Queer Cannabis Club #4: Buds Digest Magazine

Different Leaf: the Podcast

It's the fourth installment of the Queer Cannabis Club, where we highlight a fellow LGBTQ-led company in the cannabis space! In this episode, host Brit Smith talks to Ben Tousley and Mac Malikowski, founders of Buds Digest, a delicious digital magazine out of NYC made by and for gay stoners.
Buds launched on 4/20 2021, covering aspects of queer culture like music, comedy, and drag through the lens of cannabis. Over the past seven issues, Mac and Ben have sat down for smoke sessions with some of the coolest gay stoner icons, including Bowen Yang, John Early, Sam Jay, and Amy Sedaris. Their latest issue is out now and features more dope queer stoners like King Princess, Angel Olson, and Laganja Estranga.
Brit talks to Mac and Ben about how they came together and envisioned Buds Digest, how NYC's gay culture influences the stories and aesthetic of the magazine, and how they get so many awesome queer stoners to spark up and open up.
That's it for our winter 2023 season! We'll be back around 4/20 with our spring season.
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