Selling Weed

Guest: Ryan Jordan (Jezus The Jeweler) - Chief Operating Officer, Mammoth Labs (Nevada)

We've mentioned Jezus The Jeweler and his extraction artistry on almost every episode lately, so we wanted to sit down with the man himself! We hear his origin story from Buffalo to Cleveland, to finally landing in Nevada and getting into the industry.

Topics discussed:

• How does an extractor evaluate cannabis in the grow?
• Do certain growing techniques lead to better product?
• What's next for extraction?
• Production similarities between coffee and cannabis
• What is Piatella?
• Jezus' edible story

Find Mammoth Labs  products in dispensaries across Nevada!

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Guest: Maggie Presley, Sales Director -- Summa Cannabis / Panna Extracts

There are some great (and not so great) people who helped build the Nevada cannabis industry as it is today. Today we're sitting down with one of the great OGs here in Vegas--Maggie Presley. Since the medical days Maggie has worked for numerous companies doing pretty much everything under the sun from compliance to sales to production and everything in-between.

Topics discussed:

• Prioritizing who to work with in a saturated market
• For a sales director, what's the most annoying thing buyers do?
• CCB regulations that are simply a nuisance
• Maggie's edible stories
• How to get away with smoking in a hotel room

Find Summa Cannabis and Panna Extracts products in dispensaries across Nevada!

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Guests: Jena Kelly - Cannabis Sales Consultant / Josh Sepulveda - Cannabis Buyer

It's MJBiz Con week in Vegas and our good friend Jena Kelly came to see what the fuss is about! Ari and Jena catch up and discuss what they hope to see pre-convention.

Topics discussed:

• A Jim Belushi sighting
• What's your favorite weed gummy?
• Post-pandemic projections
• Ari is sick of being offered shrooms
• Are MJBiz attendees good for business at local dispensaries?
• LCB closes the book on Unicorn's CBD isolate synthesis case
• Gas station weed brings out the haters
• Shit-talking wooks can't run a weed business

News Stories:

Board Settles with Unicorn Brands LLC

Circle K convenience stores will sell cannabis in Florida

Florida steps in to put kibosh on Circle K marijuana plans

SHIT TALK: Being a hater isn't just bad for business, it's undermining it

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Guest: Evan Marder, President -- Fleur/Evergreen Organix / Josh Sepulveda - Associate Buyer

This week we get to know a legend in the Vegas weed game, Evan Marder. As the President of Fleur, Evan oversees one of the largest no-till living soil grows in Nevada. Evan takes Ari and Josh through his journey from Wilmington to Kahunaville to Las Vegas.

Topics discussed:

• Does no-till living soil produce better cannabis?
• Is living soil a viable option for large-scale operators?
• Discovering cannabis in Wilmington
• Flair Bartending
• Mixing alcohol with weed
• Moving from the bar to the grow room
• Evan explains the controversy behind radiation labels in Nevada
• Green-Theory rebrands to Higher Leaf--we wish them well!

News Stories:

Smoking weed is now more popular than smoking tobacco - CNN

California bills to authorize interstate marijuana commerce and seal records head to Governor, with more reforms pending - Marijuana Movement

Find Fleur and Evergreen Organix products in dispensaries across Nevada!

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Guest: Tony Lee, Co-Owner Culture & Cannabis / Josh Sepulveda - Associate Buyer

Ari and Josh meet Tony Lee aka FullTimeTony at his restaurant Smoke & Fire in Henderson, NV to share a delicious meal and get his perspective on cannabis, cold drinks, where to eat in Vegas, and how much fries to serve with a burger, among other things:

• How to dress and take photos when you're a big man.
• Trademarking cannabis.
• Attending an infused dinner at Palms Place.
• Ari met Mike Tyson
• Who's going to make cannabis lounges work in Nevada?
• Tony's edible story
• CBD belly button healing?

Find Culture & Cannabis products in dispensaries across Nevada, and coming soon to California!

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Guest: Gia Kubik - GM, CANN / Josh Sepulveda - Associate Buyer, GTI

The drinks and blunts were out, and as a result, this one may have gone off the rails early.... 

Ari and Josh catch up with friend-of-the-show Gia Kubik by the pool in Gia's Magic Kingdom aka Tiki Town. The group reflects on what they've learned so far in Vegas, how the podcast has changed since moving, and what's the deal with nectar collectors out here in the desert?

We attempt to cover some relevant topics:

• Do we care about people caught with cannabis in anti-cannabis countries?
• With a recession upon us, will people be buying less weed?

Find CANN in select adult use cannabis markets across the US and Canada

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Guest: Maha Haq - Director of Retail Strategy, Green Thumb Industries

We were unable to record at Hall of Flowers, so Ari caught up with his coworker Maha Haq in her old stomping grounds: Pasadena, CA. We get to learn about Maha's vast experience in the cannabis industry. From working trap shops, to starting Cannaclub at UCLA, to testing cartridges during Vapegate, to consumption lounges--Maha has done so much at such a young age!

Topics:

• Persy Rosin? Ari & Maha talk about their first bad dab while dabbing some spectacular rosin from 710 Labs.
• What makes for a good topical?
• The best and worst of Cali from Hall of Flowers in Palm Springs
• Will California provide tax relief for the struggling cannabis industry?

California Governor Proposes Tax Relief For California Growers

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Guests: 

• Gabe Jimenez - GM, Higher Leaf/Green-Theory
• Dr. Jordan Zager - Founder & CEO, Dewey Scientific/Dewey Cannabis Co.
• Josh Sepulveda - Associate Buyer, GTI

Topics:

• Ari & Josh's old store Green-Theory Factoria made the news for very unfortunate reasons. We speak to friend of the show and GM of the store Gabe Jimenez for an exclusive first hand account of the chaos.
• Ari recaps his trip to Chicago, becoming a certified Interpener, and visiting Rise Mundelein's smoking lounge.
• We check in with Dr. Jordan Zager who came across some very interesting results when doing terpene analysis on flower sold in the WA rec market. Are growers adulterating their flower with spray-on terps? Maybe, maybe not, but the data looks suspect...
• What is a cannabis pornstar and why are they getting an award?
• Ari & Josh swap stories of getting too high in high school

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Guest: Gia Kubik - Host of "Get Elevated With Gia" / GM, CANN (Nevada) / Josh Sepulveda - Associate Buyer, GTI

The Vegas saga of the Selling Weed Podcast begins! Nevada cannabis industry mainstay Gia Kubik came by to welcome Ari and Josh to the Nevada market. After learning about Gia and her cannabis journey, they discuss the major differences between the two state's legal markets. Including: battling humidity vs dryness, penny testers, BOGO deals, dumb potency rules for concentrates/vapes, and more.

NEWS:

• Washington State Passes Pot Shop Protection Bill
• Washington State Regulators Adopt Pesticide Testing For Cannabis
• Washington State Lawmakers Considering Bills To Regulate Or Ban Synthetic THC

Find CANN in select adult use cannabis markets across the US and Canada

Check out Get Elevated With Gia on 91.5 KUNV in  Las Vegas or download episodes anywhere you get podcasts!

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Guest: Gab Lemons - Buyer, Green-Theory/Higher Leaf / Jena Kelly - Cannabis Sales Consultant

Our last episode recorded from the Washington studio. After an excessive midday dab sesh, Ari says goodbye to his current employer by welcoming in his successor, Gab Lemons.

Sungaze Cannabis Company

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