Hempresent

The Merry Pranksters with George Walker today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. On June 17th of 1964, American author Ken Kesey and a motley crew called the Merry Pranksters boarded a psychedelic painted 1939 International Harvester school bus in La Honda, California, for a cross-country trek during which they threw acid tests, parties that featured LSD spiked Kool-Aid. The bus was named Further, and traveling on it were 14 people including Kesey and beat generation icon and bus driver, Neal Cassady. Their journey across America was immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test. Also - on the bus - for that historic journey was a person who was hardly visible. Not literally, Hardly Visible was his Merry Prankster nickname. His real name is George Walker and he has joined me today on Hempresent.

David Gans: Author, Artist, and Musician today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. David Gans is an American musician, songwriter, and music journalist. He is a guitarist and is known for incisive, literate songwriting. He is also noted for his music loop work, often creating spontaneous compositions in performance. Gans has authored or co-authored several books, including Conversations With The Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book, and Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, and he is the host of the weekly syndicated radio show The Grateful Dead Hour. He currently co-hosts a radio show with Gary Lambert on Sirius XM's The Grateful Dead Channel called Tales from the Golden Road, a call-in show about the Grateful Dead, and I am honored to have him in the virtual studio with me today.

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Tribal Hemp and Cannabis Magazine with Mary Jane Oatman today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Tribal Hemp and Cannabis Magazine is a culture and lifestyle publication designed for communities protecting sovereignty in the plant medicine economies. Its founder, as well as the founder of the Indigenous Cannabis Coalition, Mary Jane Oatman, is a past president of the National Indian Education Association and a former member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. Oatman has also served on the board of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, the co-founder and president of which has appeared on this show.

Medical Marijuana Mom And Heather Manus on this Best Of episode of Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio.

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HeadCount’s Cannabis Voter Project with Sam D'Arcangelo today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Since 2018, D’Arcangelo has been the Director for HeadCount’s Cannabis Voter Project, an initiative that aims to get people to the polls by educating them about the ways their vote can influence cannabis policy. Prior to working with HeadCount, Sam was a writer and online editor for Relix Magazine and OffBeat Magazine, and a Staff Writer for the Marijuana Policy Project. He interned with HeadCount during his senior year at the New School, where he received his B.A. in History in 2012. Sam received his Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020. A native of New Orleans, Sam is a fan of funk music, Mardi Gras, and Saints football.

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Civil Survival project and the Voting Rights Restoration Coalition with Kelly Olson today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Today’s guest on Hempresent is Kelly Olson of the Civil Survival project and the Voting Rights Restoration Coalition. Civil Survival Project advances the rights of the formerly incarcerated through organizing, leadership development, legislative advocacy, and direct legal services. Kelly is the Thurston County Game Changer leader for the Project. She also works full-time at the Washington Student Achievement Council, where she works as a state regulator in post-secondary degree authorization. After leaving prison in 2007, Kelly used education and volunteering in her community to help rebuild her life. Kelly is working with the Voting Rights Restoration Coalition which is a community of people and organizations who are seeking justice for families and neighbors impacted by our criminal justice system, supporting the restoration of voting rights to those formerly incarcerated, in order to support their successful reintegration into our community.

Michael “Buffalo “ Mazzetti today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Today’s guest on Hempresent is Michael “Buffalo “ Mazzetti. Hailing from the Okanogan Highlands of Washington state since 1975, Mazzetti is a Vietnam-Era veteran and received a Bachelor’s of food science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He has been an advocate for the medical and recreational use of cannabis since the 1970s. His views were originally influenced by books such as The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer, and “Back to Eden” by Jethro Kloss’. While helping his mother battle lung cancer in 1982, Mazzetti recognized the benefits of using cannabis to help her maintain a quality of life as she died with dignity.

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EVIDENCE with Dan and Casey Dalton today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Today’s guest on Hempresent is Dan (and Casey) Dalton from Evidence. EVIDENCE and its parent company, Ocean Grown Extracts, is a family-owned cannabis brand with a deeply ingrained mission for social justice. Dan Dalton oversees business development, marketing, and branding for EVIDENCE, and is a music industry veteran who has, for more than twenty years, shaped and guided the careers of culture-shifting artists, ranging from underground hip hop act Jurassic Five to reggae superstar, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley. Dan runs Dalton Entertainment Group, a partnership with Roc Nation that extends into all areas of their businesses including touring, marketing, and branding. His management work with Damian led the two to become business partners on EVIDENCE and its Coalinga facility. And Casey Dalton is CEO of EVIDENCE and Ocean Grown Extracts. Prior to taking on that role, Casey owned and operated a series of specialized pre-schools for low-income families throughout the Los Angeles area—a self-funded enterprise she first pursued at the age of 23, with the goal of providing children in underserved communities with proper nutrition and the resources needed to ensure success as they entered the school system.

Michael “Buffalo “ Mazzetti today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Today’s guest on Hempresent is Michael “Buffalo “ Mazzetti. Hailing from the Okanogan Highlands of Washington state since 1975, Mazzetti is a Vietnam-Era veteran and received a Bachelor’s of food science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He has been an advocate for the medical and recreational use of cannabis since the 1970s. His views were originally influenced by books such as The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer, and “Back to Eden” by Jethro Kloss’. While helping his mother battle lung cancer in 1982, Mazzetti recognized the benefits of using cannabis to help her maintain a quality of life as she died with dignity.

CBD Helps Athletes Heal with Rachael Rapinoe today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Rachel, twin sister to Megan Rapinoe and also an accomplished soccer player, always saw CBD as a stoner thing. Now, as the Co-Founder of Mendi, a brand that formulates hemp-derived CBD products for athletes, she is convinced the compound is a wonder drug for athletes who need to recover from injury. Rapinoe, the former NCAA soccer champ, and captain of the Portland Pilots, the women’s soccer team at the University of Portland, found her true calling five years ago when another athlete introduced her to the health and wellness benefits of cannabis (CBD and THC). “It was the first time I had seen people use these products outside of stoner culture or a party,” she says. “It was being used as a recovery tool.” After she started to use cannabis for health benefits, she saw an opportunity to create a trusted CBD brand for athletes, and Mendi was born.

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