Great Moments in Weed History
153 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 607 ratingsGreat Moments in Weed History delves deep into humanity's 10,000+ year relationship with cannabis (a.k.a. marijuana) to explore the humor, heart, and historical importance of the planet's most revered and maligned plant. Hosted by David Bienenstock.
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Dropping Acid on Bicycle Day (4/20 Special Episode w/ Shane Mauss)
April 17, 2024 10:34 - 46 minutesOn April 19, 1943 Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hoffman took the world's first LSD trip, which included a rather harrowing bicycle ride home from his lab that day. For the next sixty years, Hoffman would be fascinated by his famous "problem child," a powerful molecule that changed the course of history. Comedian Shane Mauss ("A Better Trip") tells us the story of Bicycle Day, which is now celebrated around the world. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 100+ episodes of Great Moments in We...
Carl Sagan and His Best Bud Get Blazed and Save the Universe
April 03, 2024 08:20 - 1 hourAs we gaze upon the Cosmos, let's remember Carl Sagan, the famed astronomer who attributed his most powerful epiphanies to the creative influence of cannabis. And his best bud Dr. Lester Grinspoon, who set out to make the definitive scientific case against weed and ended up becoming one of the plant's greatest champions. Their friendship truly changed the course of weed history, with some incredible stories along the way. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 100+ episodes of Great Momen...
This Total Solar Eclipse Is Gonna Be Trippy AF
March 20, 2024 08:20 - 52 minutesWhat's the most psychedelic experience you can have on Earth without ingesting so much as a microdose? A solar eclipse, no question—but you've got to be in the path of totality. Our guest on this episode, astronomer Nour Skaf, from the Black Rock Observatory, explains what exactly happens during an eclipse, and why it's such a profoundly trippy phenomenon. Nour will be presenting a talk at the upcoming Texas Eclipse Festival outside Austin, Texas on April 5th-9th. Bean will be there too, re...
The Epic Tail of Ganjasaurus Rex (featuring Jon Gabrus)
March 06, 2024 11:20 - 1 hourFrom the depths of the ocean, a mythical weed-loving monster arises to wreak havoc on the authorities who attempt to eradicate her favorite plant. Would you believe this no-budget 1980s monster movie is based on a true story? With special guest Jon Gabrus, we explore how a locally-produced film called Ganjasaurus Rex actually tells the history of outlaw weed growers in Humboldt County via a kaiju about a Godzilla-like creature that swats down police helicopters. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podc...
I Answered Reddit's Weed Questions
February 20, 2024 14:20 - 56 minutesThe internet has burning questions about getting lit. So GMIWH took a week off from getting high on history to jump into the r/trees subreddit and drop some knowledge on those seeking advice. As you might imagine, the questions range from the serious, to the silly, to the strange. Think of this one as "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Weed (But Were Afraid to Ask)." EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 100+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a ne...
Meet Magu—China's Ancient Hemp Goddess
February 07, 2024 10:20 - 57 minutesLet's head back to 2700 BC to meet an ancient Chinese hemp goddess who lived on a mountaintop full of cannabis plants where she brewed the elixir of life. And doesn’t that sound nice? Our guides for this trip are Christina Wong and Wendy Zeng, two chefs, culinary cannabis creators, and the co-hosts of Mogu Magu, a culture, food, and cannabis collective exploring the Asian immigrant experience. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 100+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History , and subs...
The Outlaw Weed Mayor of Lake Tahoe
January 24, 2024 10:20 - 59 minutesCody Bass is a second generation outlaw who fought the law and lost, but never lost faith in cannabis. Today he’s a successful weed business owner, and the mayor of Lake Tahoe, California—the very jurisdiction where the authorities once literally tried to run him out of town. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 100+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History , and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon...
Meet Mila—Amsterdam's Hashish Queen
January 10, 2024 09:10 - 51 minutesMila Jansen first scored hash down on the docks in 1964, smuggled into Amsterdam by sailors from exotic ports of call. She soon after opened an early forerunner of that city’s legendary cannabis coffeeshops, before spending many years living in India, Afghanistan, and other traditional hashish producing regions. And then, upon returning home, she absolutely changed the game as one of Amsterdam’s top cannabis growers and the inventor of an era-defining device for modern hash makers called the...
BAKE TO THE FUTURE: The Year in Weed + 2024 Predictions
December 28, 2023 01:52 - 55 minutesWe turned a crystal ball into a bong. Then we invited Leafly Senior Editor David Downs to smoke the strain of the year out of it and make predications for the future of cannabis. After reviewing the highs (and lows) of a tumultuous year, we see a bright, green future for the plant, the culture, and the industry in 2024 (and beyond). So please get lit and join us, as we go Bake to the Future. STRAIN OF THE YEAR Each year, based on extensive smoking and hard data, Leafly selects the strain of ...
Holidaze Special: Trippin' Balls with Santa Claus
December 13, 2023 09:20 - 1 hourExplore St. Nick’s psychedelic shamanic roots in Siberia in the only Christmas Special where Santa gifts you magic mushrooms and even the reindeer get high AF! So hang on to your sleigh bells, because it's time for Abdullah and Bean's annual re-telling of this classic story as we celebrate the holiday season with Amanita muscaria mushrooms, weed-infused cookies, extra oil to dab for Chanukah and plenty of fermented yak milk. Special thanks to Harvard professor Donald Pfister for his enlighten...
How "Wooks" Pass the Torch of Weed Wisdom
November 29, 2023 09:20 - 48 minutesIn an age of corporate cannabis, who keeps authentic weed culture alive? In a time of abundant strains and concentrates, whose tastes define hashish connoisseurship. Wooks, that's who! Named for the Wookies in the Star Wars universe—Chewbacca being the most well known example —and found primarily hanging around outside concerts and festivals, wooks are noble, gentle creatures dedicated to living in the moment, getting lit and following their bliss. So we seshed with real-life cannabis couple...
The Pot Prince of Bel-Air
November 15, 2023 09:20 - 1 hourTodd McCormick’s weed journey began when his mom handed him a joint on the way home from chemotherapy. As a survivor of pediatric cancer, he later advocated for the plant’s legalization alongside legends of the cannabis movement like Jack Herer, Brownie Mary, Dennis Peron and Dr. Lester Grinspoon. Getting busted for growing medical cannabis at a mansion in Bel-Air made him an international cannabis cause célèbre, but that's just one part of his incredible story. Todd also forged lasting frien...
Freaky Beatniks Smoked Tea and Started the Legalization Movement
November 01, 2023 08:20 - 58 minutesEmerging in the conformist 1950s, the Beat subculture pushed back against corporatism and consumerism in favor of a contemplatively nonconformist lifestyle focused on art, poetry, jazz and “kicks.” The small circle of young writers at the core of this lit-erary movement—Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady—were all heavily influenced by the improvisation, illumination. and imagination they found in cannabis. Among their most acclaimed and lasting works are Kerouac...
How Weed Growing Went Global (w/ Jorge Cervantes)
October 18, 2023 08:20 - 58 minutesIn 1983, an outlaw weed grower pseudonymously published Indoor Marijuana Horticulture, a truly game changing book that sparked a global movement. In the forty years since, "Jorge Cervantes" has traveled the world writing articles, shooting videos, meeting with growers, sampling harvests, and generously sharing his weed wisdom. In this episode, Jorge recalls his incredible life story, from seed to flower. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in ...
From Rope to Dope
October 04, 2023 08:20 - 41 minutesCannabis activist Ellen Komp has been on the frontlines of the fight to end weed arrests and provide safe access to this incredible medicinal plant for decades. Including as an editor of Jack Herer's groundbreaking book about hemp—The Emperor Wears No Clothes, as the deputy director of California NORML and as author of Tokin' Women: A 4,000 Year Herstory. In a special live episode taped at this year's Meadowlands conference, Ellen shares the modern history of weed as seen through her own eye...
Help Save America's Weed-basket!
September 20, 2023 08:20 - 49 minutesWhen a bunch of lawyers and shadowy political operators pushed a ballot initiative in Humboldt County, California that could destroy the legal weed industry in America's most legendary cannabis cultivation region, comedian Billy Wayne Davis—our guest this week—said "hell no." On October 1st, Great Moments in Weed History will join Billy Wayne plus Mike Glazer from Weed + Grub, Frank Castillo from Peak'd and Henry Zebrowski from Last Podcast on the Left for a benefit show at the Mateel Center ...
From 'Bong Boy' to Pot Humorist
September 06, 2023 08:20 - 54 minutesWhether portraying Bong Boy as part of the Upright Citizens Brigade or taping his solo stand-up special at a weed lounge, comedian Matt Besser never shies away from embracing cannabis culture. In an appropriately stoned interview, Matt shares some personal great moments from his own weed history, explores how cannabis enhances the creative process, and explains why he never goes on stage stoned—unless it's 4/20. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Mome...
What Your Doctor Don’t Know (or Won’t Tell You) About Medical Marijuana
August 23, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourCannabis has profound therapeutic properties, providing healing relief from ailments ranging from chronic pain and insomnia to cancer, seizure disorders, MS, ALS and digestive disorders. But how can you get the most out of this safe, versatile plant medicine? And why is your doctor so in the dark about weed? As a young hippie physician with hair well past his shoulders, Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather witnessed firsthand the plant’s incredible potential for treating a wide variety of conditions dur...
Planting Cannabis on the DEA’s Front Lawn Led to Washington, DC Legalizing It
August 09, 2023 08:20 - 49 minutesThe weed legalization movement has always embraced street theater, a tactic Adam Eidinger certainly put to good use the time he led a giveaway of 10,000 joints during a presidential inauguration. He also lead the charge to end cannabis prohibition in Washington DC and then followed up with an initiative that legalized psychedelic plants, including mushrooms, ayahuasca, and mescaline. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in Weed History format, a...
Speaking Truth to Flower
July 26, 2023 08:20 - 40 minutesThe War on Weed first started crumbling because of courageous cannabis patients like John, a super chill, funny and cool person to share some herb with who helps spread the word about the plant's miraculous medicinal properties among those who—like himself—have Friedreich’s ataxia. According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, Friedreich’s ataxia is a genetic, progressive, neurodegenerative movement disorder affecting 1 in every 50,000 people. John explains how cannabis helps him...
7/10 Special: Hash's High Holiday w/ Roger from Puffco
July 07, 2023 08:20 - 1 hourOur annual celebration of cannabis concentrates explores the global phenomenon of contemporary hash with one of the leading innovators in the scene. Puffco founder and CEO Roger Volodarsky is truly and fully a hash-head and his commitment to spreading hashish culture is both longstanding and profound. The innovations that Puffco has introduced over the last ten years have elevated the modern hash experience in ways that truly have changed the game. All of it fueled by his personal passion fo...
Corruption, Lawsuits and Moldy Bud—WTF’s Going On With Legal Weed?
June 28, 2023 08:20 - 51 minutesJournalism is the first draft of history—so who better to explain the rapidly evolving cannabis scene of 2023 than a couple of dedicated reporters on the weed beat? Tauhid Chappell is an Executive Board Member of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. He’s worked at the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Free Press. Jelani Gibson reports for New Jersey Cannabis Insider, a joint effort from NJ.com and The Star Ledger. They took a break from telling truth to power a...
America's 1st Legal Weed Patient Smoked 10 Joints a Day Supplied By the Feds
June 14, 2023 11:20 - 1 hourStarting in 1976, the National Institute on Drug Abuse supplied Robert Randall with enough government-grown cannabis to treat his severe glaucoma. While lighting a perfectly legal joint on CNN, Randall once explained to Larry King that keeping the condition in check required puffing 10 joints per day. To hear the incredible story of how he ended up as America's first federally legal cannabis patient, we spoke with Alice O'Leary Randall, his wife and partner in a decades-long campaign to make ...
Chef Roy Choi's Korean Tacos Kickstarted Stoner Cuisine
May 31, 2023 15:08 - 54 minutes"Weed taught me how to be American," chef Roy Choi says of his favorite leafy green. Weed also inspired his most iconic creation–the Kogi taco–easily one of the stoniest culinary sensations of all time. A life-long, loud-and-proud cannabis enthusiast, Roy Choi had to pretty much invent the modern gourmet food truck just to get his Kogi tacos out to the people. Fifteen years later, he's now among the most respected and influential chefs in the world From his early adventures as a member of the...
Cannabis in the Ancient World
May 17, 2023 08:20 - 57 minutesThe archeological evidence proving weed played a central role in ancient spiritual practices—including the Judeo-Christian tradition—is irrefutable. But just as the plant's medicinal properties have long been denied by the medical establishment, the world's "mainstream" religious scholars consistently erase this inconvenient fact. But not Chris Bennet, a self-described “religious reformer” who has been intensively researching the ancient history of cannabis for nearly thirty years. He’s the a...
Inside Thailand's Weed Revolution
May 03, 2023 08:20 - 1 hourWith a homegrown cannabis culture dating back to antiquity, and a well-established reputation for growing the world's finest weed, Thailand has long ranked as a dream destination for herbally-infused travelers. But it's only in the last year that the local authorities have decriminalized cannabis and embraced green tourism, ushering in a new era of freedom and experimentation. To find out how things changed so rapidly, what's happening right now, and what the future holds for Thailand's cann...
Let's Overgrow the Government!
April 19, 2023 08:20 - 1 hourIt's a call to farms! If everyone with the legal ability to home grow their own weed gets started right now, by this fall we'll be flooded with so much high-quality, low-cost herb that we can essentially de-commodify cannabis and all smoke for free. Okay, maybe not in the first year, but another weed world is definitely possible, and our guest—Danny Danko, author of Cannabis: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Marijuana—will demystify the process and help you get started. EPISODE SPONSORED BY PAX...
4/20 Started w/ a Treasure Map to a Weed Garden
April 12, 2023 08:20 - 1 hourGet lit and settle in for our annual re-telling of the incredible true story of 4/20. We trace the origins of this high holiday to a single weed crew in the 1970s called the Waldos, and then track precisely how April 20th came to be officially unofficially a global celebration of the world's most wonderful plant. EPISODE SPONSORED BY PAX It's time to puff, puff, PAX with the world's most advanced cannabis vaporizer. Check out PAX.com for exceptional cannabis experiences made easy. And use th...
2nd Annual Weed-A-Thon
April 05, 2023 10:14 - 1 hourTime to roll a joint, split a blunt, pack a bong, endabulate a dab—or do all of that everywhere all at once. Because it's the freaking Weed-A-Thon, my friends! 'Tis the weediest episode of the year, as we puff tough while revisiting top shelf clips from all of the best episodes and interviews in the long run of Great Moments in Weed History. All to raise money for a very good cause, namely keeping this podcast from disappearing into the ash tray of history. And if you do find it in your heart...
Weed History in the Middle East
March 22, 2023 08:20 - 1 hourIn a fertile band stretching from North Africa to Southeast Asia, cannabis cultivation and hashish production dates back countless centuries. From the ancient history of the plant throughout the Middle East to the evolution of cannabis culture in Morocco, India, Egypt, Nepal, and other traditional hashish regions, get ready to have a fascinating time getting high on history with this weed's guest. Dr. Maziyar Ghiabr is Director for the Centre of Persian And Iranian Studies at the University ...
Can Hemp Really Save the World?
March 08, 2023 09:20 - 59 minutesCannabis and hemp are the same plant put to different uses. One varietal gets you lit, one helps you through chemo, while others make incredibly strong rope or highly nutritious food. Our guest, author Doug Fine has written several books on how incorporating hemp into our society as a source of food, fuel, fiber, building materials and other industrial uses could create an entirely new, decentralized, re-localized economic system, one that would end conflict over fossil fuels while reversing ...
The History of Hip Hop is Lit (feat. Busy Bee)
February 22, 2023 09:20 - 46 minutesSince 1977, legendary MC Busy Bee has been rocking crowds and smoking loud as one of the true originators of hip hop music, style and culture. He was there for the earliest rap battles and the arrival of blunt smoking, starred in the movie Wild Style and sold loose joints of Acapulco Gold–all a decade before Snoop and Dre released The Chronic. In this interview, we discuss how he's stayed true to hip hop's original mission of bringing "peace, love and unity" through music, how outlaw weed cu...
How Underground Comix Spread Outlaw Weed Culture
February 08, 2023 11:21 - 1 hourGetting high featured prominently in the work of many underground comix artists of the 1970s, from R. Crumb's "Mr. Natural" and "Stoned Again" to Kim Deitch's "Sunshine Girl" and Gilbert Shelton's indomitable Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. In his new book Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix, author Brian Doherty traces the fascinating history of this tra...
Let's Nerd Out About Weed
January 11, 2023 09:20 - 1 hourFrom terpenes to THC, the biochemistry of the cannabis plant is endlessly fascinating. So get yourself rolled up and ready to delve into "the weeds" with someone who's seen and smoked as much cannabis as anyone on Earth. As co-founder of SC Labs—one of the first cannabis analytical laboratories—Alec Dixon helped pioneer the use of scientific assessment to increase our understanding of cannabis, while providing the public with third-party verification that their stash is free of potentially da...
Meet the Brains Behind the OG Guide to Growing Weed
December 28, 2022 09:20 - 57 minutesIn 1970, Bill Drake wrote the first modern guide to growing cannabis. Despite an FBI campaign to suppress this groundbreaking book, The Cultivator's Handbook of Marijuana would change the game forever by teaching millions of people how to overgrow the government. Based on his journeys around the world—including Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Mexico—Bill's writings on cultivation and connoisseurship over the last fifty years have served as the first draft of the modern history of t...
The Year in Weed 2022 + Trippin' Balls w/ Santa Claus
December 14, 2022 10:24 - 1 hourIt's been a wild year in the world of weed, and we're ready to get lit and reflect on the highs and lows. Starting with an in-depth look at the most shocking and impactful cannabis news story of 2022. Plus: This episode includes Abdullah and Bean's annual re-telling of the classic yuletide tale: "Santa Claus is a Siberian Mushroom Shaman." Help Make This Podcast Possible! Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to a video version of the show an...
Rush Guitarist Alex Lifeson: "We Only Stop for the Best"
November 30, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutesA confirmed cannabis connoisseur since the 1960s, Alex Lifeson reveals how smoking weed fuels his creative process, helps him heal the aches and pains of five decades out on the road with a hall-of-fame rock band, and got him hooked up with the infamous Trailer Park Boys. We also trace the history of Rush's loving musical ode to weed history ("A Passage to Bankok"), and his encounters with everything from real deal Thai stick and Hawaiin bud to the earliest Honey Oil and the finest hashish Am...
"Keep Pot Weird" with Reggie Watts
November 16, 2022 09:20 - 51 minutesCannabis fuels the creative journey of comedian, musician, and improviser Reggie Watts, as he explains in this highly insightful interview that starts with a how-to guide for using THC to help access an "optimal observer state" and ends with some spontaneous "beat weed-ing." Check out Reggie as bandleader on The Late, Late Show with James Corden (and before that on Comedy Bang Bang), or start with his first album "Pot Cookies" and work your way through to his most recent special Spacial. Help...
Celebrating Legal Weed's 10th Anniversary!
November 02, 2022 08:20 - 46 minutesIn November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington State legalized cannabis for all adults, lighting a grassfire of weedy liberation that's been blazing through the country and around the world ever since. Including in the five US states voting on legalization in this month's election. Leading cannabis activist and entrepreneur Wanda James joins us to recall her experiences working on that historic campaign, and as America's first licensed Black dispensary owner at her flagship shop Simply P...
The Weed for Speed
October 19, 2022 08:20 - 53 minutesRandy Lanier began driving race cars in 1978. His weed dealing career began even earlier. Along the way, he competed at Le Mans, won the 1984 IMSA Camel GT title, and drove in the Indy 500. All funded by his prodigious cannabis smuggling. We’re talking 165,000 pound loads of primo bud coming in on massive tugboats, including the legendary Punta Roja strain grown in Colombia. Upon publication of his new book Survival of the Fastest: Weed, Speed, and the 1980s Drug Scandal that Shocked the Sp...
The Godfather of Glass
October 05, 2022 08:20 - 50 minutesThe earliest ceremonial smoking devices date back 2,400 years, to ancient Scythian tribal chiefs who blazed hashish out of solid gold bongs. While the history of the modern “functional art glass” movement started in the 1970s, with Bob Snodgrass, the Deadhead hippie whose innovative heady glass pipes and bongs gave rise to today's $100,000 dab rigs. In an episode recorded live at the Helium Comedy Club in Portland, Oregon, we celebrate the incredible life and legacy of "Snoddy"—the Godfather ...
Damian Marley: "Ganja is the Healing of the Nations"
September 28, 2022 08:20 - 35 minutesCannabis is a spiritual and creative inspiration—according to multi-Grammy winner Damian Marley—but also just a beloved part of day-to-day life. Weed is also a family tradition, one famously begun by his father, the late reggae icon Bob Marley. In this intimate conversation, Damian talks about the history of cannabis in Jamaica, his hopes (and fears) for legalization there, and why the Rasta community must have a seat at the table. Plus, his recommendation for the best place to get grilled fi...
Laganja Estranja Dragged Weed into Reality TV
September 21, 2022 08:20 - 45 minutesNobody ever repped cannabis louder or prouder on TV than Laganja Estranja did on RuPaul’s Drag Race. An overnight weed icon, she's since become an advocate and activist dedicated to spreading knowledge about the plant's medicinal benefits. Our conversation with Laganja hits on all the highs and lows of this inspiring story, starting with her first puff of brick weed in Texas. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to a video version of...
When Weed Got Loud and Proud in Public
September 14, 2022 08:20 - 57 minutesThe US Constitution affirms the public's right to peacefully assemble and protest the government. That includes throwing a freak-powered cannabis festival Seattle Hempfest co-founder Vivian McPeak recalls the event's radical roots as a "protestival" occupation of a public park, and the glory days of legends like Jack Herer and Woody Harrelson addressing 100,000+ stoners at 4:20 from the main stage amid a massive cloud of smoke Vivian also explains how a combination of hippie idealism, pothead...
The Summer Cans of Weed Washed Ashore in Brazil
September 07, 2022 08:20 - 49 minutesWhen 22 tons of weed washed up on Brazil's beaches one magical summer, that was bad news for the boat full of smugglers who'd vacuum sealed all of that contraband cannabis into tin cans, but it was also the start of one of the greatest summers in weed history. One minute cannabis was expensive, shwaggy, and hard to find in Brazil. The next it was suddenly free, dank, and everywhere. So naturally, it will be forever remembered as The Summer of the Cans! This episode was recorded live in Humbol...
Great Weed Moments in TV History (w/ Ashley Ray)
August 31, 2022 08:20 - 1 hourTurn on, tune in, and check out this special "joint" episode celebrating a selection of great TV weed moments as selected by writer, comedian and fellow stoner podcaster Ashley Ray of TV I Say! From the earliest positive depiction of cannabis on television, to the groundbreaking work done on shows like High Maintenance, Broad City, Insecure, and Workaholics, we explore how cannabis culture has evolved on and off screen. While getting nicely toasted together and indulging in our shared love of...
Stoners! We Gotta Boycott Krispy Kreme
August 24, 2022 08:20 - 25 minutesTraditionally, two bitterly oppositional groups love sweet, sweet donuts—cops and stoners. So when news leaked that one of America's most beloved national donut chains is lobbying to prevent cannabis legalization, our hosts sprung into inaction by calling for a boycott. We're also asking the cannabis community to help us "high"-light all the great family-run, weed-friendly donut shops we can buy from instead. With a special shout out to Portland's own Voodoo Donuts, which actually makes a don...
Abdullah's Stoned Standup Started in Portland
August 17, 2022 08:20 - 44 minutesWe're headed to Portland, OR next month for a live taping of this podcast, so we decided to stop, smell the Rose City, and celebrate a personal great moment in weed history that took place right there in Pot-land. Specifically, the time Bean sprung the surprise of trying stand up comedy live, for the first time, in front of a club full of stoned stoners, on Abdullah as part of an episode of Bong Appetit. As so often happens, getting thrown into the deep end (and getting by with a little help...
The Secret Sesh vs. Corporate Weed
August 10, 2022 08:20 - 48 minutesFor ten years, the Secret Sesh in Los Angeles has brought together true OGs from all walks of life to see, smell, smoke and celebrate their favorite plant. What began as a clandestine cannabis farmer's market—held in garages and back lots—has since grown into a stadium-sized weedy realm unto itself. At the center of it all: Our guest this week, podcaster and comedian Adam Ill, who takes on a journey from his early days as a stoner skater in "the late 1900s" to his role today as master of cer...
Bean Told Tucker Carlson to STFU About Weed
August 03, 2022 08:20 - 35 minutesThe legalization debate reached the US Senate this week, prompting us to recall the time Tucker Carlson had to say the words "Great Moments in Weed History." Immediately followed by the biggest name on Fox News lamely spewing Reefer Madness nonsense while getting trounced in an on-air confrontation with our co-host. More seriously, in this episode we share an optimistic update on progress towards federal legalization, following testimony before Congress from two people with deep connections t...