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Johnny B. Truant is co-founder and storyteller of nearly 100 novels, mainly fiction, in the Sterling a Stone Story Studio. The rights to his horror-satire series “Big Vampire” have recently been sold for production as a television show to NBC Universal.  Johnny is highly interested in marijuana and would like to speed the hell up by repealing the federal ban.  In this episode, he shares his thoughts on why he kept away from cannabis in his early life and how weed improved his writing. For Johnny, it’s not about trying it out early; it’s the great benefits he discovered lately. Don’t miss out on this cool episode! I feel like it opened me up for want of a better term, like I’m just more introspective, and I noticed things a little bit more since I’ve been smoking. – Johnny B. Truant Download The Episode Companion For This Episode ​Some Topics We Discussed Include 1:49 – Sterling and Stone, changing the world with stories3:08 – Smoking in TV shows and movies6:53 – Professional joint roller10:19 – Cannabis at forty18:51 – Ganja food31:52 – Weed and writing35:55 – Smoke for the first time38:07 – Where to find them People Mentioned / Resources HarperCollins Simon and Schuster Matthew McConaughey Unicorn Western Alien Invasion Connect with Johnny B Truant Sterling and Stone Connect with  Chip Baker Cultivate Colorado Cultivate OKC Growers Soil Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr Email Transcript Chip Baker: Hey, this is Chip of The Real Dirt. In today’s dirt, I’ve got my good buddy Johnny B. Truant. Say, hey, Johnny. Johnny Truant: Hey, what’s up Chip? Chip Baker: Well, I don’t have too many non-cannabis industry people or guests on my show and you’ll hear quite a few more of this next year. But a Johnny is a writer, which in my mind is synonymous with lots of weed. Is that right Johnny? Johnny Truant: You know, it didn’t. It wasn’t for the longest time, but then Sean corrupted me, that’s my partner and co-author and eventually, I got into weed and I really enjoy it now but at the beginning it was all stoned sober. Chip Baker: I remember Johnny, I remember Sean was like, Oh, Johnny didn’t smoke so much weed. I’m the real puffer. Oh, Johnny’s just starting to smoke weed. Oh, Johnny likes sweet. Johnny’s become a weed head.  Johnny Truant: Well, Johnny became interested in weed. I feel– I still think that Sean goes through way more than I do. But I’m, like, interested in the science of it and all the detail and nuance and Sean’s like, is it green? Okay, I’ll smoke it. Yeah. Chip Baker: He didn’t ask him. It’s green.  Johnny Truant: No. Is it black? Chip Baker: Yeah, right. How much more do you got? right. So, hey, Johnny, and my buddy Sean. They were founders of Sterling and Stone, which is a publishing company, and you guys publish primarily ebooks, right? Sterling and Stone, Changing the World with Stories Johnny Truant: Primarily ebooks right now for sure. And almost exclusively fiction. Chip Baker: And almost exclusively with fiction. They have produced and published hundreds and hundreds of books. Johnny has pinned nearly 100 books under this publication. And these guys are changing the world with a story. I love that tagline, man.  Johnny Truant: That’s the idea anyway, change the world with story.  Chip Baker: Yeah. Tell me, I gave you the briefer but tell everybody what you guys actually do? Johnny Truant: In terms of changing the world with a story? or the– alright. Yeah, okay so well I mean we’re a publisher, but we’re not a traditional publisher, we’re not like HarperCollins or Simon and Schuster or something where we work with outside authors who come in and submit stuff to us. It’s more like we’re a little family. We call ourselves a story studio. And, and so when we say we’re changing the world with a story tha...