Light Culture
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHi, my name is David Hershkovits. As a founder of Paper magazine, I have been a long-time supporter of cultural disruptors from the alternative worlds of skate, hip hop, graffiti and streetwear scenes to cannabis reform, LGBTQ and women's rights. On Light Culture, I'll be knocking heads with some of today's most influential change makers -- rappers, writers, artists, fashion designers, models, advocates and activists, influencers, entrepreneurs who respect "the other." Light Culture is brought to you exclusively by Burb -- where cannabis, clothing and culture intersect. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Burb is a cannabis and apparel company building on the city's legacy of tolerance and respect. Follow us on Instagram @lightculturepodcast and @shopburb. Subscribe to Light Culture at https://shopburb.com/blogs/lightculture
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Hash Master Frenchy Cannoli
January 29, 2020 02:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBWe travel back in time with Frenchy Cannoli whose mission is to spread the word about the Lost Art of the Hashishin. Having learned how to make hash from the ancient masters of Asia and the Middle East, he now lives among the beleaguered growers of California’s Emerald Triangle as Big Agra threatens their legacy, livelihood and way of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kenny Scharf, Artist
January 15, 2020 05:01 - 42 minutes - 49 MBIn a career that spans 40 years, Kenny Scharf has gone from wunderkind pal of Haring and Basquiat to art world drop out to OG working in a reconstituted LA studio making one masterpiece after another. We talk about finding inspiration in head shops. Performing with Ann Magnuson and Club 57. His psychedelic Cosmic Cavern. Recycling for arts sake. Hanging with Warhol. Miami when it reminded him of the East Village. And much, much more so listen up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Chelsea Leyland, DJ and CBD Activist
January 08, 2020 05:01 - 42 minutes - 98.2 MBChelsea Leyland is one of the bravest people I know. At one time the fashion world’s favorite DJ, Leyland shifted focus after discovering that CBD could free her from the anti-convulsant drugs that as an epileptic she had been taking for most of her life. Today she’s a CBD activist, telling her story and working to educate the world about the help that’s available to the many millions of people afflicted with this condition, if only the government and medical profession got on board. Hosted...
Cannabis Greatest Hits 2019
January 03, 2020 08:01 - 54 minutes - 124 MBDavid Hershkovits reviews the year with special guest DJ Kibbitzer. What he really thinks about the year in pot from Fab 5 Freddie to Ricky Powell, Danny Fields, AJ Sour Diesel and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Psychonaut Daniel Pinchbeck
December 17, 2019 05:01 - 39 minutes - 91.5 MBSting, Russell Brand and Ellen Page would all agree that Daniel Pinchbeck is one of the most important voices in the new psychedelic revolution. His latest book When Plants Dream -- Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and The Global Psychedelic Renaissance couldn’t be more timely. Whether it’s microdosing or purging your guts out under the influence, Pinchbeck finds hope that the psychedelic experience will be more than a self-help product in the wellness toolbox. For him, it is the key to saving ...
Isaac Mizrahi’s Wicked Ways
December 11, 2019 08:01 - 39 minutes - 89.4 MBAward-winning fashion designer, TV talk show host, Project Runway judge, singer, costume designer, author. Whatever, it all adds up to Isaac Mizrahi. We talk about the good old days when Madonna, Robert DeNiro et al would come to his shows and Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui made their marks. Why he likes Xanax and thinks department stores going out of business is a good thing. Don’t expect the expected. It’s Isaac Mizrahi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
High Society Poster Boy Peter Davis
December 04, 2019 08:01 - 37 minutes - 86.1 MBPeter Davis grew up with the Trumps and other prominent New York families, but he’s always been an individualist. From his days as a punked out, green-haired skateboarder, he’s had a rebellious streak that crossed over into the wild world of downtown New York where he snuck into clubs, smoked weed and connected with a new reality. We talk about what it’s like being editor-in-chief of L’Officiel USA, his oddball collections, his views on fashion and weed, the luxe cannabis market and how he’d ...
April Pride on Women & Cannabis
November 20, 2019 05:01 - 40 minutes - 93.2 MBApril Pride is an emerging star of the new cannabis culture. We talk with her about the intersection of cannabis and sex, how the new cannabis magazines targeting women get it right, post-partum pot and the many other ways that women can potentially benefit from normalization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SHERBINSKIS’ Sweet Game
November 13, 2019 05:01 - 34 minutes - 78.6 MBIn the world of Cannabis, no brand stands out like SHERBINSKIS. It's been called the Supreme of cannabis. As well as the Louis Vuitton of cannabis. SHERBINSKIS, aka Mario Guzman, spans the high and the low, his foot in the door to become the breakout brand of the cannabis revolution. His widely loved Sunset Sherbet, Gelato, and Mochi strains have been name-checked in hundreds of rap songs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cannabis Crusader Keith Stroup
November 06, 2019 05:01 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBKeith Stroup has been fighting for marijuana reform for almost 50 years. As a founder of NORML he’s not quite ready to take a victory lap, but he’s gratified to see the fruits of his labor. We talk cannabis then and now and follow the story from the War on Drugs to Jimmy Carter permissiveness to Reagan's Just Say No to impending legalization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to Be a Cannabis CMO"
October 30, 2019 07:00 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBCan a marketing whiz who’s worked for halo brands like Nike and Beats By Dre make it in the Cannabiz? Can what he learned there be applied to the wild west of cannabis where the playing field is uneven and different rules apply. As CMO of Cura Cannabis Jason White is ready for the challenge. We find out how China changed him, how marketing to women and seniors is all the rage and what it's going to take to establish a brand in an industry on the brink of national legalization. Hosted on Aca...
Joe “AJ Sour Diesel” Murray Comes Out
October 23, 2019 07:15 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBHe’s quick to give credit to others, but when it comes to his role in introducing "kind weed" into the marketplace Joe Murray aka AJ Sour Diesel, is second to none. A contemporary of Chem Dog, Weasel and The Albany Gang, he was one of those kids in the 90s, barely out of high school on a mission to find the best weed in the city. Dead Heads and Wetlands, a downtown club where jam bands played and the best weed was brought to market, figures in this story as does genetics, seeds and the persis...
Steve Olson, Skateboarding Hall of Famer
October 16, 2019 07:30 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBSteve Olson is still skating after all these years. Jock, artist, raconteur, world traveler, Skateboard Hall of Famer, Olsen has many hats to wear and stories to tell. The dad of Nike skateboarder Alex, he can bask in his son’s achievement and his own legacy in a sport that’s going to the Olympics for the first time in 2020. We talk about the history of skateboarding, how he survived its ups and downs, his emergence as an artist as well as his little known attempt to make it in the financial ...
Celebstoner Steve Bloom
October 09, 2019 07:30 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBSnoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Woody Harrerlson, Willie Nelson are just some of the famous stoners Steve Bloom has smoked with. As High Times editor and founder of Celebstoner.com, he’s chronicled the overlapping worlds of cannabis and entertainment. Celebs were once reluctant to be photographed holding weed, but they all jumped on the proverbial band wagon once Cypress Hill kicked it off as the first major act to appear on the cover of High Times. Bloom remains active on the scene, still writing ...
Lizzie Post’s Guide to Canna-Etiquette
September 25, 2019 07:05 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBA daily smoker and the great great grandaughter of the etiquette guru Emily Post, Lizzie Post is the perfect person to write a book for our cannabis culture today. “Higher Etiquette" looks at the changing world created by the growing acceptance of the plant as part of daily life. We discuss the etiquette of entertaining at home when some guests smoke and others don’t. How do you handle a pushy person who calls you out for smoking pot. Should your medical marijuana needs be kept to yourself? W...
Stand-Up Photographer Rickey “The Rickster” Powell
September 11, 2019 07:05 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBRicky Powell has had a checkered career running the gamut from pot delivery boy to froze aid vendor to access cable celebrity but most of all for being one of the coolest street photographers on the planet. As a stand-up comedian/photographer, he leaves audiences in stitches with the comments he makes about Run-DMC and other greats he shot and befriended. Here he talks about selling weed to Method Man, appearing in the Beastie "You’ve Got to Fight for Your Right to Party” video and what it m...
Supreme (Cannabis) Leader John Fowler
August 28, 2019 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWhen the time came to extending his cannabis company outside the U.S., why did Wiz Khalifa choose to work with Canada’s Supreme Cannabis? Meet John Fowler and you’ll understand. From getting the door slammed in his face when he was looking for financing a few years ago to his status today as a go to expert on all things cannabis, he’s come a long way. Though an advocate for the industry, he’s free-thinking enough to admit that most legal weed is not as good as the underground. He thinks the s...
Punk Godfather Danny Fields
August 14, 2019 17:30 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBBecause he signed the Stooges, managed the Ramones and introduced punk rock to Britain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Rock is dedicated to Danny Fields. We talk about the wild days of New York when weed was everywhere and Danny was a confidante of all the young dudes from Lou to Iggy to Joey and Nico. His stories are so great they made a documentary about him called Danny Says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shepard Fairey on Art & Activism
August 06, 2019 17:03 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBOn the occasion of "Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent" I talked to my old friend Shepard Fairey in front of a live audience New York where he's working on a mural of Rosario Dawson, days before leaving to paint his largest wall ever, a 20-story piece in Vancouver, Canada. We talk politics, skateboarding, punk rock and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cannabis Now Magazine’s Main Man
July 31, 2019 07:05 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBI don’t use the word “visionary” loosely. But I do feel comfortable using it to describe Eugenio Garcia, the founder and CEO of Cannabis Now, the nation’s #1 Cannabis News magazine. As the industry goes from small to mega, Eugenio has kept pace with the changing times, extending his reach from print into digital and now into a chain of brick and mortar “retail expressions” called the Cannabis Now Wellness Experience. “This industry,” he advises, “is full of loan sharks, shady deals and peopl...
The Making of a Cultural Entrepreneur — Meet GMan
July 18, 2019 07:05 - 47 minutes - 65 MBAs Vancouver sits poised to make its claim to being one of the world’s great cities, its thriving cannabis culture and creative class is popping in all the right places. My guest GMan was there from the beginning, making his passion for skateboarding, streetwear, music and the arts the central pillar of a brand strategy that has made him one of the city’s greatest tastemakers and most successful entrepreneurs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Williams - Lord of the (Fire)flies
July 01, 2019 07:05 - 42 minutes - 58 MBMark Williams is the designer and engineer extraordinaire behind the Friefly 2+, generally regarded as the Tesla of vaporizers. As you would expect from such a man, he has a “relationship with cannabis” that has been a constant companion from his high school days to his years at Apple working on the initial design of the iPhone. Ever wonder about the atmosphere of a company founded by an acidhead like Steve Jobs? Well, there’s a reason they don’t give drug tests in Silicon Valley. Hosted ...
Bong Appetit "It Girl” Vanessa Lavorato
June 19, 2019 08:05 - 43 minutes - 60 MBVanessa "Marigold" Lavorato is the breakout star of Bong Appetit, the pioneering Cannabis-themed cooking show that has redefined munchies for the foodie generation. Here she talks about co-host B Real’s peculiar cannabis habits, how the food to farm movement was started by hippies, why she likes to source the cannabis she uses in her "Marigold" chocolates from women farmers and what it is about cannabis that makes it so sexy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brave New Weed
June 05, 2019 07:05 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBJoe Dolce Makes the Cannabis Connection and finds the meaning of life. Did Kim Kardashian cause CBD shortages. And will the Cannabis industry ever become as diverse as it needs to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Steve DeAngelo, The Pied Piper of Pot
May 20, 2019 07:05 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBAfter 40 years of advocating for his plant, Steve DeAngelo's work remains unfinished. You know him from Weed Wars, seen him interviewed on TV and quoted in major newspapers and magazines. An outspoken entrepreneur and cannabis evangelist, his strong opinions range from his hesitancy to talk about cannabis and spirituality to what’s good and bad about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pot policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Taking the Temperature of LA’s Cannabis Culture with Funny Man Abdullah Saeed.
May 06, 2019 06:30 - 35 minutes - 49 MBDavid Hershkovits talks with Abdullah Saeed, one of the breakout stars of the new era of Cannabis culture. The one-time writer on all things Cannabis has moved his base of operations from Vice and from New York to the worlds of TV and Hollywood. In LA, The self-described “brown guy,” eats well, works out, lives a wholesome life and still smokes lots of weed. Ps: He says his stand-up act is not ‘Stoner” comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fab 5 Freddy Talks Cannabis, Snoop Dogg and J-M Basquiat
April 20, 2019 04:01 - 38 minutes - 71 MBDavid Hershkovits talks to Fab 5 Freddy on the occasion of the release of Grass is Greener, his Netflix doc on the social and cultural history of cannabis. Hip hop and graffitti pioneer Brathwaite lays it out and tells some never heard stories about Snoop Dogg and Basquiat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to 'Light Culture'
April 13, 2019 16:06 - 3 minutes - 6.23 MBIn Episode 0 of Light Culture, David Hershkovits lays out the mission of his hot new podcast about the burgeoning Cannabis industry. On Light Culture, he'll talk to colorful celebrities, entrepreneurs and creative disruptors who entertain with their stories and shock you with their insights and perspective on the brave new world of weed and its impact on politics, business and the arts. Brought to you by the Vancouver-based Burb, thededicated to the city with a legacy of tolerance and positiv...