OUTSMOKEN

📻📻 "But Jungle Boys has the reputation of being the best. The best flower. The best process. The longest in the game and the most dedicated. If you’re really an LA connoisseur, you’re going to know about Jungle Boys flower. And honestly, I’ve put off this experience for so long that I figured it was time to take a closer look at our local legends." 🙏🏿🙏🏿

On today's episode of Outsmoken, @elijah__avery reflects on his experience at TLC collective, better known as the Jungle Boys shop. This shop has been pivotal in shaping the Los Angeles 🌿🌿 scene for the better part of a decade. High quality products, high prices, and high-profile associations has infused the Jungle Boys name with all sorts of brand equity, so sit back, roll up, and listen in as we discuss the latest! 🎙️🎙️

🌱🌱 "What is the future of our understanding of what it means to be a boutique 🌿🌿 brand?."  As So Cal consumers, there is a certain implicit expectation when we talk about premium, 'top-shelf' flower. Check out this conversation between @elijah__avery and @donttawktome about their experience at the Sherbinskis store and how it has shaped their perspective on what a quality product really is! 🔍🔍

📝📝 What's crazy is that my experience at TLC, the Jungle Boys, has shaped this perspective even further! Things like packaging choice, methodology, and demand in the market have to be taken into account when we talk about things like quality! Tune in because you don't want to miss this one! 🙏🏿🙏🏿

🌱🌱 There are college courses starting to be offered around the nation geared for bright minds aiming to enter the 🌿🌿 industry. Closer to home, @thelbca hosts educational courses aimed at training aspiring budtenders and cultivators. And with the news that Long Beach City  College will be hosting 🌿🌿 courses Fall 2020 with @lbcctraining, it's time to interface with the possibility of 🌿🌿 trade schools and 🌿🌿 as a normalized career path SOONER rather than later.

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📻📻Sit back, roll up, and enjoy another episode of Outsmoken as @elijah__avery and @donttawktome discuss whether or not going to a 🌿🌿trade school is a viable choice! You don't want to miss this one! 🙏🏿🙏🏿

🌱🌱 "We should have a universal scale in the 🌿🌿community. We should have an ‘Ok’, a ‘Good’, a ‘Great’, a 'fantastic', and a 'phenomenal!' So often, people ask me for “that kill” or “that pressure”, but they don’t want to spend more than $25 an eighth.... is there a middle ground to be had?

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On today's episode of Outsmoken, @elijah__avery and @donttawktome deal with the difficulties of standardizing a 🌿🌿 rating system. Roll up, Tune in, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Has there been a rubric system that works for you??

🍪🍪 Berner, in part, reached this level of success with @cookiesenterpries by cleverly aligning himself and his strains with up and coming musicians in the Hip Hop space. For an era, nearly everyone who was anyone was smoking on a pack from Big Bern, and it is paying dividends for his brand now. 💸💸

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@elijah__avery and @donttawktome discuss Cookies and Product Placement in the latest episode of Outsmoken. Do you think part of the brand equity @berner415 has built was due to his position as a cross-cultural influencer in the music and 🌿🌿 culture?? Roll up, tune in, and let us know what you think in the comments! 📺📺

🍪🍪 @cookiesenterprises has done to bring brand recognition to specific 🌿🌿 strains and cultivars has been yet unrivaled. But @STIIIZYs meteoric rise can’t be ignored either. Sheer volume, scalability, and transforming their tech into an INTERNATIONAL brand in such a short period of time is unbelievably impressive." 🖊️🖊️

Today, @elijah__avery and @donttawktome are taking a closer look at two of the biggest brands in the game today. Sit back, roll up, and tune into today's discussion! Do you agree that these names are some of the most recognizable and influential? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! 📻📻

🌱🌱 “The way we shop now with high THC strains and everyone looking for super potent buds can only last so long. The medicinal market speaks to wider demographic and has more applications. The upside of CBD is such that it’s hard to imagine that it’s NOT the future…." 🤖🤖

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On today's episode of Outsmoken, @elijah__avery and @donttawktome develop their ideas on what the future of the 🌿🌿 industry will be like. There are increasing indications that cultivators are prizing interesting cannabinoid blends as opposed to raw overall potency, and in states where certain cultivars of 🌿🌿 are more heavily regulated than others, we explore the future of hemp and how it interplays with today's consumer. Roll up, Tune in, and enjoy this latest episode! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! 🙏🏿🙏🏿

🌱🌱 "These two cannabinoids are the star of the show, They are the Quavo and Offset from Migos  the Huey and Bobby from the Black Panthers,  James and Wade from the HEAT. These are the main driving forces behind the coveted good vibes that 🌿🌿 brings.

But, you know there’s always a third star, the 'glue guy'. What about TakeOff? Eldridge Cleaver? Chris Bosh? Often times behind the scenes, there’s one more player that has a wildly influential role on the outcome of the product. In 🌿🌿 case, we’re talking about CBN." 🌟🌟

Tune into today's Outsmoken to check out this unique conversation on CBN! If 🌿🌿 was Destiny's Child, CBN would for sure be Michelle! Roll one up, press play, and let us know in the comments below what you know about CBN!! 🙏🏿🙏🏿

🌱🌱 "For the first 5 years of understanding 🌿🌿 as a subculture, as a thing people did, I had COMPLETELY the wrong idea of it. My cousin would tell me how 🌿🌿burned little cigarette holes in your brain when you used it, and the longer you did it the more fried you would be. I truly believed these things and told myself 'I would never put holes in my brain!' But that just goes to show you the extent of misinformation, and what people will believe if you don’t educate them. We all still have a bit of that childlike curiosity in us, but without reliable sources of information, we will draw our own conclusions about the things we witness around us! " 🔎🔎

On today's episode of Outsmoken we discuss how education in the 🌿🌿 space up to this point has shaped stigma and perception! This is very relevant content that you don't wanna miss! Roll up, Tune in, and enjoy! 🙏🏿🙏🏿

🌱🌱  We are seeing an increase of automation across all industries, and the prevalence of self-checkout lines at grocery stores cannot be ignored. We’re also watching social distancing manifest itself in the marketplace with more measures being taken by customers and business alike! But even before all this hit, we were witnessing retail facilities transition from the cashier/budtender model to more flexible ones that allow freer roaming by the customer. So today's question is this: Will the traditional budtender go the way of the Dodo Bird?? 🦴🦴

🤖🤖 The industry changes fast, and what is the norm today may be outdated tomorrow! So today on Outsmoken we take a look at budtenders in the industry to see how integral their role is to the overall experience! You don't want to miss this one! 🥦🥦