Michelle Lhooq is an independent journalist, and author of the stoner cult classic, <a href="https://prestelpublishing.penguinrandomhouse.de/book/Weed/Michelle-Lhooq/Prestel/e545512.rhd">WEED: Everything You Want to Know But Are Always Too Stoned to Ask</a> (Penguin Random House). She writes a gonzo newsletter called <a href="https://ravenewworld.substack.com/">Rave New World</a>—a compendium of cultural commentary and field notes from the fringes of underground nightlife and drugs.Lhooq's work is centered on the themes of counterculture, consciousness, and political autonomy—through the critical lens of parties, protests, and psychedelics. After studying Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Lhooq was a music editor at VICE in NYC from 2014-2017, covering electronic music and global nightlife. Since moving to Los Angeles, she has been reporting on the new frontier of legal cannabis and psychedelics, coining the term "Cali Sober" in 2019. Her <a href="https://michellelhooq.com/">writing</a> has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, GQ, and others. She also throws a party called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weedrave.420/?hl=en">Weed Rave</a>. Paul Holdengräber is an interviewer and curator of public curiosity. He is the Founder and Director of Onassis LA (OLA), a center for dialogue. Previously he was the Founder and Director of LIVE from the NYPL, a cultural series at the New York Public Library, where he hosted over 600 events, holding conversations with everyone from Patti Smith to Zadie Smith, Ricky Jay to Jay-Z, Errol Morris to Jan Morris, Wes Anderson to Helen Mirren, Christopher Hitchens to Mike Tyson. He is the host of "A Phone Call From Paul," a podcast for The Literary Hub.

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