Alexandra Chasin's guest appearances

Alexandra Chasin

Stoner

Breaking Walls

KRCB-FM: A Novel Idea

Elon Musk

Samantha Miller

Alexis Coe

Jia Tolentino

Matt Taibbi

Andrew Shaffer

Peter Mehlman

Charlie Warzel

Rachel Khong

Amy Edwards

Nick Denton

Samira Ahmed

Peter Watts

Benny Blanco

Sy Montgomery

OwlTail

Martin Puchner

From Homer to Harry Potter, literary critic and philosopher Martin Puchner takes the reader on an epic journey through the history of literature, and so the history of humanity in The Written World, The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization. This work is lively and accessible and Martin brings that energy to […]

From Homer to Harry Potter, literary critic and philosopher Martin Puchner takes the reader on an epic journey through the history of literature, and so the history of humanity in The Written World, The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization. This work is lively and accessible and Martin brings that energy to […]

Martin Puchner, Alexandra Chasin – June 10, 2018

Harry J. Anslinger

Alexandra Chasin is an associate professor at The New School. Her new book Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger's War on Drugs is a biography of America's first drug czar who popularized the term 'marijuana' and ushered in the Reefer Madness period of drug prohibition. A master propagandist prone to demonizing ethnic and immigrant groups, Anslinger's ideas laid the foundation for the modern drug war and brought awareness of cannabis to the American masses. Alexandra and I talked about the Harrison Act, how America was scandalized by wild 'marijuana parties,' and the analogues between coming out as queer and coming out as a stoner.

Alexandra Chasin is an associate professor at The New School. Her new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Assassin-Youth-Kaleidoscopic-History-Anslinger%C2%92s/dp/022627697X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger's War on Drugs</a> is a biography of America's first drug czar who popularized the term 'marijuana' and ushered in the Reefer Madness period of drug prohibition. A master propagandist prone to demonizing ethnic and immigrant groups, Anslinger's ideas laid the foundation for the modern drug war and brought awareness of cannabis to the American masses. Alexandra and I talked about the Harrison Act, how America was scandalized by wild 'marijuana parties,' and the analogues between coming out as queer and coming out as a stoner.

Episode 08: Alexandra Chasin, author of a biography of America's first drug czar Harry J. Anslinger who coined the term 'marijuana'  