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Caption: John Pirozzi, San Francisco, CA 4/15/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Pirozzi talks baby steps, insatiable thirst, and the miracle of vinyl.

  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 25:37
Caption: Michiel Huisman, San Francisco, CA 4/13/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michiel Huisman talks being likeable, spreading his wings, and serenading the Mother of Dragons.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:58
Caption: Bill Plympton, San Francisco, CA 4/17/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Bill Plympton talks mundane dreams, the honesty of hand-drawing, and the passion behind the passion.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Length: 26:41
Caption: Alex Garland, San Francisco, CA 3/17/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Alex Garland talks adolescent rebellion, playing God. and the limits of understanding.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 15:03
Caption: Dave Boyle, San Francisco, CA, 4/1/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dave Boyle talks cinema DNA, millinery metaphors, and moving out of his sister’s basement.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 18:56
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Marjorie Sturm talks victimhood, context, and seeing what we want to see.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 21:31
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Few would argue that California’s medical marijuana program, the oldest in the nation, is in need of revision, though for a variety of reasons over...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
Caption: David Cross, San Francisco, CA 2/5/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
David Cross talks being too funny, finding the right balance, and using fresh eyes.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 16:24
Caption: Oscar Isaac, San Francisco, CA 12/5/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Oscar Isaac talks punctuated silence, suits of armor, and preparing for Star Wars, Episode VII.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:19
Caption: Jennifer Daniels, Standardbred Trainer for New Vocations Racehorse Apdotion Program, Credit: Renee Wilde
Ohio ranks second in the US for producing Standardbreds. But what happens to these horses after their racing careers are over?

  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
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In Colorado the state’s Medical Marijuana Scientific Advisory Council chose 8 research grant proposals to fund with a total of 9 million dollars. ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:05
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The Mayor of Seattle held a symposium on medical marijuana law enforcement last Thursday to consider changes in the way marijuana retail establishm...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 11:33
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In California, home of the nation’s oldest medical marijuana law, the City of Fresno and Fresno County have vigorously enforced bans on the sale an...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:38
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In an open letter to Oregon’s district attorneys, a coalition of criminal justice advocates are calling on law enforcement officials to join prosec...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
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The Colorado state legislature impaneled a marijuana edibles working group to develop a set of recommendations intended to help guide state lawmake...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:48
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In Shasta County, California, Ballot Measure A passed by a 58/42 margin; and that means the county’s building code will be amended to severely tigh...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 10:02
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The FBI issued its Unified Crime Report for 2013 on Monday, the 10th of November. For some insight into declining numbers of non-violent drug arr...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 09:38
Caption: Jesse Moss, San Francisco, CA 10/26/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jesse Moss talks recapturing cinematic freedom, finding common ground, and surrendering to the moment.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 16:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Jim McAlpine organized The 420 Games in an effort to destigmatize responsible users of marijuana through athletic achievement. McAlpine successfull...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:29
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Last week in Seattle, Reverend Reggie Witherspoon, Senior Pastor at Mt. Calvary Christian Center used a bullhorn to lead protesters in chants to sh...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1975 the Alaska Supreme Court ruled the state’s constitutional right to privacy protected citizens ability to grow and possess limited amounts o...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 11:47
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Texans cannot reform marijuana laws through an initiative process, so activists are focused on change through a state legislature that meets for a ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 12:28
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California is a patchwork of regions that allow or ban the cultivation and sale of cannabis under the state’s medical marijuana laws, and recently ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 17:48
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Dr. Michelle Sexton is the first person to start a cannabis analysis lab in Washington state. The Phytalab founder and Chief Science Officer is not...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 11:52
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David Slomski is a licensed pharmacist in Connecticut and Dispensary Facility Manager of The Healing Corner dispensary in Bristol, the first of six...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:46