THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.265 - LUCY WALKER

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Nov 17, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Westminster, Freedom And Early Drug Use

  • Lucy enjoyed Westminster's cultural freedoms but also smoked heavily and experimented with drugs between ages 16–19.
  • She experimented with LSD, psilocybin and MDMA but avoided heroin and cocaine during that period.
ANECDOTE

Infertility, Cancer And Unplanned Life

  • Lucy speaks candidly about infertility linked to cancer and how it derailed plans to have children.
  • She frames her unconventional life with a mixture of wistfulness and acceptance.
INSIGHT

Ibogaine's Early Promise And Political Block

  • Lucy explains ibogaine's discovery and how it abruptly removed heroin craving in early experiments.
  • She argues psychedelic repression since Nixon hindered research into therapeutic potential for decades.
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