Riley Morton speaks with non fiction authors about their most important work - featuring 3 interviews with each author, about 1) pitching and writing, 2) releasing/doing press and then 3) the afterlife of that book/what we've learned since. Conversations are wide ranging and fun, featuring authors like Tim Cahill, Christopher Ryan, Lyanda Haupt and Bruce Barcott. <br/><br/><a href="https://rileymorton.substack.com/s/authors-note?utm_medium=podcast">rileymorton.substack.com</a>
Author's Note
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Riley Morton speaks with non fiction authors about their most important work - featuring 3 interviews with each author, about 1) pitching and writing, 2) releasing/doing press and then 3) the afterlife of that book/what we've learned since. Conversations are wide ranging and fun, featuring authors like Tim Cahill, Christopher Ryan, Lyanda Haupt and Bruce Barcott. <br/><br/><a href="https://rileymorton.substack.com/s/authors-note?utm_medium=podcast">rileymorton.substack.com</a>
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December 18, 2025
AN12 - Bruce Barcott, WEED THE PEOPLE, 3/3
<p>Author's Note, episode 12, Bruce Barcott, interview 3 of 3.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://rileymorton.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">rileymorton.substack.com</a>
December 11, 2025
AN11-Bruce Barcott, Weed The People, 2 of 3
<p>After 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. </p><p>Sure, Barcott covers the business of cannabis and the political and legal issues involved, but he’s highly attuned to cultural shifts as well. Weed has had an important role in America’s counterculture for most of the last century. What happens when you take a substance that used to signal sticking it to The Man, and turn it into a $30B industry? What happens when teenagers are no longer taught that smoking a joint will turn you into a hopeless drug addict? What happens when lower Manhattan smells like a Reggae concert?</p><p>The implications of legalization are large, but not always obvious. Barcott helps us contextualize all these changes in this episode, and next weeks as well. So stay tuned ;)</p><p></p><p>music is by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.colinlake.com">Colin Lake </a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://rileymorton.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">rileymorton.substack.com</a>
December 4, 2025
Author's Note episode 10 - Bruce Barcott 1/3
<p>Author 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. </p><p>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 focus: “where is it acceptable to consume cannabis and where is it not?” “Do we have to worry about stoned drivers?” “How do we talk about this with our kids?” So its amazing to spend a few hours with Barcott who has done so much thinking and writing on the subject, first in WEED THE PEOPLE, and then as editor of Leafly for 7 years. </p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://rileymorton.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">rileymorton.substack.com</a>
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