America's Cannabis Conversation

Welcome to a special episode of America’s Cannabis Conversation as we celebrate our fourth anniversary and fifth season of on-air broadcasting. In this special episode, some of the W420 team gets together in a conversation to take a look back at some of the things we have brought you, and a look ahead at some things to come.

Meet W420 CEO and Founder, Marc Corsi as he tells the story of how The Conversation became America’s program on all things cannabis. Also meet some of the producers, correspondents, marketers and technicians who rode the wave of this local podcast that grew into weekly airings on radio stations in more than a dozen major US cities, while also being heard on all streaming services across the nation and around the world.

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The '420 Guys' who created the term '420' for Marijuana
Steve Capper and David Reddix are (San Rafael High School, Class of 1971) - are two of the five ‘420 Guys’ who created the universally-accepted phrase ‘420’ when referring to cannabis.

Luma Farms Growers
Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California.

Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events
Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemonhaze, a B2B cannabis events company.

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Joe Sullivan from Franklin Energy on Energy Efficient Growing
Optimal lightning for indoor growing is essential for controlled environment agriculture. Growers use various lighting sources for this, but LED lighting has apparently proven to be the best by far.


Premium Cannabis Subscription Delivery!
Lucky Box Club is a company that rose to become California’s number one cannabis subscription box company, online dispensary service. They offer a cannabis club and weed box with luxury, curated cannabis products.


Hemp Oil & Products Specialists at Verdant Oasis
Verdant Oasis is a unique company that works with ancestral hemp genetics and geographically strategic European artisanal farms in their proprietary solvent-free extraction that produces Panoramic Entourage™ IP Hemp Oil.


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Luma Farms Growers
Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California.Learn about their specialized growing and packaging process as they take our own, Rich Walcoff on a tour of the farms.


Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events
Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemonhaze, a B2B cannabis events company. They launched a unique company that specializes in premier boutique events to facilitate connections within the cannabis space.


Terra Carver on California Growing
Terra Carver is the Executive Director of the Humboldt County Growers Alliance in California. The alliance acts to preserve, protect and enhance Humboldt County’s world-renowned cannabis industry. Legalization has meant that growers have become business people, state agencies set themselves up, and all parties involved are building together for growth.


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CA Dept. of Cannabis Control - Maria Luisa Cesar
California has newly adopted, consolidated regulations, honed by interactive feedback from licensees. The state has streamlined the process, removed unnecessary burdens, lessened cumbersome paperwork, reduced barrier to entry, eliminated the cultivation tax to provide cost relief.

Sensi Magazine Founder Nancy Birnbaum
Nancy Birnbaum is the Founding Publisher of Sensi Magazine NorCal, a marketing and PR professional with over 25 years of experience helping grow businesses. She is a Mentor with the Founder Institutes’ San Francisco chapter working with the first Cannabis Cohort.

Unitech Labs & Cannabis Testing
CEO Stephen Taylor and Board Member Gary Smith of Unitech Laboratories join us to talk about the vital role testing now plays in the cannabis industry. Unitech Labs provides comprehensive analytical testing of recreational and medical marijuana to so that they meet current state regulations, reduce risk, and delivery of quality products.


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Freedom Grow Helping Prisoners
Randy Lanier is the Vice President and a Board Member of Freedom Grow. He joins W420 Radio to tell how they help cannabis prisoners regain freedom while supporting their sacrifices through ’The Wish Program’.

Women in Cannabis Expo - Founder Brooke Westlake
Brooke Westlake: Owner, Founder, Business Engineer. The Women in Cannabis Expo, Ganja Garden Goddesses, Neon Nite Apparel & ADA Lake Labs were all developed in 2020 & 2021. Brooke took a direct career change from healthcare after 20 years into the cannabis industry.

The Cannabis Trail!
Brian Applegarth founded the Cannabis Travel Association International, a fully registered 501c6 organization. It serves to promote the development of safe and responsible cannabis tourism, unify the cannabis and tourism industries, and advocate for an enabling regulatory environment.

Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s4-e15-freedom-grow-helping-prisoners-women-in-cannabis-expo-the-cannabis-trail/

Cannabis for Veterans
Matt Grimshaw is a solo documentary producer (aka "The Documattarian") who taught a veteran to grow cannabis on camera when it was legalized in 2018 to create VETSGROW - a docu-series centered on the unique trap many veterans find themselves in with regards to using cannabis to treat service related conditions ranging from chronic pain to PTSD, especially as an alternative to opioid medications which are now known to be a contributory factor in the suicide epidemic ravaging America's 19+ million veterans.


Master Grower A.C. Moon
A. C. Moon Cameron is well educated in both mainstream and "The Game". Having dedicated her life to advocating, educating, cultivating and infusing the best organic alternative medicines she could create as well as enduring raids of the highest forms, A.C. began to take ideas to another level.

Science Meets Nature in Growing
A look back to the Emerald Cup event in Santa Rosa, California. W420 Lifestyles correspondent, Rich Walcoff, was on the field at the event, where he met with Sundarajan Mutialu, who is a plasma physicist. His company developed a technique that allows for the cultivation of landrace, heirloom, and other hard-to-grow medicinal genetics in controlled environments.

Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s4-e17-vetsgrow-for-veterans-indica-innovations-sun-on-demand-growing/

Minorities for Medical Marijuana
Dr. Lance McCarthy works as a board advisor for Minorities for Medical Marijuana, Inc. M4MM is a non profit organization with its corporate office based in Orlando Florida. It was established to focus on on providing advocacy, outreach, research, and training as it relates to the business, social reform, public policy, and health.


Marijuana Business Daily - part 2 of a 2 part series
Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier, Editorial Director, MJBiz has journalism experience that began two decades ago at her hometown newspaper in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Before joining MJBiz, she spent nearly a decade writing and editing for a B2B publication focused on analyzing management, strategy and trends for business owners and executives.


A Story of Cannabis-Infused Edibles
Josh Taylor is the founder of Emerald Sky which produces well-knowns, all-natural cannabis-infused edibles. They do not allow artificial colors or flavors in any of our products which are 100% pesticide free and available in 400 dispensaries throughout California.

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Traveling Hemp Museum
Amy Fisher is a long time medical cannabis activist and founder of her Traveling Hemp Museum. She learned about the medicinal healing properties of cannabis when her late husband was stricken with ALS. After that experience, she was determined to educate people on the use of cannabis and hemp.

Marijuana Business Daily - part 1 of a 2 part series
Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier, Editorial Director, MJBiz has journalism experience that began two decades ago at her hometown newspaper in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Before joining MJBiz, she spent nearly a decade writing and editing for a B2B publication focused on analyzing management, strategy and trends for business owners and executives.

Changing Licensing & Regulation
Omar Figueroa is the Founder of the Law Offices of Omar Figueroa. This is a firm has been practicing for more than 20 years to help clients with permits, licenses; contracts, documents, intellectual property, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, client representation and more.
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Cannabis Infused Sparking Beverages!
Alexi Chialtas and Phil McGarr join us from Wunder, a unique company that produces cannabis infused sparking beverages. These are low-dose effervescent drinks that allow for socializing day and night.

Tokeativity - Community Activity
Tokeativity Is a global community of active cannabis consumers and business owners that believe in cannabis normalization, equity and empowerment of a modern consumption culture.

Laughing Frogs Nutraceuticals
Christopher Haigh is CEO of Whitechapel Holdings Co., which is doing business as Laughing Frogs, selling health & wellness products with a specialty in a high-quality, all-organic CBD.

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Pre-Rolled Joint Technology
Dean Arbit is the CEO at Bud.com, the leading pre-rolled producer.  Mr. Arbit tells us about the fined process of mechanically pre-rolled joints and the technology involved.

LIGHTING TIPS

Minorities for Medical Marijuana
Roz McCarthy Is CEO and Founder of Minorities for Medical Marijuana. M4MM is a non profit organization with its corporate office based in Orlando Florida. It was established to focus on on providing advocacy, outreach, research, and training as it relates to the business, social reform, public policy, and health /wellness in the cannabis industry.

FREE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

Buffalo Turf Growers
Roman Kilgore founded Buffalo Turf Growers as a 'temple of traditional medical marijuana craftsmanship.'  Roman tells us the story of how he moved to Oklahoma and started a new growing facility from scratch.

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Joe Sullivan joins us from Franklin Energy, which is a leader in clean energy solutions.  Mr. Sullivan is their Indoor Agricultural Program Manager and he tells us optimizing technology for growing marijuana.  Indoor growing can be more challenging, but at the same time it can be more advantageous because you can control the eco-system and the environment. Optimal lightning for indoor growing is essential for controlled environment agriculture. Growers use various lighting sources for this, but LED lighting has apparently proven to be the best by far. They prove to be more energy efficient as they produce the same amount or more light than other traditional methods, they produce a broader spectrum of light, and they last longer.  This, combined with proper ventilation, compressors, heating & cooling systems, and more, all of which is provided by Franklin Energy, creates innovative energy management resources to utilities for municipalities and businesses.  Discover indoor lighting in a whole new light with as Joe Sullivan unveils his knowledge with interviewer, Rich Walcoff.
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Joe Sullivan from Franklin Energy on Energy Efficient Growing

Joe Sullivan joins us from Franklin Energy, which is a leader in clean energy solutions.  Mr. Sullivan is their Indoor Agricultural Program Manager and he tells us optimizing technology for growing marijuana.  Optimal lightning for indoor growing is essential for controlled environment agriculture. Growers use various lighting sources for this, Discover indoor lighting in a whole new light with as Joe Sullivan unveils his knowledge with interviewer, Rich Walcoff.

Curated Cannabis to Your Door

Eliza Maroney joins us from Lucky Box Club, a family-owned and operated business with fine cannabis products. This is a company that rose to become California’s number one cannabis subscription box company, online dispensary service. They offer a cannabis club and weed box with luxury, curated cannabis products. These include curated boxes filled with vapes, edibles or flowers. Their order and delivery services make obtaining fine cannabis easy.

Verdant Oasis on the Importance of Hemp Oil

Carl Germano, CNS, CDN is Vice-President and Chief Business Development Officer at Verdant Oasis, which produces high quality phytocannabinoid-rich hemp oil products. Mr. Germano is a NY Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist who provides product and business concepts, development and commercialization, reformulations and line extensions, assistance with research and claims, and marketing support for clients of Verdant Oasis.

National Changes for Cannabis, with Former Mayor Willie Brown
Willie BrownWillie Brown is the former Mayor of San Francisco and one of the leading Democratic figures for more than a generation. He is also the former president of Harborside, the first and largest marijuana dispensary in California.

The Kush Queen
Kush QueenOlivia Alexander In less than three years, Olivia Alexander has grown Kush Queen into a multi-million dollar, multifaceted brand carrying only the finest in both CBD-only, and THC-infused products.

NBA World Champion Matt Barnes on W420 Radio!
Matt Barnes is a 15-year veteran of the NBA, and a celebrated champion in his field. He has long extolled the benefits of cannabis. His Sacramento based company, Seven Leaves, will add Matt’s own new cannabis line to its offerings.

Jelly Belly: CBD Infused Candies
David Klein tells us about Jelly Belly, the company he started in 1976. The company now delivers more than 100 mouthwatering candies, as chocolates, gummies, sour candies, and confections for all the seasons.

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Marc Corsi / CEO: America’s Cannabis Conversation


Marc Corsi is the Founder and CEO of the W420 Radio Network which hosts America’s Cannabis Conversation.  As we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of our special program on all things cannabis, here is look at some of the things Mr. Corsi has told us about the program and why we bring it to our listeners.  Mr. Corsi  reflects on how The Conversation began and became a voice for the industry.  Under his leadership, W420 productions are well researched, informative and assembled by a team of media professionals who address a wide range of cannabis topics.  America’s Cannabis Conversation remains poised to keep you abreast of every aspect of the cannabis world.
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​​​​​​​Marc Corsi / CEO: America’s Cannabis Conversation
Marc Corsi is the Founder and CEO of the W420 Radio Network which hosts America’s Cannabis Conversation.  As we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of our special program on all things cannabis, here is look at some of the things Mr. Corsi has told us about the program and why we bring it to our listeners. 

THC Living
Sean McDonald joins our W420 correspondent on the floor if the MJBiz Con conference for an in the field interview. He tells about the products offered by THC Living.

Ispire Vape Technology
Luna Stower is the Vice President of Business Development for Ispire, a Los Angeles-based vape company.  As a native S.F. bay area Cannabis advocate, she has been instrumental in shaping the pre- and post-regulated Cannabis vape space since 2015, building infamous legacy brands like Jetty Extracts & Blue River Terpenes.

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THC Living
Sean McDonald joins our W420 correspondent on the floor if the MJBiz Con conference for an in the field interview. He tells about the products offered by THC Living.

The Emerald Magazine
Emerald Media GroupChristina DeGiovanni is the Founder and Publisher of Emerald Magazine and Emerald Media Group. Her cannabis lifestyle magazine provides as educational source to new market entrepreneurs as demystifies cannabis for non-traditional, new medicinal users.

Bayride Extracts
Cody Walker, former military Vet turned Extracts Operations expert, brands: DOSHA, BayRide Extracts
Bayride ExtractsCody Walker connects with us from inside his bay area cultivation facility to tell us about Bayride and Dosha, a DCC licensed cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility out of Oakland, CA.

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Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California. Learn about their specialized growing and packaging process as they take our own, Rich Walcoff on a tour of the farms. Their unique process develops organically grown, regenerative and sustainable practices that use living soil, cover crops and organisms. It is a fascinating method, and you can hear how its done.
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Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemon Haze, a B2B cannabis events company. They launched a unique company that specializes in premier boutique events to facilitate connections within the cannabis space. In so doing, they bring thousands of people from the industry together by providing Up-Fronts for Brand Salespeople and Retail Buyers, hosting Executive Golf Tournaments, Budtender Events, Education, Conventions, Industry Reports, and more. This is an interacting world of connections!
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Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!
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