From 'High Times' to 'Reefer Dadness'

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Rick Cusick has worn many hats since first getting lit in the 1970s—editor, author, activist, advocate and agitator. He also raised a child solo while serving as the head of High Times magazine and lived to write the tale in his new book "Reefer Dadness." As Rick unfurls his weedy life story to his old friend Bean, this episode features special appearances from two of the biggest names in music—Willie and Bob—and two of the biggest names in weed—Keith and Lester. Listener Note: Definitely a two joint episode. 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 120+ episodes of Great Moments in Weed History, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday.

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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 and an all-new great moments in weed history.
0:25.8	First and foremost, I want to say that this is a really special episode of the podcast for me,
0:31.4	because we're going to take a very personal journey through some of the high points of
0:36.7	modern weed history with someone who has been
0:39.0	one of my primary mentors in cannabis for over 20 years. Rick Cusick and I started working together
0:45.6	at high times, say it with me, back when it was cool, including serving as co-editors of that
0:51.9	once esteemed publication. This is all back in the early 2000s,
0:57.7	ancient weed history for you younger listeners. Rick wore many hats at high times as a writer,
1:04.5	an ad salesman, an activist, an advocate, and perhaps above all as a rock-ontore.
1:10.1	We shared a lot of incredible adventures
1:11.8	together in those heady days of staffing the world's preeminent weed magazine, but some of the
1:17.9	best times I can remember were actually packing into Rick's tiny office with four or five of us
1:23.9	sitting on top of each other, plus a bong and a sploof look it up kids and then settling in
1:30.2	for one of rick's stories could be a wild weed adventure from the 1970s could be something that
1:36.6	happened to him on the bus ride in a work that day but it was always well worth the hang we're going to
1:42.4	meet some major weed figures in this episode as rick unfurls his story. We're going to meet some major weed figures in this episode as
1:46.1	Rick unfurls his story, and we're going to hear some incredible tales, but more than anything,
1:52.2	I actually hope that you get a little bit of the vibe of those high types office hangs back
1:57.7	in the day. And we'll also hear all about Rick's new book, Reeferdadness, based on his
2:03.0	true life experience as a single father who happened to work at the world's most notorious
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