Cover Story is a podcast with the goal of uncovering scandals and lies. Produced by New York magazine, this show tries to expose coverups. The show wants to provide truth for audiences.
Actor and writer iO Tillett Wright hosts the first season of Cover Story. Wright, a former New York Times columnist, is a TV show host and author of several books. He is a self-proclaimed believer in psychedelics. In the debut episode of the podcast, Wright shares his foray into psychedelics at a young age for context. He also talks to Lily Kay Ross in the first episode. Ross began her involvement with acid as a young woman. She now wants to expose the truth about the unregulated world of psychedelics.
Cover Story's first season, "Power Trip," investigates the lesser-known side of psychedelic healing. Topics include shamans cutting corners and therapists having affairs with clients. Ross, a subject in the first installment of the podcast, gets a more involved role in the second half of the season. She and David Nickles cohost and produce the second part. "Power Trip II" examines the clinical trials for psychedelics. They report on clinical trials gone wrong, discussing more than stats to share the truth.
Cover Story explores how hallucinogens have grown in popularity in recent years. Listeners will learn how so few people questioned claims made by researchers. Ross and Nickles talk with participants in clinical trials. The podcast discusses the manipulation of data in psychedelic research results. Podcast episodes contain complicated but interesting topics. In the "I am the Wolf" episode, a victim talks about how a psychedelic therapist overstepped.
Season two of Cover Story talks about a Montana billionaire, espionage, and women. Hanna Rosin hosts "Seed Money." The episode "Mission Creep" exposes the truth behind a mogul's "good deeds" in Montana. From psychedelics to spies-for-hire, Cover Story is an investigatory listen.
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