Our guest on the podcast today, Brian D. Earp. He’s the Associate Director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics & Health Policy at Yale University and The Hastings Center, and a Research Fellow in the Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He’s the co-author of Love Drugs along with Julian Savulescu. We talk about ‘love drugs’: Could psychedelics serve as a catalyst for falling in and out of love? Sounds like a futuristic invention or a movie premise, but it’s the topic of Brian D. Earp’s new book: Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships. Brian talks science, no science fiction. So what about an ‘anti-love drug’? Maybe to help us get over an ex-partner? As much as some psychedelic-assisted experiences may help couples strengthen their emotional ties, others might help individuals let go of their emotional connections during a difficult break-up. These substances, like MDMA (the active ingredient in ecstasy), already exist, and they can have profoundly transformative effects on our feelings of love. Enjoy!
