Chris Weld worked for years in emergency rooms, then ditched that career and bought an old farm in Massachusetts. He set up a distillery and started making prize-winning spirits. When cannabis was legalized, he jumped into that too — and the first few years were lucrative. But now? It turns out that growing, processing, and selling weed is more complicated t ... Show More
Jun 12
677. Can Backgammon Save Us from Ourselves?
It brings strangers together. It teaches probability, strategy, and emotional control. It has even helped N.F.L. teams win the Super Bowl. Stephen Dubner explores why this ancient game is having a renaissance. (Part two of a series, “We Are All Gamers Now.”) SOURCES: Remington Da ... Show More
59m 19s
Jun 10
This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update)
As the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations, we revisit a 2022 episode that explored the hidden cost of an invisible threat: air pollution. SOURCES: Angela Duckworth, psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Michael Greenstone, economist at the Univers ... Show More
47m 24s
Jun 2025
CLASSIC: Why do some people think cannabis can cure cancer?
In tonight's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into a decades-long, surprisingly disturbing conspiracy: with a growing number of Western countries decriminalizing or outright legalizing cannabis, the controversial plant seems set to become an acceptable alternative to some ... Show More
56m 20s
Feb 2025
La légalisation du cannabis ultra polluante aux USA ?
<p>En 2012, le Colorado devenait le premier État américain à légaliser le cannabis, ouvrant la voie à une transformation majeure de l’industrie. Depuis, 24 États ont suivi pour l'usage récréatif et 39 pour l'usage médical. Mais derrière ce succès commercial se cache une empreinte ... Show More
2m 17s
Nov 2023
So you want to sell marijuana across state lines
In the state of Oregon, there is a glut of grass. A wealth of weed. A crisis of chronic. And, jokes aside, it's a real problem for people who work in the cannabis industry like Matt Ochoa. Ochoa runs the Jefferson Packing House in Medford, Oregon, which provides marijuana growers ... Show More
23m 49s
Dec 2019
E142 MARIJUANA MADE HIM A MILLIONAIRE - IMPAULSIVE EP. 142
Big Mike, aka the King of Weed, is the CEO of Advanced Nutrients, the worlds #1 supplier of the best nutrients to the Cannabis Industry... although he's made hundreds of millions of dollars (while high), he's had to change his identity multiple times, isn't allowed in Canada, and ... Show More
1h 19m