WeedWeek
The most interesting thing about weed is what happens before you smoke it. WeedWeek is a podcast about, yes, weed — the business of it, the culture around it, health, science, criminal justice, and everything in between. Journalists Alex Halperin and Donnell Alexander will update you each week on the latest in the world of cannabis and bring you conversations with people who are shaping the industry.
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A special episode with the co-founder of acclaimed cannabis lubricant brand Velvet Swing. Chelsea Cebara wasn’t a cannabis consumer when she arrived in Seattle as a Florida transplant. Trained in the scientific method, Cebara came to the creation of her product through unorthodox avenues.Cebara entered the cannabis ind
Our first Freezer Stash release is an interview with Sister Kate, who declared herself a nun in 2014 and has dedicated herself to compassionate activism. Sister Kate and the Sisters of the Valley make the grow hemp in a spiritual environment, specifically a farm outside of Merced, California.The documentary Breaking H
Freezer Stash #3: WeedMaps' Nic Juarez on Cannabis Culture Evolution
For our final installment of this series, we bring you our once-exclusive 2019 discussion with the culture editor at Weedmaps. Nic joins Alex and Donny in talk about:Our rapidly changing cannabis cultureCreating content for Weedmaps, and the bravery of writing about weed.The refreshingly unglamorous portrayal of mariju
WeedWeek Council member Tammy Pettigrew is best known as Instagram educator @thecannabiscutie — one of the fresh voices out of Orange County weed. Alex and Donnell chat with Pettigrew about weed"s place post-quarantine, and how microdosing edibles has been a recent key to pleasant parenting.An educator and cannabis adv
Dan Herer’s father crashed the hemp movement into existence with his self-published 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes. A new ebook edition is out, and the pioneer’s son explains why hemp’s sacred text is more relevant than ever.A post-divorce convert to cannabis, Jack Herer clashed with the established legalizatio
In the early months of California legalization, Donny traveled to Oakland for a conversation with 4&20 Blackbirds CEO Chip Moore, also known as a mainstay of the He Ain"t Heavy Alliance. The two discuss:Oakland"s proud weed history and the role of activism like the Munchie Movement in it. The evolution of Moore"s deliv
