Beer & Weed Insider Beer & Weed Magazine
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Building on the lifestyle-focused storytelling that has made Beer & Weed Magazine the most popular magazine among fans of Maine's craft brewing and cultivation offerings, this bi-weekly podcast finds host Gregg Shapiro talking to the people who move the industry. From brewers and growers to musicians and artists to politicians and state leaders to his friends, family, and people on the street, Shapiro gets guests to open up about the roles beer and weed play in their lives, how they inform the work they do, and what's happening next.
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S2, EP4: Kris Brown, the sultry-voiced host of Cannasations w/ Kris
This week, Gregg crosses the border and talks with Kris Brown, of Jeffersonville, VT, who hosts "Cannasations w/Kris," a podcast that focuses on cannabis' healing powers, from the perspective of an Iraq veteran who has spent time incarcerated and come out the other side with a healthy, happy family in Vermont. For real, you'll want to listen to this one just to hear Brown's sultry tones. Dude can talk.
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S2, EP3: Kim Napolitano-Perry Returns!
This week, Gregg brings back scent expert Kim Napolitano-Perry, who regaled us with tales of smelling good in Season 1. This time, she's here to chat with Gregg about social constructs, which bring Gregg no end of fascination. Good thing Kim used to be an English teacher (Mrs. N-P!), and is used to walking folks through concepts that have a lot of nuance to them, like the allegory of the cave. Take a bong rip and go for a philosophical ride with them.
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S2, EP2: Sabrina Shapiro, back for more, and asking ALL the questions
For this second episode of the second season, Gregg welcomes a guest for the second time for the first time. For the second go-round, though, the tables are turned: Daughter Sabrina Shapiro asks all the questions in this episode, digging into the eternal question, "Just who is her dad?" But that's not why she's locked herself in the bathroom. Can Gregg be humanized? Sabs gives it a go. Is it possible for dad to let her ask a question without interrupting? You'll find out!
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S2, EP1: Carol Joannidi, of Little Cat Metals, on making a life as a creative (with cannabis)
To launch Season Two, Gregg calls on a native of Martha's Vineyard and fellow Masshole, Carol Joannidi, who has built a career as a metalsmith with Little Cat Metals and whom Gregg met "pre-second marriage, pre-third engagement" and quickly became someone Gregg needed to confide in. Welcome to thr retail therapy couch! Here he was, a lifelong stoner, afraid to tell people he was starting a magazine called "Beer & Weed," and there was Carol, happy to chat about her life of smoking weed since getting a taste during the school play in 8th grade when her best buddy Eli stole a grocery bag of his dad's weed. Hear how she uses cannabis to deal with anxiety with customers, the pain from her arthritis, and overall life management.
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EP10: Elizabeth Cloutier, of Wynk, on building a career in cannabis
This week, Gregg chats with Elizabeth Cloutier, of cannabis beverage-maker Wynk, on her path to the cannabis industry, moving from dispensaries and trimming to sales and marketing. How does someone with a Human Services degree find themselves at a cannabis company? How do you incorporate cannabis into a wellness-focused lifestyle? What's up with cannabis seltzers, anyway? How do THC and CBD work together on your buzz? Gregg and Elizabeth get to the bottom of it.
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EP9: Justin (JT) Freeman on how fitness and cannabis go hand-in-hand
This week, Gregg chats with Justin (JT) Freeman, manager of the Sanford dispensary Vetted. After getting laid off during COVID, JT turned his role as a medical patient and burgeoning fitness training career into a relationship with the mother-daughter team who own Vetted. How can fitness and cannabis work together? Really well! JT used cannabis to help him lose 140 pounds! Hear why that makes sense and isn't out of the ordinary. And don't sleep him as the hip-hop artist Justin Toussaint.
Customer Reviews
Fun and interesting
Didn't really know what to expect here, but this is a fun little podcast out of Maine that talks about normalizing cannabis use amongst the olds and whatnot. Later episodes get better.