#423 - Mark A. Michaels | Uncontrolled Experiments, Psychedelic Therapy, and AI
Release Date: 08/15/2026
#423 - Mark A. Michaels | Uncontrolled Experiments, Psychedelic Therapy, and AI
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A wide-ranging conversation about identity, therapy, psychedelics, and artificial intelligence. He shares how his own origin story shaped his understanding of narrative agency, self-knowledge, and the limits of expert systems. The discussion also digs into the promise and risks of combining EMDR, ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin, and AI in therapeutic work. MARK A. MICHAELS, a writer and conceptual artist. Mark's work examines fundamental paradigm dilemmas in both traditional psychotherapy and contemporary psychedelic therapy. In his forthcoming preprint, BINARIES, MULTITUDES, AND...
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- In this episode, Mark Michaels explains why he calls himself an "uncontrolled experiment" and how being conceived through artificial insemination shaped his worldview.
- The conversation covers the secrecy and social shame around sperm donation, infertility, and the long-term effects of not knowing one’s biological origins.
- Mark describes the eight-year process of uncovering his biological father through research and DNA testing, and how that discovery changed his sense of self.
- He connects that origin story to his interest in identity, narrative agency, psychotherapy, and the promises and limits of science.
- Mark discusses his early exposure to therapy as a child and his teenage experimentation with LSD, including an early bad trip and later renewed interest in psychedelics.
- The episode centers on his recent treatment program combining EMDR, ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin, and AI-assisted reflection after a severe post-divorce mental health crisis.
- Mark argues that ketamine-assisted EMDR can accelerate therapeutic work by making clients more open and reducing psychological defenses.
- He is sharply critical of therapy culture when it becomes passive, overly rigid, or unwilling to share power with clients.
- The conversation examines the shortcomings of therapist training, especially when practitioners cling to one modality and fail to support client-led exploration.
- Mark and the hosts discuss the "wild west" state of psychedelic therapy, including concerns about over-medicalization, bad actors, and unregulated practice.
- The AI section focuses on both usefulness and danger, including hallucinated facts, false confidence, "kissing my butt" responses, and the risk of reinforcing poor psychological ideas.
- Mark explains that AI is best used as a high-speed organizer and drafting tool, but only if the user already has enough subject knowledge to challenge errors.
- The episode closes with Mark encouraging people in crisis to get help, evaluate whether therapy is actually working, and seek support rather than enduring alone.