Great Moments in Weed History
By David Bienenstock
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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.
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I Told The Ultimate Corporate Weed Bro to STFU
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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LSD Fueled the Grateful Dead's 'Wall of Sound'
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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'What is Hype Weed?' w/ The Highest Critic
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Weed History in the Middle East
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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From Shy Weed Nerd to Supernova Woman
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Can 'High Times' Rise from the Ashes? (w/ Josh Kesselman)
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The 'Mayor of Oaksterdam' Fought the Man to Free the Weed
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Meet the Founder of An Iconic 1970s Weed Magazine
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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How A Weed Outlaw Became The Ultimate Cannabis Connoisseur
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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High Times, Free Weed, and Home Grown: The Danny Danko Story
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Celebrating Weed, Pride and Weed Pride w/ Laganja Estranja
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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A Weed Expat Inhales Amsterdam's Glory Years
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May 21, 2025 |
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How 'Appellations' Will Put Cannabis on Par With Champagne
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May 07, 2025 |
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John Lennon's Hash Bust Set Off an Immigration Battle for the Ages
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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4/20 Special : Mylar Bag Art Show + "How The Waldos Created a High Holiday"
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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"Weed brings slack to the ever-tightening vice inside my body."
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Trailer Park Boys— 'Baked on a True Story'
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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From Rock Star to Weed Connoisseur
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Bob Dylan Got the Beatles High for the First Time
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Seth Ferranti: From LSD Kingpin to Weed Fugitive to Jailhouse Journalist
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Ramon Reyes Went From Slanging Dime Bags to Leading an Industry
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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From 'Blair Witch' to GrowGirl
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Holidaze Special: Santa's A Psychedelic Mushroom Shaman
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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In Search of A Cannabis Utopia
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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The Cornbread Mafia: Backcountry Weed Outlaws
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Weed Shall Overcome (w/ Dr. Mariana Hoyo)
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Hunter S. Thompson Ran for Sheriff on A Freak Power Platform
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Weed Voter Guide + Secret Tapes Reveal War on Marijuana Was A Fraud!
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Meet the Ultimate 'Cannabis Couple'
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Your 'Burning Questions' About Weed Answered
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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"I Weed A Miracle Every Day" — The Grateful Dead Get Busted and Win
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Higher Education: Now You Can Major in Cannabis Studies
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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From 'High Times' to 'Reefer Dadness'
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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America's Best Dispensary Has Deep Roots
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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An Outlaw Weed Smuggler Started The World's Most Prestigious Pot Contest
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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A 1972 Study Had 20 Young Women Smoke Weed for 98 Days In Total Isolation
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Dennis Peron Put the Grass in Grassroots
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May 29, 2024 |
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Hip-Hop Lit The Fuse of Weed Freedom w/ Fab 5 Freddy
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May 15, 2024 |
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Where Do Weed Strains Come From?
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May 01, 2024 |
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Dropping Acid on Bicycle Day (4/20 Special Episode w/ Shane Mauss)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Carl Sagan and His Best Bud Get Blazed and Save the Universe
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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This Total Solar Eclipse Is Gonna Be Trippy AF
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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The Epic Tail of Ganjasaurus Rex (featuring Jon Gabrus)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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I Answered Reddit's Weed Questions
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Meet Magu—China's Ancient Hemp Goddess
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The Outlaw Weed Mayor of Lake Tahoe
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Meet Mila—Amsterdam's Hashish Queen
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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BAKE TO THE FUTURE: The Year in Weed + 2024 Predictions
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Holidaze Special: Trippin' Balls with Santa Claus
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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How "Wooks" Pass the Torch of Weed Wisdom
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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The Pot Prince of Bel-Air
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Freaky Beatniks Smoked Tea and Started the Legalization Movement
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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How Weed Growing Went Global (w/ Jorge Cervantes)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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From Rope to Dope
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Help Save America's Weed-basket!
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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From 'Bong Boy' to Pot Humorist
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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What Your Doctor Don’t Know (or Won’t Tell You) About Medical Marijuana
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Planting Cannabis on the DEA’s Front Lawn Led to Washington, DC Legalizing It
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Speaking Truth to Flower
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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7/10 Special: Hash's High Holiday w/ Roger from Puffco
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Corruption, Lawsuits and Moldy Bud—WTF’s Going On With Legal Weed?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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America's 1st Legal Weed Patient Smoked 10 Joints a Day Supplied By the Feds
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Chef Roy Choi's Korean Tacos Kickstarted Stoner Cuisine
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May 31, 2023 |
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Cannabis in the Ancient World
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May 17, 2023 |
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Inside Thailand's Weed Revolution
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May 03, 2023 |
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Let's Overgrow the Government!
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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4/20 Started w/ a Treasure Map to a Weed Garden
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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2nd Annual Weed-A-Thon
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Weed History in the Middle East
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Can Hemp Really Save the World?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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The History of Hip Hop is Lit (feat. Busy Bee)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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How Underground Comix Spread Outlaw Weed Culture
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Let's Nerd Out About Weed
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Meet the Brains Behind the OG Guide to Growing Weed
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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The Year in Weed 2022 + Trippin' Balls w/ Santa Claus
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Rush Guitarist Alex Lifeson: "We Only Stop for the Best"
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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"Keep Pot Weird" with Reggie Watts
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Celebrating Legal Weed's 10th Anniversary!
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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The Weed for Speed
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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The Godfather of Glass
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Damian Marley: "Ganja is the Healing of the Nations"
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Laganja Estranja Dragged Weed into Reality TV
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Great Weed Moments in TV History (w/ Ashley Ray)
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Stoners! We Gotta Boycott Krispy Kreme
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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The Secret Sesh vs. Corporate Weed
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Bean Told Tucker Carlson to STFU About Weed
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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The World's Best Rock Climbers Find a Crashed Plane Full of Weed
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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How Growers Foiled the Cops in Humboldt County
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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We Get 'High & Mighty' w/ Jon Gabrus
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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7/10 SPECIAL: Psychedelic Surfers Invented Dabs
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Weed (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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"Free Weed For Those in Need!"
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Sour Diesel Put NYC on the Weed Map
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Pot Brownies Have An Incredible Origin Story
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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How to Live Your Best Weed Life w/ Jessamyn Stanley
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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"I Sold Weed Cookies to Famous Comedians"
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May 25, 2022 |
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We Helped Judge A Prestigious Weed Contest!
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May 18, 2022 |
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Don't Trust the Same Authorities That Outlawed Weed To Justly Regulate It!
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May 11, 2022 |
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Chemdog Scored Some Magic Beans on Grateful Dead Lot
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May 04, 2022 |
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Jack Herer Green Pilled the World
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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1st Annual Weed-A-Thon!
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Big Tech Tries to Cancel Cannabis... The Hempire Strikes Back!
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Japan Once Revered Cannabis (And Will Again)
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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The Hidden History of OG Kush
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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How to Land a Legal Weed Job (Like 420,000 Other People)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The Fight to Save Mom & Pop Weed Farms
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Inside America's Only Magic Mushroom Church
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Why Ricky Williams Chose Weed over Football
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Reggae Legend Peter Tosh Gets Lit & Burns Down The Shitstem
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Snoop Dogg's Producer vs. The Hip Hop Police
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL: The Year in Weed! + Santa's a Psychedelic Mushroom Shaman
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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The Commissioner of Cannabis is Cool AF
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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"Cannabis Saved My Child's Life"
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Youth Revolt Against the Drug War
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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The Race to Preserve The World's Oldest Weed Strains
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Hippies and Freaks Created The Ideal Weed Fest
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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David Crosby: "I'm Just Another Stoner"
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Weed vs. The Olympics w/ Ross Rebagliati
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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7/10 SPECIAL: Celebrating Hash's High Holiday w/ an IRL Sesh
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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A Little Old Lady's Weed Brownies Changed The World
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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How Medical Weed Healed The World
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Cannabis Pride and Prejudice
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Making "Dazed and Confused" w/ Jason London (aka Randall "Pink" Floyd)
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May 26, 2021 |
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Is Biden Gonna Legalize, or What?
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May 14, 2021 |
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4/20 SPECIAL - Game Changing Weed Strains
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Gettin' High With Willie!
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Billie Holiday vs. Harry J. Anslinger
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Santa's A Psychedelic Mushroom Shaman
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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John Lennon Was A Weed DREAMer
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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The Grateful Dead Fight the Man (And Win)
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May 28, 2020 |
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The High Hindu Holiday
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May 21, 2020 |
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Bong Hits for Jesus!
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May 14, 2020 |
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Oaksterdam's Weed Mayor
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May 07, 2020 |
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Hemp for Victory!
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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4/20 SPECIAL! - #BlazeAtHome Part 2
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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4/20 SPECIAL! - #BlazeAtHome Part 1
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Summer of the Cans
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Psychedelic Surfers Invented Dabs
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Little Women Get Lit
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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The Pope of Pot (Live at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival)
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Crash Buds!
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Treetop Flyer: Tom Forcade Pt. 2
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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High Times Founder Tom Forcade Pt. 1
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Hunter Thompson Ran For Sheriff on a Free Weed Platform
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Louis Armstrong’s Weed Dealer Transformed Jazz
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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A Lesbian Power Couple Invented Weed Brownies
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Smoke Down at the Liberty Bell
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Hooray for Hollyweed!
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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WAMM Takes Down the DEA
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Cheech and Chong Go Up in Smoke
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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The Iron Sheik Gets High and Destroys Kayfabe
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Barack Obama's Weed Years
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Bob Dylan Gets The Beatles High For The First Time
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May 29, 2018 |
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Dennis Peron—the Gay, Hippie, Combat Vet Who Legalized Medical Marijuana
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May 22, 2018 |
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How Amsterdam Became an International Weed Haven
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May 15, 2018 |
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Brownie Mary Baked THC-Infused Treats for AIDS Patients and Told the Cops to F*ck Off
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May 08, 2018 |
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Hashish Arrives in Europe Via Napoleon's Egyptian Invasion
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May 01, 2018 |
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A Weed Smuggler's Inspiring Tale of Life After Prison
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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4/20 Started w/ a Treasure Map to a Weed Garden
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Carl Sagan and His Best Bud Get Blazed and Save the Universe
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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Fela Kuti Takes an Expensive Sh*t
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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Did Jesus Use Cannabis to Perform Healing Miracles?
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Maya Angelou Smokes Some "Grifa"
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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Willie Nelson Gets High on the Roof of the White House
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Feb 15, 2018 |