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Trey Reckling is the founder of the Academy of Cannabis Science, which partnered with the Cannabis Institute at Seattle Central College to provide professional cannabis education and training for the industry. The Academy has also partnered with the Last Prisoner Project, committing to donating a substantial amount of scholarships to formerly incarcerated cannabis "offenders." Trey has hel...

Mark Taylor-Canfield is a musician and journalist in Seattle. He's a former writer at Huffington Post and serves as Executive Director for Democracy Watch News. Mark is a frequent contributor to the Thom Hartmann program and a weekly guest on the Jeff Santos Show broadcasting from Boston. He just found out he was accepted into the prestigious Modern Journalism program at New York University. A...

Bishop Ivy Gaines was released from federal custody in March of 2021 after serving 20 years of a 183-year sentence; Bishop studied law for 18.5 of those years, using what he learned to free others and finally himself. He is the founder and designer of the MEN.T.O.R. Program (Men Teaching Others Responsibility) that he has delivered at six prisons over 11 years, and he has expanded his impact to nu...

Brett McFarland grows food, builds shelters, and makes music in Humboldt County, California. In 2014, he was sentenced to five years in prison for growing weed and refusing to implicate others. He did his time, and he is now working to free the plant and those still serving time for cannabis. He released some new music on 4/20. Listen to some of it here. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.co...

Nathan Marsh started his journey in Cannabis Activism in 1993 after his father died in a drunk-driving accident. He was passionate that access to cannabis was a civil right and that society should be able to benefit from its positive impacts on both mind and body. In 2015, when Oregon legalized cannabis, he produced the Oregon HEMPFEST, one of the first to license with the Seattle HEMPFEST, which...

EL'ona Kearney is a veteran, the wife of a union worker, and a forgiveness coach. With a background in Military Intelligence as a computer analyst, EL'ona gained invaluable insights into national security, defense policy, and veterans' affairs, shaping her commitment to serving those who have served. As a single mother and homeschooling parent, she self-published books, and founded a n...

Serra Frank has been a Medical Marijuana patient for 20 years and an activist for 19. She is the founding Director of Moms for Marijuana International, the founder and OG Liaison of Boise Hempfest (as well as the Director of its Hemposium and Kid Land), the founder of Legalize Idaho, Compassionate Idaho, and New Approach Idaho. And Founder/Family Advocate at Fight for Lilly Consulting and Advocacy...

With the approval of the 2018 Farm Bill, Cannabreeze is leading the way in providing local, organic, non-GMO industrial hemp products in Northern VA. Jeff Boogaard of Breezy Meadow Farms is growing, harvesting, and processing tinctures, creams, juices, and edibles with the benefits of full-spectrum hemp oil containing CBD (Cannabinoids). CBD is thought to help with general stress and tension in th...

Dustin Sulak, D.O., is a traditional osteopathic physician and expert in integrative medicine. His clinical practice in Maine focuses on treating refractory conditions in adults and children. Dr. Sulak is an internationally renowned expert in medical cannabis. He is the author of the first foundational text on its clinical use, Handbook of Cannabis for Clinicians: Principles and Practice, and a co...

Brian Chambers is an American art dealer and collector with a visionary approach and independent curatorial skills. His inspiration, rooted in the Psychedelic Art of the 1960s, led him to gather works by Alex Grey, Rick Griffin, and Salvador Dali, and rare pieces signed by Albert Hofmann, who discovered and synthesized LSD. Chambers actively commissioned works for his collection and others, amassi...

Nebula Haze is the co-founder of GrowWeedEasy.com and your seasoned guide through the sometimes confusing world of indoor cannabis cultivation. Since 2010, Nebula and her partner have documented every part of the cannabis grow process with pictures and clear, simple instructions so anyone can learn how to grow weed for free. Her unwavering commitment to the home-growing community is rooted in a de...

Sheena Roberson is a visionary leader whose journey has been defined by a passion for empowering marginalized communities and promoting inclusivity within the cannabis industry. Before establishing her groundbreaking initiatives, Sheena honed her skills as a corporate leader for Chick-fil-A, where she demonstrated her commitment to community advocacy and outreach. Drawing from her corporate leader...

The Cannabis Green Renaissance vs. the Green Rush, with Julie Chiariello, editor-in-chief of SKUNK Magazine. As a woman in business for the last two decades, Julie enjoys bringing green, cutting-edge products successfully to market and empowering other women to succeed. She is a medical user and an herbalist and believes in the use and protection of herbal medicines in all their forms.  Julie is a...

Dr. Uma Dhanabalan is the Founder and CEO of Global Health & Hygiene Solutions LLC/Uplifting Health & Wellness, Cannabis as a Global Solution TM. She is available to see people of all ages with various conditions worldwide. She specializes in family medicine, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Heavy Metals. She is also licensed in several states to certify patients for cannabis. Ot...

Jerry Miller is the guitarist and a founding member of Moby Grape, the seminal 1960s Bay Area rock group that continues to perform occasionally. Rolling Stone included Miller at number 68 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time and Moby Grape's album Moby Grape at number 124 on the magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Eric Clapton called Jerry the world'...

Rick Kiyak-Boughton and his Wife Tanya are the cofounders of Tradewinds Hemp Company, which they formed in 1990 to advocate for hemp. They formed Tradewinds Natural Products in 1989 to demonstrate and teach how they live their lives through the abundance of the Earth, agriculture, and the application of technology to provide all their needs and to validate agriculture as an honorable, functional,...

Malcolm MacKinnon is a veteran photojournalist and widely considered one of the foremost cannabis photographers in the world. His work has been published in over 200 publications worldwide, and he has interviewed and photographed a wide range of celebrities. As the former editor-in-chief of HIGH TIMES magazine, he worked under the pen name of "Dan Skye.” He also served as executive editor of H...

Defending democracy in Ohio and beyond with candidate Jeff Sites. Jeff has called Ohio’s Fourth Congressional District home most of his life. He graduated from the Lima Bath School District with the Class of 1985. In 1987, he followed in the footsteps of his father and enlisted in the Army, where he proudly served as a military policeman. After his stint in the military, he was a Department of Def...

This episode covers cannabis cultivation and soil biology with Luna Whitcomb. Luna specializes in nutrient balancing theory. Her practices are all organic in living soil, integrating probiotics, natural farming, and unique inputs. She is also a staff writer for SKUNK magazine and the breeder of the Lunar Cheese line. Luna covers, in stunning detail, agronomy, biology, the rhizophagy cycle, root ex...

Dr. Stefano is a naturopathic physician and a certified psychedelic-assisted therapy provider. She has over 20 years of experience working as a medicinal cannabis provider. She is the co-founder and medical director at Puffin Farm, a WA state-licensed cannabis producer/processor specializing in regeneratively grown cannabis and minimally processed high terpene extracts. Vivian and Jade cover the d...

Cliff is an artist who creates spectacularly detailed images of a wide range of scenes and subjects using the art of collage. While that might not be unusual, the medium in which Cliff works certainly is because Cliff’s artwork consists of intricate mosaics made entirely of small paned sections of discolored, resin-drenched roach papers. Vivian and Cliff discuss the origins of Cliff's amazing...

Seattle-based medical marijuana activist Stich and his partner JoAnna McKee founded Seattle's first cannabis co-operative, Green Cross Patient Co-Op, in 1993, five years before Washington State approved medical marijuana. Vivian and Stich dive into Stich and JoAnna’s roles in the historic Pacific Northwest group, the risk and danger they encountered, and the patients they served when the war o...

David Goodman is an accomplished, self-taught American photographer and storyteller. His passion for photography has been a lifelong pursuit, beginning at the age of 8 with his first camera. By the age of 11, he was developing film in his parent's basement, and by 24, he had opened his first photography studio in New York City. Goodman's photographs have appeared in numerous prestigious pu...

Ross Rebagliati is a former professional Canadian snowboarder who won a gold medal in the men's giant slalom event at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee initially stripped him of the medal due to a failed drug test for the presence of cannabis, but that was overruled by an appeals court two days later, resulting in the medal being restored. Since retiring from snowbo...

Jon is a United States Marine Corps veteran. He was awarded High Times magazine Garden of the Month in April 1995 and designated High Times Freedom Fighter of the Month for July 1996. Jon operates the largest social media Cannabis Oil healing group in the world, with 178,000+ members. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy