Ep.207: Nate Bradley, CCIA & Steph Sherer, ASA

Nate Bradley joins us for a conversation on all things CCIA and by extension, Prop 64. He discusses founding the Association and its nascent days. Nate takes us through the fact that just a year prior to its passage, the CCIA board voted to endorse Prop 64 and how for the ensuing twelve months, Nate […]

Ep.198: Steph Sherer, ASA & Jaime Lewis, Mountain Medicine

Steph Sherer joins us to discuss the history of Americans For Safe Access. Going way back, Steph wasn’t a recreational proponent of cannabis, but came to the plant as medicine in SoCal. Following success with cannabis as medicine, Steph moved to NorCal and became an activist in the space ultimately launching Americans for Safe Access […]

Ep.197: David Bell, Wharton & Kelsey Osborn, Idaho

David Bell, Professor of Marketing at Wharton sits down to discuss the basics of marketing from an extremely high-level. After discovering a bit of his background, we go through a number of industries with similarities to cannabis to discuss what can be learned from folks that have been through a few half lives. Professor Bell […]

Ep.196: Lift Expo Recap (Canada)

We present an indubitable cornucopia of view points from  the Lift Expo Recap. We’ve been loading up with pre US election run-up so this has certainly been an episode in waiting. David Brown first joins us an an introduction. Hugo Alves then joins us and discusses his point of view of cannabis in Canada from his […]

Ep.193: Michael Bowman, National Hemp Association & Bethany Moore, NCIA

Michael Bowman joins us to discuss hemp. We discuss a little history going back to our founding farmers. And we have THE conversation about the plant’s non-recreational offerings of food, fiber, fuel and “f”arma to name a few. Michael discusses the fact that he’s a farmer by birth so he understands just how this crop […]

Ep.191: Michael Bronstien, ATACH; Will Luzier & Jim Borghesani, Yes on 4 in MA

Michael Bronstien of the American Trade Association of Cannabis and Hemp joins us to discuss his background in politics which includes a White House internship turning into full time eploy as well as working for Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of England. He shares his views from the inside of electoral politics albeit at a low level […]

Ep.190: Debby Goldsberry & Barbara Blazer, Magnolia Wellness

Barbara Blazer, mother of Debby Goldsberry and RN at Magnolia joins us to discuss her philosophy on cannabis. She shares her very first experience with cannabis and what exactly she’s doing now to educate fellow boomers. Programming note- we do a quick change after Barbara and we’re in the main room at Magnolia so it’s […]

Ep.187: Aaron Justis, Buds & Roses Part II

With some interesting prognostications, Aaron Justis returns. He discusses what might just happen in cannabis as we move, albeit deliberately, towards legalization nationwide. His focus now though is on the city of Los Angeles as state wide regulations come in to existence. Aaron shares that the year of 2017 is when the work gets done […]

Ep.185: John Whiteman, Wana Brands/Introview w/ Andrew Jolley, The Source

John Whiteman of Wana Brands joins us to discuss the Wana story. He takes us through his personal history and how he found himself in the cannabis space. John discusses the early days of the medical market in Colorado and the various products Wana tested before settling in on the current product assortment. The conversation […]

Ep.183: Hempfest 25th Anniversary Recap

Viv McPeak kicks us off by sharing the difference between Hempfest 25 and Hempfest 1 as well as all that goes in to producing the inimitable event. We then have a cavalcade of guests including acclaimed actor Eric Roberts, of the Emery’s Jodie Emery, of the endocannabinoid system, Dr. Bob Melamede, state house candidate Stephanie […]