Hollow Tree History

Ep 9 Stay Green Ponyboy

Ep 8 When the Emperor Calls   This is a great conversation with cannabis journalist Mary Schumacher. She walks us into the history of the most influential book to the cannabis community, The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Mary's first-hand accounts offer an insight into experiences that very few people can begin to imagine. From helping Jack Herer, one of the founders of the movement, to living on the world's largest medical marijuana farm, she witnessed and experienced a large part of American marijuana history. She also reminds us that history is still being made and it is up to us to shape it correctly.

Ep 7 Pot and Parenthood  Lauren Williams has a lot to say about raising children as a cannabis user, not only a user but also a podcast host/activist. She began her cannabis journey after her first child was born and has not regretted a single moment of it. She explains how it helps her and how the future of CBDs will help generations of parents and children alike.

Ep 6 The Heart of Dankness   In 1997, Eddy Lepp was the first person tried and acquitted in California under the newly passed law Prop 215. That started the wildest journey that you could think of. From multiple high profile raids on his gardens to awards in Amsterdam, he has done it all in the cannabis world. Now, in the autumn of his life, he looks back on a well-traveled but hard-earned path that he founded. He is undoubtedly, one of the most tenacious characters that you could ever imagine.

Ep 5 The Pandemic of the 80s  Wayne Justman gives us a first-hand account of working with Dennis Peron inside of the world's first medical marijuana club.  This episode takes a deep dive into the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s. Called the "gay plague", it was largely ignored by the White House and the CDC as thousands of people died in the gay community. Even after President Ronald Reagan acknowledged it in 1985, they were still in danger from the war on drugs.

EP 4 Hemp in the Heartland  In this episode, we talk to Colby Gardner of the Iowa Hemp Company on what it is like to be growing legal hemp in Iowa. For over 80 years it has been illegal to grow cannabis of any kind in the midwest. Recently the Federal Government legalized the growing and production of Hemp in all of its forms. That opened to doors for a third generational farmer to plant CBD hemp in an old cow lot. His legal crop is one of the first to be planted in Iowa soil in over 80 years.

Ep 3 None of This is New  Geralyn JoAnna brings some serious logic to the lopsidedness of our community with an open conversation about cannabis gentrification, privilege, and people still in jail for possession. An activist, podcast host, singer, fiancée, and mother, she left Atlanta to move to California to find a cannabis community.  As a singer, she has opened up shows for singers like Pattie LeBelle and John Legend and now holds space on Instagram Live with her co-hosts of The Puff Show.

Ep 2 Apothecary Blues  When Bret Bogue was diagnosed with a rare form of melanoma his survival instinct snapped into place. Delving into the healing properties of medical marijuana, he studied and studied and eventually created a future for himself. Now Bret travels all over the world as one of the leading genetics experts and helps many many people with their gardens and grows. A multiple cannabis cup winner, Bret has spent the last 25 years of his life dedicated to the cannabis plant in all of its forms.

Ep 1 The Godmother of Ganja  Meet Lynnette Shaw aka The Godmother of Ganja. Pandemics are not new. In the 80s and 90s, HIV A.I.D.S. was ravaging the gay community. No one really knew what to do and the government was largely ignoring the rising death count.  In the midst of all of this chaos, a few heroes rose up to the new challenge. A handful of medical marijuana activists led the charge and saved countless lives. This is the first-hand account of one of those heroes.