Weed: Alpha Blue (this is the first time this has made an appearance since episode 3 and it is still awesome!)

Music (Paul):

* I’m afraid of Americans – David Bowie* Sabotage – Beastie Boys

Topic (Laicy):

* Can you be powerful and vulnerable at the same time?

Weed: unnamed – we did not discuss on the show

Music:

* (Paul) Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills, and Nash* (Jeff) Comfortable by Fleming and John* (Laicy) The Vengeful One by Disturbed

Topic:

Special topic this week. We break format so Paul can talk about the “butterflies in the belly” feeling and explore his emotions around being conscious about the passing of a specific moment in life. Shit gets real

Weed: St John’s special with I95 = Johnnie 5 (Jeff also called this “What’s Left” and “Creeper”)

Music (Jeff):

* Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys* Love Train by Wolfmother

Topic (Paul):

* Individualism

Weed: Bird of Paradise

Music (Laicy):

* Stupid Girl by Garbage* #1 Crush by Garbage

Topic (Jeff):

* What was your most non-confirmist haircut?* Johnnie Cash – The Man in Black

Weed: Bird of Paradise

Music (Paul):

* Roar by Katy Perry* P Control by Prince

Topic (Laicy):

* How do you celebrate Easter without belief in God?

Weed (Jeff’s pick): MAC

Music (Jeff):

* You Don’t Get Me High Anymore by Phantogram* Say It Ain’t So by Weezer

Topic (Paul): let’s start talking about racism and get to a common language that we can build on

Recommended viewing:

* 13th (Netflix)* King in the Wilderness (HBO)* The Shop (HBO)* Black Panther (Netflix)* Ain’t I a Woman? (YouTube)* Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg’s Potluck Dinner Party / Challenge (VH1)* Privileged by Kyle Korver

Music (Paul):

* How I could just kill a man (cover) – Rage Against the Machine* We are never ever getting back together – Taylor Swift

Topic (Paul & Nick):

* Something you don’t know about yourself* Political parties and business ownership* Flaws in capitalism* Lasting change in a democracy* Creating, maintaining, manipulating perception of value

Music (Jeff):

Topic (Paul?):

* What have we learned about other perspectives* The rabbit trail is the trail* Something a Portland Elite would not understand about smaal community living* Abortion* Gun control* Urban / rural divide* Immigration* Flat Earth* Virtue signaling* Formative band when you were shaping your musical tastes

Weed: Nightmare Cookies + Platinum Huckleberry Cookies = Tom Sawyer

Music (Laicy):

* You Got Lucky by Tom Petty* Jackson by Johnny Cash and June Carter

Topic (Jeff)

* Jeff and Laicy touring as a musical duet* Queer coding in video games, unconscious bias – dominant culture’s lack of understanding of the experience of non-dominant culture

Alicorn is actually a thing

Weed: Platinum Huckleberry Cookies + Nightmare Cookies = Tom Sawyer

Music (Paul):

* Criminal by Fiona Apple* Ramble On by Led Zeppelin

Topic (Laicy):

* Dads