Bonus Episode 13 — X-Files Addendum

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In this bonus episode, Alejandro discusses some of what he’s doing at uni—a creative writing project based on a psychedelic experience, and a research project looking at the depiction of schizophrenia in the TV show Undone. Tobias shares some interesting research; one paper he found looking at Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and another looking at psilocybin and anorexia. Alejandro also shares a comparison between the X-Files Epsiode — Jose Chung’s From Outer Space and the bizarre documentary series Hellier, and finishes with a recollection of a DMT experience.

References

• The X Files: Jose Chungs From Outer Space — Season 3, Episode 20 (1996)

• Kenchel, J. M., Domagalski, K., Butler, B. J., & Loftus, E. F. (2022). The messy landscape of eye movements and false memories. Memory, 30(6), 678–685. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1862234

• Peck, S.K., Brewerton, T.D., Fisher, H. et al. Therapeutic emergence of dissociated traumatic memories during psilocybin treatment for anorexia nervosa. J Eat Disord 13, 89 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01274-2

• Hellier (2019)

• Clan of the Cave Bear (1980)

• Duncan Bradford — Occult Experiments in the Home — Entities (2020)

• Mitch Hedberg — I Used to Do Drugs

Links

Altered Mates Website

Altered Mates Instagram

Altered Mates Substack

Altered Mates Patreon

Music for the show by Si Mulumby

A Glimpse of Eternity by Alejandro Tuama

• Purchase the novel here (hard copy, ebook and audiobook).

• Listen to the free serialised audiobook here.