<p>In this episode, our host, <a href="https://x.com/FatherMcKennaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Taylor Sterling</a> sits down with <a href="https://x.com/josikinz?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>Josie Kins</strong></a> — researcher and founder of several pioneering projects in the documentation of subjective, altered states of consciousness, including the <a href="http://psychonautwiki.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Psychonaut Wiki</a>. </p><p>Josie is also affiliated with <a href="https://mindstate.design/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mindstate Design Labs</a>, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing research on altered states for therapeutic benefit.</p><p>In this conversation, Taylor and Josie explore <strong>the challenges of describing psychedelic experiences</strong>, the creation of the <a href="http://effectindex.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>Subjective Effect Index</strong></a>, <strong>visual replications of hallucinations</strong>, and the frontier of <strong>novel compounds like 5-MeO-MiPT</strong>.</p><p><strong>Follow </strong><a href="https://josiekins.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>Josie&#39;s other projects</strong></a><strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/psyai_the_bot/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PsyAI.chat</a> (AI psychonautics assistant), <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/replications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">/r/Replications Subreddit</a> (143k+ community for psychedelic visual art), her <a href="https://josiekins.xyz/ai-psychedelia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">AI-generated psychedelia</a> gallery, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65974b6dac6a0476f47c5fa6/t/65e41cc6dd9323786b6ae2bc/1709448401680/The+Psychoactive+Substances+of+Faerun+-+An+Encyclopedic+Guide+-+The+Homebrewery+%281%29-compressed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the psychoactive substances of Faerun</a> (an awesome DnD homebrew), or check out her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@josikinz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YouTube</a> channel for more.</p><p>Whether you’re deeply embedded in psychedelic scholarship, curious about the edges of consciousness, or want to see how science and subjectivity can intersect — this episode gives you a front-row view of what happens when we try to chart the ineffable.</p>