Michael Pollan Returns (on consciousness)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- April 1, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 9m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
Discusses comedy, music, tv, film.
Summary
Michael Pollan (A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness) is a science and environmental journalist. Michael returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why choosing surrender is liberating in both psychedelics and life, what the “hard problem” of consciousness is and how we get to it, and how sentience serves homeostasis in living beings. Michael and …
Show notes
Michael Pollan (A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness) is a science and environmental journalist. Michael returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss why choosing surrender is liberating in both psychedelics and life, what the “hard problem” of consciousness is and how we get to it, and how sentience serves homeostasis in living beings. Michael and Dax talk about asking what the world would be like without consciousness, the remarkable fact that plants can see, hear, and fight, and experim
Themes
- comedy
- music
- tv
- film