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Michael Pollan — This Is Your Mind on Plants | The Tim Ferriss Show

Michael Pollan — This Is Your Mind on Plants | The Tim Ferriss Show

Recommended on this episode

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The Doors of Perception

Aldous Huxley

“it's a wonderful essay i encourage everybody to look at it”
“i had read aldous huxley's dorsal perception when i was working on how to change your mind it's a wonderful essay i encourage everybody to look at it”— Michael Pollan
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Square Foot Gardening

Mel Bartholomew (inferred)

“there's a book called square foot gardening that's really good”
“there's a book called square foot gardening that's really good john jeevans who is an englishman who really was one of the pioneers of organic gardening”— Michael Pollan
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How to Grow More Vegetables

John Jeavons

“start with john jeevans though he's that was a big influence on me when i started gardening”
“start with john jeevans though he's that was a big influence on me when i started gardening and square foot garden”— Michael Pollan

The guest's own work

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This Is Your Mind on Plants

Michael Pollan

“his newest book is this is your mind on plants you can find him at michaelpollen.com on twitter and instagram”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

“he is the author of eight books including how to change your mind which has changed many minds indeed”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

Cooked

Michael Pollan

“cooked food rules in defensive food the omnivore's dilemma and the botany of desire all of which were new york times bestsellers”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Food Rules

Michael Pollan

“cooked food rules in defensive food the omnivore's dilemma and the botany of desire all of which were new york times bestsellers”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan

“cooked food rules in defensive food the omnivore's dilemma and the botany of desire all of which were new york times bestsellers”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Michael Pollan

“cooked food rules in defensive food the omnivore's dilemma and the botany of desire all of which were new york times bestsellers”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Botany of Desire

Michael Pollan

“cooked food rules in defensive food the omnivore's dilemma and the botany of desire all of which were new york times bestsellers”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

Michael Pollan

“it was an adaptation from my first book a second nature a gardener's education and this came out in 91”— Michael Pollan
MediaBy the guest

Opium Made Easy (Harper's Magazine article)

Michael Pollan

“we published it and it was a cover story in 97 called opium made easy and nothing happened”— Michael Pollan
MediaBy the guest

How to Change Your Mind (Netflix documentary series)

Netflix (inferred)

“we're doing on how to change your mind it's going to be a four-part netflix series looking at four different substances”— Michael Pollan
MediaBy the guest

Cooked (Netflix documentary series)

Netflix (inferred)

“i've done this with previous books cooked was a four-part netflix series and botany of desire was on public television”— Michael Pollan
MediaBy the guest

The Botany of Desire (PBS documentary)

PBS (inferred)

“cooked was a four-part netflix series and botany of desire was on public television”— Michael Pollan

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Opium for the Masses

Jim Hogshire

“my editor a fellow austinite named paul tuff said hey this book is like up your alley and he sends me opium for the masses”— Michael Pollan
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Legalize It All (Harper's Magazine article)

Dan Baum

“in an april 2016 article in harper's magazine legalize it all dan baum recounted an interview that he conducted with john”— Tim Ferriss
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Fast Food Nation

Eric Schlosser

“beginning with eric schlosser's you know important book fast food nation in 2002 and a couple other books including my omnivore's dilemma in 2006”— Michael Pollan