Beyond the Trip: Relieving Cluster Headaches with Psychedelics | Interview with Joanna Kempner, PhD

The questions:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Could you introduce yourself?
01:20 What is agnotology?
03:00 How did the war on drugs shape ignorance?
04:23 Does this ignorance have a gender dimension?
06:07 What do we misunderstand about migraine?
07:47 What led you to psychedelics?
10:09 How do Clusterbusters view self-experimentation?
12:48 What were patients’ experiences with psychedelics?
15:40 Does the research support these experiences?
17:37 Is this more biological than experiential?
19:13 What can the psychedelic field learn from cluster headache patients?
21:51 Are patient perspectives overlooked in psychedelic research?
23:39 Should the psychedelic renaissance be retold through patients?
25:26 Should researchers credit patient communities more?
27:23 Why are researchers cautious about patient-led evidence?
Filmed at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2026 in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Watch Drugreporter’s short documentary about the event and explore more of our articles and videos on psychedelics.
Interview: Péter Sárosi | Rights Reporter Foundation – Drugreporter
Camera and editing: István Gábor Takács | Rights Reporter Foundation – Drugreporter








