Joe Cummings Talks Thai Ganja, Protests and CIA Recruitment [S5.E9]

This is the second episode of Greg and Ed's interview with
Joe Cummings, expat extraordinaire. This episode begins with a
bang as the guys discuss the future of cannabis in Thailand and
then goes right into the kind of story that has to be heard to be
believed, but basically it involves an attempted recruitment of
Joe into the CIA while he was a graduate student at the
University of California at Berkeley. Enough said.


The guys follow with a discussion of Joe's take on the
current round of protests and how they relate to all the protests
of the past (and Joe has seen MANY). Ed and Greg give their
perspectives about what may be different about the current
protesters while Joe offers a fairly skeptical perspective but
with a hint of optimism.


Last, Greg asks Joe a question from our patron Phil, about
what adventures are left in Thailand. Joe explains that there are
actually plenty of islands in the South that are relatively
untravelled in Thailand. Greg finishes off with a few classic
'Joe stories' from his long friendship with the
legend. 


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