The Internet Explorer's Podcast
The Internet Explorer's Podcast is a comedy-ish, science-ish, history-ish, popculture-ish parody podcast where curiosity meets absurdity. Each week, self-proclaimed "internet explorer" Jimmy dives headfirst into the wildest, weirdest, and most questionable corners of the internet. He “researches” topics like DIY invisibility cloaks, medieval alchemy, and whether plants can feel pain—then confidently explains his findings to a real expert, who sets the record straight while humoring Jimmy’s misguided brilliance. It’s part curiosity, part chaos, and always a hilarious exploration of ideas you never knew you needed to hear.
The Internet Explorer's Podcast
The God Trip
What do a priest, an atheist, and a mushroom have in common?
No, this isn’t a bar joke, it’s the setup for this week’s episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, where we dig into the strange, trippy overlap between spirituality, psychedelics, and brain chemistry.
In clinical labs and quiet chapels, professional religious leaders are now taking psilocybin, the compound in magic mushrooms, as part of scientific studies. And the results are... mixed. Compare that to hardcore atheists taking the same trips and coming back with stories of oneness, light, and love... followed by six weeks of rationalizing what the hell just happened.
So what gives?
This episode breaks down the neurochemistry of transcendence, the history of humans chasing visions, and the not-so-shocking idea that maybe religion has always had a little fungus in its foundation. From burning bushes and talking snakes to angels covered in eyes, we explore why religious experiences sound a lot like a high-dose trip report.
We’ll look at how your brain constructs the “sacred” whether or not you believe in the supernatural, and why that feeling of spiritual truth might just be what happens when your Default Mode Network takes a nap.
Featuring an alarming number of biblical hallucinations, a lot of deadpan jokes, and zero actual shroom use by your host (but a lot of curiosity), this is the episode that connects monks, mushrooms, and modern neuroscience without making you convert, confess, or fast for 40 days.
What does and doesn't the mushroom reveal?
You'll have to listen to find out.
