For Tim Ferriss, the best-selling author, podcaster, and investor, the decision to devote his philanthropy to research into psychedelic drugs is built on a solid foundation of peer-reviewed science.

Tim Ferriss wants to help “bend the arc of history” with an $800,000 donation to UC Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics to foster better reporting on the emerging topic of psychedelics.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and prominent podcaster Tim Ferriss are among the dozens of speakers making a trip to Denver this summer for a conference dedicated to all things ...