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EP 28: Erica Ricky Blaze — Picking The Right Cannabis Investments
Erica Ricky Blaze can clearly remember when she first recognized there was money to be made investing in the cannabis industry. It all started with two words: evening commute. Formerly a real estate agent, Erica was working in a college student-heavy part of Boston, where she lives, and on her way home, she’d pass a…
Read MoreEP 27: Rob Sims — A Former NFL Player On The Value Of Cannabis For Pro Athletes
As a former offensive lineman in the NFL for nine years, starting his career with the Seattle Seahawks and ending it with the Detroit Lions, Rob Sims has seen the need for professional athletes to access holistic healing. It’s a need he saw before he was a football player, watching the career of his NFL-playing…
Read MoreEP 26: Marcello Leone — A Look Into The Growing Cannabis-Infused Beverage Market
Nine years ago, Marcello Leone often got walking pneumonia, and he was getting runner’s knee “every other day.” Around that time, he was introduced to a CPG drink with plant-based functional minerals. He started noticing how it was benefiting him — and, within three months, he and his wife had acquired the company based in…
Read MoreEP 25: Chris Duffin — Building Resilience With A World Record-Holding Athlete & Trauma Survivor
Chris Duffin’s belief in resilience runs deep. As an athlete — who, no big deal, holds the Guinness World Record for squatting and deadlifting over 1,000 pounds — he knows the value of tearing down muscle to build it back stronger. In his life, he’s seen that value manifest, too, as the survivor of a deeply…
Read MoreEP 24: Jeff Friesen — A Stanley Cup Champ Talks Cannabis And The NHL
Coming out of the womb with a hockey stick in hand, Canadian Jeff Friesen spent his whole life trying to make it to the NHL. Eventually, he’d reach that goal, becoming a Stanley Cup champion. In the process, though, he’d acquire injuries that would come to see him on a whole host of medications, and…
Read MoreEP 23: Dr. Denise Vidot — An Epidemiologist’s Take On The Endocannabinoid System
As principal investigator of the International COVID-19 Cannabis and Health study, Dr. Denise Vidot’s current cannabis research is incredibly timely. It’s also the latest in a string of cannabis-tied studies she’s done, starting with her first informal investigations as a teen. Today a cannabis epidemiologist at the University of Miami, Dr. Vidot, first discovered the…
Read MoreEP 22: Antonio Harvey — Ending ‘Stoner Stigma’ For Athletes
For NBA legend Antonio Harvey, athletics are life. He’s spent the entirety of his 25-year career in and around professional sports, playing ball domestically, for teams like the Lakers, Clippers, and Grizzlies, as well as internationally. He’s coached, has spent 12 years as a broadcaster, and he also hails from a family of athletes. Both…
Read MoreEP 21: Erik Allen — Breaking Through Addiction, Abuse And Isolation
For a lot of folks, CBD is a tool in their toolkit for breaking out of addiction and ending destructive cycles in their life. At the end of the day, that’s what this show, and our belief in CBD, is most about — ending toxic cycles and beginning healthy ones. And that’s why we felt we…
Read MoreEP 20: Marc Wasserman — Talking Rights With A Cannabis Law Expert
Marc Wasserman, along with his brother Craig, are big names in the cannabis law industry. Both practicing attorneys in California since 1996 and 1986, respectively, it wasn’t until 2000 that their careers shifted to this new strain of law. “My nephew, my brother’s son, was showing a green thumb for cannabis and compassion for cancer…
Read MoreEP 19: Jenny Argie — Ending ‘Weed Woman’ Stigmas As A Mom & CBD Entrepreneur
Jenny Argie was a single mom with three kids when, one day, her world changed: she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. As someone familiar with applying a sustainable, organic perspective to products as a children’s furniture designer, Jenny was eager to do the same with her battle against cancer. But as she looked for healthy,…
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