Periodic Effects: Cannabis Science Podcast

By Wayne Schwind

What's Periodic Effects: Cannabis Science Podcast about?

Periodic Effects focuses on the science and business of cannabis. Wayne Schwind, the CEO & Founder of Periodic Edibles, hosts the show. With his background in Chemical Engineering, Wayne dives deep with future leaders inside the cannabis industry. Educational insights on cannabinoids, terpenes, endo-cannabinoid system, extraction methods, edibles and growing science.

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Periodic Effects: Cannabis Science Podcast episodes:

05.19.2023
Pe298 What to do next? AI Voice Clone? [Podcast & Biz Update]
What’s next for this podcast? Does it live on? Or come to its eventual end, as all things eventually do?
04.19.2023
Pe297 A good Cannabis Business Idea?
[Consulting Call] In 2022, the FDA issued more warning letters to CBD companies than ever. To address this, Graham Lipsman, an engineer and eCommerce consultant, developed a tool for cannabis and hemp companies called Simple Certs. Will it work as...
02.20.2023
Pe296 Curing for Quality: Why Hash Feels Different than Cannabis Flower
Join Dr. Codi Peterson, PharmD, as we dive into the world of hash and the unique terpenes that make it different from cannabis flower. In this episode, Codi we investigate a terpene only found in "Hashishene”, and explore the effects...
02.08.2023
Pe295 Citing Science: Guide to Finding Good Cannabis Science
Join Ruth Fisher, PhD, as she navigates us through the process of finding cannabis scientific papers, meta-studies, and patents into your writing. From understanding the pros and cons of meta-studies, and the challenges of finding patents, this episode will help...
01.21.2023
Pe294 Cannabis Science: Fact from Fiction - THCa, Hemp D9, Bioavailability
(Consulting Call) Cannabis is a topic long shrouded in mystery, but as research and knowledge advance, so does our understanding of its potential. THCA, a cannabinoid that has been shown to have medicinal benefits, is a prime example of this. ...
01.06.2023
Pe293 Cannabis Bribes, Fraud & Suicide
We delve into the complex world of cannabis industry investigations and explore the tragic case of Adam Hill, a politician involved in a bribery scandal who later took his own life. We examine the potential factors that may have...
12.21.2022
Pe292 How Federal Legalization will Transform the Cannabis Industry
[Part-2 w/ Ruth Fisher, PhD] We dive into the hotly debated topic of federal legalization. With more States legalizing cannabis for recreational use, the pressure is on for the federal government to follow suit. What forces are driving federal legalization,...
12.15.2022
Pe291 The High Cost of Cannabis Legalization [Understanding the Tax Implications]
[Part-1 w/ Ruth Fisher, PhD] Discussing the potential implications of federal legalization or descheduling of cannabis. Ruth shares her insights on how States are taxing cannabis differently and the effects of these differing tax structures on the future industry. ...
11.30.2022
Pe290 Mixing Cannabis w/ the Blockchain, Crypto & NFTs: Will it work?
Companies are using the Blockchain, Crypto & NFTs to promote new products and provide exclusive deals to consumers. Our guest, Robert Lund, Founder of Studio TBH, is applying this strategy to cannabis. We discuss their strategy and if it’ll work...
11.18.2022
Pe289 New Jersey Cannabis Struggles: Inside the Front Lines
As New Jersey forces their rec market forward, they’re making the same mistakes many other States did before them. Will the market be able to thrive, or get swallowed up by big business and consolidate? Alan Ao, PharmD, joins us...
11.05.2022
Pe288 How to Buy Weed: The Only Strategy You Need
What’s the best way to buy cannabis? How can you find overlooked strains that are good quality and low cost? We propose the only strategy you need for finding quality cannabis at lower prices. Watch & Subscribe on Youtube...
10.17.2022
Pe287 Fireside Chat - Edible Company Course Correct, Growing Cannabis Tourism, Raising Money & What to Spend it on
A new episode style we are trying out. Text us your feedback at 503-583-2099 We discuss items below w/ Mark Lewis, Founder & CEO of Prrl Labs. - Ideas for cannabis tourism and if local governments will ever truly...
10.08.2022
Pe286 Myths of Cannabis Temp Control, Boiling Points & Condensation
09.29.2022
Pe285 Science of Cannabis Vaporization & Controlling Effects
09.22.2022
Pe284 Analyzing our Cannabis Search Engine Tool as a Business Idea
(Consulting Call) Nisha works for an organization with large amounts of video education for members. However, filtering through those videos and finding key information is difficult. We discuss the cannabis search engine tool we built, its value and how it...
09.16.2022
Pe283 Synthetic Cannabinoids & Federal Legalization
(Part-2-Business) Methods for making cannabinoids from bacteria, yeast or algae may become more effective than getting cannabinoids from the cannabis plant. If that becomes the case, how might that factor into federal legalization regulations? We discuss this with our guest,...
09.09.2022
Pe282 Unique Algae Strains are making Cannabinoids
(Part-1-Science) Synthetic cannabinoid production has been on people's radar for some time. The question is, can it emerge as the dominant supplier of cannabinoids in the cannabis, hemp, pharma or international markets? Not all synthetic cannabinoids are the same,...
09.01.2022
Pe281 Finding Career Paths in Cannabis Science
(Consulting Call) Tai, like many entering the cannabis industry, did so under unique circumstances. After working multiple years in the Oregon industry, his father was diagnosed with lung cancer, leading him back home to Michigan and entering the industry there....
08.25.2022
Pe280 Evolution of Cannabis Cultivation, Hemp & Psychedelics
(Part-2) Discussing how the cannabis and hemp cultivation markets are evolving, how they’ll merge, and why it’ll be a rocky process. Along with the future of psychedelic science, with our guest Josh Crossney, Founder & CEO of the Cannabis Science...
08.19.2022
Pe279 Evolution of Cannabis Labs & Analytical Science
(Part-1) Josh Crossney started the world's largest and most technical scientific cannabis conference in 2016. We discuss the past, present and future of cannabis science and how hundreds of different markets could merge after federal and global legalization. Link to...
08.11.2022
Pe278 Wayne on the Cannaba Verum Podcast
Discussing how the propaganda of the past created such a strong stigma that still lingers today. Wayne is interviewed by Honey Smith Walls, host of the Cannaba Verum Podcast.
08.04.2022
Pe277 How to use Terpenes in Edible & Tincture Processing
Science of terpene effects and benefits in edible and tincture production. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro, Terpenes & State Change Effects 03:49 - Where are the Studies on Terpenes? 08:26 - How are Terpenes Protected? 17:37 - Bioavailability in Cannabis...
07.29.2022
Pe276 How to Start a Cannabis Brand in 2023
Starting a cannabis company is difficult, even more so in an already developed market. We discuss new industry trends and niche marketing with Bethany Gomez, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Brightfield Group. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro, Bethany Gomez, Brightfield...
07.21.2022
Pe275 How Edibles Work in the Body
(Edible Science Insights) How edibles metabolize in the body and their effects. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro, Why are Edibles Inconsistent? 00:45 - THC Nano Encapsulation: What do we know? 04:52 - Ways THC can Absorb into the Bloodstream 09:53...
07.07.2022
Pe274 Bachelors of Science Degree in Cannabis Chemistry
(Consulting Call) Alex is preparing for his Capstone Research Project to get a Bachelors in Cannabis Chemistry from Lake Superior State University. We discuss what this cannabis degree looks like, how it came about and what cannabis questions he could...
06.30.2022
Pe273 The Cannabis Gene Pool
(Part-2) Is the quest for high THC driving diversity out of the cannabis gene pool? Why doesn’t the best selling alcohol product have the highest alcohol content? Our guest, Ruth Fisher, PhD, discusses cannabis market dynamics and the industry's evolution....
06.22.2022
Pe272 Why isn’t the Cannabis Industry “Working Out”
(Part-1) To say the cannabis industry is dynamic would be an understatement. The industry is constantly evolving as new international markets develop, new States legalize and federal legalization looms overhead. Our guest, Ruth Fisher, PhD, covers the repelling forces...
06.16.2022
Pe271 Cannabis Med + Rec “Wellness Model”
(Part-2-Business) If the medical and recreational cannabis models can’t coexist, is there a hybrid model that doesn’t leave patients in the dust? Our guest, Dr. Adam Abodeely, discusses his approach as he’s not waiting around for regulators to lead. || ...
06.09.2022
Pe270 Cannabis Science on Placebo Effect, Pain & GI Tract Issues
(Part-1-Science) As Doctors integrate cannabis into their practice, new perspectives are emerging on how and why cannabis medicine works, and how it can replace more harmful medicine, like opioids. We cover some of these new insights with our guest, Dr....
06.02.2022
Pe269 Medical Cannabis & Breast Cancer Awareness
(Consulting Call) Medicinal Cannabis is being used in more and more areas of health care. However, for multiple reasons, there is very little guidance on specific treatment plans for specific ailments. || Jessie used cannabis while going through Breast Cancer...
05.26.2022
Pe268 Data Visualization of Cannabis Compounds & Effects
Envision combining cannabis treatment knowledge of clinicians and the insight capabilities of data visualization tools. This could greatly improve the prescription process of cannabis therapies. 1-on-1 Consulting Call w/ Brian, Data Analyst SHOP our CBD Edibles: https://www.periodiccaramels.com/shop-edibles WATCH our...
05.20.2022
Pe267 Dispensary Pharmacist on Rec vs Medical Cannabis
Can the Medical Cannabis and Adult Use Markets co-exist? How will 30+ State markets integrate after federal legalization and interstate commerce? Part-2-Business w/ Joseph Jeffries, Pharmacy Director, FRX Health, Ohio Medical Dispensary After 16 years as a Hospital Pharmacy Director,...
05.12.2022
Pe266 Cannabis Enzyme Inhibitors & Receptor Blockers
There are many factors influencing our bodies' Endocannabinoid System (ECS). Cannabis has shown the ability to help an unbalanced body move closer to Homeostasis, but what else is influencing our ECS? Does future science hold hidden keys that could further...
05.04.2022
Pe265 Monetizing a Novel Cannabis Neurotechnology
As new technologies develop, businesses have to find the right product market fit for these innovative technologies. Finding that fit for a new technology is hard enough, but mixing in a new industry, like cannabis, makes it even more difficult. ...
04.27.2022
Pe264 Neurotechnology can quantify Cannabis Psychoactive Effects
We discuss how Neuroscience is objectively measuring the psychoactive effects inside the brain of cannabis consumers, and how that could be used to predict future cannabis products. One day you might even get this Neurotechnology Headset to use at home,...
04.22.2022
Pe263 Woman Dies from ‘Cannabis Gummy’
Part-2-Business w/ Codi Peterson, Pediatric Pharmacist & CSO at Cannigma. Provocative Headlines (like this episode title) skew the public's perception, as many read the headline but don’t have the time, or industry knowledge, to understand the merits behind such bold...
04.19.2022
Pe262 A New Cannabinoid System in your Body
What is the Endocannabinoidome & how is it different from the ECS (Endocannabinoid System) in your body? It turns out the cannabinoids found in cannabis do more than work on the CB1 & CB2 Receptors found in your ECS. We...
04.14.2022
Pe261 What’s Stopping Federal Cannabis Legalization?
(Part-2-Business w/ Emma Chasen) You’ve likely heard “A New Study Finds…” but how much weight should that study actually carry? We discuss questions to ask when a new study is being used to influence decision making, what’s stopping federal cannabis...
04.08.2022
Pe260 Targeted Cannabinoid Therapy for Disease
(Part-1-Science) Emma Chasen joins to discuss targeted therapies using cannabinoids. We cover ailments like inflammation, autoimmune disorders, nausea, pain and what we actually know about the science around minor cannabinoids as Emma works through her Masters degree on Cannabis. SUBSCRIBE:...
03.30.2022
Pe259 Preparing for the New York Cannabis Market
(1-on-1 Consulting Call) After working clinically in long-term care as a Registered Dietitian, Christine is ready to utilize her knowledge and expand into the cannabis space. However getting a dispensary license, in the soon to be New York Adult-Use cannabis...
03.16.2022
Pe258 Cannabis & Ancient Chinese Medicine
Thousands of years and insights lost to cannabis prohibition. What did ancient Chinese medicine know about cannabis? How did they prepare? Did they have unique strain genetics? Prof. Kylie O’Brien, Ph.D., CSO of the Releaf Group Ltd, joins us to...
03.09.2022
Pe257 The Brain on Cannabis
Patient curiosity (and desperation) has been the driving force behind physicians opening up to the idea of cannabis as a medicine. Dr. Rebecca Siegel, Clinical Psychiatrist & Author of “The Brain on Cannabis: What you should know about Recreational...
03.03.2022
Pe256 Hemp Companies are mostly Ketchup Tomatoes
The cannabis industry started with a strong focus on craft, while the hemp industry launched with a strong commodity focus. Low quality (commodity) tomatoes are grown to process and use for ketchup. The next phase of growth in the hemp...
02.24.2022
Pe255 Predicting a Cannabis Market that doesn’t exist yet
(1-on-1 Consulting Call) Paul has been a pharmacist in South Carolina for over a decade. As South Carolina finalizes their medical cannabis regulations, what can be done now to prepare for a market that doesn’t exist yet? We discuss Paul’s...
02.16.2022
Pe254 Get any DNA Code, delivered to your door
Michael Hogan, Ph.D., Co-Founder & CSO of PathogenDx, is working on DNA Microarray Technology for next level cannabis testing. We discuss how the technology works, using DNA as a tool, and how you can get a vial of any custom...
02.09.2022
Pe253 Democratizing Clinical Trials for Cannabis & Hemp
There’s a huge gap in the cannabis market that is unlike any other industry, plant or drug. There are tens of thousands of cannabis/ hemp products on the shelf, while only a handful are available through the pharmaceutical industry. Yet...
01.26.2022
Pe252 What’s Actually Known about Cannabis & Cancer?
Kent Vrana PhD, Pharmacology Department Chair & Professor at the Penn State Neuroscience Institute, has been researching molecular neuropharmacology for over 30 years. In his role as Director of Penn State’s Designated Medical Marijuana Center, he’s developed a keen interest...
01.19.2022
Pe251 Treating Specific Ailments with Cannabis
We had Dr. Jordan Tishler (last ep. Pe247) back on the podcast to discuss more science than politics this time around. We discuss his private practice in Massachusetts, Inhale MD, and his insights on treating specific ailments with cannabis like...
01.12.2022
Pe250 This is sad… Doctors on Autism & Cannabis Use
Janna Champagne, BSN, RN, had an immune health collapse in 2012. After not liking the recommended pharmaceutical options, she found a cannabis protocol that achieved unheard of results for lupus. When her daughter's autism turned for the worse during puberty,...
12.30.2021
Pe249 The Biological Chemistry of Cannabis Genetics
Jordan Zager, PhD, is identifying key genetic markers in cannabis related to pathogens, pest attacks, terpenes and cannabinoid profiles. We discuss a gene they recently discovered for making cannabis resistant to powdery mildew and how the future of plant genetics...

What's Periodic Effects: Cannabis Science Podcast about?

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Periodic Effects: Cannabis Science Podcast episodes:

Pe298 What to do next? AI Voice Clone? [Podcast & Biz Update]

Pe297 A good Cannabis Business Idea?

Pe296 Curing for Quality: Why Hash Feels Different than Cannabis Flower

Pe295 Citing Science: Guide to Finding Good Cannabis Science

Pe294 Cannabis Science: Fact from Fiction - THCa, Hemp D9, Bioavailability

Pe293 Cannabis Bribes, Fraud & Suicide

Pe292 How Federal Legalization will Transform the Cannabis Industry

Pe291 The High Cost of Cannabis Legalization [Understanding the Tax Implications]

Pe290 Mixing Cannabis w/ the Blockchain, Crypto & NFTs: Will it work?

Pe289 New Jersey Cannabis Struggles: Inside the Front Lines

Pe288 How to Buy Weed: The Only Strategy You Need

Pe287 Fireside Chat - Edible Company Course Correct, Growing Cannabis Tourism, Raising Money & What to Spend it on

Pe286 Myths of Cannabis Temp Control, Boiling Points & Condensation

Pe285 Science of Cannabis Vaporization & Controlling Effects

Pe284 Analyzing our Cannabis Search Engine Tool as a Business Idea

Pe283 Synthetic Cannabinoids & Federal Legalization

Pe282 Unique Algae Strains are making Cannabinoids

Pe281 Finding Career Paths in Cannabis Science

Pe280 Evolution of Cannabis Cultivation, Hemp & Psychedelics

Pe279 Evolution of Cannabis Labs & Analytical Science

Pe278 Wayne on the Cannaba Verum Podcast

Pe277 How to use Terpenes in Edible & Tincture Processing

Pe276 How to Start a Cannabis Brand in 2023

Pe275 How Edibles Work in the Body

Pe274 Bachelors of Science Degree in Cannabis Chemistry

Pe273 The Cannabis Gene Pool

Pe272 Why isn’t the Cannabis Industry “Working Out”

Pe271 Cannabis Med + Rec “Wellness Model”

Pe270 Cannabis Science on Placebo Effect, Pain & GI Tract Issues

Pe269 Medical Cannabis & Breast Cancer Awareness

Pe268 Data Visualization of Cannabis Compounds & Effects

Pe267 Dispensary Pharmacist on Rec vs Medical Cannabis

Pe266 Cannabis Enzyme Inhibitors & Receptor Blockers

Pe265 Monetizing a Novel Cannabis Neurotechnology

Pe264 Neurotechnology can quantify Cannabis Psychoactive Effects

Pe263 Woman Dies from ‘Cannabis Gummy’

Pe262 A New Cannabinoid System in your Body

Pe261 What’s Stopping Federal Cannabis Legalization?

Pe260 Targeted Cannabinoid Therapy for Disease

Pe259 Preparing for the New York Cannabis Market

Pe258 Cannabis & Ancient Chinese Medicine

Pe257 The Brain on Cannabis

Pe256 Hemp Companies are mostly Ketchup Tomatoes

Pe255 Predicting a Cannabis Market that doesn’t exist yet

Pe254 Get any DNA Code, delivered to your door

Pe253 Democratizing Clinical Trials for Cannabis & Hemp

Pe252 What’s Actually Known about Cannabis & Cancer?

Pe251 Treating Specific Ailments with Cannabis

Pe250 This is sad… Doctors on Autism & Cannabis Use

Pe249 The Biological Chemistry of Cannabis Genetics