“I’m a journalist straddling California, New York, and Israel-Palestine, centered on psychedelics, hashish, and Judaism (in jest, I’ll say “Jews & Medicine”). I additionally cowl tradition, coverage, and science. I’m passionate and interested by how individuals can transcend their minds to entry one thing larger than themselves — be it via getting excessive off acid or God, meditating, creating artwork, or one thing somatic, I’ve got down to discover the varied methods individuals nourish their souls. That is what drives me, and most of my writing, ultimately or one other, connects again to this theme.
As of late, I work as an editor at DoubleBlind, the print and digital journal I co-founded, protecting psychedelics and the place they intersect with psychological well being, spirituality, environmental justice, and social fairness. I additionally co-founded the Jewish Psychedelic Summit and host a podcast known as Set & Setting on the Be Right here Now Community. I’ve been practising journalism since 2014 and have been printed in shops like Rolling Stone, Vice, Playboy, Excessive Instances, Pill, and Nylon, amongst others.
I bought my begin with a column on hashish on the Village Voice, simply after graduating from Columbia Journalism Faculty. Previous to that, I lived in Tel Aviv, working with Israel’s African refugee group. In a previous life, I additionally lived at a loopy co-op known as Cloyne, whereas finding out rhetoric and linguistics at UC Berkeley.
I’m a nerd about language and communicate or dabble in French, Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. When not working, writing, or reporting, I’m normally dancing, spinning my hula hoop, or practising yoga.”
Be taught extra about Madison’s work at madisonmargolin.com