BAKE TO THE FUTURE: The Year in Weed + 2024 Predictions

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We turned a crystal ball into a bong. Then we invited Leafly Senior Editor David Downs to smoke the strain of the year out of it and make predications for the future of cannabis. After reviewing the highs (and lows) of a tumultuous year, we see a bright, green future for the plant, the culture, and the industry in 2024 (and beyond). So please get lit and join us, as we go Bake to the Future. STRAIN OF THE YEAR Each year, based on extensive smoking and hard data, Leafly selects the strain of the year. Check out 2023’s winner. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in Weed History format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. 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

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, it's Bean!
0:03.0	Welcome to an all-new, great moments in weed history.
0:07.0	It's our final show of 2023 and, per long-standing tradition,
0:12.0	that means we'll be looking back at the year in weed and making predictions for what 2024 will bring.
0:19.0	Basically, I just drilled a hole in a crystal ball, turned it into a bong, and now we're
0:25.6	going to smoke the future, man.
0:27.8	My guest for this cannabis-fueled exploratory journey will be none other than David
0:33.0	Downs, senior editor at Leafly.
0:36.4	David is one of the top cannabis reporters working today, and he's also someone I've known
0:41.3	and respected for more than a decade, because, like myself, he loves both weed and journalism.
0:48.3	Full disclosure, I've written many features for Leafley over the last five years,
0:53.3	including, I have to say,
0:55.5	some of the articles I'm most proud of in my career.
0:58.9	As the top editor over at Leafly, David Downs covers this plant, culture, and industry from
1:05.2	every angle.
1:06.6	His reporting a few years ago on the health crisis around dangerous additives and unlicensed
1:11.8	vape pens was among the most important and impactful writing about cannabis in the legalization
1:18.2	era. He also gets out in the field and deep in the jars, including when he is identifying
1:24.9	the leafly strain of the year.
1:27.9	That is an award that he just announced for 2023,
1:32.6	and which I've not coincidentally got rolled up and ready to light up just before the theme song.
1:40.0	But first, a quick thank you to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon.
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