What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan artwork
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What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan

Sep 28, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

Michael Pollan is a renowned author, journalist and professor at UC Berkeley. He is best known for his influential works on how humans and plants have shaped each other at the level of food, medicine, health, and culture. In this episode we discuss consciousness—what it is and how the recognition between our self vs others contributes to-- but also can impair, certain aspects of conscious experien…