Reggae Legend Peter Tosh Gets Lit & Burns Down The Shitstem

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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From his incendiary album "Legalize It" to his defiant speech denouncing Jamaican officials to their faces for their downpressive laws against ganja (delivered while smoking a spliff on stage), Peter Tosh fought for the equal rights of cannabis people around the world. While also promoting the plant's myriad of therapeutic benefits in detailed ways decades before the medical establishment started to catch up. Along the way, he created some of the most seminal and iconic reggae music of all time, working solo and as part of The Wailers alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Livingston. We're honored to have Niambe McIntosh—Peter Tosh's daughter and founder of The Peter Tosh Foundation—as our guest to discuss her father's life and work. 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 or signature lighter. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean. And welcome back for another episode of
0:05.9	great moments in weed history. Today we have a classic history episode for you and it's one that
0:13.8	we've been wanting to share with you for a long time because it talks about a person who is a
0:20.0	cannabis legend, a person who is a cannabis legend, a person who is a music legend,
0:23.4	and a person whose influence on culture can still be seen to this day.
0:29.2	I'm talking, of course, about the one and only Peter Tosh.
0:34.1	Yeah, this has been on our list since we've had a list.
0:37.3	This is getting into one of the
0:39.8	wittiest places in the world, which is Jamaica, and we have a great discussion of the history
0:45.4	of cannabis in Jamaica, going back before the Rastafari movement, talking about that movement,
0:51.4	and then, of course, how that movement and cannabis influenced reggae music,
0:56.0	not just in Jamaica, but became an international phenomenon, as did Peter Tosh.
1:02.0	Yeah, that's right. And today we have the honor of having Naimbe McIntosh, who is the youngest daughter of Peter Tosh and the founder and head of the Peter Tosh Foundation,
1:14.9	which continues his fight for cannabis legalization, equal rights, and an end to the brutality of the criminal justice system.
1:23.3	Absolutely. And while this episode is full of highlights, got to do a new weed pun every episode.
1:31.5	As per contract. Maybe been overdoing it a little bit lately, but I got to have at least one for episode.
1:37.8	So plenty of highlights. Of course, the recording of the iconic song and album, Legalize It is the great moment, I think,
1:46.9	to bring out of this episode. But we should also say there's a lot of oppression, or as
1:52.0	Peter Tosh would say, downpression. Yes, Peter Tosh was no stranger to punnery, loved
1:58.0	apportmanteau, that guy. Yeah, he would turn a lot of words, like, we're against the system into we're against
2:04.5	the shitstom. Definitely not looking to do a posthumous pot-pun battle with Peter Tosh.
2:13.2	And do just want to say lots of highlights, as we said, but a lot of overcoming oppression in this episode, not just Peter Tash himself, who was many times beaten brutally by the police for his advocacy for cannabis and other issues.
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