he Psychedelic Renaissance is filled with promise of a world in which entheogens can heal us and change the fabric of society for the greater good. There is a normalized assumption in the psychedelic community...

The New York City mayoral race continues to heat up. Ranked-choice early voting began for the first time in the Five Boroughs this week, and the Democratic candidates recently concluded their final primary....

New York has legalized adult-use cannabis, opening the doors for the rise of a powerful East Coast market. Andrew Cuomo’s signing of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act on March 31 was a...

Peter Bussian is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist who specializes in documentary photography. He has worked internationally, documenting people in areas of conflict in order to foster empathy, bring understanding, and illuminate...

“The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of someone not confined by the normal rules of propriety and decency.”...

Comedy has historically been one of the most heterosexual and male-dominated arenas in entertainment. In 2013, every one of Forbes’ 12 top-earning comedians were heterosexual men. In 2019, Amy Schumer cracked the glass...

On May 25, 2021, the world bowed its head in mourning.  One year ago, George Floyd’s murder triggered unprecedented protests across the globe, calling for police reform with the goal of protecting Black...

he principle of oneness is central to the psychedelic ethos. It’s among the criteria that scientists use to qualify the “mystical experience” that may be occasioned by entheogens like psilocybin. This sense of psychedelic unity is...

On June 28, 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village.  The raid sparked a riot that led to six days of protests and violence between...

Andrés Bronnimann is an award-winning filmmaker, director, and producer whose work in documentaries, commercials, music videos and more has taken him around the globe to shoot in over 30 countries at the young...