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Great Moments in Weed History

High Times, Free Weed, and Home Grown: The Danny Danko Story

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8659 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

From judging the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, to touring Northern California during harvest season, to seshing with the steady stream of growers, dealers, breeders, smugglers, rogues, outlaws, musicians, celebrities, and activists who stopped by the High Times offices in New York City during our illustrious tenure at the mag, Danny Danko and I have shared many incredible adventures in the field.. So lets exhale the bullshit…. inhale some good shit… and jump into the hot box time machine for a heady trip back to a far more freewheeling, swashbuckling era in weed history than we find ourselves in now. And we'll also hear about Danny's new gig as cultivation section coordinator for the influential and historic Champs Trade Shows. 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.

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0:00.0

I'm looking on everything.

0:06.5

It's been, welcome to an all new great moments and weed. It's been, welcome to an all-new great moments in weed history. On this week's

0:26.5

episode, we're delving into the weeds with a true friend of the podcast and a true friend of

0:33.0

mine as well, cannabis cultivation expert Danny Danko. I first met Dan way back in 2002 when I started my

0:42.1

first ever legal weed job at High Times Magazine. Yes, you could say it with me back when it was

0:51.1

cool. Dan and I have shared a lot of incredible adventures together over the

0:56.4

ensuing decades from judging the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam to touring Northern California

1:02.7

during harvest season to sashing with the steady stream of growers, dealers, breeders, smugglers,

1:10.3

rogues, outlaws, musicians, celebrities, and

1:13.8

activists who all stopped by the High Times offices in New York City back during our

1:21.0

illustrious tenure at the magazine. And guess what? News just broke this morning that after sliding into bankruptcy, you know, after a bunch of hedge fund D-bags took over,

1:34.7

High Times has just been purchased by a new ownership team.

1:39.9

Perhaps I'll have more to say about that on a future episode of this podcast.

1:44.5

But for now, if you're one of the many people who got ripped off by the previous administration's shady deals, shadier investment opportunities,

1:54.0

or if, you know, you just paid for a subscription to the magazine and got literally nothing in return, well,

2:06.7

sorry to say, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for somebody to make it all right.

2:09.8

Anyway, let's exhale that bullshit.

2:11.7

Inhale some good shit.

2:20.9

And then we'll jump into the hotbox time machine with my guest to experience a far more freewheeling, swashbuckling era in weed history than we happen to find ourselves in right now. Longtime listeners will note that

2:28.3

Danny Danko has been my guest on this program twice before. First, to help us immortalize the all-of-time game-changing weed strains, and then to offer

2:38.8

tips and encouragement to newbie cannabis growers.

2:42.8

But this time, we're giving him the full great moments in weed history treatment, tracing

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