Influencer
E97 – The Godfather of Cannabis Two Point Oh! - Owen Smith - Part 1
In this episode, Kirk learns how the law was on the side of righteousness when Owen Smith found himself in front of the Supreme Court of Canada defending a desire to help others. In the first part of a longer discussion, listeners gain insights to his six-year legal journey which ends with him becoming a medical cannabis industry advocate and influencer. His cannabis story started with family, but it was a faulty exhaust fan and loud music which moved the Victoria Police Department to deliver, “rock star treatment” during his arrest for creating cannabis edibles. He explains how a legal technicality brought him to the Supreme Court, while the Canadian court system actually supported his efforts creating cookies for medical cannabis patients.
E78 - Buyer Beware; Buyer Bewildered
Do you have a favourite craft cannabis flower? Are you getting what you think you ordered? Think again. While attending the Calgary Hempfest, Kirk and Trevor gathered five Micro Cultivation License holders (plus a surprise cameo contributor!) to discuss the recreational cannabis retail space. The conversation revealed a complicated system of regulations, policies, and red tape which affect their ability to build brand loyalty. Although these passionate growers produce excellent weed, it is surprisingly difficult for their high quality, small batch, hand trimmed product to reach you, the consumer. Packaging, sale by lottery, and ambiguously named SKU's are some of the many convoluted rules of the game. Kirk and Trevor ponder whether the current recreational cannabis system actually prevents us from properly understanding the cannabis product we are purchasing, and how small cannabis producers might eventually break even.
E65 - Growing at Home with Sue and Chase
Friend of the show Sue Letwin uses cannabis to treat her Lyme Disease. She cooks with cannabis. She teaches people to cook with cannabis. She is really getting into cannabis education, in general. But she had never grown her own. She was really curious about the plant and wanted to know everything about it. So she tried. And along the way she found help, encouragement and mentors. One of those mentors is Chase. Have you ever thought about growing your own? Come listen to Sue's journey and Chase's advice and we can all learn together.
E50 - Ethan Zohn - Cancer Survivor Thriving with Cannabis
E49 - CannaReps and the Renaissance Sommelier
E47 - David Crosby: Mighty Croz
“David Crosby, I read your chart man” is how Kirk starts his long-awaited chat with one of pop-culture’s most notorious Cannabis influencers. In 50-years, David Crosby has had a very public relationship with cannabis, addictions, incarceration, and relationships, which he willingly discusses. With thoughtful understanding that these past behaviours are well reported elsewhere, Kirk digs into current events asking his guest to speak to his new relationship with legal and medicinal cannabis. They discuss his involvement with NORML, his “Mighty Croz” branding, focusing mostly on his medical uses of cannabis; they even exchange their wives’ cookie recipe and how cannabis has become a very calculated element of David Crosby’s day-to-day creative life-style.
E46 - Bif Naked and Mona Lisa Healing
E31 - Hempfest Part 2 - Lyme Warrior Sue Letwin
Kirk and Trevor are live on stage at HempFest Saskatoon for a second time! This time Trevor talks with Sue Letwin(@LetwinSue). Sue has Lyme Disease. She explains how this misunderstood condition effects her life and how cannabis is helping her. In fact she finds the THC helps her more than CBD. And she make her own edibles. Come learn from Sue with us!
E30 - Hempfest Part 1 - Cannabis Influencer Jacqui Childs
Kirk and Trevor were live on stage at HempFest Canada in Saskatoon June 2019 with Jacqui Childs (@JacquiChilds). Jacqui talks about her journey with Cannabis helping her with Crohn's, anxiety and depression. Now that Cannabis has helped her, Jacqui wants to help others. This savy social media marketer and author tells Kirk how she gets her message about cannabis out to the world.