Oaksterdam's Weed Mayor

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Richard Lee's life changed forever when he slipped on a catwalk while setting up the lights for an Aerosmith concert, suffering a spinal injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. A Texas native raised by conservative Republican parents, Richard would fight to educate his family, his state, and ultimately the entire country about medical cannabis. Eventually, he transformed an eight-block stretch of his adopted home town so thoroughly that it came to be known, affectionately, as Oaksterdam. Richard’s empire included two cannabis coffeeshops, a medical cannabis dispensary, a gift shop, his political headquarters, and the 30,000 square foot main campus of Oaksterdam University, the country’s first trade school dedicated to training people for careers in the legal cannabis industry. He then put up his own money to run a state-wide marijuana legalization initiative in California. Not long after, the Feds came to shut him down. And the city of Oakland rose up in his defense. 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	This podcast is for adults 21 years of age or older.
0:05.1	We talk about cannabis history and advertise cannabis products.
0:09.1	If you're not 21, come back when you are.
0:14.2	Spoke Media.
0:16.9	Hey, how's it going, folks?
0:18.5	It's Abdullah and Bean.
0:20.1	And welcome to another episode of great moments in weed history.
0:25.6	On this podcast, my partner Bean and I, for both cannabis journalists and media makers,
0:30.7	go over some of the more fascinating points in the very, very, very, very long history of human being cannabis relations. Isn't that right, Bean?
0:39.9	That is exactly what we do. Yep. And I do not know the story that we're about to hear. I've
0:45.9	not heard it before. Bean has researched and written it. And he's going to be telling it to me
0:50.0	and telling it to you. We're going to smoke some weed, we're going to drink some tasty beverages,
0:54.7	we're going to have a good time. So come join us. So Bean, what do you got for us today?
1:00.4	I've got a story today about somebody who overcame incredible adversity in their life and used it to
1:08.1	fuel a passion for cannabis and for advocacy and for activism that really
1:15.1	changed the world.
1:16.8	Wow, that sounds incredible.
1:18.9	Definitely a lot of adversity in cannabis stories from the last hundred years, but it's
1:25.9	always great to hear that somebody can come out of their
1:29.3	adversity and truly have an impact on the world through cannabis or with cannabis.
1:35.7	This sounds like a great one, man.
1:37.2	I can't wait to hear it.
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