Leonard Pickard
This channel features a range of podcasts exploring the frontiers of biotechnology, psychedelics, artificial intelligence, creativity, cognitive enhancement, and more.
We interview CEOs, researchers, philanthropists, and public intellectuals who are shaping the questions—and sometimes the controversies—about what may come.
Here, you’ll encounter talented, passionate, and visionary individuals.
Join us to share in the green-growing edge of life and courageous thought, as we explore the potential futures of our species.
William Leonard Pickard
Episodes
18 episodes
The Man Who Brought Psychedelics Into Mainstream Medicine | Rick Doblin
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Rick DoblinRick Doblin is the founder of MAPS and one of the central figures in the modern psychedelic movement. For decades, his work has focused on bringing psychedelic ...
A Harvard Doctor Challenges Everything We Think About Cannabis | Peter Grinspoon
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Peter GrinspoonDr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Mass General Hospital, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and an author and public voice on cannabi...
AI Will Change Humanity Faster Than You Think | Bohan Lou
🎙️ JLS Fund Podcast: Bohan Lou in conversation with William Leonard Pickard🚀 Background on Bohan Lou: Partner at Chemistry.vc, host of the Deus Ex Machina podcast, and investor focused on the intersection of artificial intelli...
Ibogaine May Change How We Treat Trauma | Kenneth Shinozuka
🎙️ JLS Fund Podcast: Kenneth Shinozuka in conversation with William Leonard Pickard**🚀 **Background on Kenneth Shinozuka**Stanford postdoctoral researcher studying psychedelic neuroscience, with a focus on ibogaine, traumatic brain ...
Can We Build a Smarter Human Race? | Stephen Hsu
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🧬 About Stephen HsuStephen Hsu is a theoretical physicist, entrepreneur, and pioneer in computational genomics. A professor at Michigan State University and cofounder of ...
Writing the Code of Life with Adrian Woolfson
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Adrian WoolfsonAdrian Woolfson is a molecular biologist, physician, entrepreneur, and author exploring the frontier where genetics, synthetic biology, and artificial intelli...
The Future of Cognitive Freedom with Nick Gillespie
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Nick GillespieNick Gillespie is one of the most influential voices in modern libertarian thought. As Editor-at-Large of Reason Magazine, author, filmmaker, and cultural comm...
Internet Creator Vint Cerf on AI, AGI & What Comes Next
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Vint Cerf Vint Cerf is widely recognized as one of the architects of the modern internet. As a key designer of the TCP/IP protocols that allowed computers to comm...
East Forest on Mushrooms & the Mystical Secret Behind Sound
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About East Forest East Forest is a musician, composer, and guide whose work lives at the intersection of sound, meditation, and inner transformation. Known for creating immersiv...
Consciousness Gets Strange with Duncan Trussell
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Duncan TrussellDuncan Trussell is a comedian, podcaster, and modern-day philosopher-trickster whose work blends humor, spirituality, and existential inquiry. Through sta...
The War on Drugs is Built on a Lie — Carl Hart Explains Why
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Carl HartCarl Hart is a neuroscientist, professor, and outspoken advocate for evidence-based drug policy and human autonomy. A former Air Force serviceman who rose to become a...
Tom Feegel Reveals What Really Happens Inside an Ibogaine Clinic
🎙️ JLS Podcast: Hosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Tom FeegelTom Feegel is the co-founder (with Tali Eisenberg) of BEOND Ibogaine Clinic in Cancún, a medically rigorous program at the forefront of ibogaine-based treatment. Unl...
Norman Ohler on Nazis, Psychedelics, and Power
🎙️ JLS PodcastHosted by William Leonard Pickard🚀 About Norman OhlerInternational bestselling author of Blitzed and Tripped, Norman Ohler is a historian and cultural investigator whose work exp...
JLS Podcast: David Bronner on Psychedelic Reform, Conscious Business, and the Future of Activism
🚀 Background on David BronnerCosmic CEO of Dr. Bronner’s, activist, burner, philanthropist, and longtime force in drug policy reform.🌈 Psychedelic OriginsBronner reflects on the transformative psychedelic initiation...
JLS Podcast: Hamilton Morris on Psychedelics, Pharmacopeia, and the Future of Research
🎙️ JLS Fund Podcast: William Leonard Pickard in conversation with Hamilton Morris🚀 Background on Hamilton Morris: Journalist, documentarian, and creator of the Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia series, known for exploring the cultural, chemical, ...
JLS Podcast: Bryan Hubbard on Ibogaine, Policy Innovation, and Addiction Healing
In this interview, we speak with Bryan Hubbard — legal expert, policy leader, and Executive Director of the American Ibogaine Initiative, as well as CEO of Americans for Ibogaine, a nonprofit advancing research into ibogaine’s neurorestorative ...
JLS Podcast: Jonathan Sporn on Building the Future of Psychedelic Medicine
In this inaugural interview for the JLS Podcast, we speak with Jonathan Sporn — CEO of Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Harvard MD, and former Pfizer researcher. From partnering with Columbia University chemists to designing novel psychedelic-inspire...
The Last Alchemist Podcast: Bryan Hubbard on Transforming Addiction Treatment with Psychedelics
In this inaugural interview, we speak with Bryan Hubbard — legal strategist, psychedelic policy architect, and advocate for ibogaine as a tool for healing addiction, trauma, and systemic neglect.From leading multimillion-dollar state ini...