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Vault Series brings an unpublished October 2011 phone interview with Freeway Ricky Ross into the record, using the tape to examine the crack era, Gary Webb, federal punishment, prison literacy, and the street lie that sold easy money while hiding the years it would steal. Ross is not absolved or buried.
Tom Rhodes has done what most comics only dream about: crushed stages across five continents, hosted Dutch late-night TV, and built a global audience without selling out. From biker bars in Florida to interviews with the Dutch Prime Minister, this Vault feature revisits a stand-up lifer who’s still writing, still touring, and still torching crowds worldwide.
In this raw, revealing 2012 interview from Pot Culture Magazine’s Limited Vault Series, Kelly Carlin-McCall reflects on growing up with a counterculture icon for a father and how she carved out her own voice beyond the legend. From chaotic childhood memories to behind-the-scenes moments in stand-up history, she opens up about fame, freedom, dysfunction, and healing with the kind of honesty that doesn’t flinch and never tries to be polite.