In Texas’s Peyote Gardens
In Texas’s Peyote Gardens  
Podcast: Altered States
Published On: Wed Nov 12 2025
Description: Reporter Adreanna Rodriguez gets invited to Texas to harvest peyote, a psychoactive cactus often caught in the crosshairs of the so-called psychedelic Renaissance. When she arrives, she finds a threatened cactus, a community determined to protect it, and an unexpected calling that reconnects her to home.