As a century of pot prohibition is peeled back in America, the Potcast provides a window into how legalization is changing the lives of Americans. We talk to old-school pot farmers, rural sheriffs and even a Cordon Bleu cannabis chef about how their lives, dreams and jobs are changing. And, you don't have to be a stoner to listen. We're not. We're just on a quest to tell the stories of how this chapter in American history shakes out.

Coming on April 20: The Potcast

We’re going back to 1971, to find out the true story of how 420 — the universal code for pot — began. This story starts with a treasure map, a rogue California coast Guardsman and five adventurous stoners who are fortuitous enough to hang out with the Grateful Dead.

Before 420: The true story behind pot's biggest day

In the first episodie of the Potcast, host Jenny Kane talks to Los Angeles-based chef Andrea Drummer, who used to be a youth drug counselor touting the ubiquitous motto, "Just say no" to at-risk children. Not anymore.

Chef for Higher: Inside the secret world of a cannabis kitchen

How does marijuana legalization change dog searches, evidence handling, and DUI testing for the police? Here's the story of a rural county sheriff as he reckons his own values with the increasingly progressive, pot-friendly policies of our time.

Old sheriff in town: A drug war veteran’s struggle with new pot laws

Risk is professional mountain biker Teal Stetson Lee’s passion. So, when a marijuana company wanted to sponsor her, she said "hell yes" — despite the possible consequences. Potcast host Jenny Kane explores how athletes and cannabis don’t always go together.

How one pro-mountain biker is paving the path for weed-loving athletes

The self-proclaimed "King of Cannabis" rules Nevada's pot policy and uses another kind of green — cash money — to get the Wild West on the cannabis caboose. The sneaker-wearing senator even has his own strain dedicated to his legacy.

Meet the King of Cannabis, the Nevada senator who 'loves pot'

California’s Emerald Triangle for decades has been an underground powerhouse for West Coast weed, but as the state goes online with recreational marijuana, the lifestyle of many old school farmers is in danger.

Inside the silent culture of marijuana farms in California's Emerald Triangle

Jenny Kane, who covers marijuana for the USA TODAY Network, examines America's shift toward legalizing marijuana by telling the stories of the people who are living it: pot farmers, rural sheriffs, a  professional mountain biker, a Cordon Bleu cannabis chef. In each episode, Jenny talks to them about how their jobs, lives and dreams have changed as more of America is legalizing the country's most controversial herb.  You don't have to be a stoner to listen. We're not. We're just interested in having a front-row seat at this historic moment when America unravels a century of marijuana prohibition.

Jenny has covered all-things marijuana for the Reno Gazette Journal, which is part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, since the Silver State legalized recreational ganja in 2017.  The show is edited by RGJ Executive Editor Kelly Ann Scott and RGJ data/investigations editor Brian Duggan.

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