Art rocks
What the ‘Louvre of the desert’ reveals about the human story
With more than 4,500 paintings preserved on rock faces across just 10 square kilometers, the Tsodilo Hills of Botswana contain one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world.
Category: good to see
goodnews february 2026 – good to see
DNA break repair
The biomedical animator Drew Berry is known for his dazzling visualisations of biological processes that unfold on microscopic scales.
The immortality paradox
Would immortality offer a curse of boredom or endless novelty? Or experiencing immortality might resemble something surprisingly close to most humans’ lives, with its own positives and negatives, blessings and frustrations. Something to think about.
The Great American Dispensary Tour
The Great American Dispensary Tour goes to Maryland. In this episode, Kyle experiences the state’s emerging cannabis culture, exploring the challenges and acceptance of adult-use legalisation. Is this what US cannabis capitalism looks like?
goodnews january 2026 – good to see
Magic Trip
In 1964, Ken Kesey, the celebrated author of “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” embarks on a mythical journey across America from the West Coast to the East Coast. Under the influence of large amounts of LSD, Kesey and his band Merry Pranksters embark on the ultimate road trip.
Roads of the Roman Empire
An intricate system of roads connected the furthest reaches of the Roman Empire, which at its height in the 2nd century CE spanned modern-day Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and England.
Sea level rise, glacial rebound and subsidence (NASA Short)
It’s not only water processes that play a role in global sea level rise – ground movements can play a significant role as well.
Brainforest Café
It’s giong to get weirder. The Terence McKenna story
A conversation with filmmaker Sharon McKenna
goodnews november 25 – good to see
Shane Smith has questions
The hidden side of psychedelic research, with Hamilton Morris
LSD blotter printing and perforating – Amsterdam blotter classsics
goodnews september 2025 … good to see
The story of the psychedelic Beatles song “Tomorrow never knows”
A mind-bending three-minute collage of sonic experiments that helped kick open the doors to a bold new era for popular music.
goodnews august 2025 – good to see
Psilocybin and Alzheimer experience
Psychedelics changed everything. Through his experience as both a son and caregiver, Justice began exploring the healing potential of psilocybin in end-of-life care.
Spore Core
A brief history of mushrooms in music
The Brainforest Café
Exploring the DMT realm and the nature of reality with Andrew Gallimore
goodnews july 2025 – good to see
Ergot – the story of a parasitic fungus (1958)
A scientific British movie with great visuals
An open horizon by Firelei Báez
This 8 minute movie with its stunning renderings shows the work of biologist Carl Linnaeus and its racist overtones under a new light.
Ochre Sunrise, by Keenan DesPlanques, 25 minutes
At a pre-historic pigment mine, researchers glimpse our earliest moments in the Americas. In this documentary, we are taken to Sunrise, Wyoming, where an orchre mine has been excavated to yield some 3000 artefacts going back 16000 years.
goodnews june 2025 – good to see
Wisdom of the Leaf Summit – a short documentary
The Wisdom of the Leaf Summit took place in the Sacred Valley of Peru on February 3 – 7, 2025, and was produced in collaboration with Wade Davis. This groundbreaking event gathered global researchers, policymakers, and cultural leaders to explore the cultural, historical, nutritional, and medicinal significance of the sacred coca plant.
Mind, Body, Heath & Politics
Healing war Trauma with MDMD – with Rick Doblin
Rick Doblin and Dr. Richard Miller (who runs this podcast) recently travelled to Ukraine together. Rick shares powerful insights from their Ukraine visit, revealing how psychedelic therapy might help a nation rebuild from devastating trauma—and what it means for a divided US society.
Ted Talks: Erika Dyck
Just say know. Psychedelic drug history
goodnews may 2025 – good to see
Rainbow Valentine Studios
American Prankster: Wavy Gravy’s Life Story.
There aren’t many original Beatniks left on planet earth, and as of this writing, Wavy Gravy is one of the very last ones standing. But Wavy isn’t just an original Beatnik poet; he is also an improv comedy trailblazer and international comedic activist whose antics once involved running a pig for president.
Brainforest Café
What can plants teach us about consciousness? Rajnish Khanna joins Dennis McKenna to explore the fascinating intersection of plant physiology, evolutionary biology, and the science of consciousness.
Kensho
An psychedelic exercise in consciousness
Enshittification
Cory Doctorow on the way the internet has changed
goodnews april 25 – good to see
A new muse
Lars von Trier calls for a new girlfriend/muse
