Zach Carothers, bassist for Portugal. The Man. shares his personal experiences with Psychedelic Medicines. We talk in-depth about the band’s inspiring activism through the PTM Foundation, giving Voice to the marginalized and overlooked. In our Hopeful conversation, Zach delivers a rockstar performance in Realness and Authenticity—telling it how it is, Unabashedly confronting our nation’s mental health challenges and systemic injustices. 

Portugal The Man links:

https://www.portugaltheman.com/
https://www.facebook.com/portugaltheman
https://twitter.com/portugaltheman
https://www.instagram.com/portugaltheman/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Portugalthemanband
  Feel it Still - Grammy award-winning song for "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" in 2018:   - https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/01/29/with-alaska-roots-and-appreciation-portugal-the-man-wins-grammy/ - Acceptance speech by Zach Carothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChjVbBwbotI    Zachary Carother's Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/zacharycarothers/?hl=en   12:59 - May is Mental Health Awareness Month:
- https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Mental-Health-Month - https://adaa.org/mental-health-awareness-month - https://www.mhanational.org/mental-health-month   13:19 - Veteran suicide. Approximately 22 veterans per day commit suicide. - https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/data.asp - https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/2019/2019_National_Veteran_Suicide_Prevention_Annual_Report_508.pdf - https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/01/ce-corner-suicide - https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/03/04/suicide-remains-growing-challenge-for-younger-veterans-survey-shows/   13:43 - Homeless veteran percentage at around 10-15% - http://nchv.org/index.php/news/media/background_and_statistics/ - https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/pit_count.asp - https://www.hudexchange.info/homelessness-assistance/ahar/#reports - https://www.usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/Homelessness_in_America._Focus_on_Veterans.pdf   13:53 - Ayahuasca and MDMA therapy being used for war veterans as a means of trauma healing and integration. - https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/10/18007558/denver-psilocybin-psychedelic-mushrooms-ayahuasca-depression-mental-health - https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/05/09/psychedelic-drug-provides-relief-for-veterans-with-ptsd/   14:30 - Approximately 1 of 4 Americans are on psychology meds. 18-19 million suffering with anxiety disorders. 8% of population has PTSD at any given time: - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/1-in-6-americans-takes-a-psychiatric-drug/ - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/mental-health-disorder-statistics   16:30 - The Sopranos - https://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos   18:20 - Brene Brown and vulnerability - Website: https://brenebrown.com/ - TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en - Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocking-us-with-bren%C3%A9-brown/id1494350511   19:32 - MDMA and psilocybin being fast-tracked as a breakthrough therapy by the FDA in phase 3 clinical trials with federal government. Johns Hopkins, NYU, University of Wisconsin Madison and Imperial College of London are all doing research and studies.  - https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2020/05/12/psychedelic-pioneer-rick-doblin-on-fda-trials-of-mdma-most-important-reality-check-of-maps-34-year-history/#4764b2b4230a - https://maps.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjwk6P2BRAIEiwAfVJ0rOfJTnkt5vFPNMiAlRxz-svyM8mddqeFlOeurxAj4Xf5CESnzSah3hoCqqsQAvD_BwE -NYU: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/june/the-underground-world-of-psychedelics-and-the-potential-of-plant.html - https://nyunews.com/2019/03/03/03-04-ops-king/ - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0269881116675512 - Johns Hopkins: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/  - University of Wisconsin Madison: https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/testing-innovative-mental-health-treatments/ - https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2019/09/could-psychedelics-be-the-answer-to-chronic-mental-health-issues - Imperial School of London: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre/   23:37 - Denver and Oakland decriminalization: - https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/us/denver-magic-mushrooms-approved-trnd/index.html - https://www.denverpost.com/2019/08/23/psychedelic-mushrooms-denver-decriminalization/ - https://decriminalizedenver.org/ -https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/730061916/oakland-city-council-effectively-decriminalizes-psychedelic-mushrooms - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/06/05/oakland-california-legalizes-magic-mushrooms-and-peyote/1347888001/     24:00 - Marijuana and other drug offenders in jail: - https://drugabusestatistics.org/marijuana-incarceration/ - https://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics - https://www.aclu.org/gallery/marijuana-arrests-numbers - https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/22/four-in-ten-u-s-drug-arrests-in-2018-were-for-marijuana-offenses-mostly-possession/   24:39 - Medical Marijuana and state legality: (Matt said 38 states, but it could be closer to 33) - https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/qa/what-us-states-have-legalized-medical-marijuana - https://norml.org/legal/medical-marijuana-2 - https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx   26:27 - Covid-19 and jail populations: - https://www.npr.org/2020/04/28/846678912/a-ticking-time-bomb-advocates-warn-covid-19-is-spreading-rapidly-behind-bars - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-outbreaks-jails-prisons-cdc-report-covid-19/ - https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/new-model-shows-reducing-jail-population-will-lower-covid-19-death-toll-for-all-of-us/ - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/opinion/coronavirus-prisons.html   27:14 - reparations for marijuana drug offenders in jail.  - https://qz.com/1482349/weed-and-reparations/ - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/07/the-case-for-marijuana-reparations-the-profits-from-drug-legalization-should-be-shared-with-those-affected-by-the-war-on-drugs.html     29:00 - Zachary Carothers on podcast with "Trainer Jeff" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8OxvBIUnz8   29:18 - Indigenous peoples and land acknowledgments/recognition by Portugal. The Man: -https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/10/28/listen-putting-native-issues-out-front-portugal-the-man-talks-protests-indigenous-influence-on-next-album/ - https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/portugal-the-man-releases-land-acknowledgement-video-to-honor-indigenous-peoples-land/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSw02mrJtCw   31:19 - Portugal. The Man non-profit foundation - "PTM Foundation" -  https://www.facebook.com/PTMFoundation/ - https://www.instagram.com/ptmfoundation/ - https://linktr.ee/ptmfoundation?fbclid=IwAR2LX3lK8B9-Arvry-EHlXmAAOeyDy9wcRAKpYfUayrmkwoQ9DNZOs1XpWw   35:54 - Indigenous peoples are three times more likely to have PTSD. - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875613/   36:29 - Peyote in Native American healing process - https://maps.org/news/bulletin/articles/439-bulletin-spring-2020/8138-sacred-peyote-conservation-respecting-indigenous-traditions   45:14 (and 49:34) - Heroic Hearts Project and Jesse Gould - Worth the Fight Podcast guest #3 - https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/ - https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/team - http://worththefightpodcast.org/come-together-episode-3-conversation-with-jesse-gould-heroic-hearts-project   47:32 - Kelly Brogan - https://kellybroganmd.com/   49:56 - Worth The Fight Podcast 316 with Amber & Marcus Capone/VETS - http://worththefightpodcast.org/seals-diving-into-psychedelia-episode-16-amber-marcus-caponevets   50:10 - Ibogaine: - https://maps.org/research/ibogaine-therapy - https://americanaddictioncenters.org/meth-treatment/success-rate-for-ibogaine - https://www.ibogainealliance.org/ibogaine/   57:25 - Sebastian Junger and "Tribe" the book. And veteran childhood sexual trauma.  - http://www.sebastianjunger.com/ - https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/1455566381 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640796/   1:00:27- Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. By Steven Newcomb - https://www.amazon.com/Pagans-Promised-Land-Christian-Discovery/dp/1555916422 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NmlJcy7RrA - https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/10/30/standing-up-to-the-doctrine-of-christian.asp   1:14:58: Rick Doblin - https://maps.org/about/staff - http://worththefightpodcast.org/psychedelic-state-forecast-episode-10-rick-doblin-maps   1:16:25 - Worth The Fight Book on Kindle, Amazon and audiobook.  - https://www.amazon.com/Worth-Fight-Spirituality-Psychedelic-Overcoming-ebook/dp/B07NRCXB72   1:16:40 - Mark Poelzer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-poelzer-b137a87/ - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8618647   1:17:28 - Madison Psychedelic Society and Worth The Fight bookclub with Matt Simpson and Day H-J - Madison Psychedelic Society - http://www.madisonpsychedelic.com/  - May 28th, 2020 at 7 pm CST “Worth The Fight” presentation: https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/events/270374700/ - June 17th, 2020 at 6 pm CST “Worth The Fight” Bookclub: https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/events/270374821/  
- http://worththefightpodcast.org/navigating-necessary-nuance-a-trip-between-the-lines-wday-h-j-episode-31-day-hj-madison-psychedelic-society