Carl Sagan and His Best Bud Get Blazed and Save the Universe

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In 1967, Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Lester Grinspoon set out to research marijuana sufficiently to convince his best friend—famed astronomer Carl Sagan—to stop smoking weed all the time. But after making a fateful trip to the library, Grinspoon returned convinced the case against Mary Jane was all lies and propaganda. So Lester and Carl began enthusiastically exploring the cannabis "Cosmos" together, igniting the medical cannabis movement and sparking many stoned epiphanies along the way. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video shows and seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book or signature lighter. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody.
0:03.0	Hi, everybody!
0:04.0	It's been, welcome to an all-new great moments in weed history.
0:25.5	Quick update at the top of the show.
0:27.9	I was just down in Humboldt County from my new home in Potland, Oregon.
0:34.3	And we had the public screening of Gonjasaurus Rex for the first time in many years.
0:41.0	Oh, the room was packed. There were people there who were in that film back in 1987.
0:47.9	It was an incredible community reunion. Of course, if you have no idea what Gondasaurus Rex is all about, I highly advise you to go
0:58.6	just a couple episodes back in the feed. I have a whole episode about that film, which was made
1:04.9	by weed growers back in the 1980s in Humboldt County to express their displeasure at the government for raiding them with
1:13.1	helicopters. And of course, the hero of the story herself, Gondosaurus Rex, comes out of the sea,
1:20.1	swats those copters down. And really, that should be all you need to know to get up to speed on
1:25.6	that one. I also want to say a huge thanks to everyone from
1:28.9	Snack Attack who put on a congeosaurus Rex review burlesque show after the screening. That one was
1:38.9	adults only. Let me tell you. And I was honored to be the co-host of that show.
1:44.3	Just truly one of the best evenings of entertainment and entertaining of my life, a really
1:52.2	special night in a very special place.
1:56.5	And I will just quickly say, all because of this podcast, am I still welcomed into the homes and sashes and gardens of the cannabis community?
2:08.4	So thank you for listening.
2:10.2	Also, big thank you to everybody who hit me up about the eclipse episode, especially those of you who are inspired to head to the eclipse,
2:19.4	get into the path of totality. That is where I am heading with the cosmos on our mind.
2:27.3	And with a very busy week, I decided to go for a re-broadcast, a retransmission, a rebeming, if you will,
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