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  • Benzinga Cannabis Hour: The Tech Special

    Benzinga Cannabis Hour is a Weekly {online} show on Thursdays that will focus on the latest news and business trends in the cannabis industry.  

    This week's Expert Guests:  

    Barry Saik; CEO, Greenbits  

    John Fowle; CFO, Akerna  

    Daniel Muller; CEO, Aeropay  

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Benzinga Cannabis Hour 9.24.20

    Benzinga Cannabis Hour is a Weekly {online} show on Thursdays that will focus on the latest news and business trends in the cannabis industry.  

    This week's Expert Guests:  

    Steve DeAngelo: Founder, Last Prisoner Project  

    Bob Hoban: Founder & President, Hoban Law Group  

    Christine Delarosa: CEO & National Co-Founder, The People's Dispensary  

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Benzinga Cannabis Hour 9.17.20

    Benzinga Cannabis Hour is a Weekly {online} show on Thursdays that will focus on the latest news and business trends in the cannabis industry.  This week's Expert Guests:  

    Nial DeMena, CEO & Co-Founder, Manna Molecular  

    Michael M. Aiello, Managing Partner, Centri Business Consulting  

    Mike Pavlak, CEO, Stash Stock  

    Scott Moazzen, VP of Sales, Stash Stock  

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    1 hr
  • Benzinga Cannabis Hour: ETF Special

    Benzinga Cannabis Hour is a Weekly {online} show on Thursdays that will focus on the latest news and business trends in the cannabis industry.

    This week's Expert Guests:  

    Matt Markiewicz, Managing Director, Innovation Shares  

    Dan Ahrens, COO, AdvisorShares  

    Sam Masucci, CEO & Founder, ETFMG  

    Jason Wilson, Cannabis Research & Banking Expert, EFTMG  



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    1 hr 16 min
  • Benzinga Cannabis Hour 9.3.20

    Benzinga Cannabis Hour is a Weekly {online} show on Thursdays that will focus on the latest news and business trends in the cannabis industry.

    This week's Expert Guests:

    Mark Passerini, EVP Operations, Mission Dispensaries, 4Front 

    Michael Gruber, Managing Partner, Salveo Capital  

    Sumit Mehta, CEO, Mazakali 

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Len May, Nadine Pietrowski and Evelyn LaChapelle

    This week Patrick and Elliot speak with Len May of Endocanna Health, Nadine Pietrowski of Crowe, and Evelyn LaChapelle an ambassador of Last Prisoner Project and Community Engagement Manager at Vertosa. 

    *Benzinga has partnered with Last Prisoner Project for our upcoming Cannabis Capital Conference in August. Portions of our ticket revenue with be donated to the cause. Please join us! 

    Len May brings more than 25 years of cannabis and genomics experience to Endocanna Health. A pioneer in the medical cannabis industry, May has been instrumental in shaping the current legislation and culture. He has held past positions as President of the Cannabis Action Network and ​Board Member and Lifetime Member of California Cannabis Association. May is the current chair of the CBDIA science board, and is a ​stakeholder in some of the industry’s most iconic brands.  His areas of expertise include the workings of the ​Endocannabinoid system and how genetic expression plays a role in human experiences. ​As a Certified Medical Cannabis Specialist in Medicinal Genomics, May has an in-depth knowledge of genomics, cannabinoids and terpenes, and their interaction with the endocannabinoid system. As well, he holds a Masters of Medical Cannabis and a certificate in Endocannabinoid Formulation from the Institute for the Advancement of Integrative Medicine. Mr. May is an accomplished public speaker having presented on these topics on some of the world’s most prestigious stages in his mission to help educate the population about the healing powers of cannabis.  Endocanna Health, Inc.

    Nadine Pietrowski is the National leader of Crowe LLP’s Cannabis Industry Practice Group and the Office Managing Partner and Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Audit Practice in Denver, Colorado. She has over 25 years of audit, attest and consulting experience. Ms. Pietrowski has extensive experience providing financial statement audits, reviews, compilations, internal audits, and due diligence assistance. 
    Within the Cannabis Industry Practice, Ms. Pietrowski’s clients include multi-state operators, medical and adult-use dispensaries, cannabis and hemp growers, seed to sale integrated operations, ancillary product manufacturers and service providers, and cannabis industry private equity funds.
    Prior to joining Crowe, Ms. Pietrowski worked with a Big Four firm for 5 years. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) registered in Colorado, New York and California. She is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).   She is proud to serve on several boards including The Kareem Jackson Foundation, The Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and The Association for Corporate Growth, Denver Chapter. Ms. Pietrowski is a contributor to the Denver Business Journal’s Cannabis Quarterly Spotlight section.

    Evelyn LaChapelle was convicted in Federal court for depositing cannabis profits into her bank account in 2013. She received a 7 year sentence and four years probation as a first-time, nonviolent offender. She then joined the Last Prisoner Project as an ambassador and uses her story to spread the message of prison reform, reentry obstacles, and our need to decriminalize marijuna. She has found her place in the legal cannabis industry as the Community Engagement Manager at Vertosa.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Hunter + Esquire, MediPharm Labs, Britannia Life Sciences

    This week guest hosts Elliot Lane and Tony Noto interview Bryan Passman of Hunter +Esquire and The GIGG, Pat McCutcheon from MediPharm and Peter Schippen of Britannia Life Sciences.


    Bryan Passman is the co-founder of the cannabis industry executive search firm and consultancy Hunter + Esquire, as well as the staffing agency The GIGG® which also exclusively serves the cannabis industry. Bryan has spent his entire career succeeding in retained executive search - with a foundation of classical training by the MRINetwork and Dale Carnegie. Before co-founding Hunter + Esquire and The GIGG®, Bryan spent nearly 20 years as an SVP Recruitment and Client Leader at two different well-known search agencies where he and his teams were responsible for successfully managing talent searches globally. Bryan is internationally renowned in executive search and advisory in the Cannabis, MedTech/ Pharma/Biotech, and Food & Beverage (FMCG) Consumer Packaged Goods industries. Clients have included small and large U.S. and International Cannabis companies, hundreds of startup and blue chip companies in the Healthcare life sciences and (food and adult beverage) Consumer Packaged Goods industries in every imaginable corner of the world, as well Tech and Packaging companies serving the CPG and Hospitality industries.

    Pat McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman   
    Before founding MediPharm Labs, Pat enjoyed a 15-year career in the pharmaceutical industry in top sales roles, successfully launching a wide range of medical products. He most recently worked at Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson) where he led the Hospital Division for Renal and Mental Health products. Pat’s foresight in creating a business that focuses on advanced cannabis concentrates bodes well for medical research, investors and consumers alike. Pat holds an HBSc (Biology) degree from the University of Western Ontario.


    Peter Schippen is a British-born entrepreneur, best known for his work in the Canadian financial services industry, where he founded a business that he grew and ultimately sold to Purpose Investments.


    Peter spent 7 years working in Canadian banking, in investment research, holding increasingly senior positions at Bank of Montreal and TD Bank. In 2007, Peter acquired a company that would eventually become Redwood Asset Management. Under his tenure, AUM grew steadily despite market challenges, and was acquired by Purpose Investments in 2016.  As an  early investor in the Canadian cannabis market, Peter was involved in the conception the Medical Cannabis and Wellness ETF that is listed on the LSE under CBDX.

    Peter is a CFA Charterholder, CAIA Charterholder and recently received his ICD designation through the Institute for Corporate Directors and the University of Toronto. Peter completed his undergraduate degree in economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.



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    1 hr 16 min
  • Curaleaf, Hoban Law, JW Funds

    This week Elliot and Jason speak with Jason White from Curaleaf, Brent Johnson from Hoban Law, and Jason Wild from JW Funds.



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    1 hr 19 min
  • Treehouse Ventures and ISIAH International

    This weeks episode Patrick and Jason speak with Gaynell Rogers of Treehouse Ventures and Mohit Shah and Joshua "Zeke" Thomas 





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    1 hr 23 min
  • Vanguard Scientific, Zuber Lawler, and Halo

    Today Patrick is joined by his Brother and Elliot to speak with Matthew Anderson, CEO of Vanguard Scientific, Tom Zuber Managing Partner of Zuber Lawler and Kiran Sidhu Co-Founder and CEO of Halo.


    Vanguard Scientific: is a very interesting company that offers a full range of project based or end-to-end extraction services as well as equipment.

    Tom and Zuber Lawler partner with several Fortune 500 companies, Funds, Government entities, and--to the point--have been representing Cannabis companies for well over a decade.

    Halo: a global cannabis company with international production and distribution. Halo aspires to be a leader in the US Cannabis extraction space



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    1 hr 2 min

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Benzinga Cannabis Insider is a bi-weekly podcast focused on marijuana and all things weed, CBD, hemp, and psychedelics. Hosts include Elliot Lane and Javier Hasse..