Cannabis Karaoke Podcast

paula Walter wanted to help people, prop 215 was allowing her to give medicine directly to patients. Her background comes from her parents watching people dying from AIDS and distributing cannabis in the underground market. She decided to get involved while working as a trimmer and started making cookies for people, In 2008 she started Kind Creations making caps and giving them to anyone in need at no cost.

She then realized even though she was helping people she needed financial help, So she started taking donations to continue helping patients in need. Her company was at the forefront being one of the first CBD capsules to be available to the market.

The process the company takes to produce product uses low heat infusion, no chemicals no CO2 just the natural traditional herbalist way, whole plant style. She makes sure the whole plant goes into her product, terpenes, cannabinoids and everything that comes with developing product from the whole plant. They test 3 times before it ever goes to market.

Paula has done all of this on her own dime, she made it through pre 215, then post 64. Most brands could not make those transitions, between packaging, testing and distribution it created many hurdles for these companies to overcome. Paula has persevered.

She credits her ability to succeed in the ever daunting of gauntlet that cannabis brands have to run into… KARMA. She has focused on helping people and that has stayed consistent to this day, now she is ready to embark down the path of raising funds to take her brands product offering to the next level and I could not think of a better time for an amazing person who has an even more amazing company.

Follow Kind Creations on Twitter.com/why_kind on their website and Instagram @whykindcreations

It all started out with a LinkedIn search “Cannabis Industry Insider” and boom there he was Matthew Wagner. I read into his bio a bit and talk about someone with a story. “I have applied at 200+ cannabis jobs on LinkedIn, and even more on other platforms; not a single interview, and not a single call back. I found my way. and I was meant to be here.”

Our conversation lasted over 2 hours and we put about an hour on tape, there will be a part 2. Matthew is sitting in front of a store smoking a joint and starts to share his path to where he is now.

It all started in Missouri hard to think someone could be an aggressive advocate for cannabis. Well, leave it up to Matthew to buy an armored truck for his bar, paint it with a HUGE NORML logo on the side of it while subsequently driving it around town.

After numerous raids on his business in Missouri, he was over it, Matthew is a renegade. He feels that the marijuana leaf is a “fuck the man” symbol. He loves weed so much he just wanted to be in the cannabis industry. The next step wasn’t weed though.

He found himself in Beijing China working on crypto mining hardware (sketchy as hell in Asia), depressed and feeling the need to get back to America and more importantly get back to cannabis. After spinning through Thailand and managing numerous bars in the paradise of Phuket, Thailand legalized medical marijuana… it was time to go home.

He landed in Houston and decided to load his car and drove straight to Northern California and sequester himself in the Emerald Triangle. He went though a couple harvests, the farm got robbed and he was not willing to get shot but loved the plant so much.

“I’m going to LA babayyyy!” After he got to LA he realized he was in his element, he began to work on marketing for brands, throwing events and focusing on his amorous relationship with cannabis.

I am going to go on record that this is episode 1 with Mr. Wagner we managed to get you a cliff notes version of his path to cannabis. Next episode we will dive into pieces of his story to expound on his adventures in weed.

Matt’s closing message is to help those in need and in general. Be a good human.

Follow him on Instagram @industrydisruptor

I really loved this interview with Barbie Sommars, her passion and concern comes through. Starting as a patient and an activist she naturally moved to becoming an educator. She has dealt with health issues that have fueled her desire to utilize cannabis as medicine.

She is the President of Faerie Jane, a cannabis consultancy specializing in helping clients successfully navigate this vast emerging industry. With over twenty years in asset management and six years building and facilitating networks in the cannabis industry, she is passionate about connecting investors to deals, creators to markets and people to information.

Barbie is dedicated to infused consumption and that leads us to discuss her endeavor “High Dining”. Her desire to utilize cannabis in the dining experience she layers it with education and knowledge. These dinners are a wonderland of education, science and magic. She has also crossed over to psychedelics as medicine as well not necessarily infusing psychedelics but the continued education.

What a pleasure to have this conversation with Barbie Sommars, enlightening and educational all wrapped into one.

Make sure to follow Barbie Sommars on Instagram @highdining.club @faeriejane @maryjuniversity her websites Faerie Jane High Dining Mary Jane University Photo used shot by Ixcel Lara

As Communications Manager for NCIA, Bethany Moore leads us down the path of events (on it’s 10th year of existence), Covid-19 and how the industry is pivoting. We start off talking about how the space is evolving around content creation, why it is important for her to focus on blogs, podcasts and videos to consume.

The topic around cannabis being deemed essential is a big deal. Bethany discusses the impact of states acknowleding the need for cannabis and while at first banning all cannabis sales in multiple regions around the US those decisions were quickly reversed in San Francisco and Colorado to name a few. The hope of this designation will lead to safe banking for the cannabis industry.

Let’s get political, NCIA website has a plethora of information for your voting options a we careen towards this 2020 election for President. If you visit NCIA Candidates you can look at how these politicians have voted in support of cannabis policy, very important if you want to see the plant continue to progress in the Unites States. GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

Howl at The Moon!!!! Bethany is a study of paganism, that’s right she is a witch. 8pm everyday she participates in howling at the moon, giving energy to mother earth and focusing on the balance of life. Having been a pagan from early on in life it is her main source of peace and love.

Her passion is poetry, she is the author of 3 books of poetry and one dark fairy tale. She states she has to do open mics, its cathartic for her and she encourages people to get out of their element and be passionate.

You can buy Bethany Moore poetry here on Amazon, look her up on LinkedIN and on Instagram @beatnikbetty and @nationalcannabisindustry

Champelli…the…king…is….back

Before there was Cookies, Dr. Greenthumb or any other weed mogul there was Joseph Rutherford aka Champelli.

In the early 90’s, it was the real first strain to blow up the bay area, hip hop artists Snoop Dogg, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, B-Real, Yukmouth and the legend Mac Dre all rapped about the Champelli. “I need some Mary Jane, some Champelli mane a smelly thang Joe Pelli is my relli mane” – Mac Dre.

Joe is not just a weed guy, his passion is music. He is a musician, a record label and producer. He has worked with Britney Spears, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Black Eyed Peas and more. After years of building his career and literally everything about to blow up he got tipped off his name was circulating around a RICO case. So he bounced, moved to Europe pushing through Amsterdam and Spain while still smoking weed even doing a growing stint in Switzerland. But after a decade, the Bay Area was calling his name. He came back thinking that he was in the clear only to get wrapped up, he did a 6 month prison stint (as if he needed the street cred) with 3 years probation on the back end…for cannabis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyDrpOeeQ_I

One would think he would stay away from the cannabis industry, even as it became more mainstream with big money coming in, brands white labeling cannabis like t-shirts he felt compelled to do what was right. Bring it back. Joe decided he was going to work hard at getting the brand back to its revered status, growing in small batches perfecting his strains. He made a commitment to look for the right partner for the Champagne of cannabis.

Joe is intent on working with prison reform advocates to get the low level drug offender criminals out of prison, especially with the Covid-19 pandemic happening. It is time for justice and to do what is right.

Pray for Champelli!

Make sure to keep an eye on Champelli follow on Instagram @champelli415 and visit his website where you can get the first rounds of Champelli Clothing . If you want to go in deep to really watch everything visit his Link Tree

You wouldn’t know it with how humble Mary Carreon is, but she is a profound voice in the space. As the associate editor of Merry Jane, she has the opportunity to tell the best story regardless of the topic to tell the story through the lens that is tangible.

She just had her full first year on 4/1 with Merry Jane, and in cannabis years that is like 7. Her angle to write is around telling the whole story and one in particular is when she interviewed Virginia Hayes and Dr. Mandrake about how to grow psilocybin mushrooms including a cook book for gummy worms and other interesting baking goods. If you do not know anything about cannabis or psychedelics you will leave with more knowledge.

Mary and I span discussions on the state of cannabis vs. all other drugs and how the legalization of mushrooms seem to miss all the hurdles the cannabis industry has been facing. We also touch on the war on drugs, the waste of resources and needle exchanges.

Follow Mary Carreon on Instagram @maryyystardust and Follow Merry Jane on Instagram @merryjane and their website Merry Jane

When you get three people who know almost everyone in the industry to jump on a podcast this is what happens. The Cannabis Power Hour will be a weekly event with the ever present Ophelia Chong, the master of Hash Bones Carl Saling III and your host the digital media guy Danny Keith.

Listen as we traverse how cannabis has become an essential business in the state…or has it. Regulation is strangling the industry, taxation is driving customers to the illicit market all while allowing counties and cities to determine IF there should be an industry within their area. It seems like we have some great ideas around how the restructure of how the cannabis industry can possibly be reshaped as the rest of the United States looks to California to set the standard.

Ophelia poignantly states we need to come out of Covid-19 lockdown with the intent to do no harm, Danny gives the analogy of coming out of the Haunted House and looking at the next person in line saying…just you wait. The trio also talks about the CBD everything craze, apparently we may be developing CBD toilet paper “To calm yo ass down!”.

Follow Ophelia Chong on Instagram @opheliaswims Follow Carl Saling III on Instagram @hashbones and the host Danny Keith Instagram @rickydanny

Living in Santa Cruz California it is always nice to see a local company doing big things. In this interview with Co-Founder and CEO of Goldenseed Scott Goldie and their securities lawyer Kendall Almerico we discuss the first of it’s kind in cannabis utilizing Regulation A (is an exemption from registration for public offerings. Regulation A has two offering tiers: Tier 1, for offerings of up to $20 million in a 12-month period; and Tier 2, for offerings of up to $50 million in a 12-month period. For offerings of up to $20 million, companies can elect to proceed under the requirements for either Tier 1 or Tier 2.).

Goldenseed has attracted some heavy hitting people with Mike Dirnt of Green Day not only as an investor but brand ambassador for the up and coming company. “I got involved with Goldenseed on an invitation to look at the farm with a friend of mine, and after having made a few trips to check out their beautiful locations, I asked my wife if she was OK with us investing,” Dirnt begins. “She was absolutely all for it because cannabis was a tremendous help during her chemotherapy treatments when she was battling breast cancer. To this day, it helps with her body aches and pains and the residual effects of a lot of drugs that went into her system.”

Tapping into the growing and cultivation knowledge of JR Richardson across cannabis and hemp he has over 30 years in the space with an attention to detail. Currently 9 strains are being produced under the Goldenseed brand. With a 1st place High Times Cup (Sunset Sherbert/Indica Hybrid) under their belt right out of the gate, it is apparent their attention to the finer points is paramount. JR was one of the first to reintroduce the terpenes from the plant back into a preroll providing a better taste and aroma. Not to mention offering a Surf City OG strain.

The best thing about how this company is setup for financial success and the process of on-boarding investors. The ability to utilize Regulation A allows the company to create a vehicle by only approving accredited investors to participate for a minimum of $100. The offering spans 5 different ranges all the way up to naming your own strain!

Make sure to check out Goldenseed website and if you are curious about investing visit OwnGoldenseed also make sure to follow them on Instagram @goldenseed

Abdullah Saeed has a presence, immediately his voice and quick wit makes you laugh. I got to link up with him at The Emerald Cup where we were both working the event (watch the interview with Tommy Chong) and smoked a J together…. the rest is history.

The stand up comic, TV Producer, Journalist, Writer, wrote the weekly column for Weediquette, was the host for Bong Appétit on VICE, the co-creator of Great Moments in Weed History, is currently in the process of writing a film with Ben Sinclair for FOX Searchlight and New Regency, Saeed is on fire very much in the mix of cannabis content creation.

Great Moments in Weed History delves deep into humanity’s 10,000+ year relationship with cannabis (a.k.a. “marijuana”) to find the humor, heart, and historical importance of this very special plant. In each episode, co-hosts Abdullah Saeed and David Bienenstock blaze joints, crack jokes, and explore the people, places, and events that make up the complex and fascinating past of weed and weed culture, from Barack Obama’s time in the “Choom Gang,” to an exclusive first-hand account of how the Hollywood sign briefly became the Hollyweed sign. Great Moments in Weed History is a Spoke Media original.

We talk about the power of cannabis, the way it brings people together no matter where you are. His recent appearance at a Juggalos event (where he joined in painting his face) just verified to him that he can go to a cannabis event anywhere in the world that he will run into someone he knows. Abdullah also brings weed to the “normal” masses via KCRW/Cannabis NPR in his weekly show educating those that may not have any other access to cannabis news including his ventures into an underground “Weed Speakeasy”.

Make sure to catch Greatest Moments in Weed History on all the podcast platforms, follow them on Instagram @gmiwhpodcast and on Patreon. Abdullah Saeed on Instagram @imyourkid Twitter @imyourkid

Mark and I interview Eric Rosen who works at Dark Heart Nursery and is a dedicated plant geek or strainiologist. He came from the tech world but always had an eye on the cannabis space desiring to be where his passion was. After bouncing around in cannabis, he locked in with Dark Heart Nursery and as you listen will realize he is at home working there.

Eric is a vast treasure trove of info, terms like tissue culture, genetic reset button, pathogens, clones, mothers, pheno types, cannabinoids and all things that drive the genetic feature set for cannabis. Mark dives in here and asks him to explain in more detail about genetic infections hop latent viroid (HpVld) also known as “dudding” which can affect up to 30% of the yield, the potency and quality. We also discuss powdery mildew and other pathogens Dark Heart Nursery is working to identify while providing solutions.

This episode is a great one for those wanting to understand the basis point of how breeders around the world utilize landrace strains to provide growers and brands the best cannabis in the world!

Make sure to visit Dark Heart Nursery website and their Instagram @darkheart.nursery.