Show overview
Great Moments in Weed History has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 191 episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 50 min and 1h 2m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 35% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 37 episodes published. Published by David Bienenstock.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 191 episodesA True OG Helped Legalize Trees (and Treehouses)
How Sour Diesel Lit Up NYC
Reggae Vibes, Underground Herb and Pet CBD
Let's Nerd Out About Weed (w/ Alec Dixon)
A Psychedelic Rock Star's Greatest 'Hits' (w/ Jorma Kaukonen)
'Pizza Movie' Made Stoner Comedy Cool Again
How Do We End the 'War on Drugs?'
Can Cannabis Boost Your Creativity? (with Sklyer Higley)
7/10 Special: Psychedelic Surfers Invented Dabs
Survivor: Ethan Zohn on Soccer, Cannabis, Cancer and Reality Show Stardom
A Teenage Weed Bust Planted a Seed of Resistance ( feat. cartoonist Brian "Box" Brown)
Getting Lit with Latin America's #1 Weed Enthusiast
A Doctor Explains Why Grandma Should Probably Get a Little Lit
Is Cannabis Rescheduling a 'High Point' to Celebrate or a Corporate Take Over in the Making?
4/20 Weed-a-Thon w/ Gabrus + Hulu's New Weed Doc Series
High & Low Maintenance (w/ Ben Sinclair)
Sparking a Weed Uprising in Minneapolis
EAngela Dawson is a fourth generation farmer, albeit the first of her name to farm cannabis. She’s also a leading weed activist in the state of Minnesota, who's currently preparing for the 4/20 soft-launch of "The Garden on 26th," a new licensed retail dispensary in South Minneapolis that will sit just steps from where Alex Pretti was publicly executed by ICE agents in January. Angela and I discuss the many ways the War on Drugs laid the groundwork for our government's current disastrous, cruel and very racist approach to immigration enforcement. How opening a dispensary focused on mutual support and cannabis education in such a heavily impacted community can offer relief, remediation and re-education. And the details of her own personal journey with the plant, including finding deep solace in weed during the most challenging stretch of her life. Angela is the co-founder of Forty Acre Co-op, one of the only Black-Indigenous owned hemp cooperatives in the country, and The Minnesota Black Farmers Association, the leading farmer equity voice in the Midwest region. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 150+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.
4/20 Origin Story + A High Holiday Manifesto
EGettin’ lit on 4/20 used to mean something special. And it will again. So on this episode, to spark that return to glory, we’re going to trace the origin story of our annual high holiday all the way back to its roots, as the singular creation of a small group of stoners on an epic quest way back in 1971. That’s right, it’s time recount the epic story of the Waldos—but with a twist. This year we’re not just going to celebrate this unique history, we’re also gonna make a pledge to not let 4/20 become commercialized and meme-ified. Instead we’re gonna get together IRL to kickg it old school, sesh with our herb crews, and reflect on what this plant means tot us, and to the world. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 150+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.
True Crime: A Killing in Cannabis
In 2019, Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur Tushar Atre met a tragic end after paddling out into the rough waters of the underground cannabis scene in surfer haven Santa Cruz, California, At once a love story, a crime drama, and a who-dun-it, this epic tale is chronicled in the riveting new book A Killing in Cannabis. My guest for this episode is the book's author, Scott Eden.
Reefer Madness 2: Electric Boogaloo
EA prominent anti-weed editorial in this week's NY Times is just the latest attempt to resurrect the kind of government propaganda and media hysteria that helped make the plant illegal in the first place. So we talked with Kyle Boyar, a scientist with a background in neurology, microbiology, and analytical chemistry and an expertise in cannabis about the junk science used to discredit cannabis, the harsh reality and hyped hysteria around Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, the potential ill effects of re-scheduling cannabis instead of de-scheduling it, and about how Kyle became a weed scientist in the first place. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 150+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.