Choogle On! with Uncle Weed - Renegade documentaries
Choogle On! With Uncle Weed - Renegade Documentaries
Cannabis-inspired Podcast hi-jinks from Vancouver and the world
Salmon Swimming Free – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 7/9
Visiting again with friend Kevin, Uncle Weed discusses the negative impact salmon fish farms impart on the local aquaculture. Specifically, Atlantic salmon living in pens attract hazardous sea lice, are unable to spawn, are fed with small fish imported ...
Superior Rockstars vs. Local Thugs – Choogle On (remix’d) #81
Montage of snippets and grooving tunes for aural funtimes ergo: KDon reporting on Longboard hockey, Fr. Unabonger hi-jacking at Mind Camp, cut thumbs from bong building, Gord Downie’s Canadian Geese, neon lights, Charles Lloyd & Rocket Man. ...
Friends of the Sound – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 6/9
At the headquarters of Friends of Clayoqout Sound advocacy organization, Uncle Weed talks with Kevin Bruce, a concerned citizen newly arrived in Tofino to work as the office coordinator for the FOCS.
With the sound of passing cars and buses, they discuss ...
Conservation and Clearcuts – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 5/9
After a few days of frustration and confusion, Uncle Weed sits down on the trail and digs into a variety of essays from Beloved of the Sky by Gary Snyder, Howie Wolk, and Michael Frome plus riffs on painter Emily Carr, love/hate with the commercialized ...
Spieling from Whiskey Dock – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 4/9
While watching fishing boats ply the inlet, Uncle Weed checks in from Ucluelet to describe the cultural and municipal differences between neighboring villages of Tofino and Ucluelet after a thwarted drive towards Kennedy Lake bridge – the scene of ...
Tofino Dries up – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 3/9
After recalling beach camp-outs, rainy days and salmon feasts, Uncle Weed finds out commercial water usage is banned in Tofino and closing down for the tourist operations for the busy weekend ~ thusly he sets out on the trail from Half Moon Bay to ...
Meditations from the Blockades – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 2/9
Out on a trail, Uncle Weed shares a few lessons learned bearing witness to the blockade lines including thoughts about non-violence and pacifism, importance of respecting others, and the common desire for trees which the ecologists and workers ...
Musings from Clayoquot Sound – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 1/9
Arriving at a campground between the towns of Tofino and Ucluelet, Uncle Weed sets out to explore the west coast’s unique environment and offer discourse on natural resource-based and tourism-based economies starting with recollections from the ...
Observations about Ecology and Economy – Rainforest Dispatches, Introduction
Introducing a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the ...
Tales from The HempenRoad – Choogle on #80
While on a mountain ramble, Uncle Weed recounts the HempenRoad film project, a mixed media travel documentary about the commercial industrial hemp industry in Cascadia in 1996. He spiels on the origins, motivations and characters met along the way ...
SXSW Stories from Middle Earth – Choogle On #79
Both a preview and recap of SXSW 2009 as Uncle Weed and the Quebecois Correspondent discuss the noted media conference and extravaganza featuring UW’s spiel F@ck Stats, Make Art – a soliloquy for quality and integrity in creation. Along ...
Riverside Tokes for Phelps on the Varley Trail - Choogle On #78
On Lynn Valley’s Varley trail, Uncle Weed discourses on fascist sponsors and greedy PR hacks reacting to young Mr. Phelps’ situation, plus talk of value of art vs. artist and listener email about parenting advice, blind shopping cart ...
Rolling to the End of the Line - Choogle on #77
Rolling aboard buses, trolleys, Skytrain and Seabus, Uncle Weed discusses changing routes and riding transit for escape, exploration, creativity, inspiration and adds in tourist fun plus concerns about free expression, aggressive security and love for ...
Festive Musings from Wreck Beach - Choogle on #76
From Wreck Beach on University of BC campus Uncle Weed offers international, festive greetings with tales of journies to come, the feeling of the edge of the world, reflections of NYEs in Japan, cougars on the Baden Powell trail, float planes, ferries ...
Festive Musings from Wreck Beach - Choogle on #76
From Wreck Beach on University of BC campus Uncle Weed offers international, festive greetings with tales of journies to come, the feeling of the edge of the world, reflections of NYEs in Japan, cougars on the Baden Powell trail, float planes, ferries ...
His Holiness Dalai Lama 14 is Canadian! - Choogle on #75
From the vault comes the story of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s honorary Canadian citizenship ceremony at the Canucks rink in Vancouver. Along with a rousing Oh Canada!, and the official ceremony, comes a few words of humour and counsel from ...
His Holiness Dalai Lama 14 is Canadian! - Choogle on #75
From the vault comes the story of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s honorary Canadian citizenship ceremony at the Canucks rink in Vancouver. Along with a rousing Oh Canada!, and the official ceremony, comes a few words of humour and counsel from ...
Taos Hi-Jacking Incident ~ from snowy Mayne Island - Choogle on #74
From a snowy Gulf island, Uncle Weed recounts an incident from a lost summer involving a hi-jacked VW bus and a surreal evening of trout, tribal chants, involuntary confinement, gun shots, and rabbit stew - plus a chance to win a HappyVappy Vaporizer ...
Taos Hi-Jacking Incident ~ from snowy Mayne Island - Choogle on #74
From a snowy Gulf island, Uncle Weed recounts an incident from a lost summer involving a hi-jacked VW bus and a surreal evening of trout, tribal chants, involuntary confinement, gun shots, and rabbit stew - plus a chance to win a HappyVappy Vaporizer ...