The Green Rush

This week on The Green Rush, Anne and Nick are back with a new episode with guest Bob Dagher, Chief Medical Officer at Enveric Biosciences (NASDAQ: ENVB), a cutting-edge neuroscience company developing next-generation, psychedelic-inspired mental health medicines. Leading the company’s drug development and commercialization efforts, Bob has a long history helping life sciences companies to create...

This week Anne and Nick are back with a new episode with special guest John Mazarakis, Co-Founder and Chairman at Chicago Atlantic, a market-leading publicly traded commercial mortgage REIT utilizing significant real estate, credit and cannabis expertise to originate senior secured loans primarily to state-licensed cannabis operators in limited-license states in the U.S. John co-leads Chicago Atla...

This week Anne and Nick are back with a new episode with special guest Sundie Seefried, CEO of Safe Harbor Financial, a leading provider of reliable banking and financing solutions to the cannabis industry.   Safe Harbor is one of the first financial services providers to provide access to reliable banking solutions for cannabis, hemp, CBD and ancillary operators, making communities safer, driving...

We have another special treat for our Green Rush listeners, courtesy of our friends at KCSA and MJ Today. Featuring Mike Liszewski of Enact Consulting, and Matt Walter of HedgreRow Analysis, join Sirita Wright and old friend Lewis Goldberg from KCSA Strategic Communications to talk about the latest news in the cannabis industry.  In this episode Mike, Matt, Sirita and Lewis discuss the slow-moving...

This week Anne and Nick are back with a new episode with special guest Nick Sosiak, Chief Financial Officer at Cannara Biotech, a vertically integrated producer of premium grade cannabis and cannabis-derivative products in Quebec.   As Chief Financial Officer of Cannara, Nicholas is responsible for overseeing the Company’s finances and is a key decision maker in all facets of the company from gene...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at MJ Today with Andrew Livingston and Kieran Ringgenberg joining host Ben Larson to talk about the latest news in the cannabis industry. In this episode Andrew, Kieran and Ben discuss the Tennessee Valley Authority backing down from early threats to block cannabis growers, the promise made...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week our hosts Anne and Nick are chatting with Ian Dominguez, Portfolio Manager of Delta Emerald Ventures, a data science-led investment firm focuse...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at MJ Today with Matthew Walter and Alex Halperin joining host Brian Adams to talk about the latest news in the cannabis industry. In this episode Matthew, Alex and Brian discuss the latest passage of the SAFE Banking Act- the sixth time that’s happened so far- as well as the latest developm...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at MJ Today starring KCSA’s Cannabis Czar Kris Krane and for the first time, our very own Sirita Wright.  In this special episode, Kris and Sirita are joined by Business Insider’s lead cannabis reporter Jeremy Berke to talk about Amazon’s endorsement of marijuana law reform, the ongoing push...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at ‘How to Launch an Industry‘, a podcast produced and hosted by Dr. Jahan Marcu, a longtime regular on Marijuana Today. This episode’s discussion features Dr. Marcu, Nigam B. Arora, PhD, David Vallencourt, MSc., with special guests Kim Napoli, JD, and Marc Ross, JD from the law offices of V...

This week our hosts Anne and Nick are chatting with Alex Rabinovich, the CEO of NASDAQ-listed InterCure. Based out of Israel, InterCure is Israel’s largest licensed cannabis producer and a rapidly expanding player in the international cannabis market. Israel and the quickly growing international cannabis marketplace isn’t something that we explore much of so it was a real treat to sit down with Al...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at MJ Today starring KCSA’s Cannabis Czar Kris Krane.  In this special episode, Kris joined Heather Sullivan, Ben Larson and Brian Adams to talk about the lack of federal progress on legalization, how the ‘great resignation’ has touched the cannabis industry, and the end of the DEA monopoly...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week our Anne and Nick are flying solo in the studio to take a look at the year ahead for the psychedelic and cannabis spaces.  2022 is sure to be a...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at MJ Today starring friend of the podcast Ben Larson.  In this special episode, Ben is joined by Max Simon and Matt Walter to talk about the rise in both crime and taxes for legal marijuana operators in California, the latest developments for cannabis banking at the federal level, and a loo...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week our guest host Lewis Goldberg is chatting with George Allen, Chairman of the Board for Lowell Farms, a leading, vertically-integrated, cannabis...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week our hosts Anne and Nick are chatting with Scott Grossman, Vice President of Corporate Development for Turning Point Brands, a New York Stock Ex...

This week on the Green Rush, we’re reaching way back into the vault to revisit Lewis Goldberg and Anne Donohoe first interviewed Rick Doblin, Founder and Executive Director of MAPS. Founded by Rick in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people t...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share another special crossover episode from our friends at MJ Today starring friend of the podcast Ben Larson.  In this special episode, Ben is joined by Jahan Marcu, Founding Partner at Marcu & Arora, and INSIDER cannabis reporter Jeremy Berke to talk about the recent election fall-out for marijuana, some of the ways scientists are researching d...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries. This week Anne and Nick are chatting with Tim Regan, Senior Vice President of KCSA’s Capital Markets Team. Joining us to talk about the psychedelic renaissa...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries. This week our old friend Lewis Goldberg is filling in as host for a conversation with Elias “The Spartan” Theodorou, a top-ranked middleweight fighter in th...

This week on the Green Rush, we wanted to revisit our previous sit down with Rick Doblin, Founder and Executive Director of MAPS. Recorded during a special fireside chat with our host Anne Donohoe at the virtual KCSA Psychedelics Investor Conference, Rick sat down to discuss the evolution of the psychedelics space, the latest on MAPS clinical trials and the roster of well-known capital market play...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week we’re replaying an old favorite of ours, our conversation with Eben Britton, a former NFL offensive lineman and a dedicated cannabis and psyche...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week our hosts Anne and Nick are chatting with Ian Dominguez, Portfolio Manager of Delta Emerald Ventures, a data science-led investment firm focuse...

For our loyal Green Rush listeners we are happy to share a special episode recorded from early May by our friends at MJ Today starring friends of the podcast Kris Krane and Heather Sullivan.  In this special episode, hosts Kris and Heather interview each other and dive into their histories in legal cannabis and how they got started down their respective career paths. It’s a great discussion provid...

Welcome to the Green Rush, a KCSA Strategic Communications Production, and a weekly conversation hosted by Anne Donohoe and Nick Opich. Each episode we talk with the most interesting, influential, people in cannabis and psychedelic industries and this week our host Anne is chatting with Rick Gillis, CEO of The Tinley Beverage Company, a leading manufacturer of cannabis beverages.   A veteran of th...