MAPS Podcast Creators & Guests

Zach is a blogger, writer, a futurist, spiritualist, and a sought after speaker on the festival and conference circuit. He is also the host of both It’s All Happening with Zach Leary and The MAPS podcast.

Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician with a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development and trauma, and in their potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health, including on autoimmune disease, cancer, ADHD, addictions and a wide range of other conditions.

James Fadiman is an American psychologist and writer. He is acknowledged for his extensive work in the field of psychedelic research.

Dr. Cole Marta is a psychiatrist, researcher of ketamine, and doctor at the forefront of Psychedelic Medicine.

Duncan Trussell is an actor, voice actor, and stand-up comic known for his podcasts The Duncan Trussell Family Hour and his appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and Joe Rogan Questions Everything.

Dr. Ben Sassa is a medical doctor and researcher. He is a licensed MDMA and psilocybin psychotherapist, and he specializes in drug-assisted psychotherapy.Dr. Sassa has a private practice, and he is also Chief Medical Officer at AWAKN Life Science. He has published five books on psychadelic medicine.Dr. Sessa is a lobbyist for change in the UK’s current drug classification system for a more progressive regulatory policy would reduce the harms of recreational drug use.

Roland Griffiths is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His principal research focus in both clinical and preclinical laboratories has been on the behavioral and subjective effects of mood-altering drugs.

Aubrey Marcus is CEO at Onnit and a podcast host.

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and the Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer and Professor of Practice of Non-Fiction at Harvard University.

Stanislav "Stan" Grof is a Czech psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of exploring, healing, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche. Grof received the VISION 97 award granted by the Foundation of Dagmar and Václav Havel in Prague on October 5, 2007.

Rick Doblin is the Founder and Executive Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).