Broccoli Talk

Broccoli Talk

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Broccoli Talk episodes

  • The Future of Weed

    As Broccoli Talk wraps, Mennlay and Lauren ask a big question: Where does weed go from here? In this episode, they imagine the future of cannabis—whether federal legalization is on the horizon, how the plant could improve reproductive care, and if psychedelics will be the next green wave. Then they celebrate the end of the podcast by sharing their wildest weedy fantasies for the world to come.

    42 min
  • Welcome to Yardy World

    Yardy World is an island for food and beverage born from queer, Black, Caribbean dreams. In this episode, founder DeVonn Francis opens up to Mennlay about his complex relationship with weed, delves into the plant's culinary and cultural connections, and invites us into his surreal dream dining experience.


    Hosts: Lauren Yoshiko  + Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey
    Guest:  DeVonn Francis, founder of Yardy World
    Editing: Jay Nathan
    Music: Giselle Garcia
    Graphic design: Citron Studio
    Image: Courtesy of Yardy World
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    42 min
  • Bitter Harvest
    What’s happening down on the farm? In this episode, Lauren and Nathan Cozzolino from Rose Los Angeles discuss what’s happening now in today’s saturated California market. Small growers are in peril, but consumers can help these outdoor farms survive—one (or two) tasty edibles at a time.
    40 min
  • Your Mind on Weed
    Discovering how cannabis fits in your life is an ever-evolving process. Dierdre Wallace, licensed marriage and family therapist, discusses cannabis and mental health with Mennlay and shares the ways her life shifted her perspective on weed. She also offers practical tips on tolerance breaks and navigating relationship challenges and opportunities sparked by the plant.
    43 min
  • Design Minded
    Studio Linear founder Andrea Beaulieu chats with Mennlay about trends in cannabis design, including what’s next and what’s done, the unexpected power of drawing on a childlike sense of wonder when it comes to creating decidedly grown-up branding, and how living off-grid in northern Maine sparked a big green shift for her company. Presented in partnership with Studio Linear.
    35 min
  • High Fashion Hemp
    Move over, cotton—hemp is the fabric of our lives. Lauren talks with Jono Salfield and Declan Wise, co-founders of Australian street/surf/skatewear brand AFENDS, about their new farm’s first hemp harvest, essential Aussie bong etiquette, an imaginary hemp airplane, very real hemp swimsuits, and the magic of weedy collaborations—including the Broccoli x AFENDS collection.
    36 min
  • Pleasurable Edibles
    If bogeyman fears of bad brownies still shadow your dreams of edible bliss, take heart. In this episode, Lauren and Mennlay sing the praises of their favorite low-dose treats and share ideas for inspired infused meals and vibey fantasy dinner parties. They also dig into intersections between race and food that spill into cannabis cuisine.
    38 min
  • Mama Knows Best
    In this episode, Shonitria Anthony of the Blunt Blowin’ Mama podcast gets real with Lauren about quitting weed cold turkey during her first pregnancy and why she decided to embrace cannabis when she was expecting her second child, legal risks for moms using plant medicine, and what she’ll tell her kids when they start asking questions.
    41 min
  • Potline Bling
    Broccoli Talk-ers from Liberia to L.A. lit up our first-ever listener hotline with burning questions, and Mennlay and Lauren have the answers from the practical—what kind of business should I start?—to the fanciful—dream smoke circle, dead or alive? And one listener shares a truly wild idea we hope will take over the weed world.
    40 min
  • Plant Mom

    Monai Nailah McCullough is an Amsterdam-based horticulturalist who helps hapless houseplant hoarders tend their plant children. In this conversation, she and Mennlay chat about why she likes to blaze up before she takes care of plants, Amsterdam’s plant scene, the value of ancestral knowledge, and a fiasco involving a fiddle-leaf fig.

    38 min

About Broccoli Talk

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A podcast for cannabis lovers, presented by Broccoli Magazine. Tune in every two weeks for casual chats with your new weed BFFs, Lauren Yoshiko and Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey.