Thoughts Off The Stem | Cannabis Infused Comedy

Why does it feel like everything is fake now? We put on different masks for work, friends, family and social media. Instagram turned everyday life into a highlight reel, influencers started pretending they're living lifestyles they can't afford, and now AI is making it harder to tell what's actually real. Justin goes down another Thoughts Off The Stem rabbit hole about fake lifestyles, rented Lamb...

Everyone wants your time. Your job, your kids, your partner, your family, your friends, your phone... everybody needs something from you. And when you finally get a couple hours to yourself, somehow you feel guilty for not using them productively. Justin Barone gets into the frustrating reality of trying to find time for yourself when you're working, raising kids, taking care of a house, answe...

People can't communicate anymore. At work, nobody wants to point fingers, so everyone talks in circles. Nobody wants to hurt anyone's feelings, so somehow everyone ends up more confused. And now we've got phones, texts, notifications, FaceTime and a million ways to reach each other — yet we're somehow worse at actually talking to one another. After a long, exhausting week, Justin d...

What happens when you become so famous and powerful that nobody around you is willing to tell you no? Justin Barone goes down a rabbit hole about celebrity culture, fame, money, power, yes-men and what happens when people become insulated from criticism. Starting with Michael Jackson and The Verdict, the conversation gets into celebrity scandals, extreme wealth, questionable decisions, conspiracy...

What happens when you actually let yourself get bored? You start thinking. You get creative. Your brain wanders. And sometimes that wandering takes you somewhere completely ridiculous. Justin Barone goes down the rabbit hole on boredom, attention spans, doom scrolling, technology, AI and conspiracy theories—and why maybe we need a little more silence and stillness in our lives. Thoughts Off The St...

We were lied to about being adults. As kids, adulthood sounded amazing. Freedom. Your own money. Nobody telling you what to do. You'd finally get to make the rules. Then you actually become an adult and realize it's basically Groundhog Day with bills. This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, I'm talking about the scam that is adulting—from doing the same stuff at work every day to coming home and repea...

You spend years dreaming about a little peace and quiet. Then one day, you actually get it… and suddenly the house feels a little too quiet. This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, I’m talking about my oldest heading off to university, the weird reality of watching your kid start their own life, and the completely irrational things that start running through a parent’s head when they realize they can’...

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem... My favourite part about working in the cannabis industry was delivery day, because delivery days were basically stoner christmas. This week christmas came to the sesh, the wonderful folks at King Palm sent over a care package with some sesh enhancing goodies. Join me Justin Barone for ganja gift time, find out what's in the box, sample some Acapulco Gold a...

Justin's back on the sesh and he is riled all the way up, dude. This week's story starts with a "simple" new ordering system at work — one tiny extra step that was supposed to make everything more efficient. Instead it's turned into a week-long war between Justin and a rotating cast of characters (shoutout to Tiptoes, Acne, and ZZ Top Beard) who all insist they know what the word "trigger" means.....

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin tried manifesting for two months on an assembly line. Nothing changed. He still has no money. Still renting. Still no yacht. But he did develop a nagging internal voice that interrupted every "I am wealthy" with a very firm "no you're not." Turns out your brain is not an idiot. You can't trick it. And if you spend enough time lying to yourself on repeat,...

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem: Every boy hits that age where he thinks he can take dad. Mine came on a car ride, music cranked, cruising down the highway. Then it happened, his face contorted and everything changed.  From that point on I had a hard time understanding why people hold others that they idolize to a higher standard. After I saw my dads face switch from grown man to toddler with a...

Thoughts Off The Stem is a comedy podcast packed with hilarious observations, personal stories, and unfiltered takes on everyday life. Join Justin Barone as he turns life's frustrations, weird thoughts, and the absurd into laughs. You don't find out who you are or what you're capable of, through a TV or pancaked to the couch. You gotta get out there man. Try new things, take some risks, grab life...

Thoughts Off The Stem is a comedy podcast packed with hilarious observations, personal stories, and unfiltered takes on everyday life. Join Justin Barone as he turns life's frustrations, weird thoughts, and the absurd into laughs. Now that we have had legal cannabis in canada for little while, do you ever miss having a dealer? This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin is reminiscing about what it...

Thoughts Off The Stem is a comedy podcast packed with hilarious observations, personal stories, and unfiltered takes on everyday life. Join Justin Barone as he turns life's frustrations, weird thoughts, and the absurd into laughs. There's just some things guys shouldn't do in public. Maybe it's my own childishness or lack of maturity, but really... some things should be done in the privacy of your...

Thoughts Off The Stem is a comedy podcast packed with hilarious observations, personal stories, and unfiltered takes on everyday life. Join Justin Barone as he turns life's frustrations, weird thoughts, and the absurd into laughs. We're always telling people to know their value. Don't accept anything less in life than what you're worth. Except when it comes to working. Your value is what they tell...

Thoughts Off The Stem is a cannabis infused comedy podcast, baked with stoner philosophy, cannabis and comedy. There is no topic off the table including a whole lot of social commentary smothered in sarcasm, loaded with relatable humor, weed facts, high thoughts, self improvement, pop culture and personal growth. Roll one up, load the bong, hit a dab, or don''t cause TOTS is for everyone,...

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin dives into a massive realization about the human brain that took him way too long to figure out—and it’s the kind of high thoughts topic that completely changes how you look at the people around you. It starts with a simple question that always derails a good conversation: when you think a thought, what do you actually see or hear inside your head? Most o...

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin goes down a true crime rabbit hole and lands on the one question every guy has asked himself at least once — could you actually survive prison? It starts the way all great sesh conversations do. Someone asks if they could take Mike Tyson. Someone else wants to know how many guys they could fight at once. Then that one dude in the circle — you know exactly...

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin is fired up. Like genuinely, properly fired up. A UFC commentator texts the president about psychedelics on a Saturday. By Monday he's in the Oval Office. Men are hitting themselves in the face with hammers to get dates. Africa is literally cracking in half. And somehow in the middle of all of this absolute madness, strangers on the internet decided J...

This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin takes on the one restaurant that had one job — cook the chicken — and somehow couldn't pull it off. A night out at Swiss Chalet with the girlfriend turns into a full investigation when the chicken arrives looking suspicious, the tables are sticky, the host is MIA, and one overworked waitress is holding the entire operation together with sheer will and...

They start cute. Cuddly. Irresistible. And then something happens. This week on Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin breaks down the greatest long con in human history — parenthood. Conspiracy theorists have been out here looking for shapeshifters, and they've been right under our noses the whole time. They're called children. From adorable babies who trick you into loving them, to teenagers who...

Meta glasses are cool. Walking through life like you're in Minority Report is genuinely impressive. But when they're on, they're on — and they see everything. This week on Thoughts Off The Stem Justin Barone breaks down the real world problems that developers and consumers never think about until it's too late. Meta glasses recording things nobody consented to. Tesla owners blindsided by a $25,000...

I spent the last year in job interviews trying to break into project management after leaving the cannabis industry. And every single time — without fail — someone in a suit would pull me aside, lean in, and whisper that they know someone who smokes weed. Like it's a secret. Like I'm supposed to react like they just told me they know Jesus. Here's what they don't realize. I've...

Someone slid into my DMs and asked me to have the CEO of Crowds on Demand on the podcast. So I did what any self respecting pothead would do — I went down the rabbit hole. Crowds on Demand is a real company. You can literally buy a crowd of paid activists for $39.99 per person. Need a protest outside your competitor's headquarters? Done. Need a packed political rally? Done. Need a fake grassro...

There are men on the internet hitting themselves in the face with a hammer. On purpose. To get dates. Justin has questions. This week Thoughts Off The Stem breaks down Looks Maxxing — the incel community's full-send obsession with optimizing their face with a hammer and chewing gum — 400 sticks a day to chisel those jaw muscles. If the plan to get a date starts with blunt force trauma to the s...