Great Moments in Weed History

Great Moments in Weed History

Author: David Bienenstock Language: English Episodes: 100
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Great 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.
Episodes
"Weed brings slack to the ever-tightening vice inside my body." [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:44
Faced with the rare neurodegenerative condition Friedreich's ataxia, John Cernosek decided to become a patient-advocate and write a book about his healing journey with cannabis. He's currently headed to Las Vegas as an i…
The Trailer Park Boys— 'Baked on a True Story' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:46
Whether rolling up a six-paper-joint or hiding their hashish by making it into a driveway, the Trailer Park Boys have been growing, smoking, and celebrating the herb on their hit TV series for more than 25 years. So when…
From Rock Star to Weed Connoisseur [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:55
System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has won a Grammy and played on multi-platinum selling records, all fueled by the creative boost he gets from cannabis. In fact, he loves the plant so much he started his own brand,…
Bob Dylan Got the Beatles High for the First Time [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:51
In 1964, in a NYC hotel room, Bob Dylan met the Beatles for the very first time and turned them on to cannabis. Sounds like the stuff of legend and lore, but it really happened, and a rock journalist of the era was on ha…
Seth Ferranti: From LSD Kingpin to Weed Fugitive to Jailhouse Journalist [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:27
This episode features an outlaw, a fugitive, an inmate, a journalist, a weed dealer, an LSD distributor, a defendant and an accomplished filmmaker. And they’re all the same person. I first started reading Seth Ferranti’s…
Ramon Reyes Went From Slanging Dime Bags to Leading an Industry [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:19
Ramon Reyes started out selling herb on the streets of NYC as a teenager and subsequently climbed through the ranks of the underground, the gray market and the legal industry to now run a licensed dispensary in the same…
From 'Blair Witch' to GrowGirl [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:36
In 1999, this week's guest starred in one of the most financially successful films of all time, but the circumstances around the making and marketing of Blair Witch Project meant that her incredible accomplishment actual…
Holidaze Special: Santa's A Psychedelic Mushroom Shaman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:18
Celebrate stony seasonal traditions old and new with our GMIWH Holidaze special. In addition to our annual retelling of the story of Santa's origin as a Siberian psychedelic mushroom shaman, we also enjoy Santa's Secret—…
In Search of A Cannabis Utopia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:39
Back when cannabis was barely legal, an eco-minded off-the-grid ganja farm strived to create a sustainable vision of decentralized, utopian agrarian life that put people and the planet above profits. Return to a moment i…

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