Veteran marijuana activist and podcaster "Radical" Russ Belville records this cannabis news, interview, and comedy podcast live from the Treasure Valley on the border of America's Last Absolute Prohibition State—Idaho. Russ brings you a unique look at the thriving cannabis industry in Ontario, Oregon—Idaho's cannabis capital—and the fight to end Idaho's antiquated marijuana prohibition laws for medical marijuana patients and adult cannabis consumers alike. Hear from growers, researchers, businesspeople, doctors, patients, politicians, activists and more.
This week features a Scottish songwriter, a Brazilian singer, a German pianist, an American double-bassist, and the passing of our Headliner, Mark Sheehan of the Irish band, The Script.
This week the Grim Reaper did some soul collections in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, featuring our headliner, Ian Bairnson from Scotland. We’ve got some pop, some rock, and some jazz this week, as well as a cinematographer who outran the Reaper for over a century.
The Grim Reaper’s been busy this week, collecting blues, funk, rock, electronic, and country artists; international musicians from Italy, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Romania, Ethiopia, Japan, and the Dominican Republic; and bringing home our Headliner, Sweet Charles Sherrell.
This week features the world’s oldest drag queen; musicians from Russia, Italy, Norway, Romania, and England; and the passing of our Headliner, Mudcrutch founder Tom Leadon.
This week, we say goodbye with three songs from our Headliner, Parliament-Funkadelic’s singer Fuzzy Haskins. This show is also salute to all the artists who passed in the week prior, from March 11th through March 17th. Our main stage features an all-time great song with a murderous writer; our Festival Stage brings you musicians who passed in Mexico, Brazil, and England; and in the Mosh Pit tonight we thrash to South African rap, Brazilian rock, and British Metal.
This week features novelty music heavyweights; European, Jamaican, and Peruvian artists; music that goes to eleven; and the end of an era with the passing of our Headliner, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington.
Oregon experienced its first ever year-to-year drop in marijuana sales in 2022, while one rural border town was second only to the Portland in statewide sales.
In the two years and nine months since allowing for regulated sales, the small Eastern Oregon town of Ontario has sold over a quarter-billion dollars of marijuana products.
Despite Idaho police making twice the arrests, marijuana use among Idaho adults continues to rise, with college-aged Idahoans’ increased use rate outpacing the national average.
Data from the Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission reveal that 2021 marijuana sales growth was greatest in Malheur County and accounted for over a quarter of the $70.9 million annual marijuana sales increase for the state of Oregon.
Idahoans have been purchasing the bulk of over nine million dollars worth of marijuana products sold just over the Oregon
One of my alter-egos is The Au Gratin Cheesehead—Idaho’s biggest Green Bay Packers fan (potatoes and cheese… get it?). I’ve
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