PORTAL on Instagram: "What if depression isn’t just a chemical imbalance, but a forest in winter? In this clip from The Sunday Story on NPR, reporter Rachel Carlson explores how psychedelics may increase neuroplasticity, allowing the brain to regrow connections more rapidly than traditional treatments like SSRIs. Neuroscientist David Olson describes a healthy brain as a lush spring canopy where squirrels can hop from one tree to the next. In depression, the trees are bare and the connections are

In this episode of Amplify, Lara Downes and The Roots drummer and film director Questlove discuss the pitfalls of fame and how documenting America’s music tells us a lot about our history. Read more: https://n.pr/3UMqdEe | NPR