Ep. 7/44 — What is a Receptor?
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Ep. 7/44 — What is a Receptor?
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In this episode, we turn inward: from the molecules themselves to the maps they follow.
We begin with a simple question:How does a puff of smoke or a drop of DMT produce a shift in mood, memory, or meaning?
The answer, almost always, begins with the receptor.
This episode traces:
🧠 How the discovery of receptors transformed neuroscience🌀 Why "locks and keys" are more poetic and powerful than they sound📡 How psychedelic substances interact with specific neural circuits🧬 The brain’s natural “listening stations” and what they’re tuned to hear🕸️ What the receptor model reveals about connection, perception, and even selfhood
We explore how chemicals don’t force effects on the brain, they participate in a dialogue. A whisper into a system already wired for meaning.
To feel anything is to be in relationship.And to alter that feeling is to shift the pattern of connection between molecules, between neurons, between worlds.
As always, this project is ad-free, independently made, and crafted for those who believe that the mind is more than matter, and that matter might just be meaning in disguise.
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