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A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan EvisonBruce Barcott - AI in Publishing: The Shy Girl ScandalThis month, Hachette Publishing cancelled distribution of their book Shy Girl after it was reported by The New York Times that large portions of the text had been created by AI. When the author originally self-published the novel, it garnered rave reviews with 4,900 ratings on Goodreads and an average of 3.52 stars. Eventually, readers started to notice the tell-tale signs of AI slop: repetitive phrasing, confusing metaphors, and maybe more than a few - em dashes. This poses some difficult questions for publishing. Are authors necessary? Is a 4,900 Goodreads rating good enough for readers? I dive into these troubled waters...
2026-03-251h 03
Author's NoteAN12 - Bruce Barcott, WEED THE PEOPLE, 3/3Author's Note, episode 12, Bruce Barcott, interview 3 of 3. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rileymorton.substack.com
2025-12-181h 16
Author's NoteAN11-Bruce Barcott, Weed The People, 2 of 3After the 2012 breakthrough of legalization of cannabis, followed by opening the world’s first legal (not just tolerated) cannabis stores in 2014, Washington and Colorado got down to the brass tacks of managing the newly legal markets. In the 13 years since, 20 other states and a few nations have followed suit. Throughout that time, Barcott has been following these efforts - both the successes and failures of trying to turn a giant underground industry into a legal, fully functional part of society. Sure, Barcott covers the business of cannabis and the political and legal issues involved, but he’s high...
2025-12-111h 33
Author's NoteAuthor's Note episode 10 - Bruce Barcott 1/3Author Bruce Barcott unpacks American drug policy for me throughout the last century or so, with special focus on the unprecedented blend of politics and timing that allowed Washington and Colorado to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012. His book WEED THE PEOPLE is an amazing document of that moment in time. Well researched and immediate, the book is a total pleasure to read, whatever your interest in the subject. You’ll get a sense of that in our wide ranging discussion on the many implications of legal cannabis. So many questions that we had in 2012 are coming into fo...
2025-12-041h 55
Author's NoteAuthor's Note - episode 2, Tim CahillHere is my 2nd of 3 conversations with Tim Cahill about , JAGUARS RIPPED MY FLESH discussing the process of releasing the book, doing press for it, what came next for his career at OUTSIDE and beyond. Tune in next week for the last of our 3 conversations with Tim, and then we’ve got 3 episodes with the always interesting Christopher Ryan, host of the podcast Tangentially Speaking about his first book, SEX AT DAWN. Future guests include Lyanda Haupt about her book CROW PLANET and Bruce Barcott about WEED THE PEOPLE. This is a pu...
2025-10-081h 02
Proud To Work In CannabisGreen Growth: Unpacking the 2024 Cannabis Jobs Report with Industry ExpertsState of Cannabis Employment: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Jobs ReportKarson Humiston discuss the release of the Vangst annual cannabis industry 2024 jobs report with Bruce Barcott, a seasoned writer in the cannabis space, and Beau Whitney, the chief economist at Whitney Economics. The trio share insights into the current state of cannabis employment.They begin with a sense of optimism as they reveal that the industry has bounced back from a challenging period, adding almost 23,000 new jobs, bringing the total to 440,145 full-time equivalent positions as of early 2024. This marks a 5% year-over-year increase, driven by a...
2024-04-1030 min
The Talking HedgeCannabis Conundrums: A Conversation with Editor Bruce BarcottWhat's the biggest driver for the cannabis industry? Join our conversation with Bruce Barcott, former editor of Leafly.com, as we explore the ins and outs of this rapidly evolving market. We discuss the current challenges of federal reform, the tension between large players and local operators, and the impact of taxes and regulations. Bruce shares his thoughts on the most important drive for the industry - interstate commerce - and highlights the unique aspects of the cannabis world. We also dive into the fascinating history of cannabis and its effects on sleep, as well a...
2023-06-2929 min
Proud To Work In CannabisBehind the Scenes of the Cannabis Jobs Report with Creator Bruce BarcottJoin host Karson Humiston on this week’s episode of Proud to Work in Cannabis as she speaks with Bruce Barcott, creator of the 2023 Cannabis Jobs Report – The leading resource for cannabis employment data.Hear the fascinating story behind the report’s inception, gain insight into the state-by-state analysis of this year’s data, and learn about predictions for the future. Download the report now at vangst.com/reports/2023-jobs-report and tune in to this must-listen episode today. Produce By PodConxKarson Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karson-humiston-64572b97/Vang...
2023-04-1225 min
Let's be Blunt with MontelCANNA JOBS REPORT | BRUCE BARCOTTMontel talks with Leafly Senior Editor and author of “Weed the People; The Future of Marijuana Legalization in America” and Time Magazine’s special Issue “Marijuana, Goes Main Street”, Bruce Barcott on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. They discuss the highlights of Leafly’s sixth annual Cannabis Jobs Report, and it is full of good news for the industry and those who want to be a part of it! The report shows America’s cannabis industry sold nearly $25 billion in products and created more than 100,000 new jobs in 2021! This year’s report, created in partnership with Whitney Economics, shows t...
2022-02-2643 min
Great Moments in Weed HistoryHOLIDAY SPECIAL: The Year in Weed! + Santa's a Psychedelic Mushroom ShamanCelebrate 2021's weediest highlights with Abdullah and Bean's inebriated recounting of the year's most impactful cannabis news stories. PLUS: Our annual re-telling of the classic Chrstmas tale "Santa Claus is a Siberian Mushroom Shaman."Recorded IRL in a "holiday hashish hot box," this episode also gave rise to a conspiracy-themed spin-off show called "The Green Pill," and introduced our new sponsors Human Meat and Vlad's Blintzes. PATREONPlease 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 bo...
2021-12-211h 57
Startup HustleRoll up with LeaflyIn this episode of Startup Hustle, Heather Steppe and Bruce Barcott, Senior Editor at Leafly and also the Creator, Producer, and Host of The Roll-up potcast discuss how to become a leader in cannabis education and news.
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This episode is sponsored by Full Scale:
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2021-09-1045 min
Startup HustleRoll up with LeaflyIn this episode of Startup Hustle, Heather Steppe and Bruce Barcott, Senior Editor at Leafly and also the Creator, Producer, and Host of The Roll-up potcast discuss how to become a leader in cannabis education and news.
Find Startup Hustle Everywhere:
https://linktr.ee/startuphustle
This episode is sponsored by Full Scale:
https://fullscale.io/
Learn more about Leafly:
https://www.leafly.com/
Learn more about The Roll-up potcast:
https://www.leafly.com/news/podcasts
Learn more about KC Hemp Co.
2021-09-1044 min
The Green Rush LiveWill Pot be Legalized in 2021?Two experts, an educator, an editor and public relations expert in cannabis weigh in on this question, and many others about the state of the cannabis industry.Rob Mejia, who teaches cannabis curriculum at Stockton University in NJ, Bruce Barcott, the editor of Leafly and Stuart Zakim, who is a public relations expert in the cannabis space sit down for a Zoom chat with David Rabinowitz of the Green Rush and Jimmy Young from Pro Cannabis Media. This interview was recorded 48 hours after the Presidential election on Cannabis Chat Live.
2021-05-0330 min
Let's be Blunt with Montel2020 CANNABIS JOB REPORT | SPECIAL EDITIONDespite 2020 being one of the worst years in recent history for most businesses, and with unemployment rates skyrocketing, 2020 was a good year for the cannabis industry, which enjoyed a spike in both revenue and job growth. On this Let’s Be Blunt episode Montel is joined by Leafly Senior Editor Bruce Barcott, and Leafly Cutlure Editor, Janessa Bailey to review the Leafly 2020 Cannabis Job Report Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSupport the showFor More Let's be BLUNT with MontelInstagram https://www.instagram.com/letsbebluntmontel/orYouTube
2021-02-2046 min
Weed Talk Live with Curt and JimmyThe State of the Cannabis Industry with Leafly's Bruce BarcottIt's been five years since Weed the People was published and written by Bruce Barcott from Washington state. Now the editor of Leafly.com, he gives his view on legalization, the presidential race, and the role cannabis can play in the recovery of the economy during Covid. Weed Talk Now with Curt Dalton of cannabis.net, and Jimmy Young of Pro Cannabis Media.
2020-07-1747 min
SEJ 2019 ConferenceCan Green Be Clean? The Environmental Impacts of Legal CannabisSpeakers
Kelsey Simpkins (Moderator) Digital and Engagement Editor, Future Earth
Amy Andrle (Speaker ) Founder/Owner, L'Eagle Services | L'eela CBD BodyCare
Bruce Barcott (Speaker) Senior Editor, Leafly
Kaitlin Urso (Speaker) Environmental Consultant , Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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As the first state to legalize cannabis, Colorado has learned a lot about cannabis’ environmental impacts — on water and lands, its electricity use and carbon emissions, and the consequences of waste and pollution. Today, the state is leading the way to make cannabis production more sustainable, from cultivation to disposal. Hear from an industry-leading small business owne...
2019-11-281h 07
The New Yorker Radio HourThe Green RushIt was just seven years ago that Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Today the drug is legal in eleven states and counting, with polls showing that sixty per cent of Americans support its legalization. How did that happen so fast? This episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour looks at the end of reefer madness—and the early days of corporate cannabis. Bruce Barcott talks about the politics and the public-health aspects of legalization; Jelani Cobb looks at how legalization tries to undo the decades of harm that marijuana prohibition ha...
2019-09-2049 min
Strange CountryRaffi KodikianIf your best friend asked you to kill him, would you do it? That's what Raffi Kodikian told the park rangers when they found him in Rattlesnake Canyon, four days past his camping permit. Kodikian said he killed his best friend Dave Coughlin because Coughlin asked him to. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly ponder mercy killings, sinus infections and this sad case in episode 111. Cite your sources: Barcott, Bruce. "Two Went Out, One Came Back." The New York Times, 7 Sept. 2003, https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/books/two-went-out-one-came-back.html?searchResultPosition=1. Blanco, Juan Ignacio. "Raffi...
2019-09-1953 min
The HashEpisode 18: Debunking Cannabis Myths with David DownsLast week, Leafly's David Downs and Bruce Barcott released a groundbreaking research paper that looks at the data around three huge myths about cannabis legalization: that it contributes to more crime and more teen use, and that it kills property values.
But is that what the data actually says?
Listen in as David and Max chat about the process behind their research paper, the details of the team's findings and what we can all do to enact change in counties that have banned legalization.
2019-05-2114 min
Give and TakeEpisode 78: Love And Trouble, with Claire DedererMy guest is Claire Dederer. Claire is the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs: Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning and Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, which was a New York Times bestseller. Poser has been translated into 11 languages, optioned for television by Warner Bros., and adapted for the stage.
Dederer is a long-time contributor to The New York Times. Her essays, criticism, and reviews have also appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, The Nation, Vogue, Chicago Tribune, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, New York magazine, Yoga Journal, Newsday, Slate, Salon, and many other publications. Her es...
2018-01-251h 08
Cannabis Network RadioEpisode 1: Thank You For Sharing That With AmericaEyes too tired from all that news reading? Give them a break and put your ears on duty. Download ‘The Roll-Up,’ Leafly’s hot new podcast.Join Leafly editors Bruce Barcott, Ben Adlin, and Dave Schmader every Friday as they dissect the week’s top stories in cannabis with analysis, arguments, jokes, and obscure cultural references.‘The Roll-Up’: It’s a news and culture podcast that hits the sweet spot between stoned and scholarly.
2017-11-3025 min
HempresentWeed The People with Bruce BarcottBruce Barcott, Leafly's deputy director who is also an enviornmental Journalist, and is also an author of the book Weed The People. He talks about how he approached his kids with the fact that he was writing a book about cannabis, and how he approached it as if it was like alcohol or tobacco. We talk about the stigma surrounding cannabis and how mainstream culture has not been normalized around the idea of cannabis.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2017-04-0730 min
Time 4 HempCannabis Patients Out Of Time - 11/04/15First broadcast November 04, 2015 onTime4Hemp.com and iHeartRadio.comHosts: Al ByrneGuest: Bruce BarcottPlease share this with your friends.
2015-11-0458 min
City and County of Denver: Denver Press Club Audio PodcastDenver Press Club - Bruce Barcott July 2015 - Jun 30, 2015
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2015-05-291h 05
Audio Podcast | Cannabis BeeCBN068 1/15/14 – Two Drug Wars, Tourism seeks Acceptance, Investing, Prohibition Was Racist – Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed and Hemp News
#1
The Great Marijuana Experiment: A Tale of Two Drug Wars
As Washington and Colorado create rules and regulations for selling legal marijuana, in many other cities across the country pot arrests are near record highs
By Bruce Barcott
Source – RollingStone
#2
Marijuana tourism seeks acceptance in 2014
By Eric Gorski,
Source – The Denver Post
#3
Investing in marijuana stocks is a lot more dangerous than smoking marijuana
By John McDuling
Source – QUARTZ
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2014-01-1550 minCannabis BeeCBN068 1/15/14 – Two Drug Wars, Tourism seeks Acceptance, Investing, Prohibition Was Racist – Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed and Hemp News
#1
The Great Marijuana Experiment: A Tale of Two Drug Wars
As Washington and Colorado create rules and regulations for selling legal marijuana, in many other cities across the country pot arrests are near record highs
By Bruce Barcott
Source – RollingStone
#2
Marijuana tourism seeks acceptance in 2014
By Eric Gorski,
Source – The Denver Post
#3
Investing in marijuana stocks is a lot more dangerous than smoking marijuana
By John McDuling
Source – QUARTZ
...
2014-01-1550 minVaulted | Cannabis BeeCBN068 1/15/14 – Two Drug Wars, Tourism seeks Acceptance, Investing, Prohibition Was Racist – Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed and Hemp News
#1
The Great Marijuana Experiment: A Tale of Two Drug Wars
As Washington and Colorado create rules and regulations for selling legal marijuana, in many other cities across the country pot arrests are near record highs
By Bruce Barcott
Source – RollingStone
#2
Marijuana tourism seeks acceptance in 2014
By Eric Gorski,
Source – The Denver Post
#3
Investing in marijuana stocks is a lot more dangerous than smoking marijuana
By John McDuling
Source – QUARTZ
...
2014-01-1550 min
The Cannabis Bee NewsCBN068 1/15/14 – Two Drug Wars, Tourism seeks Acceptance, Investing, Prohibition Was Racist – Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed and Hemp News
#1
The Great Marijuana Experiment: A Tale of Two Drug Wars
As Washington and Colorado create rules and regulations for selling legal marijuana, in many other cities across the country pot arrests are near record highs
By Bruce Barcott
Source – RollingStone
#2
Marijuana tourism seeks acceptance in 2014
By Eric Gorski,
Source – The Denver Post
#3
Investing in marijuana stocks is a lot more dangerous than smoking marijuana
By John McDuling
Source – QUARTZ
...
2014-01-1550 minThe Seattle Public LibraryBruce Barcott, August 1Join us for an onstage conversation between Bruce Barcott, author of "The Measure of a Mountain" about Mt. Rainier.
2013-09-0400 min
Reader's CornerInterview With Bruce Barcott Author Of "The Last Fight Of The Scarlet Macaw"Author of "The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird"
2010-05-0729 minThe Seattle Public LibraryBruce Barcott: 'The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw'Award-winning author Bruce Barcott read from "The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird" on Feb. 28, 2009 at the Central Library.
2009-03-0600 min