About

She is the author of a forthcoming memoir of gonzo journalism with Hay House Publishing about the intersection of Jewish and psychedelic consciousness, from the perspective of growing up in the cannabis legalization movement and Ram Dass community. Currently a contributing editor to Ayin Press—an artist-run publishing platform and production studio rooted in and emanating outward from Jewish culture—she also hosts a podcast called Set & Setting on the Be Here Now Network, and has written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, VICE, High Times, and Tablet Magazine, among other outlets.

Her work is focused on cannabis, psychedelics, Judaism, and spirituality, but also extends to culture, policy, science, agriculture, technology, and religion-at-large. In jest, "Jews & Drugs" is an overarching theme in Madison's writing, but really her passion centers on transcendence and healing in order to access that which is within and beyond the self. Be it through getting high off acid or G-d, meditation or movement, creativity or somatics, her work explores the various ways in which people nourish their souls.

Co-founder of the Jewish Psychedelic Summit and DoubleBlind, a print magazine and digital media startup covering psychedelics and where they intersect with mental health, environmental justice, social equity, and more, Madison has most recently launched a media, education, and consulting collective called DAVKA.

Madison got her start with a column on cannabis at the Village Voice, just after receiving her Master's from Columbia Journalism School. Prior to that, she lived in Tel Aviv, working with Israel's African refugee population. In a past life, she also lived at a crazy co-op called Cloyne, while pursuing an interdisciplinary Bachelor’s in Rhetoric and Cognitive Linguistics at UC Berkeley. Fascinated by language, she has studied French, Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. 

A lifelong student, she is currently pursuing certification in narrative therapy and yoga teacher training with the Jerusalem Narrative Therapy Institute and Yogamu. And in her "free time," you can find Madison dancing, hiking, spinning her hula hoop, scheming for the next Rainbow Gathering, or studying the wisdom of Rebbe Nachman.

Originally from Los Angeles, she is based in New York and rooting in Tzfat.