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Great Moments in Weed History

The Secret Sesh vs. Corporate Weed

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

For ten years, the Secret Sesh in Los Angeles has brought together true OGs from all walks of life to see, smell, smoke and celebrate their favorite plant. What began as a clandestine cannabis farmer's market—held in garages and back lots—has since grown into a stadium-sized weedy realm unto itself. At the center of it all: Our guest this week, podcaster and comedian Adam Ill, who takes on a journey from his early days as a stoner skater in "the late 1900s" to his role today as master of ceremonies at the now legal—and no longer secret—Secret Sesh. Also, check out Abdullah's 2019 report on the Secret Sesh for KCRW radio in LA. GREAT MOMENTS IN WEED HISTORY - LIVE IN PORTLAND ON SEPT 10 Abdullah and Bean will be appearing live at the Helium Comedy Club in Portland, Oregon on September 10th for a live taping of an all-new episode of Great Moments in Weed History. Please grab tickets now, and tell all your friends who live in Oregon to come get high on history with us! 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.

Transcript

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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

0:05.7

great moments in wheat history. Today's great moment is actually an event. It started out as a

0:13.5

secret that you had to know about to get to it. But now the secret is out. The secret

0:20.4

Sesh is essentially a cannabis farmers market that has been happening on a weekly

0:26.5

basis for years.

0:28.6

And it's a place where people can go and buy cannabis wholesale directly from the growers.

0:36.1

Isn't that right, Bean?

0:37.1

Absolutely. The secret sesh is like the inside of the inside of the

0:42.1

inside of the smokiest back room of weed culture. It is a place where you will be judged

0:48.6

not by the curvature of your brim, but by the contents of your Ziplog bag.

0:55.1

Yes, indeed.

0:56.8

Because unlike a dispensary, at a sest, you can actually look at the nugs, smell the nugs before

1:03.4

buying them.

1:04.2

In a lot of cases, you can smoke some of the nugs before buying them, take that dab

1:08.8

before buying some concentrate.

1:13.4

And instead of just being a store,

1:19.7

it's really become a meeting place, sort of a touchpoint for the cannabis community where consumers and enthusiasts and cultivators and hash makers can all get together and sort of bond

1:27.2

over our collective hobby, which is this

1:30.0

plant right here. And our guest today is a person who has been instrumental in the growth

1:37.2

of this scene. His name is Adam Ill. If you have ever been to a sesh in Southern California,

1:43.2

anywhere in California, you probably know who this guy is

1:47.2

by his signature look his long hair his glasses his bright clothes and his yeah

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