Can Psychedelics Change Billionaires? The Psychology of Hoarded Wealth

What happens when one person's wealth becomes power over everyone else—and can human behaviour actually change? Diana Colleen uses her novel's radical thought experiment to connect wealth hoarding, trauma, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the work of integration, while Cody tests where the argument holds and where it still needs evidence. IN THIS EPISODE Why Diana frames extreme wealth as hoarding and a public-power problem. How she distinguishes MDMA, psilocybin, ayahuasca, DMT, therapy, ceremony, and personal use from her own experience. What screening, integration, trust, community, and qualified medical guidance add to any responsible decision. ABOUT THE GUEST Diana Colleen is a Canadian-born writer and the author of *They Could Be Saviors*, speculative fiction about billionaire accountability, psychedelics, and social change. Her therapeutic and political interpretations in this conversation are her own; they are not diagnoses or medical proof. Website: https://www.dianacolleenauthor.com/ Press and media: https://www.dianacolleenauthor.com/pr... Instagram:   / diana.colleen.author   WATCH NEXT Rick Tumlinson: Why Humanity Must Go to Space    • Rick Tumlinson: Why Humanity Must Go to Space   CHOOSE YOUR PATH Canada Under Pressure: *ROUTING BLOCKER — the official current-lane playlist was not live in the verified channel inventory. Create it before publishing this description.* Technology With Consequences: *ROUTING BLOCKER — the official current-lane playlist was not live in the verified channel inventory. Create it before publishing this description.* Full Conversations, current legacy route:    • The Weird Canadian Podcast   SOURCES Health Canada — risk-management expectations for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinical trials: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canad... Australia's TGA — strict authorised-prescriber access for MDMA and psilocybin from July 2023: https://www.tga.gov.au/news/news-arti... U.S. FDA — 2024 complete response letter for MDMA/midomafetamine for PTSD: https://download.open.fda.gov/crl/CRL... U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse — psychedelic and dissociative drugs as medicines: https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/... NASA — thousands of exoplanets are known, but there is currently no evidence of life beyond Earth: https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/s... FOLLOW THE WEIRD CANADIAN YouTube:    / @the_weird_canadian   Async affiliate link: https://async.com/?ref=zjdlyzn Plaud affiliate link: https://plaudca.sjv.io/the_weird_cana... CONTENT NOTE AND DISCLOSURE This conversation includes sexual assault, suicidal thoughts, controlled substances, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. It is not medical advice. Diana's `extreme wealth as trauma response` framing is a speculative argument and novel premise, not a clinical diagnosis or established treatment finding. Laws, access, risks, and professional standards vary by jurisdiction; speak with a qualified licensed health professional before making treatment decisions. CHAPTERS 00:00 When trauma becomes life-or-death 00:27 What's broken inside extreme wealth? 02:13 Why facts do not always change behaviour 03:18 When wealth hoarding affects everyone 05:47 Fix Earth before leaving it? 10:56 Trauma, survival, and the turning point 14:47 Meditation, writing, and the novel 16:52 AI, authors, and the cost of help 20:35 How MDMA and psilocybin differ 24:35 Ayahuasca, DMT, and context 30:08 Why psychedelic research became taboo 35:04 The commercialization risk 36:03 The psychology of billionaire power 39:30 What individuals can change 45:20 Integration after the session 48:27 Screening, contraindications, and safety 52:50 Hope, trust, and community 55:28 What one person can do next #BillionairePsychology #PsychedelicTherapy #WealthInequality #TheWeirdCanadian