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.

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

07/09/08 - Ryan King
Ryan King of the Sentencing Project + Terry Nelson with the LEAP report, Cannabis College ad, clip of interview with ABC's John Stossel

Guest(s): Ryan King
Organization(s): Sentencing Project
Link(s): Sentencing Project

07/02/08 - Arnold Trebach
Professor Arnold Trebach, author of Fatal Distraction + LEAP report from Terry Nelson, Glenn Greenway with Poppygate report, OP-ED from Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project & Amsterdam prohibits tobacco not pot

Guest(s): Arnold Trebach
Organization(s): Trebach Report
Link(s): The Trebach Report, LEAP

06/25/08 - Mary Lynn Mathre
Nurse Mary Lynn Mathre of Patients Out of Time discusses medical cannabis + Terry Nelson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Drug War Facts with Doug McVay & Glenn Greenway with the Poppygate report

Guest(s): Mary Lynn Mathre
Organization(s): Patients out of Time
Link(s): Drug War Facts, Patients out of Time

06/18/08 - Bill Piper
Bill Piper of Drug Policy Alliance, Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project, Paul Armentano of NORML, Randy Credico of William Kuntsler Fund, Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Doug McVay with Drug War Facts & Glenn Greenway with the Poppygate Report.

Guest(s): Bill Piper
Organization(s): Drug Policy Alliance
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana Policy Project

06/11/08 - Ray Hill
Ray Hill one of the founders of Pacifica's KPFT compares the war on gays to the war on drugs + Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition & Drug War Facts with Doug McVay

Guest(s): Ray Hill
Organization(s): KPFT
Link(s): Drug War Facts, LEAP

06/04/08 - Pierre Claude Nolin
Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, chairman of senate panel's massive report on illegal drugs, discusses Canada's pell-mell rush towards all out drug war (or legalization.)

Guest(s): Pierre Claude Nolin
Organization(s): Canadian Senate
Link(s): Canadian Senate Report on Illegal Drugs

05/28/08 - Terry Nelson
Terry Nelson of LEAP, just returned from duty in Iraq, Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway + Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project

Guest(s): Terry Nelson
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP, Marijuana Business News

05/21/08 - Mitch Earleywine
Dr. Mitch Earleywine discusses his new book Parents Guide to Marijuana + Report from Doug McVay of Common Sense for Drug Policy

Guest(s): Mitch Earleywine
Link(s): Common Sense for Drug Policy

05/14/08 - Pat Lykos
Dean Becker of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition interviews Judge Pat Lycos, the Republican candidate for Distict Attorney in Houston, Harris County Texas

Guest(s): Pat Lykos
Link(s): LEAP
