe behind The Oracle—a wild, rainbow-colored publication that captured the spirit of the counterculture. It’s a mix of history and imagination, filled with artists, poets, and spiritual seekers who thought that consciousness itself could be front-page news.This isn’t just a tale about printing presses and deadlines—it’s about the rush of creating something bigger than yourself, the burnout that follows, and the bittersweet beauty of knowing when to let go. If you’ve ever wondered what it felt like to be inside the psychedelic revolution—when every issue of a newspaper could feel like a prayer—this story brings you there. Tune in, lean back, and step into the foggy streets of San Francisco, where the dream of The Oracle was born, burned bright, and became legend.