Cultural Baggage

Cultural Baggage is DTN's longest running broadcast program with 18 years as of October 2019. We are proud to have more than three dozen affiliate stations in the US and Canada broadcasting our 29 minutes of unvarnished truth about the failure and futility of this eternal prohibition of drugs. Produced by former cop Dean Becker at KPFT, Houston, one of the 5 Pacifica "sister" stations.

09/17/08 - Martin Terry
Sul Ross Professor Martin Terry discusses the diappearing peyote button in the US + Terry Nelson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition & Doug McVay with Drug War Facts

Guest(s): Martin Terry
Organization(s): Sul Ross University
Link(s): LEAP, Common Sense for Drug Policy

09/10/08 - Jerry Paradis
BBC interview with Jack Cole of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) + New Zealand interview with Judge Jerry Paradis also of LEAP + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway, Terry Nelson of LEAP, Doug McVay with Drug War Facts & CB premiere of "Eternal War" by Adult Users

Guest(s): Jerry Paradis
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP

09/04/08 - Peter Christ
Peter Christ, one of the founding members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition discusses failings of current drug war policy + Poppygate report from Glenn Greenway & Terry Nelson of LEAP regarding possible US Justice Dept discrimination.

Guest(s): Peter Christ
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP

08/27/08 - Wendy Chapkis
Wendy Chapkis, co-author of "Dying To Get High - Marijuana as Medicine" + Terry Nelson of LEAP, Official Govt Truth w/ Winston Francis, Ernesto Aguilar reports from Denver and the DNC

Guest(s): Wendy Chapkis
Organization(s): Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana
Link(s): LEAP, WAMM

08/20/08 - Peter Moskos
Peter Moskos, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, author of Cop in the Hood & recent US NEWS & World Report article: "Drugs are too dangerous not to regulate - We should legalize them" + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway, Terry Nelson with LEAP Report

Guest(s): Peter Moskos
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP, US NEWS/World Report

08/13/08 - Philippe Lucas
Philippe Lucas of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society discusses drug war tactics of US, Canada and the UN + Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Guest(s): Philippe Lucas
Organization(s): Vancouver Island Compassion Society
Link(s): LEAP, Vancouver Island Compassion Society

08/06/08 - Lee Brown
American Bar Association panel on drug reform with Judge Arthur Burnett and former Drug Czar Lee Brown + Poppygate report from Glenn Greenway & Drug War Facts with Doug McVay

Guest(s): Lee Brown
Organization(s): Drug Czar
Link(s): NAADPC

07/30/08 - Marie Gottschalk
Marie Gottschalk, U of Penn Professor & author of "The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration" + LEAP report with Terry Nelson & Drug War Facts with Doug McVay

Guest(s): Marie Gottschalk
Link(s): LEAP, Common Sense for Drug Policy

07/23/08 - Jeremy Scahill
Reports from the Netroots Nation convention: Jeremy Scahill, Cliff Schecter, Jim Hightower, Gloria Littleshield & dozens of voices answering the question: "Can you name the #1 success of the drug war" + Drug War Facts with Doug McVay

Guest(s): Jeremy Scahill
Organization(s): Blackwater
Link(s): Drug War Facts

07/16/08 - Robert Muhammad
Brother Robert Muhammad of the Nation of Islam & DTN's Dean Becker discuss Houston's criminal, justice system + LEAP Report from Terry Nelson, Poppygate with Glenn Greenway + Drug War Facts with Doug McVay

Guest(s): Robert Muhammad
Organization(s): Nation of Islam
Link(s): LEAP
