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Great Moments in Weed History

Hunter S. Thompson Ran for Sheriff on A Freak Power Platform

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8659 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Election season anxiety? Take a break from the horserace and travel back to 1970, when the Gonzo author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ran for Sheriff in Colorado on a "free weed" platform as part of the newly formed Freak Power party. Plus, experience a great moment in Bean's personal weed history when he describes a visit to the High Minded Humboldt farmstead for some seasonal agricultural work and oh yeah... a 9-course Moon Swoon infused dinner from Spice of Life Supper Club. 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 130+ 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.

0:02.0

I'm looking for everything.

0:04.0

I'm going to go back to welcome to all-new great moments in weed history. I'm about to share a

0:26.9

great moment from my own personal weed history with you, something that happened just last week. It takes

0:33.6

place on a beautiful weed farm at the very start of the harvest. But first, time for

0:40.4

some real talk. Yes, about the election. In the last two episodes of great moments in weed history,

0:46.8

I interviewed two weed activists who've been fighting for this plant for decades. One recently

0:52.7

sat down in the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris to talk legalization. The other was standing right beside Governor Tim Walz when he signed Minnesota's legalization bill into law. And this week, we're going to go back in time while staying within the election season theme by revisiting one of my favorite

1:13.4

episodes of this podcast all about the time Hunter S. Thompson ran for Sheriff in Colorado.

1:21.5

There'll be thieves and autorex in Aspen, whoever gets elected. But Hunter represents something

1:27.0

wholly alien to the other candidates for sheriff, ideas,

1:31.6

and a sympathy towards the young, generous, grass-oriented society,

1:35.9

which is making the only serious effort to face the technological nightmare we have created.

1:42.8

The preceding of a paid political announcement.

1:45.9

By the Thompson brochure of Kinney.

1:47.9

Now, before we get into that incredible story, I just want to make a heartfelt plea to all

1:53.9

the swing state stoners out there.

1:56.5

There's a ton of misinformation and disinformation going around about how each candidate would approach weed.

2:04.6

So I made a 90-second video with the facts and pinned it to the top of the great moments in weed history,

2:11.6

Instagram and Twitter accounts.

2:13.6

Unfortunately, those accounts are so shadow-band and throttled that the information barely gets out.

2:20.3

So please share the video with your fellow swing states donors and encourage them to vote.

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