psychedelic drugs specifically of us to be and ecstasy and they use in the field of mental health care. the author recalls the early testing of the drugs, the leisure recreational use and the subsequent fan. he reports that today there is a reconsideration of psychedelic drugs to treat posttraumatic stress disorder, ptsd, anxiety and addictions. this is about an hour and a half. good evening and welcome it as a pusher to see you all here this evening and it s a particular pleasure for me to welcome our guest of honor and speaker john schroeder shroder. it s part of a particular. it was centered around at the miami herald in particular the magazine where tom was one of the principal editors. this is a moment and i know that we all succumb to the temptation that the older we get the better that we were but this was a moment where they had the likes of paul and elmore leonard and it was a moment of creativity and kind of daring editorial daring and it was a pleasure to be part
tom was part of a particularly shimmering moment in my own life. this is in miami in the early 1980s and it was centered around the miami herald, and particularly the sunday magazine, tropic magazine where thomas one of the principal editors. this was a moment, and i know we all succumb to the temptation, the older we get the better we were, but this was truly a moment. there was tom, dave, karl, madeline, with assist from the likes of paul levine and elmore leonard. it was a moment of creativity of innovation and of daring and editorial daring, it is a pleasure to be part of that, at least be able to watch the. the ringmaster s work joseph that the post, and tom shroder. i was occasionally invited to sit at the cool kids table but i could admire them from afar. the herald folded the tropic of usually which is reminder to the younger people here the newspaper industry was an advanced agrippa to block for the digital revolution finished them off. they went on to write bo
we ll speak with philip balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u.s. threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. foley was beheaded. we will also speak with the former chief of the fbi s crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half $1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. and we will be joined by new york attorney stanley cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u.s. aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u.s. ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. indonesian rescuers have found dozens of bodies and debris from a passenger plane that w
at least 15 others were captured that walked free because her governments, all but one european, have negotiated and paid millions of dollars to win the release. today, the unique roundtable. we ll speak with philip balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u.s. threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. foley was beheaded. we will also speak with the former chief of the fbi s crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half $1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. and we will be joined by new york attorney stanley cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u.s. aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u.s. ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. all that and
that walked free because her governments, all but one european, have negotiated and paid millions of dollars to win the release. today, the unique roundtable. we ll speak with philip balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u.s. threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. foley was beheaded. we will also speak with the former chief of the fbi s crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half $1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. and we will be joined by new york attorney stanley cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u.s. aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u.s. ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. all that and more, coming up. welcome to demo