Reading Series
High Society
Addiction, substances, vice, medicalized dependency, dopamine loops, and the industries around them.
How addiction became America's most profitable business model, from colonial opium to the opioid epidemic and the rehab industry that profits from both.
A sweeping history of how alcohol shaped civilization, from ancient fermentation to Prohibition to modern drinking culture and its effects on the human brain.
Prologue: The Buzz PROLOGUE: THE BUZZ YOU NEVER FORGET the first hit.
How the American Revolution was sanitized into myth, erasing the messy truths about who was left out of freedom.
A raw, personal guide to understanding and escaping nicotine addiction by exposing the psychological traps that keep users hooked.
The story of how Purdue Pharma weaponized OxyContin to ignite America's opioid crisis, targeting vulnerable communities and profiting from mass addiction.
An exposé on diet soda's hidden impacts and the addictive grip of zero-calorie sweeteners on modern consumers.
A sweeping history of cannabis from ancient spiritual rituals to Nixon's War on Drugs, exposing how a plant became a weapon of social control.
A poetic field guide exploring psychoactive substances through personal narrative, cultural context, and the altered states they produce.
The wild life and psychedelic philosophy of Terence McKenna, from Amazonian experiments to his apocalyptic Timewave theory and final battle with brain cancer.