Good PizzZa Podcast

JPeezy
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Good PizzZa Podcast – Hosted by JP Peace, love, and loud vibes. The Good PizzZa Podcast is where legacy cannabis culture meets real-life storytelling — served up unfiltered, funny, and full of flavor. Join JP, your favorite Cannabis Cugine from the NJ/NYC streets, as he kicks back with OGs, creatives, hustlers, healers, and hip-hop legends. From rolling up to leveling up, every episode is a smoke session meets soul session — full of laughs, insight, and game. Expect: Raw convos with rappers, growers, & legacy voices Cannabis culture from the heart, not the hype Deep thoughts, real stories, wild memories A slice of life, East Coast-style Whether you’re lighting up or just listening in, welcome to the vibe. Grab a slice, burn one, and tap in. Peace, Love, and Good PizzZa.

  1. 4h ago

    Episode 199: Ran with Elusive

    Elusive built his California grow operation when there was no competition, no playbook, and no real rules. He survived a fake dispensary, staged police robberies, a seven-figure rebuild that ended with a blown transformer, and a market that has changed completely around him more times than he can count. What he built out the other side is a 200-light boutique operation with 40 proven genetics, platinum baked onto glass, and a name that people in Berlin knew before he got there. The full story, from Baltimore to the Prop 215 era to Prop 64 to the world stage, is on Good PizzZa Podcast right now. Elusive sits down with JP for the whole thing: legacy market realities, the genetics hunting process, the Toad market warning, what it costs to build a real cultivation operation, and the advice he would give the young him the day before he jumped in. New episode. Link in bio. #goodpizzza #elusivela #podcast #entrepreneur #culture #goodpizzza #podcast #interview #westcoast #culture Y’all know what time it is… Roll ‘em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants—do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Elusive! JP ⸻  Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCB @flowermillusa @dr.dabber  Get a DISCOUNT at: http://www.grovebags.com (http://www.grovebags.com/) PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA  Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA  Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com (http://www.drdabber.com/) PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15  GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com (http://www.goodpizzza.com/) Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  2. Sep 1

    Episode 198: The Last Real BHO Guys in California and How They Built It- Errl Hill

    Errl Hill built one of California's last craft BHO live resin operations out of Humboldt. Here's what it actually took. Scott and Harry of Errl Hill came up through the legacy market before most people had heard the word legalization. Scott started in Humboldt in 2006, running grow teardowns every 90 days to beat landlord walkthroughs. Harry left Atlanta at 16 and found his footing on Grateful Dead tour before spending two decades in the California underground. The brand they built together is one of the few craft BHO live resin operations left in the state that is doing it right, and this conversation is the unfiltered version of how that happened. They break down why BHO live resin still produces a more flavorful extract than live rosin for certain strains, how CRC color remediation chromatography strips terpenes and passes off adulterated product as quality hash, and why fake terpenes added back into low-grade extract have quietly damaged the entire live resin category. They also explain how the Blueberry Muffin strain from Humboldt Seed Company became the product Errl Hill is known for, and why some cultivars simply do not wash well but shine under BHO. The conversation goes deep into what the 2021 California cannabis market crash cost the Humboldt community, how Prop 64 shuttered more farms than any law enforcement raid ever did, and what it means for a legacy operator to build a branded product instead of wholesaling into a broken market. This is the part of the California cannabis story that almost never gets told from the inside. Chapters below. CHAPTERS 00:00 Good PizzZa Podcast Errl Hill Introduction 04:50 Scott's Origin Story: Sacramento, SoCal Dealing, Glass Blowing 09:20 Scott's Dad Gets Busted Under Prop 215 in 1996 11:29 Moving to Humboldt: The Rental House Grow Teardown Game 13:54 First Outdoor Busts, Trinity Partnership, Fresh Frozen Begins 17:40 Compliance Letters, Four Years to Go Legal, Building Errl Hill 26:15 Harry's Story: Atlanta, Military School, Grateful Dead Tour at 16 33:10 Oakland Indoor Grows, Everything Falls Apart, Finding Errl Hill 42:20 Blueberry Muffin: Meeting Nat from Humboldt Seed Company 1:08:30 BHO vs Rosin: CRC Explained and Fake Terpene Fraud 1:25:00 Howard Buffett's Private Helicopters Over Humboldt 1:30:50 Top Strains, Dream Cypher, Advice, and Where to Find Errl Hill Connect with Errl Hill: Website: errlhill.com Instagram: @errlhillhumboldt Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDTo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 #goodpizzza #errlhill #humboldt Y’all know what time it is… Roll ‘em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants—do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Scott and Harry (Errl Hill)! JP ⸻  Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCB @flowermillusa @dr.dabber  Get a DISCOUNT at: http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA  Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA  Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15  GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  3. Aug 25

    Episode 197: Always Faded on Lil Baby, Trippie Redd, and 10 Years Building in the Cannabis Game

    Always Faded built his cannabis brand from Queens street corners to a Lil Baby collab that moved 200 units in one day. Here is how. Always Faded grew up in Woodside, Queens, started selling at 12 years old, and moved to Sacramento in 2012 with a plane ticket and a mission. Ten years later his brand has landed rapper collabs, moved serious volume without gimmick packaging, and survived everything the market has thrown at operators who refused to cut corners. This conversation goes deep into the Always Faded story: from running the Humboldt dep era with his New York crew, known throughout the county as the paper boys who showed up 10 deep and bought everything, to getting Connected Cannabis black bags in Sacramento during the Gelato 41 and Biscotti golden era, to pivoting south to LA and going back to ounce routes to rebuild from the ground up. JP and Always Faded also break down the Lil Baby Babyland collab from the first phone call to 200 units gone in a single day, reveal the Trippie Redd collab in the works for 2026, debate whether Toad Venom displaces candy as the next dominant market wave, and call out gimmick packaging as one of the biggest problems in the game right now. This is the Good PizzZa Podcast doing what it does: real access to operators who built something, told in their own words, with nothing cleaned up for a mainstream audience. Chapters below. Connect with Always Faded: Instagram: @alwaysfaded Follow Good PizzZa: Website: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: goodpizzza.com Apple Podcasts: goodpizzza.com CHAPTERS 00:00 Always Faded Cannabis Brand Intro 04:08 Old School New York Street Culture vs the Instagram Era 06:00 Queens Upbringing and Puerto Rican Family Roots 07:48 Selling Weed at 12 in Queens 09:47 Spofford, Rikers, and Staying Slick 14:33 The Decision to Leave New York for California 17:44 Landing in Sacramento and Running Humboldt Dep Farms 28:07 California Cannabis Regional History: SF Exotics, LA OGs, Humboldt 30:44 Meeting Doja Pak and the Connected Cannabis Black Bag Era 46:26 New York Market Explodes: The Za Era and Brand Scaling 51:05 The Always Faded Name Origin and Brand Founding 2014 to 2015 59:07 The Lil Baby Babyland Collab: 200 Units Gone in One Day 1:08:51 Trippie Redd Collab 2026 Announcement and Candy Drop Strategy 1:12:00 Toad Venom: Best Batches, Trusted Camps, and Who to Watch 1:19:44 Five-Year Vision: Clothing Line and Raising the Bar 1:22:01 Why Gimmick Packaging Is the Biggest Problem in Cannabis  Right Now 1:23:56 Top 3 Strains: Sour Diesel, Biscotti Era, and Toad Venom 1:36:27 Dream Cypher: Big Pun and Jeff Bezos 1:43:47 Advice for the Youth: Do Good Business, Keep Your Face Clean 1:45:23 The Hardest Thing He Ever Overcame 1:46:36 Advice to His Younger Self: Trust Less, Wall Up 1:48:22 Where to Find Always Faded and What Is Coming Next LINKS Connect with the guest: Instagram: @alwaysfaded Spotify: Good PizzZa Podcast   |   Apple Podcasts: Good PizzZa Podcast Follow Good PizzZa: goodpizzza.com   |   Instagram @goodpizzza and @goodpizzzapodcast #goodpizzza #alwaysfaded #podcast Y’all know what time it is… Roll ’em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants — do what you gotta do… because we’re about to take this journey with Faded! ✌🏼❤️🍕 JP ⸻ 🔥 Big up my sponsors! @dr.dabber @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCBofficial @grovebags Please help our brother Jade with Buck Mountain fight his battle against cancer! Anything helps. Much love! https://gofund.me/e27f086a1 💸 Get a DISCOUNT at: www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA 🌿 Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  4. Aug 18

    Episode 196: Ted’s Budz: From a South Central Prop 215 Shop to Top Flower Brand in California!

    Ted Lewis built Ted's Budz into California's top flower brand. He started with no money, no corporate background, and a distribution license he wasn't sure what to do with. Ted Lewis grew up between Omaha, Nebraska and half a dozen cities across California, attended six high schools, and landed at Cal State Northridge on a biology track before a Bay Area roommate showed him what the game actually looked like. He opened a Prop 215 dispensary in South Central, lost around $60,000 learning the hard way, slept on a futon in the back to hold it down, got broken into twice, and never stopped. What came after is the real story. Ted pivoted to growing in a Victorville rental house with 15 lights and his cousin Trey, chased genetics obsessively through online seed communities, connected with Dubz Garden and Backpackboyz, and handed Juan a Cookie  sample through a car window that changed everything, and eventually landed a California distribution license with zero corporate experience and one mandate: only sell what you would smoke yourself. He did his own driving. Thursday routes from LA to San Diego, 4am runs north to the Bay, a MacBook in hand for manifest corrections at every shop. That footwork built the budtender relationships that still hold Ted's Budz up today. On this episode, Ted breaks down how he built a cannabis distribution company from nothing: the three-way collab with Dubz and the Goonies that produced the Horchata and Oreoz jars in 2020, how meeting Doja Pak through Hi Tek changed the direction of the brand, the QC process behind every drop, the marketing philosophy that nobody in the industry predicted would work, and why putting his grandfather's name on the bag means he cannot afford to put out anything subpar. He also gets into his music, his plans for retail and a members-only concept, and exactly what he thinks is wrong with the industry right now. This is what Good PizzZa Podcast is built for: the full story, told by the person who lived it. Chapters below. Connect with Ted Lewis: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedsbudzco_Websites: https://tedsbudzgoods.com/https://tedsfest.com/Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GoodPizzzaInstagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDToApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 CHAPTERS 00:00 Ted Lewis and Ted's Budz: Intro and Zalympix Sellout Story 04:05 Growing Up in Omaha: Segregation, Mids Culture, and Nebraska Pride 05:50 Six High Schools and a Nomadic Childhood Between Nebraska and LA 11:18 Cal State Northridge, the Bay Area Roommate, and the Turn 20:10 Opening a Prop 215 Shop in South Central as Husker Boy Associates 25:35 Grow House Life: Victorville, 15 Lights, and Cousin Trey 30:37 Genetics Obsession: Thug Pug, Peanut Butter Breath, Backpackboyz, and the Cookie Wreck Handoff 36:39 Going Legal: Applying for Cultivation and Distribution Licenses 43:00 The Three-Way Collab: Dubs, the Goonies, Horchata, and Oreoz 47:45 Ted Was the Driver: Thursday Routes, 4AM NorCal Runs, and MacBook Manifests 59:09 Ted's Budz Today: 15 Strains a Week, QC Process, and a Team of 18 01:05:44 Marketing, Music, Acting, and the DMX Energy Behind the Brand Y’all know what time it is… Roll ’em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants — do what you gotta do… because we’re about to take this journey with Ted! ✌🏼❤️🍕 JP ⸻ 🔥 Big up my sponsors! @dr.dabber @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCBofficial @grovebags Please help our brother Jade with Buck Mountain fight his battle against cancer! Anything helps. Much love! https://gofund.me/e27f086a1 💸 Get a DISCOUNT at: www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA 🌿 Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA ⸻ 💨 Dr Dabber Discount www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 🍕 GRAB SOME SWAG www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  5. Aug 11

    Episode 195: Michigan Growers Beat All of California: Growing Pains Wins the Proper Smoke League

    Michigan's Growing Pains bred and grew the Banana Taffy, entered it last minute, and beat every California grower in the Proper Smoke League. Tom and Seth of Growing Pains came up through Michigan basements, illegal caregiver traps, and the gray market years before a single license existed in the state. They built a 300-light indoor operation, bred their own genetics, and then flew to California and won. This is the full story. In this episode, JP sits down with the Proper Smoke League champions to unpack what it actually took to get here. They break down why the Banana Taffy nearly did not get entered, how harvest timing and their in-house dueling process shaped a Michigan craft cannabis operation that now competes with the best growers in the country, and what separates a craft cultivator from a production farmer in the current market. If you have ever wondered how Michigan cannabis growers stack up against California, you will have your answer by the end of the first hour. Tom tells the real GMO origin story on record for the first time: three Chem Cookies seeds popped by his buddy Billy in a Michigan basement, the corn-stalk structure that gave it the name, and why Ann Arbor dispensaries refused to sell anything called GMO and renamed it Garlic Cookies. They also get into the Motorbreath 15 history, the genetics game-changer moment that shifted Seth's entire growing approach, and what the cannabis industry loses when people consume the product wrong. This episode covers the craft, the business, and the culture that built Growing Pains from the ground up. Good PizzZa documents real cannabis culture, the growers, the breeders, the legacy operators, and the stories that do not get told anywhere else. Growing Pains is exactly what this show exists for. Chapters below. Connect with Growing Pains: Website: growingpainsofficial.com Instagram: @growingpainsofficial Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: youtube.com/@GoodPizzza Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDToApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263#GrowingPains #ProperSmokeLeague #MichiganCraft CHAPTERS 00:00 Growing Pains Michigan: Proper Smoke League Champions 01:48 LANTZ Rosin Pen and First Impressions of the Grow 05:15 Building a Cannabis Team: Empowering People to Own Their Role 08:12 Tom's Origin Story: Ohio, Skateboarding, and Action Sports Sales 12:45 Learning to Grow Illegally: Michigan Basements and the Code of Silence 17:45 The Decision That Built Growing Pains: Doubling Down on Cannabis 21:50 Work Ethic, Delayed Gratification, and Turning Down $10 Million 34:03 Seth's Origin Story: Tennis Instructor to Michigan Cannabis Grower 39:44 First Warehouse, City Politics, and Linking Up with Tom 47:00 Connecting with California: Zalympix Michigan and the Genetics Shift 50:44 Harvest Timing, the Flush Debate, and Growing at 300 Lights 55:10 How Long Does Great Weed Last: Strain Longevity and Preservation 56:28 The Real GMO Origin Story: Michigan Basement, Three Seeds, Two Names 01:01:15 Motorbreath 15 Michigan History and Legacy Genetics 01:02:48 Terpene Profiles, Regional Taste, and Joe's Genetics Library 01:10:00 White Ash, Water Activity, and What Actually Measures Quality 01:17:15 Sacramento, North Jersey, and Growing Pains Reacts to NorCal 01:20:45 Top 3 Strains of All Time: Old School, Desert Island, and New 01:26:43 Cannabis Industry Pet Peeves: Pay Your Bills and Mean What You Say 01:29:05 Mary Jane Berlin, International Markets, and the Hash Conversation 01:34:08 Resurrect One Person from the Industry: A Question from the Last Guest 01:41:00 Cannabis Education, Pheno Hunt Parties, and Why Community Matters 01:42:32 Final Life Lessons and Where to Find Growing Pains LINKS Connect with the guest: Website: growingpainsofficial.com Instagram: @growingpainsofficial Retail: Refinery, Detroit / Kalamazoo / New Buffalo, Michigan Partners: King of Buds, Bloomery, Vibe, Herb, Cake House, Da Cut, Bo's, Jars, Puff Bodega Spotify: Good PizzZa Podcast   |   Apple Podcasts: Good PizzZa Podcast Follow Good PizzZa: goodpizzza.com   |   Instagram @goodpizzza and @goodpizzzapodcast #GrowingPains #ProperSmokeLeague #MichiganCraft Y’all know what time it is… Roll em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants, do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Tom and Seth from Growing Pain! ✌🏼❤️🍕 JP ⸻ 🔥 Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCB @flowermillusa @dr.dabber Get a DISCOUNT at http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  6. Aug 11

    Episode 194: From Costa Rica to Cannabis Club Manager: How Helga Built a Global Training Program

    Helga built a global budtender training program in 8 countries. Here's how she got there, and why the culture needs more people like her. Helga is a Costa Rican-born cannabis educator who worked her way from restaurant manager to cannabis club manager in Barcelona before launching Global Budtender Training, a worldwide certification program built in partnership with Oaksterdam University. In under a year she has trained over 100 budtenders across more than 8 countries, and the world tour is not close to finished. In this episode, recorded live at Mary Jane Berlin 2026, Helga and JP go deep on the gap between what the top of the cannabis industry knows and what actually reaches the person standing behind the counter. They break down the THC percentage myth and how lab manipulation pushes quality cultivars out of production. They talk through what day one for a new budtender should actually look like, why tasting the product is non-negotiable, and why a budtender is part psychologist, part pharmacist, and part friend all at once. Helga also tells the full story of how a stranger in a wheelchair at Spannabis handed her a cannabis university scholarship that changed everything. JP brings the legacy side: the original Cheese strain and why more people should be asking for it back, the history of piff and New York haze culture before Sour Diesel and Cookies took over the Northeast, and why passion for the plant is the only thing that keeps operators standing when the business gets hard. Good PizzZa is built to document conversations like this one. Educators, cultivators, legacy operators, and the people who love the plant enough to build something real around it. Chapters below. Connect with Helga: Website: www.globalbartendertraining.com Instagram: @globalbartendertraining YouTube: Global Bartender Training Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDToApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 CHAPTERS 00:00 Global Budtender Training Program Introduction 01:43 Costa Rica Cannabis Culture and Helga's Background 05:06 Costa Rica Rosin, Hash, and the Path Toward Legalization 07:36 How Helga First Got Into the Cannabis Industry 08:55 Barcelona Cannabis Clubs and Starting as a Budtender 12:24 Spannabis, the Scholarship, and the Moment That Changed Everything 14:31 Cannabis University, Certified Budtender for Spain, and Launching Global Bartender Training 17:22 How the Global Bartender Training Curriculum Works 19:33 THC Percentage Myth and How Lab Testing Hurts the Culture 25:01 Growing Up in Cannabis Culture: JP's Mom Still Grows at 73 30:17 Day One Budtender Advice: Tasting Products and Building Team Culture 35:55 Original Cheese Strain, Piff, and New York Haze History 47:44 Ted's Budz and the California Rec Market 50:51 Follow Your Dreams: Where to Find Global Bartender Training Find upcoming dates and registration at www.globalbartendertraining.com or on Instagram at @globalbartendertraining. LINKS Connect with the guest: Instagram: @globalbartendertraining Website: www.globalbartendertraining.com YouTube: Global Bartender Training Spotify: Good PizzZa Podcast   |   Apple Podcasts: Good PizzZa Podcast Follow Good PizzZa: goodpizzza.com   |   Instagram @goodpizzza and @goodpizzzapodcast Y’all know what time it is… Roll ‘em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants—do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Helga! ✌🏼❤️🍕 JP ⸻ 🔥 Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @millspaysthebillsamsterdam @flowermillusa @dr.dabber 💸 Get a DISCOUNT at: http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA 🌿 Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA 💨 Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 🍕 GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  7. Aug 4

    Episode 193: From Fugitive to Award-Winning Breeder | The Mile High Dave Story 🌿

    Some of the best cannabis stories are about redemption. This episode was filmed at Mary Jane Berlin from the incredible Mills Nutrients activation, where JP sat down with Mile High Dave for an honest conversation about one of the wildest journeys in cannabis. Growing up in Southern California, Dave’s passion for the plant led him down a path that eventually put him on the run from law enforcement for nearly a decade. During those years, he continued cultivating, refining his craft, and developing the obsessive attention to detail that would later define his reputation as a grower. When cannabis legalization opened new doors in Colorado, Dave made the decision to face his past, clear his outstanding legal issues, and build a new life around the plant he always believed in. Today, he’s known as an award-winning breeder and cultivator whose genetics have earned respect across the cannabis community. His celebrated Dante’s Inferno #6 phenotype has won multiple competitions, and he’s become known for meticulous pheno hunting and selecting elite keeper cuts.  Now living in Minnesota with his wife and two children, Dave continues hunting exceptional genetics while watching the next chapter of legal cannabis unfold. 💨 In this episode, we get into: Growing up in Southern California Living on the run for nearly 10 years Turning a difficult past into a successful cannabis career The move to Colorado and starting over through legalization The story behind Dante’s Inferno #6 and elite pheno hunting Building a reputation as a breeder and cultivator The emerging Minnesota cannabis market Why passion, persistence, and patience always win 🧠 Dave’s story is about more than cannabis. It’s about second chances, dedication to your craft, and proving that your past doesn’t have to define your future. This is one of those conversations that reminds you why we document these stories. ⸻ Y’all know what time it is… Roll ‘em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants—do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Mile High Dave! ✌🏼❤️🍕 JP ⸻ 🔥 Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @millspaysthebillsamsterdam @flowermillusa @dr.dabber 💸 Get a DISCOUNT at: http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA 🌿 Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA ⸻ 💨 Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 ⸻ 🍕 GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com #GoodPizzZaPodcast #MileHighDave #MaryJaneBerlin #MillsNutrients #DantesInferno #CannabisPodcast #CannabisGenetics #PhenoHunting #CannabisBreeding #ColoradoCannabis #MinnesotaCannabis #LegacyCannabis #PremiumFlower #CannabisCulture #WeedCulture Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

  8. Jul 28

    Episode 192: He Went Broke 3 Times Before Building a Global Cannabis Nutrients Empire. Mike Mills

    Mills Nutrients founder Mike built a top-5 global cannabis brand from the streets of Amsterdam. Here is how he actually did it. Mike from Mills Nutrients grew up in the center of Amsterdam, skateboarding behind trams, hustling in the red light district, with a father and grandfather who were bouncers. After Dutch Green Beret service and 5 years in the Foreign Legion, he came home, started growing, and saw a problem: the nutrients market was overcomplicated, confusing, and nobody had simplified it for the people actually using it. In 2010 he built Mills Nutrients, went broke 3 times along the way, and eventually built one of the top-5 cannabis fertilizer brands in the world, operating across 5 continents. In this episode, recorded live at Mary Jane Berlin, JP sits down with Mike for a conversation that covers how the Dutch cannabis industry actually got its start (Americans taught them, not the other way around), what it took to crack the US market from Holland with no connections and no money, why Mills deliberately stayed small while competitors scaled up and burned out, and the story of chartering 2 KLM Boeing 747 cargo planes during the COVID port lockdown to make sure his customers never ran dry. The episode also gets into the new Mills Salads dry nutrient powder line, what 94% team retention actually looks like in practice, and what Mike would tell his younger self the day before he jumped into the game. This is what Good PizzZa is built to document: the operators who built something real, the decisions that looked crazy at the time, and the culture behind the brand that nobody covers in the trade press. CHAPTERS 00:00 JP Intro: Recording Live at Mary Jane Berlin 01:35 East Berlin History and the Mary Jane Show Origins  03:57 Growing Up in Amsterdam: Streets, Skateboarding, Red Light District  05:18 Dutch Green Berets, Foreign Legion, and Finding Cannabis  05:47 Who Actually Invented Indoor Cannabis Hydroponics  06:53 The Idea Behind Mills: 4 Color-Coded Bottles for Stoners  08:19 Mills Nutrients Founded in 2010 and Early European Struggles  09:14 From 2 Pallets to Containers: Cracking the California Market  10:07 Where the Name Mills Comes From: Dutch Windmills and Delft Blue  13:54 Grove Bags Sponsor Read  14:18 California as the Center of the Cannabis Universe  16:55 Building a Loyal Small Team: 94% Retention and Family Culture  19:23 Staying Small on Purpose: Agility as a Competitive Strategy  20:33 New Mills Salads Dry Nutrient Powder Line: 4 Years in Development  22:49 Mills Organics Line and Keeping Plants Green Through Week 9  24:00 Why Small Batch Growers Are the Heart of the Culture  25:33 5 Continents: Global Expansion and South America Agro Projects  27:38 Giving Back: Supporting Small Grower Cups With No Strings Attached  28:51 Mills Salads Sponsor Read  29:27 Advice to Entrepreneurs: Military Discipline and Going Broke 3 Times  32:28 DNA Genetics Collab and the First Fertilizer-Seed Company Partnership  33:27 The COVID Cargo Plane Story: 2 Boeing 747s to Supply His Customers  35:23 How Mike Smokes: Flower, Old School Hash, and the First Dab Story  38:39 Strain Talk: White Widow, Tangie, and Desert Island Pick Enemy of the State 42:33 Mike's 5-Year Plan and the Question for the Next Guest  44:44 Closing Jewels: Believe in Yourself and Call Me Connect with Mills Nutrients: Website: millsnutrients.com Instagram: @mills_nutrients Follow Good PizzZa:  goodpizzza.com  Instagram: @goodpizzza | @goodpizzzapodcast  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDTo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 Y’all know what time it is… Roll em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants, do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Mike From Mills Nutrients! ✌🏼❤️🍕 JP ⸻ 🔥 Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @millspaysthebillsamsterdam @flowermillusa @dr.dabber Get a DISCOUNT at http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA ⸻ 💨 Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 ⸻ 🍕 GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

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Good PizzZa Podcast – Hosted by JP Peace, love, and loud vibes. The Good PizzZa Podcast is where legacy cannabis culture meets real-life storytelling — served up unfiltered, funny, and full of flavor. Join JP, your favorite Cannabis Cugine from the NJ/NYC streets, as he kicks back with OGs, creatives, hustlers, healers, and hip-hop legends. From rolling up to leveling up, every episode is a smoke session meets soul session — full of laughs, insight, and game. Expect: Raw convos with rappers, growers, & legacy voices Cannabis culture from the heart, not the hype Deep thoughts, real stories, wild memories A slice of life, East Coast-style Whether you’re lighting up or just listening in, welcome to the vibe. Grab a slice, burn one, and tap in. Peace, Love, and Good PizzZa.

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  • Creator
    JPeezy
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    205
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Good PizzZa Podcast
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