STRANGERS WE KNOW Podcast

Known for his sometimes dark, weird & cringe-worthy humour, Stand-Up Comedian Kyle Lucey talks about taking risks on stage, being good with heckling & "getting lucky". Porn addiction? Kyle gets into it!

"There's a scene where like the brother is also half-spider so he eats the hot cheerleader & her blood goes all over his face & the dad goes: Looks like you found a squirter son!"  - Kyle Lucey

Cyndi & Jessi join Lu Pancini in her studio where she's been running Ganja Yoga classes for the past 5 years. Lu talks about how cannabis helped to heal her 7 year old daughter of juvenile arthritis, her expansive experience using psychedelics & her revolutionary yoga-teacher-training program.

"Everything that I learned about cannabis was about that; was about love, healing & connection & peace. Never was harm." - Lu Pancini

Motivational just by sitting next to him, Stand-Up Comedian Che Durena talks strategies for accomplishing his personal goals, his first really bad bomb, the legalization of weed, Che Guevara & God.

"I don't know where I am on it - like is there a God, is there not a God... I want there to be something after because I feel like that's just so boring... Like we go through all this & we can imagine infinity & then it's done? I want a cool thing at least."

-Che Durena

Tara Dawn Solheim is a writer, poet & singer visiting Toronto for the first time & spending her 2nd day recording this episode! Tara talks about life as a writer in Saskatchewan, overcoming performance anxiety & the challenge of conforming to social expectations in a foreign country.

"So I lived in Japan for 5 years... I was there with my sister & she's taller than me. She's like 5'11". We were like amazon scary women to people."

-Tara Dawn Solheim

Cyndi invites Mr. Intimacy to her apartment, where he talks about his bi-curiousity, predatorial men, his attraction to "crazy people" & crushing on his lesbian friend. Cyndi shares her first experiences dating women!

"I feel like I have a small glimpse into the world of women that are dogged by really irritating men." - Mr. Intimacy

There's an emergency meeting for the Toronto Cannabis Industry! Cyndi & Jessi are there, recorder in hand, getting baked & mingling. They chat with "Weed Man",  a dispensary owner, a "person with a very interesting look about him" & Puffdog.

"I see no harm in responsible cannabis consumption. Responsible cannabis consumption is not problematic. It's the reefer madness that is problematic." - Michael Thomas, Dads 4 Marijuana

Cyndi & Jessi visit the infamous Toronto Sex Store, GOOD FOR HER. Owner Carlyle Jansen gives them a tour & talks about how her early sexual experiences shaped her career path. Behold "The Outlaw" & "The Hitachi Magic Wand", meant for more than just a regular back massage!

"I always say: make sure your eyes are not wider than your vagina, or your anus for that matter." - Carlyle Jansen

What happens at the Global Marijuana March, stays at the Global Marijuana March! Unless you record it & share it via podcast-land! Cyndi & Jessi, aka Chonga & Cheecha, get super baked & mingle with the masses.

"I just started making these... Cannabis suppositories. I make them with cannabis, coconut oil & Shea butter. You can use them anally or vaginally."

-Cannabis Rights Coalition

Cyndi & Jessi sample some delicious Kombucha on tap at THE WITCHES BREW. Dynamic business owner Babette Burrell talks about digestive health, her former career as a midwife & being "colonized by culture".

"My little alter space... I've got some actual cotton which ties me to my ancestors. I've got some hibiscus & some herbs. I've got the blue malva here cuz it's kind of like a time of divine intervention in terms of energy." - Babette Burrell

Before devoting their lives to "happy baker hours", Tova & Janet worked in theatre production together. "A lot of hours, lots of laughing" a common thread between these 2 worlds. A passionate customer gives an impromptu testimonial! Cyndi wants to know if these 2 ladies have time for love lives! Jessi asks about  "special treats"!

"Five or six years ago we worked on a show together... It was a theater production... We were Producers. It was DA KINK IN MY HAIR."