{"podcast":{"title":"What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.","slug":"what-was-that-like-true-stories-real-people-841594","podcast_index_feed_id":841594,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLSS8902204604","website_url":"https://WhatWasThatLike.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c65a7224-b774-11ed-806f-c3362d14b050/image/Copy_of_Who_Smarted_Show_Art.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media","episode_count":355,"summary":"A storytelling podcast, with first-hand amazing stories presented by Scott Johnson and Meredith Hackwith Edwards. Each storyteller tells their own personal true story, with all the details of what happened. Animal attacks, plane crashes, mass shootings, and more – you'll hear what happened directly from the person who experienced it, and the inspirational outcome of how they came out on the other side.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:21:23.376606+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-was-that-like-true-stories-real-people-841594"},"episode":{"title":"252: Blake was arrested for pot cookies","slug":"252-blake-was-arrested-for-pot-cookies","published_at":"2026-04-17T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-was-that-like-true-stories-real-people-841594/252-blake-was-arrested-for-pot-cookies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-was-that-like-true-stories-real-people-841594","url":"https://WhatWasThatLike.com/252","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS9727870019.mp3?updated=1775065820","summary":"There’s a funny thing about being an American. I’ve seen this with some people I know, as well as some of the guests here on the podcast. Living in the United States, it’s easy to have the mindset that the way we do things is the way the rest of the world does things. Unless you travel to other countries regularly, and get exposed to other cultures, that’s kind of the default thought for a lot of people. An example of this is tipping. Here in the US, we tip service workers. In fact, I think the tipping culture has gotten way out of hand, but that’s a different story. But in other places around the world, they don’t expect a tip for good service. In fact, offering extra money for a job well done can be considered kind of an insult or even condescending. My conversation today is with Blake. He’s a US citizen, so he was accustomed to the American way of thinking about a lot of things. Like, the concept that marijuana is not serious drug. And the idea of being innocent until proven guilty. But while he was in South Korea, he discovered that they think very differently about these things. Blake on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allamericanruins/ abandoned: The All-American Ruins podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abandoned-the-all-american-ruins-podcast/id1618595497 Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/252 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PL…","meta_description":"There’s a funny thing about being an American. I’ve seen this with some people I know, as well as some of the guests here on the podcast. Living in the Un…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4363,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-was-that-like-true-stories-real-people-841594/episodes/252-blake-was-arrested-for-pot-cookies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-was-that-like-true-stories-real-people-841594/252-blake-was-arrested-for-pot-cookies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}