The Weed Witch

This is Pipe Dreams by The Weed Witch, a newsletter, podcast, idea sampler platter and content wildcard featuring stream-of-consciousness tales and divine wisdom from free-thinking societal outliers, a.k.a. the weed witches.  Welcome to a very Halloween special of The Weed Witch, where I will be chatting with Brenda Hernandez, founder of Mexico City's first feminist head shop, Chicks vs. Stigma. Inspired by other pioneering women in cannabis changing the conversation in the US and Canada, Brenda realized there was a need for this community closer to home to break down barriers and create more accessible pathways to cannabis. She began running her online shop in 2018, growing it into a full-fledged brick and mortar store. Here, she shares her story behind Chicks vs. Stigma and a look at the past, present and future of legal cannabis in Mexico. Learn about her journey and a glimpse at Mexico City's growing cannabis scene on this episode of Pipe Dreams by The Weed Witch.

This is Pipe Dreams by The Weed Witch, a newsletter, podcast, idea sampler platter and content wildcard featuring stream-of-consciousness tales and divine wisdom from free-thinking societal outliers, a.k.a. the weed witches. I’m your host, Carly Fisher. What do Nico, Marianne Faithful, a scandalous country singer named Tammy Faye Starlite and a fallen-from-grace Israeli pop star named Tamar have in common? The answer is one woman: Tammy Lang. Selling out shows across the country, she’s best known for producing an extremely NSFW repertoire includes smash hits like “God Has Lodged A Tenant In My Uterus” and “Did I Shave My Vagina For This?” Frequently immortalized within the New York Times theater pages, her work has been celebrated in unexpected places like Palm Springs, Nashville, Pittsburgh and the far stretches of New Jersey. Among her other crowning achievements: she has fearlessly gone nude on the Howard Stern Show and co-starred alongside Oscar winner, Allison Janney, as a regular on Guiding Light where she played a “wacky maid.” Emerging from the darkness of COVID, Tammy has joined forces with director Rachel Lichtman to help bring her latest production Yesterday, Today and TAMAR back to the stage in New York City last fall, and is looking to pick up again this spring. Could this be the year of Tammy Lang, capturing the hearts and minds of impressionable youth and discerning critics? Find out as we explore how she moved from here to there on this episode of Pipe Dreams.

This is Pipe Dreams by The Weed Witch, a newsletter, podcast, idea sampler platter and content wildcard featuring stream-of-consciousness tales and divine wisdom from free-thinking societal outliers, a.k.a. the weed witches. I’m your host, Carly Fisher. Today's guest is Olivia Alexander, CEO of Kush Queen, a multi-million dollar, multifaceted brand specializing in CBD and THC-infused products, including: award-winning bath bombs, pain relief lotions, edibles, wellness supplements, and skincare. Olivia talks about growing up in Louisiana's ecologically devastated Cancer Alley, turning a swamp queen insult into a tribute to the Spirit of the Bayou, finding life after pharmaceuticals in the world of cannabis, and her perfect vision for the ultimate Kush Queen canna-spa. 

Hello! This is Pipe Dreams by The Weed Witch, a newsletter, podcast, idea sampler platter and content wildcard featuring stream-of-consciousness tales and divine wisdom from free-thinking societal outliers, a.k.a. the weed witches. I’m your host, Carly Fisher. Today's guest is Alia Volz, author of Home Baked, My Mom, Marijuana, and The Stoning of San Francisco—a journalistic memoir that came out last year that is a riveting tale worthy of becoming National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Alia talks about what it was like growing up in a weed family during the Reagan administration, the racist undertones of the War on Drugs, how the "Sticky Brownies" empire helped San Francisco's first LGBTQ+ medical patients during the AIDS crisis, making decisions based on the occult, and watching the legal landscape shift from a community to a corporate culture.