
100 episodes

Cannabinoid Connect Kevin Carrillo
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4.7 • 22 Ratings
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Cannabis podcast about news, policies, tech trends, social justice, investing, cultivation, and the plant’s environmental, economic and medicinal benefits.
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364: JM Balbuena on empowering aspiring leaders in the legal cannabis industry
Navy veteran JM Balbuena is an author, filmmaker, advocate, and entrepreneur focused on empowering aspiring leaders in the rapidly growing legal cannabis space. JM’s debut book, The Successful Canna-preneur, does exactly this, while awarding JM with “Cannabis Educator of the Year” by the 2021 Las Vegas Cannabis Awards and “100 Latinas Shaping The World” by The New Latina. JM received a Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal for her dedicated service as Aviation Electronics Tech in the United States Navy between 2010 to 2014. With a focus on business development, strategic planning, and execution, JM successfully runs BSW (Boycott Shitty Weed), promoting advocacy through fashion and muti-media including Web3 and blockchain integration. She also leads Synergy Studios, providing filmmaking, content creation, and executive production to leading brands in the cannabis industry. JM currently serves as CMO for Prime Harvest Inc., a technology-focused full-service cannabis corporation horizontally diversified across various segments of the cannabis value chain including licensing acquisition and compliance management, direct-to-consumer operations, and parent company of Jaxx Cannabis, a San Diego based retailer. Additionally, JM is cofounder of Palenque Provisions, a family owned Latinx food manufacturer headquartered in New Jersey.
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#363: Andrew DeAngelo on common mistakes cannabis startups make
Andrew DeAngelo is a visionary leader with a proven track record of enacting systemic social change and developing best practices in cannabis. He lends his vast cannabis business and political expertise as a consultant for hire to the global cannabis community at large, including several strategic partnerships with the world's leading cannabis-centric service firms. Over two decades as an activist, Andrew worked on a variety of voter initiatives which legalized medical and adult-use cannabis in San Francisco, Washington D.C, and the State of California. As a co-founder of Harborside, Andrew has pioneered legal cannabis business processes and provided groundbreaking political engagement and thought leadership to the cannabis community — leading the design and development of gold-standard cannabis retail by innovating many “firsts” for the industry.
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#362: Curious About Cannabis' Jason Wilson on the history, science, & understanding of the plant
Jason Wilson is the MS of Curious About Cannabis. Curious About Cannabis spans a wide array of Cannabis and cannabinoid science topics in a manner that is accessible to most people. It is also an interactive book that includes links to courses, interviews with experts, quizzes, games, and other educational material that allows the reader to follow any topic that they like as deep as they want to go. Jason has also developed educator and student workbooks to accompany the textbook, as well as a Curiosity Journal to help people on their quest to learn more about the Cannabis plant and cannabinoid products.
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#361: Peter Su on the complexities emerging due to the lack of banking in the legal cannabis industry
Peter Su is the Senior Vice President at Green Check Verified, the top cannabis banking compliance software/consultancy in the space. A long time banker, Peter has spent 20+ years in finance with stops at HSBC, Signature, Dime and East West. He has spearheaded two separate cannabis banking programs and in his current role at Green Check is responsible for the growth of over 120 cannabis banking programs all over the country. Peter is an active member of the cannabis community, as he currently chairs the Banking and Financial Services Committee for the NYCCIA & HVCIA. Peter is also Vice Chair and founding member of the cannabis banking committee for ASTM Int'l. He is an advisor for Minority Cannabis Academy. And, he is on the board of the Asian Cannabis Roundtable, serving as treasurer. Additionally, he writes for Rolling Stone Cannabis Culture Council.
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#360: Humo's Susie Plascencia on providing meaningful industry representation to Latino communities
Susie Plascencia is a Brand Partner at Humo Cannabis, an award-winning Mexican-American owned craft cannabis company. Humo is on a mission to eliminate the stigma surrounding cannabis in the Latino community by celebrating the community’s rich cultural history with the plant and normalizing its daily use.
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#359: Tamara Anderson on running an all sensory interactive cannabis event production company
Tamara Anderson is the Founder of Culinary & Cannabis, an all sensory interactive cannabis event production company. Tamara oversees daily operations and growth for Culinary & Cannabis including online content, marketing, and brand partnerships. Tamara's mission is to showcase cannabis’s positive impact on people’s lives, Culinary & Cannabis is where the canna-curious feel comfortable to learn and explore along with conscious cannabis consumers who celebrate a sophisticated stoner style.
Customer Reviews
Awesome show!
Kevin is a great host and does a good job of having on guest that bring value to the community!
Kevin is a great host
Kevin has a way of attracting and getting the top cannabis pros to really open up!
One of the top cannabis podcasts in the space
Informative & insightful podcast. A must listen for Anyone interested in the space.