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.
07/19/21 Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmann, founder of Drug Policy Alliance premiers new podcast: PSYCHOACTIVE on I Heart and other outlets. Ethan and DTN host Becker discuss the podcast, overdose deaths, new US Drug Czar and much more
FDBCB071921S.mp3Guest(s): Ethan Nadelmann
Organization(s): Drug Policy Alliance
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance, Nadelmann PSYCHOACTIVE Video
07/12/21 Richard Van Wickler
Former Executive Director and now a board member of LEAP, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Richard Van Wickler (Ret.) began his law enforcement career in 1987 and served as the Superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections in Keene, New Hampshire, from 1993 to 2019. Van Wickler is a former adjunct professor of American Corrections at Keene State College, where he taught for 14 years.
FDBCB071221S.mp3Guest(s): Richard Van Wickler
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Link(s): LEAP
07/05/21 St. John "SinJin" Barned Smith
St. John "SinJin" Barned Smith is a Houston Chronicle reporter with a focus on the criminal justice system. The Harding Street fiasco is a main topic + Abolitionists Moment for Houston
FDBCB070521M.mp3Guest(s): St. John "SinJin" Barned Smith
Organization(s): Houston Chronicle
Link(s): St. John Barned-Smith - Houston Chronicle Reporter
06/28/21 Kristina Davis
Stephanie "Riley" Burns & Kristina Davis PRS/ ICPR Peer Recovery Support Specialists, Houston Recovery Center & UTHealth - Project Integra + Winston Francis with the "Official Government Truth".
FDBCB062821S.mp3Guest(s): Kristina Davis
Link(s): Houston Recovery Center
06/21/21 Mathew Fogg
US Marshall Mathew Fogg (Ret) served our nation with 32 years service and now heads up "Bigots with Badges" + sound advice for drug users and their parents from Dr. Joel Hochman
FDBCB062121S.mp3Guest(s): Mathew Fogg
Organization(s): Bigots With Badges
Link(s): Bigots with Badges
06/14/21 Jimi Devine
Jimi Devine, a reporter based at LA Weekly writes on every aspect of drug war policy and drug wars failures.
FDBCB061421M.mp3Guest(s): Jimi Devine
Link(s): Claiming the Moral High Ground
06/07/21 Beto O'Rourke
Congressman Beto O'Rourke (ret) discusses, voting rights, racism, environment and the drug war + James Gierach, former Illinois States Atty on Chicago violence and the drug war.
FDBCB060721M.mp3Guest(s): Beto O'Rourke
Organization(s): LEAP
Link(s): Powered By People
05/31/21 Neill Franklin
Major Neill Franklin (Ret) discusses law enforcement, the Peelian Princiiples: The goal is preventing crime, not catching criminals. If the police stop crime before it happens, we don’t have to punish citizens or suppress their rights. Corruption and greed are stopping most departments.
FDBCB053121M.mp3Guest(s): Neill Franklin
Link(s): LEAP
05/26/21 Howard Wooldridge
Howard Wooldridge a former detective is a “long rider” who has crossed the US several times on his horse Misty and who just finished his second trip across the US on a bicycle wearing a shirt that states: “Cops say legalize Heroin... ask me why”. PLUS Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this fascinating dive into the science of psychedelics, he explains how drugs like LSD, psilocybin and MDMA affect your brain.
FDBCB052621.mp3Guest(s): Howard Wooldridge
Organization(s): Citizens Opposing Prohibition
Link(s): Citizens Opposing Prohibition
05/19/21 Phil Smith
Phil Smith reports drug war news for Stop the Drug War and Drug War Chronicle. Phil and DTN host Dean Becker discuss the corruption and the progress of drug laws.
FDBCB051921.mp3Guest(s): Phil Smith
Link(s): Stop The Drug War