It's been half a century since the psychedelic era, but some baby boomers are returning to the drugs of their youth — not for rock and roll, but to confront aging. Writer Abbie Rosner re-experienced mushrooms in her 60s, and she tells Anita about her subsequent investigation into why other boomers are taking psychedelics to grapple with aging. Plus, a medical professional shares what it’s like to facilitate these experiences for her peers.Meet the guests:- <a href="https://www.abbierosner.com/">Abbie Rosner</a> is a writer who shares her own experience and the stories of other baby boomers, which she plans to publish in a book called “ELDEREVOLUTION: Psychedelics and the New Counterculture of Aging”- <a href="https://www.drcrystaldawn.org/">Dr. Crystal Dawn</a> is a physician who's board-certified in family medicine and provides ketamine-assisted therapy<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2025-01-08/boomers-on-psychedelics-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/embodiedwunc/?hl=en">Instagram </a><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/254474/43/83gu0x074ydhd8wm">Leave a message for Embodied</a>Please note: This episode originally aired January 9, 2025.Update: Abbie Rosner’s book, “Psychedelics and the Counterculture of Aging,” will be available in July of 2026. Abbie also writes a newsletter on Substack about psychedelics in older life called <a href="https://substack.com/@abbierosner">ELDEREVOLUTION</a>.

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