Dr. Dennis McKenna
2 archived appearances · 2001–2015
PsychedelicsAyahuascaEthnobotanyResearch
Dr. Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, research pharmacognosist, and the brother of Terence McKenna, recognized for his rigorous scientific research on psychedelic plants, ayahuasca biochemistry, and the ethnobotanical traditions of indigenous Amazonian peoples. On Art Bell's programs, his memoir The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss and his academic research have established him as one of the most scientifically credentialed voices in the study of plant-based entheogens.
On the air with Art · 2
Mar 8, 2001 · 3h 32m
John Glenn UFO Remarks - Richard C. Hoagland | Psychoactive and Healing Plants - Dr. Dennis McKenna
with Richard C. Hoagland
Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland to discuss the growing controversy over Senator John Glenn's UFO-related remarks on the television comedy Frasier. Hoagland reports that the show's production company claims Glenn approached them, not the other way around, and argues the statement functions as a trial balloon fo...Oct 12, 2015 · 2h 23m
Psychedelic Research
Art Bell sits down with ethnopharmacologist Dr. Dennis McKenna, brother of the late Terence McKenna, for a wide-ranging discussion on psychedelic research and its implications for understanding consciousness. McKenna describes his decades of fieldwork in the Amazon studying ayahuasca and tryptamine-based hallucinoge...
