In this episode of Psychedelics as Medicine (part of The It’s All Good Show), I sit down with Sharon McKenna, writer, journalist, and filmmaker, who is producing and directing a feature documentary about her first cousin, Terence McKenna. Sharon shares the origin story of the project, starting with filming at Esalen shortly after Terence’s passing, and how the film has evolved decades later into a fresh, independent look at Terence’s legacy through the eyes of the people influenced by him.

We explore what Sharon keeps hearing repeatedly in interviews without “leading the witness,” including how prescient Terence was about technology and the future, the ongoing intrigue and ambivalence around Timewave, and why Terence’s impact continues to grow across generations, including people who are not necessarily psychedelic users. Sharon also opens up about her own upbringing in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, describing a wider cultural “soup” that shaped her life and worldview. I also share personal stories from my own path, including meeting Terence in Palenque (1994) and how the psychedelic community continues to weave surprising connections across time. We close with a powerful reflection on staying human through uncertainty, keeping empathy alive, and why projects like this matter right now.

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About Sharon McKenna

Sharon McKenna is a writer, film director, and journalist whose work has appeared in outlets ranging from alternative weeklies to MSNBC and NBC Digital. She has written award-winning screenplays, produced innovative digital news programming, and is currently developing documentary and narrative films, fiction, and a memoir.

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In this powerful episode of The DMT Chronicles, Dr. DREAM sits down with filmmaker and creative professional Chris Vellrath to explore a deeply immersive month-long journey into the Peruvian Amazon and the living traditions of the Shipibo people.

What began as a documentary project soon became a profound personal initiation.

Chris shares his firsthand experiences participating in multiple ayahuasca ceremonies, guided by Shipibo maestros in a remote jungle retreat outside Pucallpa, Peru. Over the course of seven ceremonies, he encountered vivid DMT visions, archetypal intelligences, jungle cosmology, and an unmistakable sense of dimensional reality that forever changed his understanding of consciousness. This conversation goes far beyond surface-level psychedelic storytelling.

Together, Dr. DREAM and Chris explore:

• What ayahuasca ceremonies are really like in an authentic Shipibo setting

• The difference between plant medicine and psychedelic tourism

• The Nuya Rao tree and its role in Shipibo spiritual lineage

• Visions of entities, the Jaguar Queen, and non-human intelligences

• Shadow work, grief, healing, and post-addiction integration • Why intention, humility, and preparation matter more than dosage

• The jungle as a living intelligence and spiritual teacher

• How ayahuasca reframes reality, time, and the self

Chris also reflects on how these experiences continue to integrate years later, offering insight into how plant medicine can support healing without replacing personal responsibility or inner work. If you are curious about ayahuasca, DMT, Shipibo shamanism, psychedelics as medicine, or the deeper spiritual intelligence behind these experiences, this episode offers grounded wisdom, lived experience, and honest reflection.

This is not hype. This is not tourism. This is a story of respect, lineage, and transformation.

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✨ The DMT Chronicles is part of Psychedelics as Medicine, under the umbrella of The It’s All Good Show, hosted by Dr. DREAM.

In this powerful and unfiltered episode of Psychedelics as Medicine, Dr. DREAM sits down with longtime friend, mythic storyteller, and consciousness architect Harold Hoenow, founder of Infinite You and creator of Embody (now Cosmic Herald).

This wide-ranging conversation explores psychedelics not as recreational substances, but as teachers, medicines, and gateways to expanded awareness. Harold shares his deeply personal journey with LSD, DMT, and other entheogens, beginning with his first psychedelic experience at age 17 and evolving into intentional, heart-centered, and embodied spiritual practice.

Together, Dr. DREAM and Harold dive into:

~ Psychedelics as medicine, initiation, and nervous system regulation

~ Early LSD experiences, portals, and cosmic perception

~ DMT journeys, including transcendent breakthroughs and challenging initiations

~ Sacred sexuality, partnership, and shared psychedelic states

~ Set, setting, intention, and sovereignty in altered states

~ Indigenous wisdom, plant medicine reverence, and collective awakening

~ Bridging mystical insight into practical, grounded, real-world impact

Harold also shares the vision behind the EmbodyNow App, a wellness and service-based platform designed to reward volunteering, stewardship of Gaia, and conscious contribution with tools for healing, meditation, and integration.

This episode is a candid exploration of transparency over stigma, experience over theory, and embodiment over escapism. It is a conversation for seekers, psychonauts, healers, creatives, and anyone curious about the deeper purpose of psychedelic experiences in modern times.

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✨ Topics include: Psychedelics as medicine, DMT experiences, LSD healing, spiritual awakening, consciousness expansion, sacred sexuality, plant medicine, integration, and collective coherence.