NORML SHOW LIVE Happy Holiday Edition

This Saturday night on NORML SHOW LIVE we celebrate the holidays with NORML Founder Keith Stroup and NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre. We take a look at the events that shaped marijuana law reform in 2009 and look forward for what is sure to be a banner year in 2010.

The show begins Saturday Night at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern by clicking the player on the right. You can also click the player before the show to listen to the last few episodes if you like or visit the show’s homepage at http://live.norml.org.

If you’d like to listen on the go, dial 347-994-1810 on your mobile phone. You can listen or you can press 1 to ask questions of the host and guests. Right after the show the entire episode is also available for download on iTunes or from the show’s homepage at http://live.norml.org. If you’re on the internet, you can also participate in the show’s live chat window to get your questions on the air.

NORML SHOW LIVE from Cannabis Café with Ryan Tracy & Steve Bloom

Marijuana Horticulture author Jorge Cervantes with NORML SHOW LIVE host “Radical” Russ at Oregon NORML’s Cannabis Café

Join us this and every Saturday night as we come to you at 6pm Pacific with our new live studio audience at the world famous Oregon NORML Cannabis Café! We stream live at http://live.norml.org for two hours and we feature interesting guests, the latest marijuana news, entertaining audio clips, and 420-friendly advertisers in a live talk radio show made by, for, and about responsible adult cannabis consumers. You can join the conversation by calling 347-994-1810 or by logging in to our live chat window.

Our guest for the first hour is Ryan Tracy, who founded CheechandChong.com in 1998.  Ryan has recently been embroiled in a battle over the website with Live Nation as they are now sponsoring the Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal tour, and he’ll talk about his side of the story from the perspective of a longtime loyal fan.  We’ll also talk about his new site, CheechandChongFans.com.

In our second hour, we visit with the co-author of Pot Culture: the A-to-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life, Steve Bloom, and his work on the entertainment news site, CelebStoner.com.  Steve will also preview is upcoming book on stoner movies and discuss PayPal dropping his site, California NORML, and others for accepting advertisement from legal medical marijuana businesses.

We’ve also got new specials for holiday advertisers on the live show (10,000 downloads a month), our daily podcasts (50,000 downloads a month), and the Stash blog (100,000 hits per month).  You can focus your advertising dollars on a very specific, well-educated niche of marijuana supporters who are very loyal to brands that support NORML.  Email us at stash@norml.org for details.

NORML SHOW LIVE Halloweed Special with “The Black Tuna” Robert Platshorn

We’re back in studio this Saturday for our special Halloweed show! Our guest is ROBERT PLATSHORN, a.k.a. “The Black Tuna”. We’ll be discussing his life as America’s longest-imprisoned (30 years) non-violent marijuana offender, once referred to by President Carter’s attorney general as one of the “slickest, most sophisticated pot smugglers of the 70′s.” Read all about it in Platshorn’s book, “The Black Tuna Diaries”.

We’re also broadcasting from the site of NORML’s West Coast Media HQ Halloweed party, with guests such as Oregon NORML‘s Madeline Martinez and UrbAge Designs‘ Scott Gordon. Plus your calls about the scariest marijuana moments in your life. It’s live talk radio from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

The show runs from 6pm-8pm Pacific Time (9-11pm Eastern) streaming live at http://live.norml.org. You can call in with your questions and comments at 347-994-1810. Archived episodes of NORML SHOW LIVE are available for download from our site or by subscribing through iTunes.