Washington, DC: Audiences have downloaded episodes of NORML’s podcast, the Daily Audio Stash, more than 2.2 million times since the program’s premiere one-year ago, making it the most popular ‘pot-centric’ podcast available on the Web and ranking it as one of the Internet’s most listened to audio programs.
Since its initial broadcast on Monday, June 5, 2006, NORML’s Daily Audio Stash has consistently ranked among the top 15 ‘most subscribed’ podcasts in the ‘government and organizations’ category of Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store. The show typically receives more downloads than podcasts produced by the White House and the Pentagon, as well as by federal politicians such as US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“The success of NORML’s Daily Audio Stash has greatly exceeded expectations and its popularity has grown significantly in recent months,” said NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre – who noted that more than 250,000 listeners downloaded the Audio Stash in April, and that the program’s one-hour April 20th broadcast has been downloaded more than 20,000 times. “The popularity of NORML’s Audio Stash shows that there are millions of Americans who desire fact-based, educational information about marijuana and marijuana law reform, and that this population is increasingly turning to NORML and away from the federal government and the mass media in order to obtain it.”
Each edition of the Audio Stash features news, commentary, and exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in politics, music, and cannabis culture. Recent guests on the Audio Stash include US Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX), noted poet and political activist John Sinclair, recording artists Fishbone and the Kottonmouth Kings, PBS travel-host and author Rick Steves, comedians Tommy Chong and Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing), political columnist and commentator Clarence Page, and pot cultivation expert Ed Rosenthal.
More than 250 original 30-minute episodes of the NORML Daily Audio Stash are now available for download at: http://www.normlaudiostash.com.
“The popularity of NORML’s podcast is proof positive that millions of Americans are interested in reforming this country’s failed policy of marijuana prohibition,” said Audio Stash producer Chris Goldstein. “In addition, the Daily Audio Stash provides a forum for politicians, celebrities, physicians, scientists, and citizen activists to participate in uninhibited conversations about marijuana and legal reform.”
NORML’s Daily Audio Stash will celebrate its one-year anniversary next Tuesday with a special 58-minute ‘best of’ episode featuring exclusive interviews, commentary, and comedy from the past year.
To inquire about advertising on NORML’s top-rated podcast, please contact Chris Goldstein at: chrisg@normlaudiostash.com.