{"title": "Schattenseiten – Psychedelika und Erlösungsphantasien", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/drugs/psychedelics"], "description": "A panel discussion on the dark sides of the psychedelic renaissance – how the promise of healing, insight and redemption can turn into new dependencies and power structures. It examines three areas of tension: guru figures and self-inflation, appropriation by right-wing milieus, and the connection with transhumanism and tech elites. The panel brings together political scientist Christopher Coenen, anthropologist Nicolas Langlitz and counsellor Sarah Pohl. The conversation asks what psychedelic experiences actually say about the world and who defines their meaning.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/schattenseiten-psychedelika-und-erlosungsphantasien-116468/", "official_url": "https://substanzen-festival.ch/programm/schattenseiten-psychedelika-erloesungsphantasien", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae6592e2087a6559c2007e20bafa9d07909aa9785ed7cda0ee360a7ec5c2ec5c-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Das Kokaintabu", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-17T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine/psychiatry", "society"], "description": "Das «Kokaintabu» is a panel discussion on the goals, opportunities and risks of cocaine-supported treatment. Geneva psychiatrist Daniele Zullino, who heads addiction medicine at Geneva University Hospital, presents his considerations and discusses them with Romain Bach, co-secretary general of the addiction association GREA; Michael Herzig, former drug commissioner of the city of Zurich, moderates. The event addresses stereotypical assumptions about cocaine and opens a drug-policy window onto French-speaking Switzerland. The discussion is held in German, with translation provided if needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/das-kokaintabu-116467/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e51b68d16032448edbe18e47fe3182d715e182958e02e65558d2307638f8a098-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Aus sich heraustreten – Über Rausch und Ekstase", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/philosophy"], "description": "«Aus sich heraustreten – Über Rausch und Ekstase» is a philosophical and cultural-studies panel discussion. On the panel are historian Helena Barop, psychiatrist and philosopher Daniel Strassberg and philosopher Susanne Schmetkamp, with Michael Herzig moderating. The discussion asks what ecstasy is, how it relates to intoxication, and why sober ecstasy is often considered less blameworthy than drug-induced ecstasy. The panel takes place as part of the festival «Substanzen jetzt».", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/aus-sich-heraustreten-uber-rausch-und-ekstase-116469/", "official_url": "https://substanzen-festival.ch/programm/rausch-und-ekstase", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f0152c8da6a2a331ae6ca0a919d5cde5ef14c9a017db97a2cc58b36d0578a3c3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Psychedelische Kultur", "start": "2026-11-13T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/drugs/psychedelics", "history"], "description": "A talk introducing the origins and concerns of drug culture. Susanne Seiler, who lived through the sixties and seventies as a hippie, studied sociology and linguistics, and took part in early studies on psychedelic use, guides the evening. She traces how jazz and blues first brought people into contact with the culture in the thirties, how sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll dismantled postwar conformity, and what grew from it. In conversation with the audience she also wants to explore what this means for Generation Z.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/psychedelische-kultur-116463/", "official_url": "https://substanzen-festival.ch/programm/psychedelische-kultur", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c07fa47d04680209c9fd07490fde39d08f30c08041fc53698d90c60e82dfc3f6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Substanzen Jetzt. – Stammtisch", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "price": "prix libre", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/drugs"], "description": "The «Substanzen Jetzt. – Stammtisch» is a new, informal format where anyone can ask their questions about psychoactive substances. It is run by the «Substanzen Jetzt.» festival; in an intimate setting and with expert guidance, participants exchange ideas with like-minded people and experts such as doctors, therapists and safer-use specialists. Topics range from set and setting, trip preparation and integration to microdosing, combined use, psychedelics in older age, and how parents can talk to teenagers about drugs. The experts are met at an apéro at the start, and entry is on a pay-what-you-wish basis with a bar service.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/substanzen-jetzt-stammtisch-116464/", "official_url": "https://substanzen-festival.ch/programm/stammtisch-14-november", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d241b431c6cd3e73bc02104cbfefb84badda7615cc5217115e46e5afc2c91943-2000.webp"}, {"title": "PAPER MIRRORS", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei 2.0", "address": "Sihlquai 125, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/drugs/psychedelics", "art/psychedelic-art"], "description": "\"PAPER MIRRORS\" is a richly illustrated talk on the history of psychedelic art and the emergence of blotter art. The internationally active artist Kevin Barron explores how psychedelic visual worlds developed and how printed blotting paper evolved from a functional medium into an artistic form in its own right. Drawing on selected examples, he examines the cultural, social and aesthetic contexts of this distinctive art form. The talk also offers a deeper introduction to the exhibition, opening a window onto a visual universe where counterculture, contemporary history and art intersect.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/paper-mirrors-116462/", "official_url": "https://substanzen-festival.ch/programm/paper-mirrors", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2014aa20f5da54a996801b393a2b97f4df0296d8050057a9a191a067b1ceab27-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Reden wir darüber!", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "aki Katholische Hochschulgemeinde", "address": "Hirschengraben 86, 8001 Zürich", "price": "CHF 30 / 20, Studierende und Lernende gratis (inkl. Umtrunk)", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/pastoral-care", "science/ai"], "description": "A talk with discussion about artificial intelligence as a conversation partner in psychotherapy and spiritual care. The guest is Dr. Jana Sedlakova, a philosopher and ethicist at the Ethox Centre of the University of Oxford; the discussion is led and moderated by Paul Ludigs of aki and Sebastian Muders of the Paulus Akademie. The event takes place in cooperation with aki, Katholische Hochschulgemeinde, and asks what it means that more and more people turn to AI with emotional distress and questions of meaning. Among the issues debated are responsibility when a chatbot responds falsely or inappropriately, and whether AI gives people access to support who would otherwise seek none.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/reden-wir-daruber-25227/", "official_url": "https://www.paulusakademie.ch/programm/?eid=44453&event-title=Reden+wir+dar%C3%BCber%21+%E2%80%93+19.11.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8c017bad22f9720dfacc45bffcdf3b5ff6e608f0b2d16d0b25d18c4612af9fea-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Linda Simmler: Changing synaptic strength", "start": "2026-11-17T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich · HAH-E-03 (Häldeliweg)", "address": "Häldeliweg 2, 8044 Zürich", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/neuroscience"], "description": "A public lecture titled \"Changing synaptic strength: Psychedelics and their role in neuroplasticity\" at the University of Zurich. The event is hosted by the Psychedelic Research Organization of Zurich (PROZ), which has invited Prof. Dr. Linda Simmler as the speaker. She will talk about the role psychedelics play in neuroplasticity. The talk lasts 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of audience questions, and admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/linda-simmler-changing-synaptic-strength-123148/", "official_url": "https://www.psychedelicresearchzurich.ch/events/#linda-simmler", "image": "https://noky.io/images/08b1afe21130a0c4088ca7efead73f3c355a91968d2dab2e09d5a3f2b7887bc5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Substanzen Jetzt. Das Festival", "start": "2026-11-12T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei, 3. Stock", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["society/drugs/psychedelics", "art"], "description": "The festival «Substanzen Jetzt.» offers a wide range of formats on psychedelic themes: Psychedelic Art in exhibition rooms, panel discussions on controversial questions, tables with experts, concerts and experimental formats, films and workshops. It is organised by Photobastei. A joint party takes place on the middle weekend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/substanzen-jetzt-das-festival-123006/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b33aeb2b0422ba307cf0881c0cff762ecbd3bb631bf293e360f3e75f88a5eace-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hörstationen von Substanzielles.ch", "start": "2026-11-12T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Photobastei, 3. Stock", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society/drugs/psychedelics"], "description": "Listening stations invite visitors to pause and hear people speak openly, nuanced and without judgement about their personal experiences with psychoactive substances. Behind the project stands substanzielles.ch, co-initiator and co-organiser of the festival in which the stations are embedded. At four screens with two headphones each, portraits show people from addiction physicians to dealers, members of parliament to bus drivers, revealing that consumption spans all professions and social strata. Three stations are in German, one in French, and the stories can be heard throughout the whole festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/horstationen-von-substanziellesch-123018/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f5bec70237c4cad7d45df704882c3ca622ddac04ee0ff377f858fd8ed8774ac1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wessen Kosmos? Perspektiven auf Existenz, Hoffnung und das Unbegreifliche", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-17T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Karl der Grosse", "address": "Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/theology", "science/astronomy"], "description": "A panel discussion forming the closing podium of the annual focus RAUM, asking how people position themselves in a universe larger and more incomprehensible than they can grasp. Moderator Hannan Salamat talks with Kathrin Altwegg, Alexandra Kruse and Christian Walti about perspectives from science, philosophy, theology and astrology on existence, hope and responsibility. It is organised by Karl der Grosse and followed by an apéro. The event is translated into Swiss German sign language and written language.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wessen-kosmos-perspektiven-auf-existenz-hoffnung-und-das-unb-31172/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}