Joanna Harcourt-Smith

Joanna Harcourt-Smith (13 January 1946 – 11 October 2020) was a British-born author, poet, and psychedelic activist from an aristocratic background. She was the granddaughter of Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith and the stepdaughter of financier Árpád Plesch. In 1972, she met Timothy Leary and traveled with him to Afghanistan, where he was arrested and extradited to the U.S. Her memoir, Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary, inspired the 2020 documentary My Psychedelic Love Story. She later hosted the Future Primitive podcast, exploring oral traditions and environmental themes. Harcourt-Smith died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 74.

Biography She was born at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, in Switzerland.

On her weekly podcast, Future Primitive, Harcourt-Smith did and archived almost 700 interviews, from 2006 through 2020. The interviews focused on preserving oral traditions and uniting emergent communities for a future that honors the planet. and the aunt of financier Arpad Busson.

In 1966 Harcourt-Smith married Nico Tambacopoulou in a ceremony that was attended by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, and actor William Holden. The marriage ended in divorce. In 1971 she married John d'Amécourt and later divorced.