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The MAPS Canada Podcast hosts a variety of guests from scientists on the cutting edge to popular figures sharing personal experiences, to policy makers discussing the present and future legal landscape of psychedelics. By bringing together such a broad range of voices, the MAPS Canada podcast provides listeners with a multi-dimensional view of the psychedelic movement in Canada and around the world.
The MAPS Canada podcast is a video podcast, but it’s also available in audio-only format on Amazon and Spotify. Whether you are a long-time enthusiast or new to the world of psychedelics, the MAPS Canada podcast has something to offer for everyone. So don’t miss out!
2026 PODCAST VIDEOS
April 30, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
The Medicine Within | Episode 4: Myths, Risks & Neuropharmacology of Psychedelics
Are psychedelics the “miracle cure” often portrayed in the media, or is the reality more nuanced?
- Women’s Health: Gaps in psychedelics research regarding hormonal fluctuations and chronic pain.
- Harm Reduction: Why “more” isn’t better and the reality of conditions like Serotonin Syndrome.
- The “One and Done” Myth: Why integration and community support are essential for lasting change.
April 24, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Inside Psychedelic Public Education at MAPS Canada with Dr. Rielle Capler
March 27, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
What has LSD Research Taught us Abour Treating Alcohol use Disorder?
In this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, host Matt Hamel speaks with Dr. Erika Dyck about the remarkable early wave of psychedelic research conducted in Saskatchewan during the 1950s and 1960s.
Researchers based in the Canadian prairies, including Humphry Osmond, developed an ambitious program investigating the potential of LSD as a treatment for alcoholism. During this period, Osmond also famously coined the term “psychedelic” in correspondence with Aldous Huxley, helping shape the language that still defines the field today.
Dr. Dyck explores the broader scientific and cultural context that allowed this pioneering research to flourish. The conversation also examines the social and political forces that abruptly halted this early wave of work, and how the insights from this era of Canadian research continues to influence today’s renewed interest in psychedelic science, including modern studies on psychedelics and alcohol use disorder.
March 20, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Can Psychedelics Heal the Roots of Addiction? with Dr. Pamela Kryskow
March 13, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
The Medicine Within | Ep. 3: Preparing for the Journey: Intention, Set & Setting with Raman Samra
In Episode 3 of Our Medicine Within Series, host Osheen Dayal is in conversation with Raman Samra, a clinical counsellor and art therapist with over a decade of experience working in the correctional system and private practice, now serving as a psychedelic-assisted therapist in clinical trials.
Topics of discussion include:
Why intention matters When and how to set it
How to prepare the day before The importance of mindset, space, and context
Finding the right guide, therapist, or sitter
Safety, support, and ethical facilitation
Preparation isn’t optional — it’s part of the medicine.
March 3, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Remembering Who We Are: Wellness, Culture & Sacred Connection with Francine Douglas
In this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, host Rielle Capler sits down with Francine Douglas to explore the theme of wellness and connection through a deeply personal, cultural, and systemic lens.
Drawing from her experience as a First Nations woman, counsellor, and co-founder of Sacred Circle Wellness, Francine reflects on the medicine wheel and the interconnection of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. She shares how sacred medicines offered a reminder to a return to balance, self-care, cultural practice, and belonging. This conversation moves beyond individual wellness into collective healing — examining how relationship, reciprocity, and cultural remembrance are essential foundations for true wellbeing.
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February 20, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
The Medicine Within | Ep. 2: Breath as Medicine: Healing Without Psychedelics with Krystal Charlotte
February 13, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Ketamine & Connection: Love, Sex, Psychedelics & the Self with Angela Ivy Leong
January 30, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Vilca Afterglow: How Psychedelic Beer Shaped the Wari Empire with Justin Jennings
January 23, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Ayahuasca, Shamanism and the Religious Exemption That Never Was with Allan Finney
January 14, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Denied Psilocybin, Approved for MAiD: A Doctor’s Fight for Common Sense
In this episode of the MAPS Canada podcast, policy and advocacy team member Kyle Sittek-Lumsden speaks with Dr. Blake Pearson about his father Pete Pearson’s experience with existential distress as well as the application process for psychedelic-assisted therapy and medical assistance in dying. They talk about the personal difficulties related to a terminal diagnosis and how Pete’s SAP application was denied after an 11 month waiting period while his MAiD request was accepted within 30 days. Join us for this moving and emotional discussion on how these two policy issues intersect in a real-world case. If you would like to show support for Pete’s case to receive compassionate access to psychedelic-assisted therapy through a section 56. exemption, please email the Minister of Health.
January 12, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
Exploring Hidden Paths of Mental Health Using Ibogaine with Jonathan Dickinson, Ambio Life Sciences
What happens when an ancient plant medicine meets cutting‑edge neuroscience and careful clinical protocols?
This episode of the MAPS Canada podcast traces Ibogaine’s path from traditional Tabernanth iboga ceremonies to medically supervised treatment for people navigating addiction, PTSD, and other mental health challenges.
Jonathan Dickinson, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Ambio Life Sciences and podcast host Osheen Dayal talk about cardiac safety, exclusion criteria, neuroplasticity, and how community, culture, and integration shape the long‑term impact of the experience.
January 12, 2026
MAPS Canada presents:
The Medicine Within | Ep. 1: Reframing Psychedelics—Healing, Risk & Responsibility with Mark Haden
The Medicine Within is a 7-part MAPS Canada series hosted by Osheen Dayal, exploring the evolving landscape of psychedelic medicine, mental health, and embodied healing. Through grounded conversations with experts, practitioners, and voices of lived experience, this series explores how inner healing is cultivated through intention, integration, community, and care — beyond substances alone.
In the opening episode of The Medicine Within, Mark Haden joins Osheen Dayal for a wide-ranging conversation on psychedelics — from shifting drug policy and public perception to neuroplasticity, intention setting, community use, and integration. Together, they unpack common myths, real risks, and the broader cultural and environmental implications of psychedelic healing, while emphasizing responsibility, preparation, and advocacy.