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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How one mom manages mood disorders with LSD microdosing

    Ayelet Waldman’s struggle with mood disorders led her to try a controversial new therapy: microdosing with LSD. We hear how that worked for her.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 17, 2017 • 1 min read

    Ayelet Waldman’s struggle with mood disorders led her to try a controversial new therapy: microdosing with LSD. We hear how that worked for her.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Ayelet Waldman

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    4 of 5
    Concerns over Labor and Interior department nominees
    1. 0:00Labor activists troubled by Labor Secretary nominee
    2. 8:23A friend to the fossil fuel industry up for post running US public lands
    3. 16:20Ahead of the Women’s March on Washington, are women united?
    4. 25:47How one mom manages mood disorders with LSD microdosingYou’re reading this
    5. 40:38Best of new TV: Superheroes and Hollywood superstars on the small screen
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