NORML Daily Audio Stash named “Podcast of the Year”

NORML Founder Keith Stroup report back from the MassCann Boston Freedom Rally that the NORML Daily Audio Stash won the award for “Podcast of the Year”.  (I’ll update this post when there is an announcement link up at masscann.org.)  This is a great honor and a huge surprise, especially after just seven months of producing my first podcast ever!  I couldn’t have done it without the incredible support of Chris Goldstein, who created this podcast and turned it into such a success, and then handed it over to the luckiest guy in broadcasting (me!)

I also have to thank Allen St. Pierre and Keith Stroup, for believing in this project and trusting me to bring you the “Growing Truth About Cannabis” as the voice of NORML.  I will continue to speak up for all the cannabis consumers whose voices are never heard.

Thanks as well to Madeline Martinez, Executive Director of Oregon NORML and member of the NORML Board, who plucked me off the street at the 2005 Million Marijuana March and had me on the Oregon NORML TV show the very next weekend.  Without her I’d be just another IT drone in a cubicle farm (not that there’s anything wrong with that) instead of reaching millions of people who share my interest in fighting for freedom and opposing tyranny.

Certainly, the biggest of thanks go to my wife who insisted* that I enter a silly national talk radio contest that I ended up winning, which led to Chris’ trust in my broadcasting ability.  It’s eerie how seemingly random events all came together to give me the career of my dreams.

And, of course, thanks to all the fans of the Stash – the Stashers! – who go out of their way to listen to me read news stories, interview activists, play music, and rant against the drug war for 45 or more minutes a day.  I do this work in the hopes that someday I can put myself and all of NORML out of a job!