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Tengku Chanela Jamidah is a Malaysian princess on a mission to destigmatize, normalize, and legalize her favorite plant - cannabis. Cannabis is very much illegal in her native land of Malaysia, which is why Jamidah relocated to the US where she has been advocating from a safe distance. Jamidah is also passionate about inclusivity, having founded Halal Hemp - the first and only certified halal marketplace for CBD, creating a safe space for those observing Islam to shop for cannabis products with confidence. Jamidah’s deep love for holistic wellness extends to sound healing offerings as well, through her company Jiwa. She stays busy, is often seen at cannabis events, heard as an expert on panels, and known as a truly positively influential woman of our time… enjoy our conversation!

@TCJamidah on IG
HalalHemp.com
Jiwa Space - Sound Healing 

On this episode we have Zeus Tipado - cannabis personality, reporter, and founder of the Stoned Gamer League. He's a psychedelic savant, educator, and soon to be SCIENTIST as he's off to Amsterdam to earn his PhD in neuroscience and psychedelics at Maastricht University.
Zeus can be seen educating on psychedelics for DoubleBlind and Healing Maps, and he's the perfect candidate to do just that, as his enthusiasm is unparalleled! Enjoy!

@ZeusTipado on IG
Zeus's LinkTree for articles and videos
Stoned Gamer League

Ginger Banks, is a Renaissance woman in the age of pornography. She’s had a successful career as a sex-centric entrepreneur with her work as a webcam model, porn actress, OnlyFans influencer, and most iconicly - sex worker advocate. Ginger takes no shit, and she authentically doesn’t give a flip what you think -- which only adds to her appeal. She’s carved out a uniquely modern persona for herself in the space, and still, her evolution continues. She’s an avid reader, self-help junkie, and creative artist with a knack for opening minds and expanding perceptions about the sex work industry. 

@BuddingMind + @BrookeStellar on IG
@TheGingerBanks on IG
Ginger's LinkTree
Ginger's "Books That Changed My Life" 

Trew Love is an artist, activist, entrepreneur and earth angel. Trew began her art career painting people’s faces as a professional makeup artist and parlayed her brush skills to the canvas. Creating epic pop-art pieces with a message, her most recent collection Sugar Coated aims to spotlight social and political truths of our time through brilliant imagery of candy and junk food. Its both mouth watering and tooth ache inducing. Trew is an incredible and inspiring force who has surely incarnated to change the world.

Follow @Trew___Love on IG
Trew Love's Website
Follow @BuddingMind on IG

Ariel Clark is a wildly impressive woman. A cannabis and emerging medicine lawyer, she has been in the trenches of cannabis law and drug policy reform for over a decade. She’s been dubbed one of the "most important women in cannabis," one of the "most powerful cannabis lawyers in the world," and a "cannabis leader who is shaping the cannabis industry" by numerous publications. 

Ariel founded her own firm Clark and Howell which is intentionally woman-owned and steered. Clark is a uniquely progressive mind. She’s taking her expertise in the wild world of weed to the psychedelic and plant medicine industries as a founding board member of the Psychedelic Bar Association, member of the Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants AND as legal counsel to the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. If she sounds too good to be real, well - she is! And I’m so lucky to have sat down and talked with her, so get to listening already! 

Clark and Howell LLP
Psychedelic Bar Association
Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines
Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants

 Steven Jung is a highly productive cannabis executive. Jung is the Chief Operating Officer of PAX, a leading cannabis company that is responsible for what is surely your favorite vaporizer. He began his business career in Silicon Valley with a few tech startups and then eventually made his way to Weedmaps where he was President and COO. But it all began for Steven in the US Military, where he served as an Army Captain - and today, through PAX’s partnership with the Weed for Warriors Project, Steven advocates for Veterans access to medical cannabis and mental health support.

Steven Jung LinkedIn
PAX.com
@Pax_Official on IG

Andrew DeAngelo is a cannabis legend. He began his career in weed selling pot to his peers illegally, which ironically funded his activist efforts as he fought for legal medical cannabis in San Francisco and Washington D.C. However, when his brother Steve got busted for weed, Andrew had to pivot his passions but ultimately life led him back to this little plant. The DeAngelo brothers had a vision for a more inclusive and welcoming cannabis industry, and with this in mind opened the iconic legal dispensary Harborside in Oakland, California. To further his impact in the space, Andrew also co-founded the Last Prisoner Project to help support those serving time for cannabis crimes and return them rightfully home to their families. Enjoy the interview!

AndrewDeAngelo.com
Last Prisoner Project
Andrew's IG @AndrewDeAngelo

Ophelia Chong, is a cannabis icon. Actually she’s just an icon. She’s a community activist and educator, having founded Asian Americans for Cannabis Education. And she’s an artist, graphic designer and photographer - skills she put to use when she started Stock Pot Images - a photo library with the purpose of destigmatizing cannabis consumers AND portraying a more inclusive community. On top of all that - Ophelia is a psilocybin pioneer, and a master mushroom cultivator and teacher - sharing her expertise about how to grow your own fungi as DoubleBlind’s How To Grow Your Own Mushrooms series Executive Producer. 

www.AskOphelia.com
Asian Americans for Cannabis Education
Instagram: @OpheliaSwims
DoubleBlind's How To Grow Your Own Mushrooms

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Mark Ireland is the Michael Pollan of Mediumship. As the son of Dr. Richard Ireland renowned psychic-medium “to the stars,” Mark grew up around his father’s celebrity clients like Mae West and the Eisenhower family. While Mark was exposed to a uniquely spiritual environment from a young age, he took a more conventional route in life as a businessman. However, after the unexpected death of his son Brandon, Mark was forced to confront his relationship with the afterlife once again. He has since dedicated himself to researching life-after-death with a journalistic approach, having worked with scientists to run tests and experiments on psychics and mediums to verify the possibility of their powers. He also co-founded an organization for grieving parents called Helping Parents Heal, which supports parents' posthumous communications with their children. AND is the author of two incredible books: Soul Shift + Messages From the Afterlife.   

For more on Mark + his work:
MarkIrelandAuthor.com
Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go
Messages From the Afterlife 
Helping Parents Heal
Find a Certified Medium

Leia Sergakis is quite literally a beautiful human being, which explains why she’s a professional beauty expert and an advocate for a cruelty free beauty industry. As a vegan and wellness guru, Leia uses her platforms and time on TV as a personality and host to talk about the sh*t that matters. She thoughtfully provides health and lifestyle tips to her audience and is adamant about helping humans enhance their way of living . Leia lives her life with intention, viewing each part of her day as a ritual - something we could all learn from to cultivate more meaning and depth in every moment. 

To learn more about Leia find her on IG: @VasileiaSergakis
And check out her incredible show Table for One!!

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