music Listen: Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) covers psych pioneer Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators) David Pescovitz

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Wikenigma is a fascinating encyclopedia of the holes in human knowledge Allan Rose Hill

drugs New documents released about the US government's secret LSD mind-control program Allan Rose Hill

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The Psychedelic Guide to Preparation of the Eucharist Allan Rose Hill

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Survival fear from prehistoric times drives today's moral outrage Ellsworth Toohey

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History Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction Ellsworth Toohey

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